HEY THERE, DELILAH
ONLY ONE VOWEL
THEY RULED!
MAD PROPS
LITERATURE
200
'Hey there, Delilah, you keep googling "depilatory", something that does this; should I be worried?'
takes out hair
200
'A nickname for a tall guy, or a type of limo that's been extended for greater capacity'
stretch
200
'Radically changed China
(1949-76)'
Mao Tse-tung
200
'It would be cool to own the Spartan shield King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) used in this 2006 film'
300
200
'In 1917 L. Frank Baum wrote about "The Lost Princess of" this place'
Oz
400
'...Samson has 1,000 of these to slay & you offer him a wiffle ball bat; he'll stick with the jawbone'
Philistines
400
'This number is found in the title of a Shakespeare comedy about Viola & Duke Orsino'
Twelfth
400
'A less-than-pleasant Russian
(1547-84)'
Ivan the Terrible
400
'Just looking at the hockey mask this revenge-seeker wears in "Friday the 13th" gives me the creeps'
Jason Voorhees
400
'When he first saw Becky Thatcher, "a certain Amy Lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory"'
Tom Sawyer
600
'...back off! This "fish"-y hairdo that's naturally short on the top & sides & long in back is not in style'
the mullet
600
'Of the chess pieces each player has only 2 of, the one that fits the category'
knight
600
'Spain management
(1939-75)'
Franco
600
'How 'bout a helmet made of omnium steel, based on Tony Stark's original plans, from this 2008 film'
Iron Man
600
'"I never liked long walks", says the heroine of this Charlotte Bronte novel'
Jane Eyre
800
'...watch the scissors-- I only need to condition these damaged hair extremities that have unraveled'
split ends
800
'This synonym for power or might has 7 consonants & only 1 vowel'
strength
800
'Roman around
(27 B.C. to 14 A.D.)'
Augustus (Caesar)
800
'A more mellow prop is the clipboard he used as process server Dale Denton in "Pineapple Express"'
Seth Rogen
800
'Wordsworth's poem about her begins, "Hail, Virgin Queen! O'er many an envious bar triumphant"'
Elizabeth (I)
1000
'...you won this round but people will remember Samson fondly in this book of the Bible; you, not so much'
Judges
1000
'Matthew 2:11 mentions this 5-letter aromatic gum resin that has only one vowel'
myrrh
1000
'King of Jordan & a familiar name to our president
(1952-99)'
Hussein
1000
'Don't mess with the hair-cutting scissors Adam Sandler used as this title Israeli spy-turned-hair stylist'
Zohan
1000
'Her 1942 novel "Dragon Seed" was yet another tale of Chinese peasant farmers'
(Pearl) Buck
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