A Hindu spiritual teacher
What is a guru?
This 969-year-old died in the year of the flood
Who is Methusela?
This title is "the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns"
What is Fahrenheit 451?
A U.S. president:
USG
Who is (Ulysses S) Grant?
Matt Damon took on Glen Campbell's Texas Ranger role in the remake of this western
What is True Grit?
He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987
Who is Bill Gates?
Barbie knows a type of long surfboard is named for this California beach
What is Malibu?
The first specific animal mentioned in the King James Bible is this great sea mammal
What is a whale?
"'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin"' to do this
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
A presidential assassin:
JWB
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Sam Worthington didn't use Harry Hamlin's toga as Perseus in the 2010 remake of this action flick
What is Clash of the Titans?
Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird
What is Piano Man?
The name of this Japanese martial art related to judo means "soft art"
What is jujitsu?
After God expelled Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden, cherubim & this flaming weapon were put at its entrance
What is sword?
"She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at" this symbol
What is The Scarlett Letter?
She was a suspenseful contemporary novelist:
MHC
Who is Mary Higgins Clark?
This Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks romantic comedy was inspired by "The Shop Around the Corner"
What is You've Got Mail?
In 1887 he began running the San Francisco Examiner, which his dad acquired 7 years before
Who is Hearst?
A married woman in Bonn or Berlin
What is a frau?
After Cain slew Abel, "Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and called his name" this
What is Seth?
This numeric title "required that each censored letter bear the censoring officer's name"
What is "Catch-22"?
A composer & a baroque'n man:
JSB
Who is (Johann Sebastian) Bach?
This 2007 Shia LaBeouf film is a modern take on Hitchcock's "Rear Window
What is Disturbia?
In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned
Who is de Blasio?
Found before "of" it's a 2-word term meaning instead, including the French for "place"
What is in lieu?
Genesis 2:13 mentions this country that still exists on the eastern border of Sudan
What is Ethiopia?
'I would give a good deal to know how it comes about that"' this wealthy title man "'is acquainted with M. de Villefort"'
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
A fashion designer, nee Halfin:
DVF
Who is Diane von Fürstenberg?
1939's "Love Affair" was remade as this 1957 weepie starring Cary Grant
What is An Affair to Remember?
William Thomson is a fine name for a physicist, but after developing the absolute temp. scale, Lord this had a nice ring
What is Kelvin?