THE HIMALAYAS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
WISCON-SIN
VOCALISTS
MALE OF THE SPECIES
100

IN SANSKRIT, "HIMALAYAS" MEANS "HOME OF" THIS SUBSTANCE

WHAT IS SNOW?

100

THESE HOUSES OF LANCASTER & YORK USED DIFFERENT-COLORED TYPES OF THESE FLOWERS AS THEIR SYMBOLS

WHAT ARE ROSES?

100

ON AUGUST 9, 1966 THE MILWAUKEE HQ OF THIS VENERABLE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION WAS BOMBED

WHAT IS THE NAACP?

100

HE SANG "SONG SUNG BLUE" & "FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS"

WHO IS NEIL DIAMOND?

100

THIS BOY'S NAME IS GIVEN TO ANY MALE HOUSECAT

WHO IS TOM?

200

AN ICE CAVE AT OVER 10,000 FEET NEAR GANGOTRI IN THE HIMALAYAS IS THE SOURCE OF THIS SACRED INDIAN RIVER

WHAT IS THE GANGES RIVER?

200

NATIVE AMERICANS GREW THESE BEANS WITH CORN & AT HARVEST TIME COMBINED THEM INTO "M'SICKQUATASH"

WHAT ARE LIMA BEANS?

200

IN 1970 ACTIVISTS BLEW UP THE ARMY MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN THIS CITY

WHAT IS MADISON?

200

"YOU'RE SO VAIN" WAS A BESTSELLER FOR THIS PUBLISHING HEIRESS

WHO IS CARLY SIMON?

200

A HEN'S MATE, OR ANY BIRD THAT SETTLES ON A PERCH

WHAT IS A ROOSTER?

300

THIS SHAGGY-HAIRED BEAST OF TIBET IS OFTEN CALLED THE GRUNTING OX BECAUSE OF THE SOUND IT MAKES

WHAT IS A YAK?

300

HE WAS THICK-SKULLED, HEAVY-BROWED, ABOUT 5 FEET TALL & NAMED FOR A PLACE IN GERMANY

WHO IS NEANDERTHAL MAN?

300

THIS CANNAIBALISTIC SERIAL KILLER WAS SLAIN IN A WISCONSIN PRISON IN 1994

WHO IS JEFFREY DAHMER?

300

ONETIME COMMODORE WHO GAVE US "SAY YOU, SAY ME"

WHO IS LIONEL RITCHIE?

300

THIS TERM FOR A MALE DUCK ALSO REFERS TO AN OLD TYPE OF CANNON

WHAT IS A DRAKE?

400

SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THIS MYTHICAL HIMALAYAN CREATURE IS A PRE-HUMAN PRIMATE

WHAT IS A YETI (OR ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN)?

400

THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HEXAGRAMS IN THE I CHING, OR THE NUMBER OF SQUARES ON A CHECKERBOARD

WHAT IS 64?

400

IN A 1912 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS SAVED WHEN THE BULLET THIS CASE IN HIS POCKET

WHAT IS HIS GLASSES CASE?

400

HER LESS-THAN-TITANIC HITS INCLUDED "MISLED" & "NOTHING BROKEN BUT MY HEART"

WHO IS CELINE DION?

400

DOE, A RABBIT, A FEMALE RABBIT & THIS, A MALE

WHAT IS A BUCK?

500

THESE NEPALESE PEOPLE ARE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER AS PORTERS FOR HIMALAYAN CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS

WHAT ARE SHERPAS?

500

2-WORD TERM FOR A KEY WEEKDAY OF THE PRIMARY SEASON LIKE MARCH 7, 2000

WHAT IS SUPER TUESDAY?

500

A BOMB AT CAMPAIGN HQ IN MADISON DIDN'T STOP THE 1994 REELECTION OF TOMMY THOMPSON TO THIS OFFICE

WHAT IS GOVERNOR?

500

SHE SANG THE IMPASSIONED "I'M THE ONLY ONE" & "COME TO MY WINDOW"

WHO IS MELISSA ETHERIDGE?

500

WHEN MALE BADGERS & PIGS GET TOGETHER, THE FEMALES THINK THEY'RE A BUNCH OF THESE

WHAT ARE BOARS?