Music
1987
Crossword Clues "J"
Carolina basketball
JayPardy! Potpourri
400

The word piano is a shortening of pianoforte, meaning these two opposites.

What are soft and loud?

400

A talking doll in a red bow tie, pull his string & he says phrases like "I know you are but what am I?"

Who is Pee-wee Herman?

400

Childish or immature (8)

What is juvenile?

400

This Tar Heel holds the record for the most all-time points scored with 2,872.

Who is Tyler Hansborough?

400

It’s like baseball, but with more feet (and more beer).

What is kickball?

800

As the Whiffenpoofs would know, this type of group would be described in Italian as singing “in the style of a chapel.”

What is a capella?

800

This movie ends with the lines “Grandpa? Maybe you could come over & read it again to me tomorrow"; "As you wish.”

What is the Princess Bride?

800

Panthera onca (6)

What is jaguar?

800

As a freshman in 1982, MJ took down Patrick Ewing and this team with a championship-winning shot.

Who are the Georgetown Hoyas?

800

You might know him as Kenny Powers, Neal Gamby, or Jesse Gemstone.

Who is Danny McBride?

1200

This NC native is best known for “Freak-a-leek” and suggesting that people remove their tops.

Who is Petey Pablo?

1200

This tennis great spent the first of her record-setting 377 weeks as the top-ranked women’s player in August of 1987.

Who is Steffi Graf?

1200

A real vein in the neck (7)

What is jugular?

1200

Widely recognized as one of the greatest point guards of all time, this Rocky Mount native was named National Player of the Year in 1978, played in the NBA, and then came back to UNC as an assistant coach until 2000.

Who is Phil Ford?

1200

An electronic pick and a plug spinner are modern tools of this trade.

What is locksmithing?

1600

This true bass was the voice of Tony the Tiger and the vocalist for “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch.”

Who is Thurl Ravenscroft?

1600

This Tom Clancy novel would make even the most curmudgeonly Tom Brady fan happy.

What is Patriot Games?

1600

Supporter of James II or his Stuart descendants (8)

What is Jacobite?

1600

This shooting guard was named the MVP of the Final Four in 2009.

Who is Wayne Ellington?

1600

Before there was Jay, there was this handsome Canadian who sang “Bless my homeland forever.”

Who is Christopher Plummer?

2000

This Bon Jovi album yielded the No. 1 hits "You Give Love A Bad Name" & "Livin' On A Prayer."

What is Slippery When Wet?

2000

Backed by rap's archetypal hype man in Flavor Flav, this Public Enemy leader was a "Rebel Without A Pause" in 1987.

Who is Chuck D?

2000

Medea's man (5)

Who is Jason?

2000

Dean Smith helped promote desegregation by recruiting this player as the university’s first black scholarship athlete.

Who is Charlie Scott?

2000

It's an old English holiday tradition that involves drinking spiced cider and singing in orchards on Twelfth Night–just don’t tell Lyle you’re doing it.

What is wassailing?

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