Best Picture Oscar Winners
Amazing NFL feats
Women of Country Music
Halloween On-Screen
Word Origins
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Clarice-- It was the most recent film to sweep the Oscars in the top 5 categories, including Best Picture

the Silence of the Lambs

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In one 1990 game, Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas had 7 of these, really getting to know Seahawks QB Dave Krieg

sacks

100

In March 2025 she was on hand to welcome guests & kick off the 40th season of her Tennessee theme park

Dolly Parton

100

Uh oh! Lydia Deetz is getting unhappily hitched on Halloween in this 2024 sequel (but just say it twice! 3 times is bad! & wrong!)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

100

From the French for "shelter", it's a place to store your Rolls-Royce or to have it worked on

Garage

200

In 2022 it became the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win Best Picture

CODA

200

A popular face in commercials these days, hecaught 17 TDs in 2011, a single season record for a tight end

Gronkowski 

200

Though they had had several hit duets, it wasn't until 2017 that she & Tim McGraw released their first joint album

Faith Hill

200

This 1982 title character from way out of town dresses up like a ghost on Halloween, likely in search of Reese's Pieces

E.T.

200

A Latin word for a round-bodied fish swam full speed ahead into English to become this naval weapon

torpedo

300

NBC ran this Spielberg film February 23, 1997 uninterrupted by commercials & rated TV-M

Schindler's List

300

As the end zone is 10 yards long, this many yards is the longest possible scoring play, tied by Jamal Agnew in 2021

109

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Her 1961 country hit "Crazy" was written by Willie Nelson

Patsy Cline

300

After being out of town for 15 years for... reasons, guess who's back for "Halloween" in 1978? This character!

Michael Meyers

300

Old Norse words for "bear" & "shirt" give us this adjective for out of control

berserk

400

This 2011 film was shot entirely in black and white and the only audible line was "with Pleasure" 

The Artist

400

Playing for this team, Dan Marino was the first QB to throw for 5,000 yards & 40 TDs in a season

Dolphins

400

No big stretch--she played aspiring country musician Abby on Season 5 of "Yellowstone"


Lainey Wilson

400

Lindsay Lohan's Cady tells us a Halloween party didn't go well in this 2004 film--"My stomach felt like it was going to fall out my ..."

Mean Girls


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It can be an internal organ or part of a book; it's from Latin for "to hang"

appendix

500

Christopher Walken appeared in 2 Best Pictures in consecutive years, "Annie Hall" & this one for which he won an Oscar as well

The Deer Hunter

500

Just 100 yards shy of the season rushing record, thisEagle & ex-Giant sat out the last game of the 2024 season to rest & stay healthy

Saquon Barkley

500

This younger sister of Loretta Lynn was the first female country artist to have a platinum album


Crystal Gayle

500

Jake is out to steal Captain Holt's Medal of Valor in the first "Halloween Heist" episode of this N.Y.-set sitcom

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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Now a type of comedy act, this technique from Latin for "one who speaks from his belly" goes back to ancient oracular divination

ventriloquy 

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