Broadway Musicals
British English
Take a Peak
All in a Day's Work
Silent "K"
100

Other characters in this smash Broadway show include Lafayette & Peggy Schuyler

Hamilton

100

Slow down! What we call a yellow traffic light, the Brits call this color, like fossilized resin

Amber

100

8 little peaks including Izudake & Kengamme surround the crater of this Japanese mountain

Fuji

100

First thing, this daily trip to the ol' salt mine, averaging about 30 minutes each way in the L.A. area

Commute

100

It's what high octane gas is meant to prevent

knocking

200

In 2016 Leona Lewis earned her whiskers playing Grizabella in the revival of this musical

Cats

200

Fish entrails used to lure sharks in the U.S., or an old friend in Britain

chum

200

Walt Disney was fascinated by this Alp, the location of the Disney film "Third Man on the Mountain"

The Matterhorn

200

Midmorning, a break for this beverage said to have been discovered by a 9th century goat herder

coffee

200

A small hill, grassy or not

knoll

300

This superhero spun his magic on Broadway in a musical subtitled "Turn Off the Dark"

Spider-Man

300

Varnish is this, for fingers & toes

(nail) polish

300

In 2016 dozens of earthquakes were recorded beneath the surface of Mount Saint Helens in this state

Washington

300

Uh oh! A visit from HR, this department

Human Resources

300

Bell sound to announce a passing

A knell

400

From Trey Parker & Matt Stone, it's described as "hilarious and irreverent"

The Book of Mormon

400

We end a sentence with a period; the Brits do it with this 2-word term

a full stop

400

This Hawaiian peak on the southeast flank of Mauna Loa is one of the world's most active volcanoes

Kilauea

400

Let's get out of here before the boss asks us to work this, exemptions from which are listed in the FLSA

overtime

400

Term for Dutch settlers who came to the New World - also the "full" name for the Manhattan-based basketball team founded in in 1946 and home to former hoop stars Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley.

Knickerbockers

500

Neil Patrick Harris won a 2014 Tony for his role in this musical about a transgender punk rocker from East Berlin

Hedwig and the Angry Itch

500

A baby's pacifier in the U.S. is called this in the U.K., a word also meaning a quilted bedspread

a comforter

500

Margherita Peak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's 3rd-highest point, exceeded only by Mount Kenya and this other "K" mountain

Kilamanjaro

500

An 8-hour day & I made 40 buttons, so divide output by input to get this measure, 5 per hour

Productivity

500

Anatomical adjective for an immediate & not carefully considered reaction

knee-jerk