I Beat Meryl!
This "Silver Linings Playbook" actress said "I beat Meryl" at the Golden Globes in 2013.
Who is Jennifer Lawrence?
The U.S. Air Force maintains this 24-satellite system that many depend on.
What is GPS?
It's a synonym for carousel.
What is a merry-go-round?
Of course, Pooh is cited in the entry for this noun: "he sat down and took the top off his jar of" it.
What is honey?
This Agatha Christie detective has a secretary named Miss Lemon who is so efficient she is "nearly the perfect machine".
Who is Hercule Poirot?
Talk about a Titanic upset! Meryl had "Doubt" but this British actress took the Oscar for "The Reader".
Who is Kate Winslet?
On a 3D topographic map, contour lines are used to identify points that have the same this.
What is altitude (elevation)?
According to the Flag Code, for 30 days after the death of a president, the flag should be flown this way.
What is half-staff?
In 2018 the OED updated "Bear" to include Pooh's description of himself as "a bear of very little" this.
What is brain?
David Tennant was Detective Inspector Alec Hardy on this BBC America series set in the title seaside village.
What is Broadchurch?
In Meryl's one nomination for this drama award, she lost to Shirley Knight at the Shubert Theatre in 1976.
What is a Tony award?
The OED says a demonym is a name for residents of a place, like this standard name for people living in Manchester, England.
What are Mancs (Mancunians)?
Like the platypus, dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs have this descriptive facial adjective applied to them.
What is duck-bill?
This Pooh pal's name means "an exuberant, energetic, and cheerful person".
Who is Tigger?
Introduced in 1930, this junior detective heroine has more than 200 volumes that detail her adventures.
Who is Nancy Drew?
No oscar for Meryl because this other actress's role in "Dead Man Walking" was second to nun.
Who is Susan Sarandon?
You'll find each of these 2 geographic entities at 90 degrees latitude.
What are the North and South Pole?
It takes about a week to travel the 5,700-mile route from Moscow to Vladivostok on this railway
What is the Trans-Siberian railway?
Horrible! the OED defines it as "an imaginary creature resembling an elephant".
What is a Heffalump?
Robert B. Parker wrote "Perchance to Dream" as a sequel to this novel featuring Philip Marlowe.
What is The Big Sleep?
At the BAFTA Awards the Brits have home court & several have beaten Meryl, including Hellen Mirren for this 2006 film.
What is The Queen?
"Think over" this Scottish term for a cape, like the one of Kintyre peninsula.
What is a mull?
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington had many of these confidential assistants including Alexander Hamilton.
What is an aide-de-camp?
"Pooh-sticks" is defined as "a game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of" one of these.
What is a bridge?
Stories of the police who investigate crime and the district attornies who prosecute the offenders who represent the people in the criminal justice system.
What is Law & Order?