SPORTS BY MOVIE
"Mr. 3000"
Baseball
He became editor-in-chief of Timely (later Marvel) comics in 1942 at age 18 & stayed in that role until 1972
Stan Lee
In rounders, the ancestor of baseball, a runner was put out not by tagging but by doing this with the ball--ouch!
Hitting them
On a tent, it's the equivalent of the door
A flap
Crayola has a fluorescent color called "unmellow" this
Yellow
"Like Mike"
Basketball
In Neil Gaiman's graphic novel "1602", Marvel kills off this British ruler
Queen Elizabeth 1st
The Encyclopedia Britannica calls it "the oldest of equestrian sports", dating to ancient Persia
Polo
A tire that has lost its air
Flat
One of Ireland's nicknames includes this green hue
The Emerald Isle
"Days of Thunder"
Nascar
While studying at Columbia, Elektra Natchios dated blind Matt Murdock, later known as this superhero
Daredevil
A goal, hung sideways on the wall, was used in an ancient Mayan ballgame at Uxmal, on this peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
It can be a custardy tart or a creme caramel
Flan
This neutral color can refer to the Confederate Army
Gray
"Remember the Titans"
Football
"She-devil with a sword", she made her first appearance in Marvel's Conan the Barbarian No. 23
Red Sonya
"Juego de Pelota", an 18th C. Goya tapestry in the Prado, depicts an ancestor of this speedy Basque sport
Jai ali
Fatty flesh around people's tummies
Flab
This secondary color is in the third line of "America The Beautiful"
Purple
"Miracle"
Hockey
His surgical career was cut short after an accident, so now he's "Master of the Mystic Arts"
Stephen Strange
Irish manuscripts of the 1200s B.C. describe this stick-&-ball sport that's now the national pastime
Hurling
The unfortunate quality that brings ruin to the hero of a tragedy is called the tragic this
Flaw
The name of this deep red also means "of prime importance"
Cardinal