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Africa
Literature
Fuzzy Friends
Potpourri
200
Before a contest, or to toss a few back before hitting the bars
Pre-game
200
A type of dream in which the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming while dreaming
Lucid
200
The savanna's endangered species list include this animal--Africa has fewer of them than their shorter pal the elephant
Giraffe
200
Among the scary stories he published in 1843 were "The Raven" & "The Black Cat"
Edgar Allen Poe
200
The two most common canine breeds used by the police force are the Belgian Malinois and this herding dog
German Shepard
200
Developer Jef Raskin loved this type of apple so much he named an Apple computer after one
Mcintosh
400
Accepted in advance, like a guaranteed credit card application
Pre-approved
400
A family of large, long-legged, and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes
Crane
400
This capital of Kenya lies at an elevation of 5,500 feet, making it a natural sister city to Denver
Nairobi
400
This book with a lamb-free title marked the first appearance of Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Red Dragon
400
The colorful "fighting fish" endemic to the central plains of Thailand
Betta
400
An Arabic term that literally translates to "Elder" and is used to refer to leader or head of a noble family
Sheikh
600
This word means secondhand, like a used car
Pre-owned
600
A tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples
Spire
600
Juba is the capital of this newest nation of Africa that seceded from its northern neighbor in 2011
South Sudan
600
George & Eliza make it safely to Canada after escaping the Shelby plantation in this 1852 Stowe novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin
600
This domesticated cat breed is named for its propensity to go limp and relaxed when picked up
Ragdoll
600
The name of this combo stabbing & chopping weapon is from the Middle German for "handle" & "hatchet"
Halberd
800
It means biased or inclined in a particular direction, though it sounds like it means thrown away early
Pre-disposed
800
A minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore, usually depicted as beautiful maidens.
Nymph (dryad is ok if u all suck)
800
A historic spiritual center, Uganda's Ssese Islands are an archipelago of 84 islands in this lake
Lake Victoria
800
This enigmatic author - later portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman - described his 1966 book "In Cold Blood" as a "nonfiction novel"
Truman Capote
800
The position of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is given to the resident cat of this political office
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
800
After their win in 2018, this modern dynasty tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl wins in NFL History
New England Patriots
1000
Some agrarian societies are considered this, not yet having developed manufacturing capability
Pre-industrial
1000
A member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes, marked by an ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure.
Cynic
1000
Despite it's avian name, these Spanish islands off the coast of Northwest Africa are named after dogs
The Canary Islands
1000
In this Huxley novel, a major character is said to have "been the first to reveal the appalling dangers of family life"
Brave New World
1000
Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth, was a stray mongrel found on the streets of this capital city
Moscow
1000
A branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them."
Ornithology