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On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope |
Niagara Falls
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It marks an ending; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, even puts one at the end of her signature |
a period
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Alfred Nobel added an inert substance to very unstable nitroglycerin to make this more easily handled explosive |
dynamite
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The "Arabian Nights" tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these |
carpet
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It looks like these plants are ready for picking |
cotton
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An apatosaurus named Arlo befriends a human boy in this 2015 animated film |
The Good Dinosaur
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King John sealed this "in the meadow...called Runnymede...on the 15th day of June in the 17th year of our reign" |
the Magna Carta
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The "air" version of these usually signals that a speaker is being sarcastic |
quotes
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A paper cylinder holding a weak explosive, or a red, white & blue popsicle brand |
(Teagan: What is rocket?) (Stephanie: What is firework?) ... (Alex: You were closer. What is [*]?)
firecracker
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"Sing aloud unto God our strength", says this biblical book of poems meant to be sung |
Psalms
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It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds |
bulbs
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Sam Smith bemoans his expertise at breakups in this hit song from 2017 |
(Teagan: What is "Good at Goodbyes"?)
"Too Good at Goodbyes"
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The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name |
D-Day
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It was Ladislav Sutnar who put telephone area codes inside these |
parentheses
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It's the term used for the process of destroying a building by using explosives to make it collapse inward on itself |
implosion (implode accepted)
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Dating from 3,500 years ago, this civilization's "Book of the Dead" is a manual for the afterlife |
Egypt
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Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in this type of tree |
eucalyptus
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On this sitcom ordinary woman Kristen Bell believed she was sent to the wrong region in the afterlife |
The Good Place
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He sent a war message to Congress June 1, 1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain |
Madison
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Commas separate phrases in a series; when the phrases contain commas, separate using these |
semicolons
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The largest explosion in earth's recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815 |
a volcano
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In "Analects" this ancient Chinese philosopher said, "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them" |
Confucius
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Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns |
aloe
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Seen here, she was the voice of Judy Hopps in "Zootopia" |
(Ginnifer) Goodwin
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The first section of this city's famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870 |
Atlantic City
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An em one is longer than an en one |
dash
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These sudden outbursts of energy on the Sun's surface are the largest explosions in the solar system |
solar flares
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Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote 2 plays named for this complex & troubled King of Thebes |
(Teagan: Who is Theseus?)
Oedipus
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Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest |
banyan trees
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"Lucid Dreams" is a top 10 hit from this 2018 Juice Wrld album |
(Alex: Two "good"s in that one.)
Goodbye and Good Riddance
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