TV & Movies
The ultimate paragon of excellence and virtue, this superhero is known as the Man of Steel
Superman
His "Animal Farm" satirized the Russian revolution
To make "subvert" into an adjective
-sive
In this argumentative fallacy the speaker/writer attacks the person & not the facts
Ad hominem
"Will there be sugar after the rebellion?"
Mollie, the white mare
The "Oz-tentatious" costume design for this movie won an Oscar at the February 2025 Academy Awards
Wicked
The Russian Revolution began in this year, comrade
1917
To change "facetious" into a noun
-ness
Dragging a certain fish across a trail made hounds lose the scent, hence this term for a misleading clue
red herring
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing"
Old Major, the prize White Boar
His powerful performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him a posthumous Supporting Actor Oscar
Heath Ledger
On July 17, 1918 this czar, his wife, children, servants & a dog were executed in Ekaterinburg
Nicholas II
To make make "posthumous" and "implicit" into adverbs
-ly
A two-way split, usually into contradictory parts or opinions
False dichotomy
"None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."
Benjamin, the donkey
This character from "The Incredibles" is highly malleable due to her power of superhuman elasticity.
Elastigirl
Though they were only a small minority, the Communists took this name which means "majority"
Bolshevik
To make "piety" or "joy" into adjectives
-ous
"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc", "After it, so because of it", is another name for this type of logical misconception
False cause-and-effect
"I initiated a hostile takeover because Snowball had no business sense & would have bankrupted the Homestead"
Napoleon, the Berkshire Boar
This TV show set in Hawkins, Indiana, is reminiscent of 1980s sci-fi and adventure movies, like "E.T," "Alien," and "The Goonies"
Stranger Things
Called the Russian Revolution's most brilliant thinker, he lost a power struggle with Stalin & was killed in Mexico
Trotsky
In Spanish, to change "lento"
[Hint: "change "lento" to "lenta" then you add the suffix]
-mente
Connie proposes a ban on alcohol after considering only its effects on alcoholics, rather than the entire population.
Hasty generalization
"No one believes more firmly than comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal"
Squealer, the Berkshire Boar