MOVIE PHONE
As
MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS
WORD ORIGINS
EVERYONE'S TAKING SIDES
200
'Keanu Reeves had a Nokia phone, but it took a land line to slip in & out of this, the title of a 1999 sci-fi flick'
The Matrix
200
'The baseball team that started in Philadelphia in 1901 is now the As of this city'
Oakland
200
'Thomas Stearns...'
T.S. Eliot
200
'The name of this colorless Russian spirit is a diminutive of the Russian word for "water", itself a colorless liquid'
vodka
200
'In Mexican cuisine, these are refried & served as a side dish'
beans
400
'She played squeaky clean Jan, who shared a party line with playboy Rock Hudson in "Pillow Talk"'
Doris Day
400
'As a prefix A- means "without"; in Thomas A Kempis, the middle "A" means this'
of
400
'Herbert George...'
H.G. Wells
400
'It was derived from 3 German words that meant "secret state police", & that certainly describes it'
the Gestapo
400
'Croutons or bread crumbs can be used to make this traditional Thanksgiving side dish'
stuffing
600
'Colin Farrell is trapped by sniper (& caller) Kiefer Sutherland in this thriller'
Phone Booth
600
'Usual number of volts in an AA battery'
1.5
600
'Phyllis Dorothy...'
P.D. James
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) From the Old French for "crack", this V-shaped crack in a glacier may be up to 150 feet deep'
crevasse
600
'Simmer ground hominy in milk or water to make this Southern side dish'
grits
800
'Liz Taylor got an Oscar for playing Gloria Wandrous, model by day, call girl by night, reached at this title number'
BUtterfield 8
800
'On March 4, 1902 it was formed in Chicago by 9 motor clubs'
AAA (American Automobile Association)
800
'Henry Louis...'
H.L. Mencken
800
'First launched on October 4, 1957, its name is Russian for "fellow traveler"'
Sputnik
800
'We're at liberty to tell you that during WWI this German side dish was known in the U.S. as Liberty cabbage'
sauerkraut
1000
'Whenever people watch a mysterious video in this 2002 film, a phone call informs them they will die in 7 days'
The Ring
1000
'Put a little circle above an A & it stands for this unit of length used to express electromagnetic wavelengths'
angstrom
1000
'Wystan Hugh...'
W.H. Auden
1000
'People who cultivated this fruit often used to make wine were said to live to a ripe old age; hence its name'
elderberry
1000
'Tzatziki is a Greek side dish made with cucumbers & this fermented milk product'
yogurt
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