POTENT POTABLE POTPOURRI
FEEL THE "BERN"
TRY THE EMPATHY
TRUST THE PROCESS
THAT'S THE TEA
THREE-WORD PHRASES
400

YOU WANT TO TURN A BLACK RUSSIAN INTO A WHITE RUSSIAN? COOL, JUST ADD THIS

WHAT IS MILK (OR CREAM)?

400

IT'S NOT JUST BEARS THAT DO THIS DURING WINTER; GILA MONSTERS, TURTLES, BEES, AND MANY OTHER ANIMALS PARTAKE AS WELL

WHAT IS HIBERNATE?

400

IN ORDER TO DISCOVER REPLICANTS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, "EMPATHY TESTS" ARE ADMINISTERED IN THIS FILM

WHAT IS "BLADE RUNNER"?

400

A BRIDE AND HER BRIDESMAIDS CAN WALK DOWN THE AISLE TOWARDS THE ALTAR IN ONE OF THESE ORDERLY, CEREMONIAL LINES

WHAT IS A PROCESSION (OR PROCESSIONAL)?

400

CONCERNING THIS 1773 EVENT, JOHN ADAMS WROTE, "THIS IS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT MOVEMENT OF ALL"

WHAT IS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

400
SLASH THE CONDIMENT? EVISCERATE THE KETCHUP? DICE THE DIJON? NO, NO - YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS IDIOM

WHAT IS CUT THE MUSTARD?

800

THIS POTENT LIQUOR, BANNED IN MANY COUNTRIES TODAY, IS SOMETIMES CALLED "THE GREEN MUSE"

WHAT IS ABSINTHE?

800

HEY! I DON'T CARE IF THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT, STOP DOING THIS PHYSICAL ACT AND KEEP DRIVING! 

WHAT IS RUBBERNECKING?

800

DAVID HUME AND ADAM SMITH WROTE ABOUT EMPATHY DESPITE NOT HAVING THE WORD YET - INSTEAD, THEY USED THIS SIMILAR WORD, STILL COMMONLY USED TODAY FOR A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT MEANING

WHAT IS SYMPATHY?

800

IN THIS PROCESS OF CELL DIVISION, UNLIKE MITOSIS, A CELL DIVIDES AND HALVES THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES

WHAT IS MEIOSIS?

800

BRISK IS A LINE OF ICED TEAS FROM THIS BRAND

WHAT IS LIPTON?

800

FIGURATIVELY, THE TYPE OF GAME SHERLOCK HOLMES AND PROFESSOR MORIARTY MIGHT PLAY; LITERALLY, THE TYPE OF GAME TOM AND JERRY OR ITCHY AND SCRATCHY PLAY

WHAT IS "CAT AND MOUSE"?

1200

THE BEST WAY TO POUR CHAMPAGNE IS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE GLASS - THAT WAY, YOU PRESERVE UP TO TWICE AS MUCH OF THIS GAS

WHAT IS CARBON DIOXIDE?

1200

JAY INSLEE, MIKE PARSON, ROY COOPER, AND JIM JUSTICE ARE SOME OF THE INCUMBENT CANDIDATES IN THIS TYPE OF ELECTION THAT WILL OCCUR THIS YEAR

WHAT IS GUBERNATORIAL?

1200

IN THE EARLY 1990s, CERTAIN NONPROFITS MARKETED THE USE OF "EMPATHY BELLIES," A 35-POUND PRODUCT THAT LET MEN EXPERIENCE THIS

WHAT IS PREGNANCY?
1200

IN THE NBA, FANS OF THIS TEAM WERE THE FIRST TO ADOPT THE "TRUST THE PROCESS" SLOGAN AS THEY HOPED GM SAM HINKIE AND JOEL EMBIID WOULD LEAD THIS TEAM TO SUCCESS

WHAT ARE THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS?

1200

THIS TEA THAT'S FLAVORED WITH BERGAMOT WAS NAMED FOR A NOBLEMAN WHO WAS A PRIME MINISTER TO KING WILLIAM IV

WHAT IS EARL GREY?

1200

DON'T GET STUCK IN A RUT, OR YOU MIGHT GO IN CIRCLES DOING THIS THING DOGS SOMETIMES DO

WHAT IS CHASING YOUR TAIL?

1600

IF YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME PARTAKING IN THIS CATEGORY, YOU MIGHT GET A KATZENJAMMER, OR ONE OF THESE

WHAT IS A HANGOVER [ACCEPT "HEADACHE"]?

1600

THIS NEW YORK VIGILANTE AND "WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE" LYRIC MAY HAVE INSPIRED A SCENE IN THE 2019 FILM "JOKER"

WHO IS BERNIE GOETZ?

1600

THIS PUBLICATION, ONCE THE BEST-SELLING MAGAZINE IN AMERICA (AND STILL PUBLISHED TODAY), PROVIDED ONE OF THE FIRST NON-ACADEMIC DEFINITIONS OF EMPATHY TO ITS "READERS"

WHAT IS READER'S DIGEST?

1600

THIS MAN'S "PROCESS" WAS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL

WHO IS BESSEMER?

1600

MANUFACTURERS CLASSIFY TEA IN THREE MAIN TYPES; THE FLAVOR, COLOR AND AROMA OF THIS TYPE FALL BETWEEN BLACK AND GREEN TEA

WHAT IS OOLONG?

1600

NO, YOU'RE NOT PUNCHING A STATISTIC KEPT IN THE NFL FOR DEFENSIVE PLAYERS WHEN YOU DO THIS - YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BED

WHAT IS HIT THE SACK?

2000

SLIVOVITZ IS A TYPE OF THIS SPIRIT, MADE OF PLUMS IN THE BALKANS

WHAT IS BRANDY?

2000

THIS 11-LETTER TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WAS DESCRIBED IN 1948 AS "THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION IN THE ANIMAL AND THE MACHINE" - SURE SOUNDS HIGH-TECH


WHAT IS CYBERNETICS?

2000

THIS GUARDIAN OF THE GALAXY'S EMPATHIC POWERS HAVE APPEARED IN MULTIPLE AVENGERS FILMS

WHO IS MANTIS?

2000

ARISTOTLE REFERRED TO IT AS ONE OF THE THREE BASIC HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TODAY, THIS SIX-LETTER PHILOSOPHICAL TERM REFERS TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH A THEORY IS ENACTED OR REALIZED

WHAT IS PRAXIS?

2000

THE CITY OF KANDY IS THE ECONOMIC FOCUS OF THIS COUNTRY'S TEA-PRODUCING CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

WHAT IS SRI LANKA (OR CEYLON)?

2000

IF YOU GO THIS FAR, YOU'RE GOING ALL THE WAY; OR, WELL, AT LEAST 324 INCHES

WHAT IS WHOLE NINE YARDS?