Trivia Hell


All of the answers end in -INE:

 

ROMAINE

TURBINE

FETUCCINE

GRENADINE

CODEINE

DEFINE

IMAGINE

LABYRINTHINE

SKYLINE

JASMINE

STRYCHNINE (probably the toughest one)

HEROINE

PORCUPINE

WOLVERINE

COSINE

SERPENTINE

EQUINE

 

Take the shaded letters from the appropriate words to get the four bases of DNA: ADENINE, CYTOSINE, THYMINE, and GUANINE. These are standardly abbreviated to A, C, T, G.

 

Following the same -INE pattern, NINE WEST is a store on the 4th floor.

 

As a biologist and puzzle designer, I was thrilled that A, C, T, and G randomly ended up being the letters for one floor, and more excited still to find a Nine West on that floor.