The Oscar-Nominated 80's
Track and Field
Synonyms of "T"erms
Current Events
Continental Boundaries
Author's Recurring Characters
200
"I'm proud to be" this country music superstar who was portrayed by Sissy Spacek in the Best Picture-nominated Coal Miner's Daughter
Who is Loretta Lynn?
200
The first competition throwing this spheroid weight seen here occurred in 708 BC
What is a discus?
200
Realm, district, enclave; or what a dog is marking when he pees on that fire hydrant
What is territory?
200
She and Travis Kelce finally announced their engagement! But... controversy? Will Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker be one of the groomsmen?
Who is Taylor Swift?
200
The Ural Mountains are a traditional boundary between the European and Russian halves of this massive nation
What is Russia?
200
Holmes and Watson appear in over 60 stories by this author
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
400
Joe Pesci was nominated for it, but Robert DeNiro won Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in this 1980 sports film
What is Raging Bull?
400
In high school track and field, completing a full mile requires circling the track this number of times
What is 4?
400
To burgeon or flourish; Switchfoot rhymed wanting to do this with "not just survive"
What is thrive?
400
In July, a missile launched by Houthis at this country's David Ben-Gurion airport was intercepted
What is Israel?
400
This country's Anatolia region is considered the bridge between Europe and Asia
What is Turkey?
400
The education of Stephen Dedalus is recounted in this author's novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; he also appears in his Ulysses
Who is James Joyce?
600
She won an Oscar for slapping Nicolas Cage across the face and saying "Snap out of it!" in Moonstruck; Cage was just nominated for getting slapped
Who is Cher?
600
Seen here, he ran the first sub-4 minute mile; he was later a neurologist
Who is Roger Bannister?
600
Creed, precept; this palindrome
What is a tenet?
600
Mattel recently released a Barbie doll with this condition, complete with an arm pump, a blood sugar monitor, and snacks in her purse
What is diabetes?
600
Due to exclaves across the strait of Gibraltar, this European nation is the only one bordering Africa
What is Spain?
600
This companion of Prince Hal in Shakespeare's Henry IV also stars as a buffoonish suitor in The Merry Wives of Windsor
Who is Falstaff?
800
The Best Picture-nominated The Killing Fields centers on the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime in this Southeastern Asian nation
What is Cambodia?
800
This two-word term, a break in the rules, refers to the movement of runners before being signaled to begin
What is false start?
800
A dog might have a sweet disposition, or a good this
What is temperament?
800
She's been the spokeswoman for both representative Elise Stefanik and President Donald Trump
Who is Karoline Leavitt?
800
The official boundary between the political regions of Australasia and Oceania is to the East of West Papua on this, the world's second largest island
What is New Guinea?
800
This Updike protagonist "runs," "is rich," and is "at rest" across a series of four novels
Who is Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom?
1000
Daniel Day-Lewis won his first Oscar for portraying Christy Brown, an artist with cerebral palsy, in this 1989 Best Picture nominee
What is My Left Foot?
1000
At 9.58 seconds, Usain Bolt's record at this distance race has held since 2009
What is the 100 meters?
1000
Audacity
Temerity
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Conversations have been taking place arguing whether pardons President Biden signed with this device are legitimate
What is the autopen?
1000
Before Panama's 1902 independence officially separating it from South America, Colombia was known by this name, four letters longer than its current name
What is Gran Colombia?
1000
This lover of Fitzwilliam Darcy makes brief cameo appearances in Jane Austen's other works Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility
Who is Elizabeth Bennet?