Before & After
Cable channel that played 80s music videos in the 80s and played 80s music videos in the 90s.
MTVH1
Prancer & Cupid were famous ones
In 2020 this K-pop boy group burst out with "Dynamite", a No. 1 hit
BTS
This Tennessee city is famous as one of the birthplaces of the blues & as the home of barbecue spaghetti
Scrabble
It's the crime of making someone pay you to not reveal their embarrassing secrets
blackmail
Female race car driver who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Danica Patrick Stewart
In 2017 the maximum length of this went from 140 to 280 characters
tweet
"I'd catch a grenade for ya", he sang in a No. 1 song
Bruno Mars
For me, it's left hand, green, right foot, blue & left hamstring, pulled playing this Hasbro game
Twister
It's a structure made of glass to grow plants, or what some fear man-made gases are turning our planet into
greenhouse
Animated show about a "Whopper" restaurant located in Arlen, Texas
Burger King of the Hill
A short bit of praise from a critic or a fellow author on the cover of a book
blurb
His singing career really burst into the stratosphere with "Rocket Man", which says, "burning out his fuse up here alone"
Elton John
Sweden's Mojang Studios is best known for this video game where you can build volcanoes or underground cities
Minecraft
These drawings are used to show how to construct something, like a building or a machine
blueprints
A political thriller following Frank Underwood's rise through the ranks at a Georgia-founded restaurant chain known for serving hash browns in styles such as "scattered" or "smothered."
Waffle House of Cards
Larry Bird, or currently, Jayson Tatum
a Celtic
In 2021 a Wisconsin teen pulled 32 of these blocks & placed them back atop a tower of them in one minute without toppling it
Jenga
This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue
red herring
Norman Rockwell illustrated for this magazine that had a 2019 hit with "Circles."
Saturday Evening Post Malone
A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing
monogram
This group with Cherie Currie & Joan Jett exploded with "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb"
The Runaways
Cricket, 501 & Around the World are games involving tossing these, perhaps in a bar
darts
A member of the armed forces who has been wounded in action may receive this medal
Purple Heart