Recent-ish Movies
Parts Of Speech
Pass/Fail
Paper Terms
Video Games
200

Ryan Reynolds voices this furry yellow character in a 2019 children's movie.

Pikachu
200

Does my posterior look big in these pants?:
big

Adjective

200

Noisy term for a sudden failure in stock market prices, like the 22% one-day plunge on Oct. 19, 1987

Crash

200

"Build" the art of your dreams with this type of heavy colored paper

Construction Paper

200
This roguelike has you playing as Zagreus, Prince of the Underworld and was nominated for Game of the Year.

Hades

400

In the film of the same name, James McAvoy as Barry, Dennis et al. has this type of personality

Split

400

What...? Who? Her!:
All of the above

Pronouns

400

Success in relay races requires a clean pass of this item

Baton

400

This strong & light yellow-brown paper shares its name with a Philippine city

Manila

400

In "Middle-earth: Shadow of War" these evil minions learn from defeat & come back later with a grudge

Orcs

600

Woody Harrelson as "The Colonel" leads the humans against the chimps in this movie

War for Planet of the Apes

600

To quote Britney, "So if I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?":
against

Preposition

600

This "In Cold Blood" author said, "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor"

Truman Capote

600

25 sheets of paper all of the same size & quality are one of these, a homophone for a group of church singers

Quire

600

Inspired by Mexican lore, "Guacamelee!" finds agave farmer Juan gifted with the mask of one of these athletes

A Wrestler (or a Luchador)
800

In "Justice League" Jason Momoa pays this hero of Atlantis

Aquaman

800

Ahoy! Surrender your vessel or be boarded by Pirate Pete!:
ahoy

Exclamation or Interjection

800

This term for a failure also refers to the situation created by heavy rain, making a road impassable

Washout

800

It's a soft & gauzy type of paper, or a cell structure in the body of an animal or plant

Tissue

800

Post-apocalyptic mecha-dinosaurs are just part of the fun in the PlayStation game called this "Zero Dawn"

Horizon Zero Dawn

1000

He won an Oscar in 2018 for playing troubled cop Jason Dixon in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

(Sam) Rockwell

1000

Here's a very, very, very good clue from our non-lazy, Emmy-winning writing staff:
very

Adverb

1000

Only 50 feet wide at some points, the Khyber Pass links Pakistan with this country

Afghanistan

1000

It's the 5-letter name of the thin Japanese paper used for origami; crafters love the tape made from it

Washi

1000

This European-sounding game that fans call "G.T." bills itself as "the real driving simulator"

Gran Turismo