Find the words from given categories! (NPR Sunday Word Puzzle)

I'll give you some categories and two things in each one. You name the only other thing in that category that fits between the given two alphabetically.

Example: A brother and a daughter are both members of a family. If I asked, "What member of a family fits between BROTHER and DAUGHTER alphabetically?," you'd say COUSIN

1. Positions in Baseball — CATCHER, FIRST BASE

2. Birthstones — DIAMOND, GARNET

3. Rooms in the Game 'Clue' — CONSERVATORY, HALL

4. Original Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Flavors — ROCKY ROAD, VANILLA

5. Best Actor Oscar Winners — NEWMAN, NIVEN

6. Best Actress Oscar Winners — SPACEK, STREISAND

7. Vegetables in V8 Juice — PARSLEY, TOMATOES

8. Triple Crown Winners — AFFIRMED, ASSAULT

9. Forms of Precipitation — RAIN, SNOW

 

Answer Keys

1. centerfield

2. emerald

3. Dining room

4. strawberries

5. Nicolson

6. Streep

7. spinach

8. American Pharoah

9. showers