Space
Spirited
Life in Ancient Times
Starts with a Silent "K"
Olympics
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Adjective for a space probe designed to travel between earth & Jupiter, for example

Interplanetary

100

During this process, an enzyme in yeast called zymase converts sugar into alcohol

Fermentation

100

The Babylonians controlled rivers by building a barrage of barrages, a term for a small type of this

Dam

100

It's a canvas bag for hikers to carry supplies

Knapsack

100

This American is the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, winning 28 medals, including a record 23 golds

Michael Phelps

200

In 2015, the space probe Akatsuki entered orbit around this inner planet to study its atmosphere

Venus

200

This type of mint originated in Cuba, where it is used to flavor the alcoholic drink of the same name

Mojito

200

One of the 3 festivals that summoned Israelites to Jerusalem was Shavuot, celebrating the start of this agricultural event

Harvest

200

A slow, tricky pitch on the baseball diamond

Knuckleball

200

This city's Freedom Park was opened as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics

Atlanta

300

Arcturus, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is classified as one of these, larger & brighter than the sun

Red Giant

300

An alcoholic drink served before a meal to stimulate the taste buds

Apertif

300

Chinese emperors dictated the color of clothes, so Tang dynasty commoners stripped down to their funky-colored this

Underwear

300

Machirology is the study of these, perhaps a boning one

Knife

300

The first Summer Olympics broadcast in color were held in Mexico City in this year

1968

400

Known as "the couch", the seat inside Friendship 7 was custom-made to fit this Project Mercury pilot and future U.S. Senator

John Glenn

400

Called "brown bag vino", this brand of wine contains 17.5% alcohol & shares its name with a model of Ford

Thunderbird

400

The Roman valued this art of persuasive speech, a necessary skill for great oratory

Rhetoric

400

The "Marble City" on the Tennessee River

Knoxville

400

This sport whose name means "the way of softness" was added to the Olympics at the 1964 games in Tokyo

Judo

500

There was room for two men--Frank Borman and James Lovell in the capsule used for their 2-week-long 1965 orbital mission in this program

The Gemini Project

500

Though this poet was noted for drinking, rabies rather than alcohol may have caused his 1849 death in Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe

500

In Greece, an ostrakon was a piece of pottery with a name on it; if your name was on enough ostraka, you got this punishment for a 10-year term

Exile or banishment

500

Often following the word "death", it's a special tolling of a bell to signal a funeral

Knell

500

Greek gymnast, Dimitrios Loundras is the youngest-ever athlete on record at an Olympic Games and competed at this age in 1896

10 years (and 218 days)