FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK
THE AMBASSADORS
THE OSCARS
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
200
'Agatha Christie's mysteries solved by this detective were often chronicled by his sidekick Arthur Hastings'
Hercule Poirot
200
'This ubiquitous liquor often accompanies Russian meals; the limmonaya type is lemon-flavored'
Vodka
200
'This future president was the first U.S. ambassador to England in 1785'
John Adams
200
'He's the first man since Walter Brennan to win 3 acting Oscars; yep, that's "As Good As It Gets"'
Jack Nicholson
200
'In the summer of 1883 Chester vacationed out west, visiting this first national park, established in 1872'
Yellowstone
400
'At the end of "Crime And Punishment", he is serving an 8-year term for murdering an old woman'
Raskalnikov
400
'On Christmas Eve, some Italian families enjoy capitone, a dish of these snakelike fish, fried'
Eels
400
'Once ambassador to India, he's now a U.S. Senator from New York'
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
400
'Ben Affleck said winning was "Really, really scary" when he & Matt Damon won for writing this film'
Good Will Hunting
400
'Old Chet got quite a lift after he had the first one of these installed in the White House'
Elevator
600
'Producer Irving Thalberg was the model for Monroe Stahr, the title character of this Fitzgerald novel'
The Last Tycoon
600
'Soup-time is the time for pho, practically the national dish of this southeast Asian country'
Vietnam
600
'To a group of Western ambassadors in 1956, he said "History is on our side; we will bury you"'
Nikita Khrushchev
600
'He won back-to-back Oscars as Best Actor of 1993 & 1994'
Tom Hanks
600
'As a lawyer, Chester got better treatment for blacks in this city's streetcar system'
New York City
800
'This title character is missing in the unintentionally last chapter of a Dickens mystery'
Edwin Drood
800
'Blimey! It's the fruit seen here'
Breadfruit
800
'Eisenhower appointed this editor to Italy as the first female ambassador to a major country'
Clare Boothe Luce
800
'This 1969 film was the first X-rated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture'
Midnight Cowboy
800
'Some claimed Chester was born here, & therefore ineligible to be president'
Canada
1000
'Tom & Maggie Tulliver's epitaph, "In their death they were not divided", ends this George Eliot book'
The Mill On The Floss
1000
'This 3-letter aperitif made of white wine & creme de cassis is named for a mayor of Dijon'
(Felix) Kir
1000
'In 1997 Philip Lader replaced Admiral William Crowe as U.S. ambassador to this European country'
Great Britain
1000
'1935 cinematography winner Hal Mohr is still the only person to win by votes of this type'
Write-in votes
1000
'He was nicknamed "The Gentleman" this'
Boss
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