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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
WILD AT THE OSCARS
INCISOR TRADING
MOVIE LIFE HACKS
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
100
A throwing weapon, literally, or to have something you said get thrown back in your face, metaphorically
a boomerang
100
Aha! I have found that this Greek word is California's state motto
eureka
100
His 2022 onstage slap of Chris Rock has been called the most shocking moment in Oscars hiistory, & it's tough to argue
Will Smith
100
Called peg teeth, a 2nd pair of incisors behind larger ones distinguishes these animals, like the cottontail, from rodents
rabbits
100
Cooking in this Pixar film, Linguini uses the back end of his knife to scrape food from a cutting board, reducing wear on the blade
Ratatouille
100
Sharp end to "hold" someone "at"
(10 letters)
knifepoint
200
It's the term for 1 followed by 100 zeros; you could look it up
a googol
200
Italian gives us this word for the theme in Christian art depicted here, as well as the title of the work
Pietà
200
"'Moonlight', this is not a joke. you guys won Best Picture", said Jordan Horowitz, a producer of this film
La La Land
200
Cows & other members of this cud-chewing suborder have dental pads instead of upper incisors
ruminants
200
onions
200
Dealey Plaza has an infamous grassy one
(5 letters)
knoll
300
"You call that vibrato, man?!" In 1705 Bach got into a street scuffle with a player of this wind instrument
bassoon
300
Beaux Arts can mean fine arts or a specific style of architecture; this similar French phrase refers to elegant literature
the Belles-lettres
300
Nominated for this song about the Great White North, "South Park" creator Trey Parker showed up in a dress & on LSD
"Blame Canada"
300
The longest of these elongated incisors ever found was a 16-footer from a creature extinct more than 10,000 years ago
tusks
300
In this 2004 movie, Paul Giamatti shows Thomas Haden Church how to swirl wine in the glass to get it to oxygenate & open up
Sideways
300
Nightmarish à la Franz
(10 letters)
Kafkaesque
400
A person in Flin Flon asking for one of these just wants a Canadian dollar
a loonie
400
Many use this Japanese word to say hello, though it more properly means "good afternoon"
konnichiwa
400
Boos interrupted Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather's 1973 refusal of the Best Actor award on behalf of this man
Marlon Brando
400
You've heard of Iron Man, but what about Iron Beaver? This hard outer layer of their wood-chomping teeth contains iron
enamel
400
In this film, George Clooney advises Anna Kendrick on more efficient ways to pack a suitcase & go through airport security
Up in the Air
400
A mirliton that's a cheap way to get a buzz
(5 letters)
a kazoo
500
People working together on secret plans are said to be "in" these, plural; the singular version means partnership but who says that?
cahoots
500
The origin of this, Arabic for school, was lectures delivered at mosques; we think of them as schools of Islamic theology now
madrasa
500
A lengthy standing ovation accompanied a 1972 honorary award to this silent film legend, back in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years
Charlie Chaplin
500
The exposed incisors of this birthday-suited creature can function like independent chopsticks for digging tunnels
a naked mole-rat
500
In this 1999 movie, Annette Bening says she gets her flowers to flourish with eggshells & Miracle-Gro
American Beauty
500
Dutch barge dog
(8 letters)
a Keeshond