"Q" FORCE
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
VARIETY
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW
100

It's equal to 32 fluid ounces

a quart

100

This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May

Memorial Day

100

Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on Twitter

Barack Obama

100

Reese Witherspoon plays field reporter Bradley Jackson, who becomes Jennifer Aniston's co-anchor on this series

The Morning Show

100

Voir dire is the process of selecting a fair & impartial one of these groups

jurors (or a jury)

200

It's the same as a spat

a quarrel

200

Legislation signed on June 17, 2021, made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983

Juneteenth

200

This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6

St. Nicholas

200

In 2013's "Man of Steel", Amy Adams played this reporter, Superman's gal pal

Lois Lane

200

As opposed to misdemeanors, this class of crimes is more serious & can carry a sentence of a year or more in the slammer

a felony

300

This period of isolation to stop the spread of disease goes back to "40 days", how long infected ships were once kept isolated

a quarantine

300

Many states now designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day rather than this

Columbus Day

300

The name of this daily N.Y. Times vocabulary game is actually a play on the name of the software engineer who created it

Wordle

300

This funnyman played a reporter who got to fill in for God in the movie "Bruce Almighty"

Jim Carrey

300

Criminals disguise the source of ill-gotten gains via this 2-word process; detergent is optional

money laundering

400

It's where the FBI Academy is located

Quantico

400

This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year

Yom Kippur

400

Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria

kombucha

400

In the classic "Citizen Kane", following Kane's death, a reporter is sent out to uncover the meaning of this, his final word

Rosebud

400

Sometimes a judge might, hopefully, just sentence you to do this, work without pay, perhaps for a nonprofit

community service

500

If you have nagging doubts or questions about a project, you have these misgivings

qualms

500

This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1

Labor Day

500

In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth; in 1998, he became the oldest person, at 77, to travel into space

John Glenn

500

Redford & Hoffman played Woodward & Bernstein in this film about the reporters who uncovered Watergate

All the President's Men

500

Ask Steve Bannon--you don't want to ignore one of these writs from a court, commanding you to come in &, you know, testify

a subpoena

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