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YOUR FRIENDLY MILITARY RECRUITER |
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KEANU, ASHTON OR EINSTEIN |
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In the 2000 census, Des Moines & Cedar Rapids were the only 2 cities in this state with populations of more than 100,000 |
Iowa
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SpongeBob's multi-limbed neighbor & best friend who became a Jewish national symbol |
(Andrew: Who is Patrick?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Andrew: Who is Patrick Fish--Starfish?)
Patrick Star of David
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Imagine managing propulsion for a Navy sub under this type of power, like the Virginia class |
nuclear power
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In October 2005, 6 days shy of her 16th birthday, this golf phenom from Hawaii announced she was turning pro |
(Michelle) Wie
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Honored with a star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" |
Keanu
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Furry fungi you might find on food |
mold
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Most of our nation's gold reserves are stored at Fort Knox in this state |
Kentucky
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Krusty the Clown's odd-haired partner who jammed to reggae in Jamaica before his 1981 death |
Sideshow Bob Marley
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You'll stay closer to home in this service, the USA's main maritime search & rescue organization |
the Coast Guard
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Henry Morton Stanley's most famous discovery, we presume, was this missing explorer in 1871 |
Dr. Livingstone
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Studied music & the violin at the behest of his mother, Paulina |
(Albert) Einstein
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A wallet for carrying paper money |
(Allison: What is a fold?)
a billfold
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It's the only state that has parishes instead of counties |
Louisiana
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Ghost-hunting Nickelodeon superhero who's in the title of "Star Wars: Episode I" |
Danny Phantom Menace
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In the Army, gyms, movies & shopping are part of life on one of these, the P in PX |
(Alex: The [*] exchange.)
post
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It's the proper term for the dot dot dots that indicate missing words in a sentence |
(Allison: What is an ellipse?) [Originally ruled incorrect, reversed after first break]
ellipses (or an ellipsis)
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A high school dropout but later graduated from college |
(Iddoshe: Who is Ashton?)
Einstein
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A word meaning to rebuke someone angrily |
to scold
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The Ten Thousand Islands are off Florida; the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is in this state |
(Iddoshe: What is Tennessee?) ... (Alex: You're thinking of the Smoky Mountains, perhaps.)
Alaska
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Mysterious masked brother of Speed who is an extreme sports competition |
Racer X Games
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Though this job of controlling the course comes from the Latin for "ship", you can be one for an Air Force plane |
a navigator
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1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4, more potatoes are of this brown-skinned variety than any other |
russet
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Studied biochemical engineering in college |
Ashton (Kutcher)
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American plant seen here |
a marigold
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The U.S. Naval Academy opened in 1845 in this state |
(Alex: Annapolis, [*].)
Maryland
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Based on Peter Pan's little winged fairy friend, it's a way of grading tests |
Tinker Bell Curve
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Sorry, ladies--some Army jobs under this 6-letter category, like cannon crewmember, are off limits |
combat
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ancestry.com is one of the better-known websites for people interested in this 9-letter hobby |
genealogy
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Born in Beirut, Lebanon |
Keanu (Reeves)
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A doorsill, or a point that must be exceeded to begin producing a desired effect |
the threshold
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