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