Holidays & Observances
Bodies of Water
A "B"-Plus Student
1 Vowel, 3 Times
Nutrition
200
A 1952 bill designated September 17 as Citizenship Day to coincide with the 1787 signing of this
the Constitution
200
The Yucatan Channel connects the Gulf of Mexico & this sea
the Caribbean
200
Seen below, they can sometimes be in black & white too
a blueprint
200
In bikes, it precedes seat; in desserts, split
banana
200
The World Health Organization suggests limiting this to no more than a teaspoon a day & using the iodized type
salt
400
On this observed day in 1996, Taco Bell announced it had bought the Liberty Bell & was going to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell
April Fools' Day
400
The river locally called Song Sai Gon runs mainly through the south of this country
Vietnam
400
A hole for a fox, or what it does as it digs it
burrow
400
Part of a whole, say, in a periodic table
element
400
In 2011, the USDA replaced the food pyramid with MyPlate, making it easier to visualize a balanced meal, which includes a serving of dairy, and half your plate made up of fruit and vegetables, and the other half protein and these, whole and refined
grains
600
Taking place about 6 weeks before Easter, this day begins a season of fasting & prayer
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
600
The "thumb" of Michigan's "mitten" juts north into this Great Lake
Lake Huron
600
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Term for a chance onlooker, perhaps an innocent one
bystander
600
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It's very close to illegal, in that it also means "illegal"
illicit
600
For 19-to-50-year-olds, the RDA for this mineral is 8 mg for men, 18 mg for women & even more for vegetarians
iron
800
President Harding honored this British woman by endorsing her birthday, May 12, to be Natl. Hospital Day
Florence Nightingale
800
This river in red rises in the Alps & flows through France to the Mediterranean, the most important river to do so
the Rhône
800
These prevent a horse from being distracted by that cute filly off to the side
blinders
800
This mythological hall of dead Norse warriors has 540 doors
Valhalla
800
Fermented dairy products like yogurt & kefir are sources of these good bacteria that line your gut
probiotics
1000
Technically, June 17 in Massachusetts should be called Breed's Hill Day instead of this
Bunker Hill Day
1000
In 1992, North Korea & South Korea proposed that this sea off their east coasts be called the East Sea
Sea of Japan
1000
An ancient empire lends its name to this term meaning "intricate" or "complex"
Byzantine
1000
The leather seen here, used for bindings, is named for this African country
Morocco
1000
Avocados are high in fat, but it's mostly this 15-letter kind that may lower your cholesterol
monounsaturated