5, 5
(Alex: Each response is made up of two 5-letter words.)
(Alex: Each response is made up of two 5-letter words.)
JEOPARD"IZED"
RHYME TIME
PHRASE ORIGINS
REVERSIBLE COMPOUND WORDS
(Alex: We need both words as a response.)
(Alex: We need both words as a response.)
100
Wonder bakes loaves of this, also an adjective meaning bland
What is White Bread?
100
Made consistent:
The SAT & ACT are this type of test
What is Standardized?
100
A nursery rhyme pumpkin eater's units of measure
What is Peter's Meters?
100
Ask Billy Idol--the origin of this phrase is the bloodcurdling battle cries of Confederate troops
What is Rebel Yell?
100
A bridge by which one road goes over another & a spring festival commemorating the liberation of the Israelites
What is Overpass & Passover?
200
Traffic signal term that also means permission to proceed on a project
What is Green Light?
200
Made generally known via a press release
What is Publicized?
200
Paddy grain cost
What is Rice Price?
200
"Speech is silver" begins a maxim; you are likely more familiar with this second part
What is Silence is Golden?
200
A sudden eruption of a disease & a prison escape
What is an Outbreak & a Breakout?
300
Mus musculus--it's the rhyming name of the rodent seen here
What is House Mouse?
300
Admitted to Mount Sinai in New York or to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles
What is Hospitalized?
300
An overconfident thoroughbred rider
What is a Cocky Jockey?
300
It's a close contest, coming "down to" this, what used to be across the finish line of a horse race
What is The Wire?
300
A short break between airplane flights & a transparent sheet placed on top of another sheet
What is a Layover & an Overlay?
400
It's the smart-sounding name for a group of experts who serve unofficially as advisers; FDR had his own
400
Small, like a child, or containing 16 ounces
What is Pint-sized?
400
A tin pot for cooking or boiling water
What is a Metal Kettle?
400
19th c. exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort
400
To maintain a principle & a bank robbery using guns
What is Uphold & Holdup?
500
This software program for formatting movie & TV scripts has been around since 1990
What is Final Draft?
500
Combined with element No. 8
What is Oxidized?
500
Ms. Doe without her makeup
What is Plain Jane?
500
This scornful response to an unlikely story comes from British sailors' contempt for other military men
What is Tell It To The Marines?
500
To make more transactions than another & one who has betrayed his honor for cash
What is Sellout & Outsell?