The Movies
December 21
Historic Declarations
Ends in Double S
Brand Name
200

Amy Schumer wrote & starred in this 2015 comedy whose title is slang for "complete mess"

Trainwreck
200

In 1891 the first game of this sport was played in Springfield, Massachusetts

basketball

200

Issued during this war, the Corfu Declaration called for a unified Slavic state following the collapse of Austria-Hungary

World War I

200

Satan is also known as the "Prince of" this

darkness

200

Due to lawsuits, in the 1940s Pinesol had to change its name to Pine-Sol to avoid confusion with this other cleaning brand

Lysol

400

This Hitchcock movie has the line "A boy's best friend is his mother"

Psycho

400

Containing 31 clues, the first modern one of these diversions appeared in a New York newspaper on December 21, 1913

crossword

400

The 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights was one of the inspirations for this document adopted 15 years later

Bill of Rights

400

Navel oranges are known for being this

seedless

400

Crepe paper filters used in gas masks during World War I evolved into this brand of tissue

Kleenex

600

In the 2020 movie, "Free Guy", I play a bank teller who comes to realize that he's really an NPC, short for this kind of character in an open-world video game

Non-player character

600

Dec. 21, 1914 saw the premiere of the first full-length movie comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance", featuring him

Charlie Chaplin

600

Calling for equal rights for women, the Declaration of Sentiments was read by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at this 1848 convention

Secena Falls

600

In gemspeak it describes a diamond with virtually no imperfections

flawless

600

Launched nationally in 1953, this wrap that clings to leftovers was Dow Chemical's first consumer product

Saran Wrap

800

Taron Egerton played Elton John in this 2019 musical fantasy

Rocketman

800

Setting a precedent, in 1942 the Supreme Court ruled that a divorce granted in this western state was legal in North Carolina

Nevada

800

UNDRIP, the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of these native peoples, says they should not be subjected to forced assimilation

Indigenous People

800

Not surprisingly it's Kentucky's official state music

bluegrass
800

In 1958 this credit card began as BankAmericard when cards with a $500 limit were sent out as an experiment

Visa

1000

Rachel McAdams bawls reading a breakup letter from Ryan Gosling in this all-around weepy movie

The Notebook

1000

Launched Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 was the first manned vehicle to do this

orbit the moon

1000

In exile in the Netherlands, this English king made the 1660 Declaration of Breda, promising amnesty in return for his restoration

Charles II

1000

It's been said that when you look into this, from the Greek for "bottomless", it also looks into you

the abyss

1000

The strawberry flavor of this 5-letter Coca-Cola brand is a favorite spirit offering at shrines in Thailand

Fanta

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