5-Syllable Words
It’s the process that plants use to make food from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
In a musical (and most plays for that matter), this is the break that separates each act.
What is intermission?
Aside from the platypus, this is the only other monotreme on Earth.
What is an echidna?
This is the largest US state by landmass, beating the number two spot more than twice over.
What is Alaska?
You’re in for a scare with this author’s oeuvre of titles, including Monster Blood, Say Cheese and Die, and Night of the Living Dummy.
Who is R. L. Stine?
This is the word used to refer to the sequence of steps in dance.
What is choreography?
This musical writer, one of the most influential of the 20th century, is the one to thank for Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
This rodent is highly resistant to pain, cancer, and oxygen deprivation, making it “Ron Stoppable”.
What is a naked mole rat?
The Ohio River flows through 6 states, creating the southern border for its namesake and this other US state.
What is Indiana?
This character makes “games” for his victims to play, leaving most of them quite puzzled.
Who is Jigsaw?
A word used to refer to a fast resting heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
In the musical Wicked, Elfaba’s name is inspired by this Wizard of Oz author.
Who is L. Frank Baum?
Voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this nocturnal arboreal species was featured in the movie Vivo.
What is a kinkajou?
Four corners is the only place where 4 states’ borders meet: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and this state.
What is Utah?
This 90s horror movie starring a genius cannibal is the only horror movie to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
What is Silence of the Lambs?
It’s the state of being drunk, tipsy, intoxicated.
What is inebriation?
This musical genius died at the young age of 35, a day before the first off-Broadway performance of Rent.
Who is Johnathan Larson?
Considered a delicacy in China and an aphrodisiac to some, this animal is the largest burrowing clam in the world.
What is a geoduck?
This 1400 mile river runs through the Grand Canyon and also houses the Hoover Dam.
What is the Colorado River?
The main villains of Stranger Things are named after characters from this role playing game.
What is Dungeons and Dragons?
It is the word used to refer to a group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
This sung-through musical, inspired by a novel by Victor Hugo, is the second longest-running musical in the world.
What is Les Miserables?
Though this African mammal has stripes on its legs like a zebra, it is more closely related to a giraffe.
What is an Okapi?
This 23 mile mountain range gave a town its name in 1849 before it was renamed El Paso 3 years later.
What are the Franklin Mountains?
While this movie was directed in Disneyland, director Randy Moore did not have permission from Disney to do so.
What is Escape from Tomorrow?