Begins and Ends With "K"
"C" Monsters
Homophones
DIAL M FOR MURDER
Starts with Three Consonants
100
"Bear" down now--this Alaskan island was headquarters of the Russian-American Company until 1804
What is Kodiak?
100
Half man & half horse, they wreaked havoc in Thessaly & were expelled
What are centaurs?
100
The person who receives property from a will, or the stuff you breathe
What is heir/air?
100
He's still in prison for the murders his "family" committed in August of 1969
Who is Charles Manson?
100
A time of year, or a stream of water
What is a spring?
200
Your relatives
What is kinfolk?
200
Hesiod said this beast that guarded the entrance to Hades had 50 heads, not just 3
Who is Cerberus?
200
The Roman goddess of love, or pertaining to certain blood vessels
What is venous/Venus?
200
For murdering a nurse from county Clare, in 1954 Michael Manning became the last person executed in this country
What is Ireland?
200
A ceremony at which a baby is named
What is a christening?
300
"The Happy Wanderer" loves "to go a-wandering along the mountain track" with this on his back
What is "knapsack"?
300
Scylla's fearsome counterpart
Who is Charybdis?
300
Intuitive understanding, or to prompt into action, as a crowd to riot
What is insight/incite?
300
Firearm in the nickname of murderous Jack McGurn-- rat-tat-tat!
What is "Machine Gun"?
300
An illegal wrestling move, or complete power over something
What is a strangle(hold)?
400
This coin was named from the Russian word for "spear" because originally a rider with a spear was depicted on it
What is a kopeck?
400
This "tempestuous" Shakespearean monster is described as "a savage and deformed slave"
Who is Caliban?
400
Fully matured, or a deep sound of one in pain
What is grown/groan?
400
Confined to an insane asylum for an 1872 London murder, William Minor became a major contributor to this dictionary
What is the Oxford English Dictionary?
400
Adjective for a worn-out garment or a flimsy excuse
What is threadbare?
500
It is used to describe an open pavilion in Turkey and Iran, but your local mall will probably have one, too
What is kiosk?
500
The Greeks said this fire-breather was part lion, part dragon & part goat--but maybe it was a figment of their imagination
What is a chimera?
500
A gradation of a color, or to strike with an ax
What is hue/hew?
500
1880s Manhattan killer Mike McGloin appears in this chronicle of Big Apple crime, both the book & the Leo DiCaprio movie
What is Gangs of New York?
500
This is the first Mersenne prime
What is three?