THE STRANGER
THE PLAGUE
BANDS IN OTHER WORDS
SWEET TREATS
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
200

"Passing stranger! You do not know how longingly I look upon you" begins one of the poems in his "Leaves of Grass"

Walt Whitman

200

Plague is generally spread from rodents to humans by these insects

fleas

200

King's Consort

Queen

200

This breakfast pastry, often filled with fruit or cheese, sounds like a specialty of Copenhagen

danish

200

This Hebrew phrase meaning "good luck" is popularly used to express congratulations

mazel tov

400

This Patricia Highsmith novel about 2 men contemplating swapping murders was made into a film by Hitchcock

Strangers on a Train

400

If detected in time, plague is treatable with these drugs like streptomycin

antibiotics

400

Affirmative

Yes

400

On Hanukkah it's traditional to give out chocolates shaped like these, in little bags

coins

400

Italian for "first lady", it can refer to an opera singer or someone who's just spoiled

prima donna
600

This H.G. Wells novel begins, "The stranger came early in February, one wintry day...wrapped up from head to foot"

The Invisible Man

600

A CDC laboratory in this state's city of Fort Collins is the USA's frontline against plague

Colorado

600

Portals

The Doors

600

Nestle suggests making these indoors using mini marshmallows, Toll House morsels & Golden Grahams cereal

s'mores

600

Germans call a pear birne; a strawberry, erdbeere; & this fruit weintraube

grape

800

In "Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic", this current performer outlines some of his public stunts

David Blaine

800

The 3 forms of plague are septicemic, pneumonic & this one that affects the lymph glands

bubonic

800

Buddhist Bliss

Nirvana

800

Stop by this franchise when its "Hot Light" is on & you'll get fresh glazed doughnuts hot off the line

Krispy Kreme

800

In Japanese umi is sea or ocean & yama is this

mountain

1000

A Martian named Valentine Michael Smith is the main character in this man's "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Robert Heinlein

1000

In his famous diary, he recounted the horrors of the Great Plague of 1660s London

Samuel Pepys

1000

Black Sabbath

Ebony Sunday

1000

Fish & chips maker Christopher Sell began frying & selling this treat from Hostess & now it's all the rage

Twinkies

1000

An artist or writer's greatest work is often referred to by this 2-word Latin phrase

magnum opus