ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES
This city of 10 million hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics
Seoul
Forrest Mars Sr. made a sweet start selling these candies in 1941
M&Ms
In 2009 he shot a documentary of "Kobe Doin' Work"; c'mon, do the right thing & name him
Spike Lee
Mozart:
"The ____ Flute"
Magic
Proverbially, it can be a tough way to "get a word in"
edgewise
This Swiss capital lies on the Aare River
Bern
The Luxe & the Ace 3 are wearable trackers from this brand
Fitbit
This 1990s Oscar winner studied physics at Cal State Fullerton
James Cameron
Wagner:
"____ und Isolde"
Tristan
Familiar with life in an urban environment, especially along its avenues & boulevards
streetwise
As the Coriolis force moves counterclockwise, afternoon brings a sea breeze called the Fremantle Doctor to this Western Australia capital
Perth
Merriam-Webster defines one of these as "a fledgling business enterprise"
a start-up
In 2012 he got back into "The Hobbit" of making trilogies
Peter Jackson
Gluck:
"Orfeo ed ____"
Euridice
A gangster, or a 1980s TV show about agent gone deep undercover Vinnie Terranova
wiseguy
We doff our caps to this metropolis, the oldest of Morocco's 4 imperial cities
Fez
A green flag at 12:47 P.M. on May 30 signaled the start of the 2021 running of this race
the Indianapolis 500
1999's "Eyes Wide Shut" was his last effort; sadly, he did not make it to 2001
Stanley Kubrick
Offenbach:
"The Tales of ____"
Hoffmann
To do a thing in the same manner as someone else is to do this
likewise
Home to the largest religious college in Iran, this city was the base of Ayatollah Khomeini before & after his exile
Qom
F.I.T. can stand for this college of design in New York City
the Fashion Institute of Technology
Seen in an actual director's chair, he was famous for making Westerns, but won four Oscars in other genres, like for "The Informer"
John Ford
Donizetti:
"Lucia di ____"
Lammermoor
3-word phrase meaning no smarter or unaware, as in "I borrowed his astrolabe when he wasn't looking & he's" this
none the wiser