Religion
Bay Area Pop Culture
Creepy Crawlies
Chicken
Math Jokes
200
A Muslim holy month loses its last letter, becoming this hotel chain
Ramada
200
In 1985, this popular San Francisco tourist location was where James Bond's "A View to Kill" movie was filmed
Fisherman's Wharf
200
A crossword clue for this type of spider would be “A hairy, scary spider (9)”
Tarantula
200
Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain
Chicken Tikka Masala
200
It's what you get when you take the circumference of a pumpkin & divide it by its diameter
Pumpkin pi (pi accepted)
400
It's the majority religion of the European Country of Albania
Islam
400
In this Khaled Hosseini novel, Amir lives in San Francisco but tells the reader of his youth in Afghanistan
The Kite Runner
400
This cute garden pest controller is the state insect of Delaware & Massachusetts
Lady Bug
400
Cockadoodledon't avoid the shot for this disease also known as varicella, mostly mild in kids but possibly fatal to adults
Chicken Pox
400
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who get this number system that uses only 1's and 0's, & those who don't
Binary
500
Rinpoche is a title of respect in Tibetan Buddhism given to many who reach this level of monk, from Tibetan for "superior"
Lama
500
*Daily Double* This East Bay native sold peanuts and popcorn in the bleachers at A's games before going on to a moderately successful acting career
Tom Hanks
500
The males of this insect better be doing an action in their name, as females often bite their heads off after mating
Praying Mantis
500
McDonald's launched these nationally in 1983
Chicken Nuggets
500
Lumberjacks make good musicians because of these exponents required to produce a given number
Logarithms
800
Karl Marx considered religion "the opium of the people", which wouldn't have pleased his paternal grandfather, who had a job that came with this holy title
Rabbi
800
In 1991’s "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," one of the big scenes was filmed at a Bay Area industrial park in this major city
Fremont
800
The fluorescence of this desert-dwelling arachnid under UV light is caused by a protein in its exoskeleton (was also Janan’s high school mascot)
Scorpion
800
@tacobell has tweeted "It's okay to do" this double-"D" party foul "with rolled chicken tacos"
Double Dip
800
Similar to a Shakespeare quote, it's the two possible square roots for the number seen here
2b or -2b (2b or nought 2b)
1000
Explore Malabar Hill & visit the temple seen here; it's devoted to a Tirthankar of this religion
Jainism
1000
What groundbreaking music business, which shares its name with a famous British rock group, got its start in the 700 block of Brannan Street in San Francisco?
Rolling Stone
1000
With a leg span of about 12 inches, the Goliath bird-eating spider is native to this continent
South America
1000
*Daily Double* Inside a domesticated fowl is this word of disgust; it's paired with "the" in Gen Z slang for a dating turnoff
The Ick
1000
"To get to the same side" is why the chicken crossed this type of "strip" named for a German
A Mobius Strip