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Phrases made fancy
100
Added to a coat or blouse, they give a woman that linebacker look
Shoulder pads
100
This future queen was just an 8-year-old princess in 1935 when Canada became the first country to feature her on its currency
Queen Elizabeth II
100
The Eiffel Tower is one of the dramatic landmarks in this European capital city
Paris
100
This "apple" is at the front of men's throats
Adam's Apple
100
Pampushky, Ukrainian garlic rolls, are a traditional accompaniment to this beet soup, a national dish
Borscht
100
"Colour a metropolis crimson"
Paint the town red
200
Setting several of her books there, this author created the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea
Lucy Maude Montogomery
200
Don't get your history from ABBA: Napoleon didn't surrender until 4 weeks after this disastrous battle
Waterloo
200
I'll be doggone, the Chihuahua Desert is in this neighbor of the U.S.
Mexico
200
Some butts about it; this 2-word phrase is from the Latin for "largest rump"
gluteus maximus
200
I heard it through some kind of vine that 2440 B.C. Egyptian tomb paintings depict the cultivation of this fruit
Grape
200
"Maintain one's digits folded" (for luck)
Keep your fingers crossed
300
If a this is a this is a this is a this, why are they divided into categories like wild, old garden & modern?
Roses
300
Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you
The French Revolution
300
In 1275 Marco Polo visited this city, today China's capital, & praised its beauty
Beijing
300
You might hear this bird singing in the dead of night, what is it?
Black bird
300
I can't decide between chocolate, vanilla & strawberry ice cream; wait, I'll have all 3 in a brick called this
Neapolitan
300
Prematurely discharge the legumes from their protective vessel
Spill the beans
400
Irony alert: owners of a Noah's Ark replica in Kentucky sued insurers for not covering damage done by this 4-letter word
Rain
400
In 1932, the Australian military was deployed to wage "war" against a large population of which flightless birds that were trampling and destroying crops in Western Australia?
A. Ostriches
B. Emus
C. Kiwis
D. Penguins
B. They were outmaneuvered by a herd of Emus
400
This seaport is a center of German trade, perhaps in the ground beef that bears its name
Hamburg
400
Named partly for its temper, it's extinct on the Australian mainland but endures on an island
Tasmanian Devil
400
Each holiday season over 50 experts man the phones to talk turkey on this company's turkey talk-line
Butterball
400
"Similar to absconding with the sweets of one tot"
Like taking candy from a baby
500
Never allowed B-4, this game is still banned in Abu Dhabi as contrary to Islamic teaching
Bingo
500
Per one historian, this activity over time "became less about knocking your opponent off his horse & more of a points-based sport"
Jousting
500
This city in Egypt was founded in 332 B.C. by the guy it's named for; Arab forces de-capitalized it 1,000 years later
Alexandria
500
The Upper Midwest is dotted with wet depressions known as prairie _____, like hazardous depressions in a roadway
potholes
500
Mark Twain said that cauliflower "is nothing but" this vegetable "with a college education."
A) Broccoli
B) Cabbage
C) Lettuce
D) Brussels sprouts
B) Cabbage
500
"Sustain an injury of the lower limb!"
Break a leg!
600
As an adjective, it means horrible; as a verb, it refers to what the unhappy peasants were doing
Revolting
600
Ships arriving at the port of Genoa in 1347 carried 2 things to Western Europe: Crimean grain & this illness
Bubonic Plague
600
There are at least 8 "A"s, "E"s, "I"s & "U"s but this is the only U.N. member that starts with "O"
Oman
600
"By Means of" this 2-word process was fit enough to survive as a subtitle for Darwin's "Origin of Species
Natural Selection
600
Many candy bars, like 3 Musketeers, have centers of this substance, more dense than marshmallow
Nougat
600
Experiencing sub-optimal physiological homeostasis subordinate to meteorological phenomena.
A. Out of the woods
B. Right as rain
C. Under the weather
D. Storm in a teacup
C. Under the weather
700
Ska & rock steady were predecessors of this style that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s
Reggae
700
At home in Mongolia he may have been "the Universal Ruler", but he was a real terror to the 13th century Islamic world
Ghengis Khan
700
What Was (Ho Chi Minh) City Previously Known As
Saigon
700
Also known as cranial nerve X, this nerve can be stimulated to treat epilepsy & what happens there, stays there
The Vagus Nerve
700
I'm gonna party like it's 44 "B.C."! Mix me one of these, a Bloody Mary with clamato rather than tomato juice
Blood Caesar
700
Engaging in nocturnal petroleum combustion for the sake of sustained productivity.
Burning the midnight oil
800
Thomas Gainsborough cemented his rep as an artist with this c. 1770 painting originally titled "A Portrait of a Young Gentleman"
'The Blue Boy'
800
This Russian empress was a sexy sexagenarian when she finished fighting the Turks in 1792.
A) Elizabeth of Russia
B) Catherine the Great
C) Maria Theresa
D) Anna of Russia
B) Catherine the Great
800
Johnny Cash reached No. 2 on the Country charts with this hit that shares its name with a southern capital
Jackson, Mississippi
800
From Latin for "to carry", it's the period of time between conception & birth
Gestation
800
What gas in champagne makes the bubbles? Dropping a few raisins into flat champagne can help release the last of it.
Carbon dioxide
800
"Obstinate like one 4-legged crossbreed"
Stubborn as a Mule
900
This word also used for gossip is a drinking fountain aboard ship
A scuttlebutt
900
Here's Sun Yat-sen in the suit adopted by & named for this later leader
Mao
900
There are more than 900 of those gigantic big headed statues on this Chilean island
Easter Island
900
Humans are mammals with this type of skeleton, which has all the bones on the inside. What is it called?
Endoskeleton
900
In 2009 Patrick O. Brown took a sabbatical from Stanford & began work on what would become this brand of plant-based burgers
Impossible
900
"Illumination from one underground passage's terminus"
Light at the end of the tunnel
1000
It's claimed Rousseau said, "To do is to be" & Sartre said, "To be is to do" while this man said, "Doobedoobedoo"
Frank Sinatra
1000
Benjamin West took artistic license in depicting "The Death of General Wolfe", an event from this 18th century war
The Seven Years War (AKA French and Indian War)
1000
Containing a source of the Nile near Jinja, this country's surface is 1/6 water
A. Kenya
B. Tanzania
C. Uganda
D. Rwanda
C. Uganda
1000
You might say we have this chemical element to thank for the Bronze Age, since the Bronze Agers couldn't make bronze without it
Tin
1000
Mon dieu! The fizzy "kick" of this champagne cocktail evokes the field gun from WWI with which it shares a name.
French 75
1000
Has a small domestic feline temporarily taken control of your vocal articulation apparatus?
Cat got your tongue?