WORD ORIGINS
ITALIAN FOOD
WORDS WITH SILENT CONSONANTS
WHERE'S THAT STATE SCHOOL?
MAKE MY CAR
100

This place where alcoholic drinks are sold is derived from a slightly shorter, "fashionable" French word

saloon

100

Caprino, usually made from the milk of this animal, is a soft cheese that will highlight your spinach omelet

a goat

100

Public or private, it's what you owe

debt

100

This University of California city declared itself nuke-free in 1986

Berkeley

100

The Sentra of your attention

Nissan

200

From Latin for "cleanse", it's the place where one's soul is cleansed before entering heaven

purgatory

200

This Italian ice cream is denser than regular ice cream & has less butterfat

gelato

200

Tiny imaginary bearded guy guarding his treasure or standing in your garden

gnome

200

The main campus of the University of Oklahoma is in this city, also a first name

Norman

200

The $120,000 S-class coupe; my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends

Mercedes

300

Often eaten with eggs at breakfast, it comes from Latin for "dry" or "parch"

toast

300

This tiny rice-shaped pasta whose name means "barley" is often used in soups

orzo

300

"Facade" by Frederick Ashton is this type of artistic work

ballet

300

They're Russian around & having a capital time at the University of Idaho in this city

Moscow

300

The Rav4, which has the airbags8

Toyota

400

From a word for "apple", it's a bag of aromatic substances placed in a dresser drawer


pomander

400

Spaghetti alle vongole is spaghetti served with these shellfish

clams

400

It sounds like you're going to a balmy island with this adjective for a drug that alters one's perception, mood or actions

psychotropic

400

Read up on your Faulkner on the main campus of the University of Mississippi in this city

Oxford

400

The Sportage
(Hint: SUV is 3 letters, too)

Kia

500

In Dutch it meant "household effects"; its meaning as goods taken by force during a war dates to the 1640s

plunder

500

This bread salad is made with bread soaked in water, onions, tomatoes, basil, olive oil, vinegar & seasonings

panzanella

500

An expected future situation or sequence of events; it can also refer to a screenplay

scenario

500

Home base of the University of Georgia, it's also produced some famous bands

Athens

500

The A4 runs 4 rings around the competition

Audi