Holidays & Observances
The last Monday in March is celebrated as Seward's Day in this state
What is Alaska?
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
What is checkmate?
Nonprescription is synonymous with this 3-word phrase
What is over the counter?
"This is the day which the lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" is from the 118th of these sacred poems
What are the Psalms?
Man with the golden touch
(5 letters)
Who is Midas?
The last Friday in April is this tree-planting holiday that predates Earth Day by almost a century
What is Arbor Day?
In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long
What is 10?
"Moving" these structures found on a football field has come to mean changing the rules
What are the goalposts?
Potiphar's wife tries to seduce this dream translator, who resists & ends up being sent to jail
Who is Joseph?
Supplement containing the ABCs & more
(12 letters)
What is multivitamin?
Bob Hope famously quipped, "The Academy Awards, or as it's known at my house," this Jewish holiday
What is Passover?
"Walk-off" began as a term for a play that ends a game in this sport
If you "come to" this, you're ready to talk; however, if a subject is "off" it, it is no longer acceptable to discuss
After the death of Moses, Joshua leads the Israelites in their conquest of this promised land
What is Canaan?
Fashion dummy
(9 letters)
What is mannequin?
Lunar New Year is called Chunjie in Chinese & this 3-letter name in Vietnamese
What is Tet?
The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding factor
What is Monopoly?
A hyperbolic expression says a noisy disturbance reaches such a pitch it could do this, right off the house
What is blow the roof off?
The first 5 books of the Bible are known as the Torah or by this name from the Greek
What is the Pentateuch?
Marsh gas
(7 letters)
What is methane?
Some light lamps to invite the presence of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during this Hindu festival of lights
What is Diwali?
A hand in this card game with 2 potent potables in its name comes to a halt after a player "knocks"
What is gin rummy?
This "aqueous" phrase means a problem is in the past & doesn't worry you anymore
What is water under the bridge?
At God's command, Abraham goes to this mountainous place to sacrifice Isaac
What is Mount Moriah?
Written declaration of political intentions or views
(9 letters)
What is manifesto?