Wade Wilson in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
Ryan Reynolds
The Capitol is the ruling city of this country in "The Hunger Games"
Panem
In victory in 2008 Barack Obama said, "We will respond with that...creed that sums up the spirit of a people:" these 3 words
yes we can
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" says to carry one of these everywhere to dry you
a towel
It's a ball support in both golf & football
a tee
"I don't feel like going into it", says Holden Caulfield on page 1 of this book; we're off to a great start
Catcher in the Rye
Beca, one of the Barden Bellas in "Pitch Perfect"
Anna Kendrick
In a 1945 speech this physicist said, "The war is won, but the peace is not"
Einstein
Be sure to have a waterproof container for your bedroll, AKA this 2-word portable bed
a sleeping bag
A noisy bird
a jay
This author makes me feel like I'm there, talking of a Hobbit-hole with "a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel"
Tolkien
The voices of President Business & the man upstairs in "The Lego Movie"
Will Ferrell
Part of Middle-earth, Dale was a prosperous town until this dragon killed many men & scared off the rest
Smaug
DAILY DOUBLE
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This orator, a former slave himself, asked, "What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?"
Frederick Douglass
Depending on your size & planned exertion, figure 1.5-2.5 pounds of food or 2,500-4,500 of these units per person per day
calories
"She" in France
elle
Judy Blume's book about this whale of a nickname says a classroom is hot & stuffy & smells "like this afternoon"
"Blubber"
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If you were using an alternate name, the title of this work could be translated as "Troy Story"
Jonas Taylor, who fights "The Meg"
Jason Statham
In this sci-fi novel by Ernest Cline, teen Wade Watts is devoted to solving puzzles in the virtual utopia known as Oasis
Ready Player One
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, this nun said, "Love begins at home"
Mother Teresa
You can save space in the pack by using a multi-tool, like this one named for a national military branch
A get-together for quilters
a bee
He began a book, "I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe"
Ralph Ellison
Scene-stealing friend Peik Lin Goh in "Crazy Rich Asians"
Awkwafina
Jacob Portman heads to Cairnholm Island & makes his way out of town to visit her "Home for Peculiar Children"
Miss Peregrine
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" is attributed to this patriot before his 1776 hanging
Nathan Hale
This company named for a region of Argentina sells lightweight black hole bags
Patagonia
It can precede bass or bed
sea
DAILY DOUBLE
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Ponyboy says in the first few lines of this classic, "I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman;" don't we all, Ponyboy
The Outsiders