At the Movies
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place in this year, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
1929
What does Judi and her Scrabble friends call themselves
Scrabble Sistahs
The year Judi graduated from Syracuse
1977
What Connecticut town do Lorelai and Rory Gilmore live in?
Stars Hollow
Coatsville sits along this river, whose water power first drove the town's industrial growth
Brandywine River
Judi's favorite movie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
In Jeopardy, contestants must phrase their responses in this form
Question
Syracuse University was chartered by New York state in this year.
1870
What is the name of the funeral home in Six Feet Under?
Fisher & Sons Funeral Home
Coatsville sits in one of Willima Penn's three original counties
Chester County
This director of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill is known for nonlinear storytelling and stylized violence
Quentin Tarantino
Monopoly's board is famously based on the streets of this New Jeresy city
Atlantic City
Which US President earned his law degree from Syracuse?
Joe Biden
This actress played Sookie St.James, Lorelai's clumsy but talented chef best friend on Gilmore Girls
Melissa McCarthy
This woman too over the ironworks in 1825 after her father's and husband's deaths, becoming Ameria's first female industrialist
Rebecca Lukens
The Best Director win for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate in the same year at the Tonys makes this man the only director to win Best Director of both a Play and a Musical in one ceremony
Michael Blakemore
Trivial Pursuit was dreamed up in December 1979 by two Canadian friends while they were playing another word game
Scrabble
What is the name of Syracuse's beloved mascot?
Otto the Orange
Who was Erica Kane's longtime love interest played by Michael E. Knight
Tad Martin
Considered the oldest continuously operating steel mill in the country
Lukens Steel Company
This choregrapher-director is the only person to win a Tony, an Oscar, and an Emmy in the same year (w973)
Bob Fosse
Scrabble's commercial breakthrough came in the early 1950s when the president of this department store discovered the game on vacation and placed a large order
Macy's
The author of "The Lottery" and "The Haunting of Hill House" is a Syracuse grad
Shirley Jackson
What is the name of Nate's and David's younger sister in Six Feet Under
Claire
This two-time Olympic figure skater and TV commentator, a three-time US national champion is often called Coatesville's most famous native
Johnny Weir