THE UNSEEN
TOYS & GAMES
SPORTS ABBREV.
ON THE CALENDAR
Silent "G"
100

Casper is a friendly one of "these"

ghost

100

This classic game's Cavity Sam has been given a new ailment:
Brain Freeze

Operation

100

For a basketball:
PPG

points per game

100

Harry Truman had stars & stripes in his eyes when he designated June 14 as this annual "Day"

Flag Day

100

California is no stranger to these dry spells when average rainfall is below normal for months or years

drought

200

The Air Force's B-2 Spirit is sprayed with a radar-absorbent coating, helping make it this type of bomber

stealth

200

This games creator glued gridded blueprints onto checkerboards & hand-lettered wood tiles to create this game

Scrabble

200

He tries to sack the quarterback:
DE

defensive end

200

In 1908 founder Anna Jarvis gave birth to the first official observance of this May holiday

Mother's Day

200

King Juan Carlos I's one of these in Spain lasted from 1975 to 2014

reign

300

Water & lemon juice are a simple recipe for this junior spy specialty

invisible ink

300

There's a "Super Spud" version of this classic toy

Mr. Potato Head

300

A boxer wants to be on the giving end:
TKO

Technical Knockout

300

I do not like green eggs & ham, but I do like that Read Across America Day, March 2, is his birthday

Dr. Suess

300

These diminutive spirits from the Renaissance are now reduced to sitting in your garden.

gnome

400

In the Cygnus X-1 star system, discovered in 1964, a blue supergiant circles this hungry, unseen phenomenon

black hole

400

What could be more fun than this game featuring plastic simians? Hasbro suggests 2 casks or more are even better

Barrel of Monkeys

400

In bowling you'd mark it as an X; in baseball a K.

Strike

400

A June observance celebrates this U.S. national symbol, now back from the brink of extinction

(bald) eagle

400

Mister Rogers sang, "Would you be mine? Could you be mine?...Won't you be my" this

neighbor

500

The New Testament says this 5-letter type of belief "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"

faith

500

This classic drawing toy was once called Telecran, still its name in France

Etch-a-Sketch

500

In soccer this guy keeping shots out is abbreviated GK 

goalkeeper

500

This "colorful" shopping day is the day after Thanksgiving

Black Friday

500

Wildebeest is another name for this large antelope

gnu