Crossing
Fun & Games
Classic Toys & Games
Pop Music
Movie Before, TV After
It Came from New Jersey
100
The whippet, which was bred by crossing terriers with these, is called the poor man's race horse
a greyhound
100
Mario gets super-duper powering up on these, based on a type called Amanita muscaria
mushrooms
100
During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios
slinky
100
She sorts her songs based on the pens used to write them: fountain, quill or glitter gel; "You Need To Calm Down" is glitter gel
Taylor Swift
100
John Belushi & the other Deltas help make Frank Underwood the president
Animal House of Cards
100
We rule that Samuel Alito & Antonin Scalia came from this state capital
Trenton
200
in the U.K., a pedestrian crossing marked with stripes is called this, like a stripy animal
a zebra
200
A tossed beanbag that has run afoul of the rules is deemed a stanker in this pastime
cornhole
200
In 2016 this game introduced a new suspect: Dr. Orchid, the daughter of the mansion's owner
Clue
200
We are rabbit fans of this performer born Benito Martinez Ocasio in Puerto Rico in 1994
Bad Bunny
200
Plantation-set Disney film about Kyle, Cartman & their animated friends
Song of the South Park
200
Songs in this Broadway show include "Walk Like A Man" & "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Jersey Boys
300
In the U.K. a Pegasus crossing has a sign showing this animal & allows it to cross with pedestrians
a horse
300
In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings"
Magic: The Gathering
300
In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies
Easy-Bake Oven
300
Of course fireworks burst across the sky-y-y in her video for "Firework"
Katy Perry
300
Plantation-set Disney film about Kyle, Cartman & their animated friends
Notting Hill Street Blues
300
An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean
Saltwater Taffy
400
An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game: "New Horizons"
Animal Crossing
400
"Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons
400
Alfred Butts invented this board game in 1931; he called it Criss-Cross Words
Scrabble
400
She's named in honor of her grandfather William; the rest of her name is Pirate Baird O'Connell
Billie Eilish
400
Arthur Miller play adaptation about a violent biker gang in a drug war
All My Sons of Anarchy
400
It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this
Johnson & Johnson
500
Hercules could have used a sign for this animal "crossing"--it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one
a deer
500
In this centuries-old game with a hyphenated name, you throw a knife at your opponent's feet; what could go wrong?
Mumblety-peg
500
This toy with a sister named Yam was the first toy advertised on TV, back in 1952
Mr. Potato Head
500
This rapper, is like, totally from the San Fernando Valley
Doja Cat
500
Hubert Selby Jr. novel adaptation about comical cop Andy Samberg
Last Exit to Brooklyn 9-9
500
James Madison attended the College of New Jersey; Jeff Bezos went to the same school, by then called this
Princeton