A DAY IN JUNE
PUNCTUATION
AN EXPLOSIVE CATEGORY
OLD BOOKS
PLANTS & TREES
100

On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope

Niagra Falls

100

It marks an ending; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, even puts one at the end of her signature

a Period

100

Alfred Nobel added an inert substance to very unstable nitroglycerin to make this more easily handled explosive.

Dynamite

100

The "Arabian Nights" tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these

Magic Carpet

100

It looks like these plants are ready for picking


 

Cotton

200

King John sealed this "in the meadow...called Runnymede...on the 15th day of June in the 17th year of our reign"

The Magna Carta

200

The "air" version of these usually signals that a speaker is being sarcastic

Quotes

200

A paper cylinder holding a weak explosive, or a red, white & blue popsicle brand

Firecracker

200

"Sing aloud unto God our strength", says this biblical book of poems meant to be sung

Psalms

200

It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds

Bulbs

300

The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name

D-Day

300

It was Ladislav Sutnar who put telephone area codes inside these

Parenthesis 

300

It's the term used for the process of destroying a building by using explosives to make it collapse inward on itself

Implosion / Implode

300

Dating from 3,500 years ago, this civilization's "Book of the Dead" is a manual for the afterlife

Book of the Dead

300

Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in this type of tree

Eucalyptus

400

He sent a war message to Congress June 1,1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain

Madison

400

Commas separate phrases in a series; when the phrases contain commas, separate using these

Semicolons

400

The largest explosion in earth's recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815

Volcano

400

In "Analects" this ancient Chinese philosopher said, "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them"

Confucius 

400

Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns

Aloe

500

The first section of this city's famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870

Atlantic City

500

An em one is longer than an en one

Dash

500

These sudden outbursts of energy on the sun's surface are the largest explosions in the solar system

Solar Flares
500

Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote 2 plays named for this complex & troubled King of Thebes

Oedipus

500

Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest

Banyan Trees