Bird Bits
Middle East Cities
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100

Almost all male members of the genus Sula, or boobies, have radical pigmentation in this part of the body for the purpose of attracting mates

What are the feet?

100

'The Abode of Peace', 'House of Holiness', 'Oasis of Justice', and 'City of David' are all titles given to this historic Levantine capital

What is Jerusalem?

100

This 1998 feature was released in direct competition with DreamWorks' Antz, which came out a month later

What is A Bug's Life?

100

Defined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, this river defines the southern border between Texas and Mexico

What is the Rio Grande?

100

Three strikes in a row in a game of bowling; or, a country referenced twice in the Middle Eastern Cities category

What is a turkey?

200

As opposed to vaned feathers, this type of plumage serves primarily to regulate temperature and, for human needs, stuff pillows

What are down feathers?

200

This city succeeded Constantinople (not yet Istanbul) as the capital of Türkiye in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence

What is Ankara?

200

This once-doting fanboy turned technological genius is the primary antagonist of The Incredibles

Who is Syndrome?

200

This nation is one of the 'Six Flags' that have flown over Texas; France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic, the United States, and _____

What is the Confederate States of America

200

A basketball term for a shot that thuds against the backboard; or, a common unit of measurement for cocaine

What is a brick?
300

These special feathers, known officially as 'remiges' and 'rectrices', are critical for the ability of most birds to generate thrust and lift

What are flight feathers / primary and secondary feathers?

300

Often overshadowed by Mecca as Islam's holiest site, this other Saudi Arabian city was the political center of Muhammad's Islamic Caliphate

What is Medina?

300

This movie was Pixar's first, and arguably only, foray into the spy-thriller genre in a major project

What is Cars 2?

300

These two presidents, 34 and 36 respectively, both come from Texas: the former from Denison, the latter, Stonewall (half points for one, can be stolen for two)

Who are Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson?

300

A football defensive formation that uses five defensive backs; or, a unit of currency between a penny and a dime

What is a nickel?

400

The proper name for this keratinized structure is the rostrum, from the Latin root rōdō, meaning 'to gnaw'

What is a beak / bill?

400

This Syrian city is associated nominally with a specific type of folded metal forging, though this process was likely imported from India

What is Damascus?

400

This shepherd is the main love interest of Woody in the Toy Story pentology

Who is Bo Peep?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Who was Sam Houston?

400

A left-handed pitcher in baseball; or, a 2015 boxing movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal

What is a southpaw?

500

On hawks and raptors, this digit is used for piercing and skewering prey in a dive; it is synonymous with a 'dewclaw' on mammals

What is a hallux / 'kill claw'?

500

Istanbul is to Türkiye, and Karachi is to Pakistan, what this city is to the United Arab Emirates

What is Dubai?

500

This corporation is attributed as one of the leading causes of the environmental destruction of Earth in Wall-E

What is the Buy'n'Large Corporation / BnL?

500

The decade in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico, and in which the Battle of the Alamo occurred

What were the 1830s?

500

A term used to refer to an assist in ice hockey; or a fruit one might have to 'bob' for at a fair 

What is an apple?