U.S. Cities
Considered "The Birthplace of California", it's home to the Padres & a world-renowned zoo
What is San Diego?
This group in 2009:
"I gotta feeling (woo-hoo) that tonight's gonna be a good night... that tonight's gonna be a good, good night"
Who are The Black Eyed Peas?
"P" + a country that uses the ruble as its currency = this historic German realm
What is Prussia?
At a Manhattan eatery, this character enjoys bacon & eggs & toast (perhaps rye?)
Who is Holden Caulfield?
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
To war, so girls--play ball!
You're Dottie if you want to play catcher
What is A League of Their Own?
Incorporated in 1911, this city 30 miles northwest of Hoover Dam has had a busy 111 years
What is Las Vegas?
This singer:
"Don't show up, don't come out, don't start caring about me now, walk away, you know how"
Who is Dua Lipa?
Central U.S. state + "polis" = this capital city of that same state
What is Indianapolis?
A true glutton, this "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" character gets sent up the (chocolate) river
Who is Augustus Gloop?
Opening Pandora's box; Sigourney Weaver, dealing with different aliens; unobtanium? Really?
What is Avatar?
This is a prominent city in both Maine and Oregon
What is Portland?
This singer:
"I think I've seen this film before. And I didn't like the ending."
Who is Taylor Swift and/or Bon Iver?
A West African country + "IA" = this other West African country
What is Nigeria?
This character sat down at a feast including "roast beef, boiled potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, and, for some strange reason, peppermint humbugs.”
Who is Harry Potter?
A family whodunnit, wait Chris Evans what are you doing here?
What is Knives Out?
Founded on a peninsula in 1565, it would become Spain's military & religious headquarters in North America
What is St. Augustine?
This crooner:
"For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself - Then he has naught."
Who is Frank Sinatra?
“Ar" + a central U.S. state = this other central U.S. state
What is Arkansas?
Revenge is served cold--courtesy of an ex-prison inmate--in "The Dinner", chapter 63 of this Dumas classic
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
Let's go to the red planet!
Let's bring everyone home from said red planet! Hey... where's Matt Damon?
What is The Martian?
"Take a ride" in this oft-mispronounced Pennsylvania city named for the ancestral hometown of the Penn family
What is Reading?
This group in 2005 asked:
"Am I more than you bargained for yet?"
Who is Fall Out Boy?
"As" + a Middle Eastern country = this ancient empire
What is Assyria?
This author of Eat, Pray, Love described a life-changing pizza crust as "thin, doughy, strong, gummy, yummy, chewy, salty pizza paradise."
Who is Elizabeth Gilbert?
Ryan Gosling explains jazz, that's all
What is La La Land?