Facts About Animals
The right or bowhead this gets tangled in fishing nets, which can stunt growth, causing the species to be shorter than its typical 52 feet
What is a whale?
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
What is checkmate?
Nonprescription is synonymous with this 3-word phrase
What is over the counter?
Firedamp is a dangerous gas found in seams of this stuff in the mines where it's quarried
What is coal?
A wading bird, or a machine with a hoisting arm at a construction site
What is a crane?
THE 13 COLONIES
Founded by an advocate of religious freedom, it was the site of America's first Baptist church & oldest synagogue
The 2-toed one of these can live up to 20 years, most of it upside down in the canopy of the rainforest
In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long
What is 10?
"Moving" these structures found on a football field has come to mean changing the rules
What are goalposts?
Lachrymator is a more formal word for this class of irritants
What is tear gas?
Got up from the bed, or a prickly flower
What is a rose?
When faced with danger, certain ducks, snakes & mammals do this, also called thanatosis
What is play dead?
"Walk-off" began as a term for a play that ends a game in this sport
What is baseball?
If you "come to" this, you're ready to talk; however, if a subject is "off" it, it is no longer acceptable to discuss
What is the table?
It's the alliterative term for a gas that absorbs infrared radiation & re-radiates it back to Earth's surface
What is a greenhouse gas?
To consume, or a live video signal
What is a feed?
The kestrel is also known as this type of hawk, after the nice little bird it's looking around for here
What is the sparrow?
The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding factor
What is Monopoly?
A hyperbolic expression says a noisy disturbance reaches such a pitch it could do this, right off the house
What is blow the roof of?
It's the second-most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere; scientists used to think it was No. 3 in the Sun, but now they're not sure
What is oxygen?
A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other or to pierce something
What is a needle?
Sweden's only wild feline is this short-tailed cat that's able to bring down much larger animals, like reindeer & roe deer
What is the lynx?
A hand in this card game with 2 potent potables in its name comes to a halt after a player "knocks"
What is gin rummy?
This "aqueous" phrase means a problem is in the past & doesn't worry you anymore
What is water under the bridge?
NH3 is this strong-smelling gas; the cleaning fluid is it dissolved in water
What is ammonia?
A candy flavor, or a place that makes money
What is a mint?
Final Answer
What is Rhode Island?