Guess the mystery categories #5

Using the clues provided, work out the answers, and then see if you can guess the mystery categories!

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Last updated: June 14, 2016

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1
A shade of pink	Salmon
To sit on the edge of something	Perch
Cape in Massachusetts	Cod
Haircut fashionable in the 1980s	Mullet
Category	Fish

2
A wise old person	Sage
Mr Fawlty e.g.	Basil
Bran new, perfect, pristine etc.	Mint
River running through Hesse, Germany	Dill
Category	Herbs

3
Popular e-commerce website	Amazon
Chocolate dessert "________ Mud-Pie"	Mississippi
Amarillo is Spanish for...	Yellow
Highest US state by elevation	Colorado
Category	Rivers

4
Whiskey made primarily from corn	Bourbon
Italian general who wore a red shirt	Garibaldi
Fred Astaire's dancing partner "______ Rogers"	Ginger
H2O	Water
Category	Types of biscuit

5
Sang 'Shake it off', "______ Swift"	Taylor
To stab, cut or perforate	Pierce
A stipend or subsidy	Grant
A shrub or hedging plant	Bush
Category	US presidents

6
Greater, better, higher etc.	Superior
The capital of British Columbia	Victoria
Landlocked south African country	Malawi
US state, its capital is lansing	Michigan
Category	Lakes

7
Brought the Titanic down	Iceberg
Brought Wallace & Gromit to the moon	Rocket
Capital of Massachusetts	Boston
Baby sheep	Lamb
Category	Types of lettuce

8
Language of Iran	Persian
Cuddly toy or hostage to fortune	Ragdoll
Live at one end of the Yellow Brick Road	Munchkin
Someone from the Isle of Man	Manx
Category	Cat breeds

9
What an American would call a garden	Yard
Where stray dogs go	Pound
Pebble, rock, boulder or gem	Stone
Animal that creates mounds on one's lawn	Mole
Category	Units of measurement

10
Hot beverage made from ground beans	Coffee
Episodic, intermittent, sporadic etc.	Periodic
Rotund, circular, spherical etc.	Round
Outdoor meal that ants ruin	Picnic
Category	Types of table

11
Batman's sidekick	Robin
Tall lifting apparatus used on building sites	Crane
Ingest, gulp, swig etc.	Swallow
Fast, speedy, quick etc.	Swift
Category	Birds

12
Tiananmen or Trafalgar e.g.	Square
President's office in the Whitehouse	Oval
HQ of US Department of Defence	Pentagon
Place in Bermuda where ships supposedly vanish	Triangle
Category	Shapes

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16 Comments

Level 79

Jun 14, 2016

Great!

Level 87

Jun 14, 2016

One who makes or mends clothes is a "tailor", not a "taylor".

Level 84

Jun 14, 2016

Very good indeed, agree with the tailor comment. Also occasional table would also work for periodic. But great idea for a quiz n well executed

Level 71

Jun 17, 2016

Thanks for the kind feedback, it motivates me to do more ^_^

Level 66

Sep 23, 2016

Brand new.

Level 60

Feb 8, 2022

Read "Our Mutual Friend"...

Level 74

Mar 29, 2020

Nominated the whole series! Because they were all worthy of a feature!

Level 71

Mar 30, 2020

You're a darling, thank you ^-^

Level 63

Apr 23, 2020

some of these didnt make any sense if you arent british.

Level 59

Oct 4, 2020

I had a misunderstanding where someone told me "I like eating rocket" and I thought that they meant the spacecraft. I was wrong.

Level 60

Feb 8, 2022

Hurrah. Evening the balance out a bit.

Level 59

Feb 3, 2022

Nice quiz, but some of the hints are a bit difficult.

"River running through Hesse..." The Dill originates just 60km from my hometown, but I never heard of it.

"highest US-State by elevation"... maybe call it "average elevation"? I was confused that Alaska didn't work, since it has the highest mountain in the USA...

Also, "landlocked south african country" is a bit vague, there are quite a lot of landlocked countries down there, maybe narrow it down a bit, like "small landlocked south african country"?

Level 85

Feb 3, 2022

I agree the Colorado wording could be improved, but I disagree about the other two.I think the tougher ones make the quiz a good one. Once you've worked out the category, Malawi is obvious and Dill is guessable even if you've never heard of the river.

Level 91

Feb 4, 2022

Also couldn't get past 'occasional' table :)

Level 57

Aug 19, 2022

Definitely this. It should be acceptable.

Level 87

Dec 4, 2022

Me too. Tried every conceivable spelling. Furthermore, sporadic means occurring at irregular intervals whilst periodic implies regular intervals. Great quiz but this is not the best clue or the best answer for the given clue.