SPORTS HISTORY
NON-COASTAL AMERICA
HOT SAUCE, HORROR MOVIE OR HEAVY METAL
LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE
DD!!
200
In 2025, Rory McIlroy became the first man since Tiger Woods in 2000 to complete the golf version of this 4-tournament career triumph
the Grand Slam
200
A greenish sky, hail with no rain & the sound of a train with no train are warning signs of this middle-of-the country menace
a tornado
200
Da Bomb Beyond Insanity:
Kate McKinnon's reaction to it in 2025 was a halting "Um, okay..."
hot sauce
200
It's said that people who live here shouldn't throw stones
glass houses
200
100,000 young people (not just hippies) flocked to San Francisco during the hot days of 1967, known by this seasonal nickname
the Summer of Love
400
Claiming to be the first college athlete to sell these 3-part rights, in 2021 Antoine Owens of Jackson State signed with 3KINGS Grooming
name, image & likeness
400
Just another winter day in the national park west of Loveland, Colorado named for these mountains
the Rockies
400
Poultrygeist:
Night of the Chicken Dead: one commenter described it online as "disgusting, perverse, & childish"
horror movie
400
Because it produces giddiness, nitrous oxide goes by this other name
laughing gas
600
In a 2025 aquatics championships showdown, she split 2 races with almost-10-years-younger Canadian Summer McIntosh
Katie Ledecky
600
The mayor of this city where "Breaking Bad" was set uses "Tamalewood" for its burgeoning film & TV industry
Albuquerque
600
Killswitch Engage:
Including an image of skulls, it tweeted "Unleashed" from its official Twitter account on June 19, 2019
heavy metal
600
In 2025 this rapper who was once part of Odd Future dropped an album called "Live Laugh Love"
Earl Sweatshirt
800
In a 2024 Bills-49ers game, he became the first-ever NFL QB with passing, rushing & receiving touchdowns in a single game
Josh Allen
800
On the border of the Dakotas, the Standing Rock Reservation of these Plains people is home to the Lakota & Dakota nations
the Sioux
800
Squeal Like a Pig:
Promotional materials show a pig looking, well, not happy
hot sauce
800
Daily Double!!
100,000 young people (not just hippies) flocked to San Francisco during the hot days of 1967, known by this seasonal nickname
1000
"Avengers" fans know this keen-sighted electronic system that completely replaced human line calling at the 2022 U.S. Open
Hawkeye
1000
As depicted in a 2025 movie, in the '80s Bruce Springsteen titled an album after this state where there's some stark weather
Nebraska
1000
Helloween:
Dating from 1984
heavy metal
1000
"The Song of Hiawatha" says its falls "laugh & leap into the valley"; apt, as the name ends with the sound of laughter
Minnehaha