SWEET 16
COLONIAL AMERICA
FEATURE FILM DEBUTS
THE LITERARY WORLD
HOMOPHONES
200
'16 of these make an avoirdupois pound'
Ounces
200
'Of the 13 colonies, this one had the first permanent English settlement'
Virginia (Jamestown)
200
'Billy Zane's career took off after he played a bit role in this Michael J. Fox time-traveling classic'
Back to the Future
200
'This classic novel's opening line is "Marley was dead: to begin with"'
"A Christmas Carol"
200
'The head of a high school, or a fundamental truth he or she believes in'
Principal/principle
400
'Billboard numbers it as the Beatles' 16th chart album; you can't tell anything by its cover'
"The White Album"
400
'Coins of this European country were those most frequently used in colonial America'
Spain (pieces of eight)
400
'She was nominated for a 1980 Oscar for writing the theme song of her first film, "9 to 5"'
Dolly Parton
400
'Stories by this macabre master include "The Oblong Box", "The Black Cat" & "The Imp of the Perverse"'
Edgar Allan Poe
400
'Uncurved, or a narrow passage of water'
Straight/strait
600
'The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, it runs circles around the rest'
Pi
600
'During much of the colonial period, its assembly met alternately at Perth Amboy & Burlington'
New Jersey
600
'Incidentally, "The Incident" was the first feature film for this actor, Charlie & Emilio's dad'
Martin Sheen
600
'Barred from the U.S. as obscene for 15 years, this James Joyce work was originally produced in Paris in 1922'
"Ulysses"
600
'Prevented, or a poet (maybe Shakespeare)'
Barred/bard
800
'Henri Richard, Marcel Dionne & Bobby Clarke had their No. 16 jerseys retired in this sport'
Ice hockey
800
'Taking its name from a speech in Parliament, this organization sprang up in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act'
Sons of Liberty
800
'This movie Robin debuted as Jessica Lange's son in "Men Don't Leave" & appeared with her again in "Blue Sky"'
Chris O\'Donnell
800
'In 1770 this witty Frenchman wrote, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"'
Voltaire
800
'To braid one's hair, or a piece of tableware'
Plait/plate
1000
'This king had a lot taken off the top January 21, 1793'
Louis XVI
1000
'In 1649 this lord urged Maryland to adopt an act guaranteeing religious freedom'
Lord Calvert (Baltimore)
1000
'He was 12 in 1975 when he played the "Me" in "Cornbread, Earl and Me"; 18 years later, he played Ike Turner'
Laurence Fishburne
1000
'Both "The Magus" & "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by this author have been made into films'
John Fowles
1000
'Chickens & jailbirds "fly" it; others drive the 2-door style'
Coop/coupe
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