"We have real dinosaurs out there now. That's what people want to see"
What is Jurassic Park?
In a poker game, the player to the left of the dealer makes this mandatory bet before the cards are seen
What is small blind?
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A symptom of psychotic disorders, it includes delusions of persecution
What is paranoia?
This country's Ishikari River, sacred to the Ainu people, has been heavily polluted due to industrial growth
What is Japan?
The title character utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?": J.C.
Who is 'Julius Caesar'?
In 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch voiced this Seussian title guy who wasn't as into Christmas as the Whos were
Who is the Grinch?
A dystopian first-person tale: "But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. And all that call"
What is A clockwork Orange?
Originating in Asia, it's the art of growing miniature trees, like the one seen here
What is bonsai?
A permanent canopy often of metal and glass projecting over an entrance (as of a hotel or theater)
What is marquee?
The glaciers in this world's highest plateau located in western China have the largest volume of ice outside of the poles
What is Tibet (the Tibeetan Plateau)?
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She died at age 23 in a hail of bullets along with her outlaw partner sitting in a stolen Ford outside Sailes, Louisiana
Who is Bonnie Parker?
Alastair Sim is among those who have played this Dickensian man but unlike Michael Caine, did so without Muppets
Who is Scrooge?
On the question of "Life, the Universe and Everything" in this book series, the answer is 42, "which is a little aggravating"
What is The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
These smallest blood vessels connect arteries with vein
What is Capillaries?
It was writer Anne Herbert who coined the phrase "practice random kindness & senseless acts of" this
What is beauty?
This archipelago nation is home to more than 100 active volcanoes, including Mount Bromo
What is Indonesia?
This English actress is best known for her roles Anne, Queen of Great Britain in 'The Favourite' and as Ellie Miller in 'Broadchurch.
Who is Olivia Colman?
Basically, this heartwarming Frank Capra classic is about a disgraced financier having an incredibly rough Christmas Eve
What is it's a wonderful life?
'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others'
What is Animal Farm?
Proverbially, they "fell great oaks
What are 'little strokes'?
Shh! I thought I heard this sound... are there mourning doves around?
What is cooing?
Viangchan is an alternate spelling of its capital Vientiane
What is Laos?
In 1966 he was elected governor of California, beating the incumbent Edmund G. Brown in a landslide
Who is Ronald Reagen?
In this film Santa tells Buddy there are 30 Ray's Pizzas in NYC; "They all claim to be the original, but the real one's on 11th"
What is Elf?
Harlan Ellison's 1967 post-apocalyptic short story ends with the main character turning into a gelatinous, amorphous blob, unable to harm himself or to speak - but retains all thought.
What is 'I have no mouth, and I must scream?'
The tiny island of San Michele has served as this Italian city's cemetery for the past two centuries
What is Venice?
One of 2 adjectives describing the "volume of forgotten lore" in Poe's "The Raven"
What is quaint or curious?
In 1434 it supplanted Angkor Thom as the Khmer capital
What is Phnom Penh?
This daughter of a minister was chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021
Who is 'Angela Merkel'?
2 memorable bits from this 1983 classic: the leg lamp & "You'll shoot your eye out!"
What is 'A Christmas Story?'