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Music Terms
Major League Baseball
Flag Time
Not Persimmon
100

Spending long hours on the sofa watching TV? You've become this tuberous term

Couch Potato

100

From Latin for "to hold", this male vocal range once had the task of "holding" the main melody 

tenor

100

In 1957 New York City had 3 MLB teams, these 3

the Giants, the Dodgers, and the Yankees

100

Naturally, the dark blue background of NATO's flag represents this body of water

the Atlantic Ocean

100

Mexico is one of the world's top producers of this fruit that's a standard sight in the neck of a Corona

Lime

200

It's become controversial, but earlier, this word simply described one whose eyes have become more opened to social injustice

Woke

200

On sheet music, this symbol on the left side of a staff indicates the pitch, most commonly treble or bass

the clef

200

This fierce competitor from Georgia was the first major leaguer to collect 4,000 hit

Ty Cobb

200

Mary Pickersgill made the flag that was flying over this fort in 1814; it inspired a patriotic poem

Fort McHenry

200

It's genetically identical to a peach except for one recessive gene that makes its skin smooth 

Nectarine

300

You "take" this letter when you suffer a defeat

The L

300

A barcarole is a type of song originally sung by or in imitation of these Venetian boatmen

gondoliers

300

More agile than the nickname "Pudge" suggests, catcher Iván Rodriguez won 13 of these awards as the best fielder at his position

a Gold Glove

300

Scotland's flag has a white cross on a blue background; the colors are reversed for the flag of this Canadian province

Nova Scotia

300

Also called the paste type, this type of tomato is named for a rounder fruit

plum

400

It can refer to a person with expensive tastes; "Bad &" this hit No. 1 for Migos

Boujee

400

These liturgical songs of the Catholic Church bear the name of a 6th-century pope said to have formulated & organized them

Gregorian Chants

400

National League pitchers' feeble swings became a thing of the past in 2022 as both leagues now have this position

a designated hitter

400

In 1876 lumberjacks nailed a U.S. flag to this alliterative type of pine, giving Flagstaff, Arizona its name

a ponderosa pine

400

We think this hybrid fruit would sound great as a Jell-O flavor

Tangelo

500

This 3-word phrase can refer to both something excellent & being free from getting blamed for something

Off the hook

500

Beethoven felt Italians were ill-suited to dramatic opera & should stick with this, Italian for "comic opera"

opera buffa

500

In the 1950s this NL team temporarily changed its name so as not to be associated with communism

the Cincinnati Reds (Redlegs for a few years in the 50s)

500

A rainbow is featured on the flag of this environmental group that has the Rainbow Warrior as its flagship 

Greenpeace

500

Despite the similar name, this fruit is of a different family from the kumquat

loquat