Idioms
A-ha! Literally, I've caught you with your...
What is hand in the cookie jar?
Firedamp is a dangerous gas found in seams of this stuff in the mines where it's quarried
What is coal?
Hasbro pits red vs. yellow:
Connect ____
What is four?
The indigenous people of this vast island call themselves Kalaallite
What is Greenland?
Killarney National Park
What is Ireland?
The TV series "Entourage" got people changing plain old "hug" into this 3-word phrase
What is hug it out?
Lachrymator is a more formal word for this class of irritants
What is tear gas?
The cinematic hunt for bin Laden:
"____ Dark ____"
What is Zero Dark Thirty?
In 1869 the "golden spike" was driven in to ceremonially finish the construction of this
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Masada National Park
What is Israel?
One theory says to flip this, meaning to change things around, came from rap battles; it's used in "8 Mile"
What is the script?
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?
Time to get hitched on TLC:
"____ Day Fiance"
What is 90?
On Oct. 2, 1976 the game was over for Dave Wagstaffe of the Blackburn Rovers, the first English player ousted with this
What is a red card?
Lake District National Park
What is the United Kingdom?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is hold water?
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?
Actor & OutKast:
Andre ____
What is 3000?
Once called the slimehead, this fish that people dine on doesn't reproduce until its 20s, making it vulnerable to overfishing
What is the orange roughy?
Tikal National Park
What is Guatemala?
In the 17th century it was a feather & a horse; today we use this idiom for one more burden you just can't take
What is the straw that broke the camel's back?
NH3 is this strong-smelling gas; the cleaning fluid is it dissolved in water
What is ammonia?
Groove metal band:
____ Finger Death Punch
What is five?
Completed around 1770, this work is Thomas Gainsborough's best-known portrait
What is The Blue Boy?
Serengeti National Park
What is Tanzania?