COMPOUND WORDS
EPONYMS
WORLD PLACE NAMES
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES
VOLCANOES
100

The name of a playing card resides in this word that refers to a big lottery payday


What is JACKPOT

100

This toy we throw around was based on a tin pie plate made by & named for a Connecticut baker


What is FRISBEE

100

Welcoming freed slaves to the land of their ancestors this country's name is from the Latin word for Free


What is LIBERIA

100

The name of this pungent striped mammal comes from the Massachusett language


What is SKUNK

100

Viewing the sunrise from the summit of this peak has a special Japanese name goraiko


What is MOUNT FUJI

200

A Rottweiler who protects your property


What is WATCHDOG (GUARDDOG ACCEPTED)

200

In the 1950s an Israeli army captain won a competition by creating this submachine gun named for him


What is AN UZI

200

As you might guess India derives its name from this river


What is THE INDUS RIVER

200

Zucchini & pumpkins are both types of this vegetable a gourd family from a Narragansett name


What is SQUASH

200

Soon after this volcano erupted in 1980 the city of Spokane was plunged into darkness due to the ash


What is MOUNT ST. HELENS

300

Northerners who head for Florida as soon as the weather gets cold


What is SNOWBIRDS

300

This amusement park ride made the rounds in Chicago in 1893 & carried passengers 264 feet into the air


What is A FERRIS WHEEL

300

The Arabic name of this biblical town means house of meat; the Hebrew name--house of bread


What is BETHLEHEM

300

This word for a fierce tropical storm comes from the Taino name for a turbulent god


What is HURRICANE

300

Many of the tourists flocking to this country NW of Panama visit the national park named for Irazu volcano


What is COSTA RICA

400

It can describe previously used garments found in a thrift shop or smoke inhaled by non-smokers


What is SECONDHAND

400

This disease first described by a German physician in 1906 was once known as presenile dementia


What is ALZHEIMER'S

400

The name of this national park & wildlife refuge in Tanzania roughly translates to great open place


What is SERENGETI

400

Originally Native Americans used these runnerless sleds to transport game over the snow


What is TOBOGGANS

400

Some scientists believe that this civilization on Crete ended with the eruption of the volcano Thera around 1500 B.C.


What is THE MINOAN CIVILIZATION

500

It can be derogatory slang for a chubby person or perhaps the brand name of your Thanksgiving turkey


What is BUTTERBALL

500

This brand of mouthwash is named in honor of a British doctor who pioneered antiseptic surgery


What is LISTERINE

500

The name of this Indonesian island is believed to come from a word for barley not coffee


What is JAVA

500

It's the 9-letter name of the creature who is said to leave behind footprints measuring 24 long & 8 wide


What is SASQUATCH

500

The world's highest active volcanoes lie in this South American mountain range


What is THE ANDES