|
THE BEGINNING
|
|
$200
|
When the U.N. was founded, Gladwyn Jebb of the U.K. did this job in an acting capacity from October 1945 through January 1946
|
Secretary-General
|
|
$400
|
With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece
|
1896
|
|
$600
|
This body first assembled Feb. 1, 1790, but John Jay had to postpone actual proceedings a day as not all the members had made it
|
the Supreme Court
|
|
$800
|
A short film by these brothers of workers leaving a factory is considered the world's first motion picture
|
the Lumières
|
|
$1000
|
Around 650 B.C.Greek colonists founded a city on the Bosporus that they called this; it would later be the capital of empires
|
Byzantium
|
|
|
|
|
|
MOVIE REWARDS
|
|
$200
|
Jamal wins 20 million rupees after getting the final question right in this 2008 movie
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
|
$400
|
In "Brave", Merida discovers a loophole & "wins" her own hand in marriage through a contest in this sport
|
archery
|
|
$600
|
In a 1994 film this character receives a Medal of Honor from LBJ after being wounded "in the buttocks"
|
Forrest Gump
|
|
$800
|
In "Never Say Never Again", this Bond actor settles for a dance with Kim Basinger after winning a game vs. the villainous Largo
|
Sean Connery
|
|
$1000
|
At the end of a 2009 movie this title guy is offered his dream job but instead continues to protect shoppers at the West Orange Pavilion
|
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
|
|
|
|
|
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
$200
|
After his wife had a terrifying jump with an automatically deploying parachute, Floyd Smith invented this manual release
|
a rip cord
|
|
$400
|
Many Australians celebrate this holiday in a homegrown way with a chocolate bilby; that's a marsupial
|
Easter
|
|
$600
|
The 1921 book "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe" sets 13 as the number of members in this group
|
a coven
|
|
$800
|
Extremely cold & difficult to store, this gas is prone to shortages, like one in 2019 that made life tough for Party City stores
|
helium
|
|
$1000
|
When MLB pitcher Jim Gott faced batter Tim Teufel, in German it was a confrontation of these 2 beings
|
God & the Devil
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST
|
|
$200
|
I want some more key lime pie, especially with a crust made using these Honey Maid items
|
graham crackers
|
|
$400
|
In 1995 Pizza Hut introduced original stuffed crust pizza, stuffed with "100% real" this cheese
|
mozzarella
|
|
$600
|
It's French for "in crust" & salmon is one food often prepared comme ça
|
en croûte
|
|
$800
|
The Washington Post noted, "The thinner the wrapper, the flakier the crust" in this "seasonal" Chinese appetizer
|
spring rolls
|
|
$1000
|
A Pillsbury recipe offers up their original crescent rolls for a crisp crust enclosing tenderloin steaks in this dish for 2
|
Beef Wellington
|
|
|
|
|
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
|
|
$200
|
Tights & stockings (7 letters)
|
hosiery
|
|
$400
|
Songbook for Sunday (6 letters)
|
a hymnal
|
|
$600
|
God of the underworld (5 letters)
|
Hades
|
|
$800
|
A daily in Miami (6 letters)
|
Herald
|
|
$1000
|
Shaggy-haired & bewhiskered (7 letters)
|
hirsute
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE END
|
|
$200
|
"He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"
|
1984
|
|
$400
|
"God bless us, every one!"
|
A Christmas Carol
|
|
$600
|
"It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan"
|
Moby-Dick
|
|
$800
|
"Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before"
|
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
|
|
$1000
|
"Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!"
|
Little Women
|
|
|
|
|
|
SOME CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
|
|
$400
|
Silk from the orb-weaver type of this animal can be packed so densely that it has been used to make violin strings
|
a spider
|
|
$800
|
Heavy poaching of Persian gazelles contributed to the near extinction of the Asiatic cheetah, mainly found in this country
|
Iran
|
|
$1200
|
With feathers that look like quills sticking from its head, a predatory bird of Africa had this office worker name
|
a secretarybird
|
|
$1600
|
The black species of this African mammal vulnerable to poaching is recovering from a 98% drop in its numbers
|
the rhino
|
|
$2000
|
This duck seen here sounds like it's named for a Russian place
|
Muscovy
|
|
|
|
|
|
ART CRITICS
|
|
$400
|
In a 1435 essay Leon Battista Alberti declared that an art renaissance was occurring in this city of Leonardo
|
Florence
|
|
$800
|
After seeing a painting by Monet, critic Louis Leroy derisively gave this movement its name
|
Impressionism
|
|
$1200
|
Lawrence Alloway is credited with this 2-word term for work that uses comic strips, soup cans & the like as subject matter
|
pop art
|
|
$1600
|
Christopher Knight criticizes museums as shortsighted for funding operations by selling art--in museum-speak, this "de"-verb
|
deaccessioning
|
|
$2000
|
Clement Greenberg said the 1943 work "Mural" showed this man was the greatest painter the U.S. had produced
|
Pollock
|
|
|
|
|
|
LET'S TALK BUSINESS
|
|
$400
|
As the name implies, even for a giant company it can be a single page showing a business' assets & liabilities
|
the balance sheet
|
|
$800
|
If rate of yield fails to increase in proportion to investment beyond a certain point, you get these declining 2-word profits
|
diminishing returns
|
|
$1200
|
It's the horticultural term for a largely unregulated private partnership group using speculative investment strategy
|
a hedge fund
|
|
$1600
|
As the name suggests, when buying a home it's a deposit paid to the seller to demonstrate a buyer's good faith
|
earnest money
|
|
$2000
|
Some traders specialize in this, the simultaneous buying & selling of the same asset at different prices in different markets
|
arbitrage
|
|
|
|
|
|
FIRST NAMES WITH CHARACTER
|
|
$400
|
This sister of Rumer & Tallulah Willis was named for a character in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
|
Scout
|
|
$800
|
The daughter of Michelle Williams & Heath Ledger is named for this Roald Dahl book
|
Matilda
|
|
$1200
|
In the U.S., this first name from "Gone with the Wind" is more often given to girls, but boy band & Broadway star Parker Angel has it
|
Ashley
|
|
$1600
|
Dwayne Johnson named a daughter this, also the first Black Disney princess
|
Tiana
|
|
$2000
|
Known for period dramas like George Eliot adaptations, actress Garai has this first name of an Eliot title character
|
Romola
|
|
|
|
|
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
$400
|
An important industrial center, this city is also home to the Welsh central government
|
Cardiff
|
|
$800
|
Mohammed V Square is the central plaza in this city but you probably won't find any gin joints there
|
Casablanca
|
|
$1200
|
Seen here is the coat of arms of this German city whose name derives from a 10th century stud farm
|
Stuttgart
|
|
$1600
|
In 1961 Stalingrad was renamed this, for the river on which it lies
|
Volgograd
|
|
$2000
|
Argentina's second-largest city is named for this Spanish city; both are known for their leather
|
Córdoba
|
|
|
|
|
|
2-WORD PALINDROMES
|
|
$400
|
Intelligent streetcars
|
smart trams
|
|
$800
|
A guanaco relative's shopping complex
|
llama mall
|
|
$1200
|
An eager female opera star
|
an avid diva
|
|
$1600
|
A sleepy scimitar
|
drowsy sword
|
|
$2000
|
A Papeete porkpie
|
a Tahiti hat
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970s SONGS
|
|
N/A
|
In 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at No. 1 on the U.K. charts by this Europop song whose title is heard in Queen's lyrics
|
"Mamma Mia"
|
