NICKNAMES
In 1999 this academy officially adopted "Black Knights" as the nickname of its sports teams, though "Cadets" is still used too
West Point (Army)
It's a canine cure for a hangover
hair of the dog
Walking with an animal pal, he's "credited" with creating Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with his deep footprints
Paul Bunyan
They're the 2 actors who won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando & Robert De Niro
2 green houses,
12 red hotels,
lots of play money
Monopoly
This blues legend nicknamed many of his guitars Lucille, after a woman who caused a nightclub fight
B.B. King
We need to have an open & honest conversation so "let's talk" this bird
turkey
Caught napping, this character finds "it's twenty years since he went away from home... and never has been heard of since"
Rip Van Winkle
She's had 5 Oscar-nominated roles: Gloria Wandrous, Martha, Susanna Drake, Maggie Pollitt & Catherine Holly
Elizabeth Taylor
Lots of red pegs,
even more white pegs,
10 plastic vessels,
including 2 aircraft carriers
Battleship
Does Las Vegas deserve this 2-word nickname? Well, a 2024 survey of vice in U.S. urban areas ranked it No. 1
Sin City
Beastly "bounce" in stock prices that's a brief & insignificant recovery after a steep decline
a dead cat bounce
Covering wealth & agriculture as well as the underworld, this Roman god would have been displeased at a certain 2006 scientific decision
Pluto
These brothers won Oscars for writing, directing & producing the "Best Picture" of 2007
The Coen Brothers
4 racks,
100 tiles
(98 tiles have letters, 2 are blank)
Scrabble
The Democratic Party's donkey symbol traces back to this synonymous but less-flattering nickname given to Andrew Jackson
It's any crudely operated tribunal that makes a fair trial impossible
a kangaroo court
In another world, perhaps he's Washita William, but in ours he's this Texas legend who dined on nitroglycerin & barbed wire... once
Pecos Bill
The 3 hour & 46 minute awards telecast in 1998 was 30 minutes longer than this, its Best Picture winner
Titanic
Color-coded plastic armies,
42 territory cards,
5 dice
Risk
This star, director & writer who won an Oscar for his 1996 film was called "the hillbilly Orson Welles" by Robert Duvall
Billy Bob Thornton
It's the type of fixture seen here
gooseneck lamp
Legend said after this mythic figure headed east on a raft, he'd be back; that story about the Aztecs mistaking Cortes for him: bunk
Quetzalcoatl
He was nominated for 8 Best Actor Oscars, including one for a 1961 film; his only win came for its 1986 sequel
Paul Newman
19 terrain hexes,
60 roads,
1 robber
(Settlers of) Catan