Attack of The Movie Monsters
WORD ORIGINS
NATIONAL PATRON SAINTS
WHAT WOMEN WANT
RELIGIOUS & SECULAR HOMOPHONES
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"Jaws", about one of these sea creatures, kept lots of folks out of the water

Great White

100

This profession is from the Greek for "star sailor"

astronaut

100

The Irish loan him out to be a patron saint of Nigeria

Patrick

100

A pair of jeans that fit well, like the 525s from this brand

Levi

100

A song, or a masculine pronoun

hymn/him

200

You can see this monster from Egypt's past in a film from back in 1932 or at Universal Studios

Mummy

200

This light brown candy may take its name from the Arabic kurat al milh, meaning "ball of sweet salt"

caramel

200

St. Thomas is the patron of this country where tradition says he was martyred in Madras

India

200

A few moments of quiet to do this, especially the one edited by Will Shortz in The New York Times

a crossword puzzle

200

The core part of a church, or the jack in a deck

nave/knave

300

You can see this monster from Egypt's past in a film from back in 1932 or at Universal Studios

Predator

300

It was coined by George Orwell & means the capacity to accept 2  contradictory ideas at the same time


doublethink

300

There's nothing fawlty about the Moscow cathedral, of this Russian patron

Basil

300

Some help around the house; would it kill you to get out the Bissell Bagless Canister one of these every once in a while?

Vacuum

300

A holy compartment in a synagogue, or a curved shape

ark/arc

400

This lovestruck giant ape ends up far from Skull Island, his home

King Kong

400

This word for an autocratic leader is from the Greek for "lord, master"

tyrant

400

This archangel is also a saint & the patron of Papua New Guinea

Michael

400

Before bed, a cup of this herbal tea from Celestial Seasonings

SleepyTime

400

A religious code or a big gun

canon/cannon

500

Abe Sapien helps this well-"red" guy who went from the Dark Side to working for our side

Hellboy

500

Partly from the Greek for "all", it once meant a complete set of arms & armor but now refers to a striking array

panoply

500

Canute (not "the great"), a sainted king of this peninsular country, failed in a 1085 plan to conquer England

Denmark

500

Time to exercise; perhaps a class in this discipline named for founder Joseph, who initially called it Contrology

Pilates

500

A Bible book, or renowned orthopedic surgeon Frank

Job / Jobe

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