American History
Water
Same First Name
Also Known As
Tournaments
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Rope maker Samuel Gray & sailor James Caldwell were among the victims of this 1770 event

The Boston Massacre

400

Hydrolysis uses water to destroy these that hold a compound together

bonds

400

Olsen of "WandaVision" & "Big" actress Perkins

Elizabeth

400

In the U.S. the area you play soccer on is a field, but the Brits call it this, also a verb

pitch

400

The ACPT is the American tournament for these cruciverbalist challenges

crossword puzzles

800

His assassin was an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz, who said, "I am not sorry for my crime"

President William McKinley

800

In 2020 NASA announced that its Sofia Observatory detected water in this heavenly body's Clavius crater

the Moon

800

Composer Stravinsky & aircraft designer Sikorsky

Igor

800

Kids in this country learn to draw their homeland as a 6-sided figure, so the nickname "l'Hexagone" makes sense

France

800

This org.'s first "King of the Ring" tournament saw the Magnificent Muraco defeat the Iron Sheik in the final.

WWE

1200

The 1859 discovery of this near Titusville set off a boom in Pennsylvania

oil

1200

In ROWPU, a system that purifies any water source, the "R" stands for "reverse" & the "O" stands for this process

osmosis

1200

Photographer Arbus & fashion designer von Furstenberg

Diane

1200

Due to its conservative leanings, Britain's daily telegraph is sometimes called the Daily this -graph

Torygraph

1200

In 1985 the NCAA men's "March Madness" basketball tournament expanded to this many teams

64

1600

It was the first state to secede from the Union

South Carolina

1600

Sometimes water molecules contain deuterium or tritium, isotopes of this element

hydrogen

1600

Race car driver Hamilton & singer Capaldi

Lewis

1600

The supercilia are these body parts that you may raise to appear supercilious

eyebrows

1600

Just like soccer, in July 2019 this video game had a World Cup, in NYC's Arthur Ashe Stadium with a $3 million grand prize

Fortnite

2000

The Great Sioux War of 1876 is also called this war, after the sacred region the Sioux were fighting for

Black Hills War

2000

Water has low this "V" property, meaning it's quick to flow or change shape

viscosity

2000

"Baby Driver" director Wright & rocker Winter

Edgar

2000

Originally known as St. Ann's Valley, a San Francisco neighborhood eventually got this meatier moniker

The Tenderloin

2000

In 1851 the first international tournament of this game was held in London, with Adolf Anderssen crowned champion

Chess