| 
      
     | 
    
      
     | 
    
      
     | 
    
      
     | 
    
      
     | 
    
      
  | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY |  
   
 
     | 
  
  
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Act IV of the opera "Moses in Egypt" features the miraculous parting of this sea | 
    the Red Sea
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | He admitted that he didn't read all of "The Lord of the Rings" before agreeing to play Frodo | 
    (Alex: Minute to go now.)
  Elijah Wood
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | This Roman god shares his name with the smallest planet in our solar system | 
    Pluto
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | White, shell, yolk | 
    parts of an egg
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Contrary to myth, Washington didn't throw one of these across the Potomac; there weren't any when he was young | 
    silver dollar
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Have belief in your power to spell... | 
    (Alex: I'll have to caution you to phrase it in the form of a question, but I'm in a nice mood today!)
  C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
  
  
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | In the 1983 opera named for him, this saint of Assisi preaches a sermon to the birds | 
    St. Francis of Assisi
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Believing in his "Will" power, he said, "If I set my mind to it, within...15 years, I would be the president" | 
    Will Smith
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Of a dragon, a horse or a lion, the type of animal that the winged mythical creature Pegasus was | 
    horse
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    Baby grand, professional grand, concert grand | 
    types of pianos
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | In 1774 New Jerseyites dressed as Indians burned this in Greenwich; a similar "Party" occurred earlier in Boston | 
    tea
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Inquisitive minds will know how to spell... | 
    (Anissa: C-U-R-I-O-U-S-T-Y?) (Alex: Remember to phrase it in the form of a question!) (Neal: What is C-O-U-R-I-S-T-Y?)
  C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
  
  
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | "Ib and Little Christina" & "The Emperor's New Clothes" are operas based on his fairy tales | 
    Hans Christian Andersen
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | When his kids ask him to talk like his "Shrek" donkey character, "it depends on what mood" they catch him in | 
    (Anissa: Who is Mike Myers?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
  Eddie Murphy
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | Also the name of a city in Arizona, this mythical bird dies in a fire & is reborn from the ashes | 
    the Phoenix
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    Frosted Flakes, Expectations, Australia's Barrier Reef | 
    (Anissa: What are flakes?) (Neal: What are coral?)
  things that are Great
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | In 1901 the Senate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, allowing the U.S. to build this in Central America | 
    the Panama Canal
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | One of your skills is spelling... | 
    A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
  
  
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | A story by Edgar Allan Poe inspired Philip Glass' opera "The Fall of the House of" this | 
    (Anissa: What are Burgesses?)
  Usher
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | This Roman messenger god is also the name of a liquid metal | 
    Mercury
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    Decks of cards, baseball parks, engagement rings | 
    things with diamonds
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | On May 1, 1898 Commodore Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet at the battle of this Philippine bay | 
    Manila Bay
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
     | 
  
  
    | 
     | 
    
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | The first woman in Greek mythology, she opens a box & lets out all the world's evils | 
    Pandora
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    Stanley, Dixie, suction | 
    cups
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
  
    | 
       
        
       
     | 
   
  
    | On May 10, 1692 this colony founded by Cecil Calvert made the Anglican Church its official church | 
    (Anissa: What is Plymouth?)
  Maryland
 
  | 
   
 
     | 
    
     |