SKULLS
GEMS & JEWELS
SUPERSTITIONS
E BEFORE I
DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
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The skull seen here belongs to this creature, Ursus maritimus
What is the polar bear?
400
It's a nacreous concretion formed around a foreign body, like a grain of sand
What is a pearl?
400
According to the Magickal Almanac, this is the only country where a black cat is considered bad luck
What is the United States?
400
When a beer drinker raises his glass, it's often this type of mug
What is a stein?
400
If your fiance doesn't show up at the church & moves to Tahiti alone, you've been "left" at this location
What is the altar?
800
The eye sockets on the top of this animal's skull are there so that its eyes will be above the water line when the body is afloat
What is the hippopotamus?
800
The name of this gemstone comes from the Spanish piedra de ijada, "hip stone"; it was thought to cure kidney diseases
What is jade?
800
Don't ask a fisherman this question; if he answers, it'll stop his streak
What is "Did you catch any?" (or "Are they biting"?)
800
After a redefinition of terms in 1998, the Surgeon General now reports that about 74% of all Americans are this
What is overweight?
800
On a 2002 TV series, "The Bachelor" rejected women by not offering them one of these
What is a rose?
1200
This dinosaur rotated the joint between its head & neck, then opened its jaw sideways to get to foliage
What is a triceratops?
1200
Chrome & iron are what give this, red corundum, its color
What is a ruby?
1200
In pagan Ireland this plant was a symbol of the 3 aspects of this goddess
What is the shamrock?
1200
It's the cloth or covering a woman "takes" when she becomes a nun
What is a veil?
1200
In French idioms, femme entretenue is a kept woman & this femme is one who breaks your heart
What is a femme fatale?
1600
Seen here is the skull of the puff type of this venomous reptile
What is an adder?
1600
It's actually the hard, colorful calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps
What is coral?
1600
For a bride, a coin in here ensures future wealth & perhaps a painful walk down the aisle
What is her shoe?
1600
One of the most memorable songs from "The Sound of Music" is this ode to a flower
What is "Edelweiss"?
1600
These "differences" are grounds for divorce under the laws of several states
What are irreconcilable differences?
2000
Allowing molding of the head during birth, soft spots on a baby's skull, also known as these, are surrounded by bones that fuse & harden by 18 months
What are fontanels?
2000
For their resemblance to plant foliage, inclusions that cloud this green gem are called jardin
What are emeralds?
2000
Finding & carrying a rusty one of these is luckier than a shiny one…just don't step on it
What is a nail?
2000
It takes about 3 years for the male of this duck to attain its full "down coat"
What is an eider?
2000
From the Latin for "blazing", it's used for catching one's partner being unfaithful as well as catching a crook red-handed
What is in flagrante delicto?