MOVIE TRIVIA
You can see Dustin Hoffman watching "Jeopardy!" in this title role
Rain Man
Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco
N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E
This character who loved Daisy Buchanan was born James Gatz
The Great Gatsby
Much of the 1983 film "Terms of Endearment" was filmed in & near this city, Nebraska's capital
Lincoln
Type of essay in which a newspaper expresses an opinion
editorial
Glenn Ford & Ronny Howard starred in the film version, Bill Bixby & Brandon Cruz in the TV
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
A 200th anniversary
B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L
He saw Jacob Marley's face on his front door when he went home on Christmas Eve
Ebenezer Scrooge
On July 12, 1861 this "Wild" West gunslinger killed his 1st man at Rock Creek Station near Fairbury
Wild Bill Hickok
When Adolph Ochs bought the N.Y. Times in 1896, he adopted this motto which has been used in every issue
All the news that's fit to print
She was on the wrong side of the law in "Ruthless People" & the right side as "Supergirl"
Helen Slater
The name of this dish is German for "sour cabbage"
S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T
Jonathan Swift character who also visited the islands of Laputa, Glubbdubdrib & Luggnagg
Gulliver
Closely related to the elephant, this "wooly" prehistoric mammal is the state fossil
mammoth
In 1982 Gannett introduced this national newspaper that sold for 25¢; it's now 50¢
USA Today
According to the film ads, this actor is "Her Alibi", "Her" being Paulina Porizkova
Tom Selleck
These blood vessels connect your arteries & veins
C-A-P-I-L-L-A-R-I-E-S
Longfellow said John Alden didn't propose to Priscilla until he heard reports of this man's death
Myles Standish
One of the 1st of these 160-acre plots in America was claimed by Daniel Freeman in 1863 near Beatrice
homestead
From time to time this magazine features "The Sexiest Man Alive" on its cover
People
What classic 1975 Steven Spielberg film is widely credited with inventing the modern summer blockbuster?
Jaws
The "picture writing" of Ancient Egypt
H-I-E-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-I-C-S
This grotesque Victor Hugo character was paraded through the streets of Paris as "The Prince of Fools"
Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
As its nickname indicates, Nebraska's main farm crop is this
corn
Most of the mail addressed to Pleasantville, New York goes to this magazine
Reader's Digest