COFFEE BREAK
FICTION
THE ACADEMY AWARDS
DWELLINGS
ABBREV.
200
'This stimulant found in coffee can ease headaches by constricting blood vessels'
caffeine
200
'This hero "of the Apes" later hung out with ant men, lion men & leopard men'
Tarzan
200
'This Brit won twice for playing Southern belles, Scarlett & Blanche'
Vivian Leigh
200
'It's the often fancy apartment occupying a building's top floor'
the penthouse
200
'In case you were wondering, FYI stands for this'
for your information
400
'Cappuccino is this coffee drink mixed or topped with steamed milk'
espresso
400
'Like the hero, the author of the 1817 novel "Rob Roy" was of this nationality'
Scottish
400
'He picked up an Oscar for his "Theme From Shaft"'
Isaac Hayes
400
'From Swiss French for "shelter", it's a wooden cottage or lodge with overhanging eaves'
Chalet
400
'Fans of this film classic commonly refer to it as "GWTW"'
Gone with the Wind
600
'In a cantata by this composer heard
here
, Lieschen sings of her need for coffee:'
J.S. Bach
600
'In a Dumas novel, the "Man in" this uncomfortable piece of apparel is Louis XIV's brother'
the Iron Mask
600
'Academy listings have "The Seven Samurai" nominated under this name, what it was first titled for the U.S.'
The Magnificent Seven
600
'Manhattan is known for these handsome sandstone buildings named for their dark hue'
brownstones
600
'In computerese, when referring to capacity, MB is short for this'
megabyte
800
'The coffee tree's red berries, which contain the beans, also bear the name of this fruit'
cherry
800
'In a Kipling story, this mongoose heroically battles a cobra'
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
800
'She was nominated for 1964's "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" & began "Bewitched" that same year'
Agnes Moorehead
800
'Though born to wealth, William Henry Harrison used this humble dwelling as a campaign symbol'
a log cabin (even though he wasn\'t born in one)
800
'This metric unit can be abbreviated cg or cgm'
centigram
1000
'"Coffee" comes from this language's "qahwah", which meant "wine"'
Arabic
1000
'David Foster Wallace is the author of this 1996 comic novel whose title might refer to its vast length'
Infinite Jest
1000
'For 1969 "Midnight Cowboy" won for its screenplay; for 1978 this "Midnight" movie won'
Midnight Express
1000
'In Malaysia several families may live in this type of "house", also built by the Iroquois'
a longhouse
1000
'In the game of chess chm. is an abbreviation for this move'
checkmate
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