Health and Medicine
Best Actress Oscar Winners
Wine and Such
Location, Location, Location
Anti-Heroes
Finish the Cliche
Potpourri
100
The Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians in this Pennsylvania city contains historical anatomical specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment
What is Philadelphia?
100
With more Best Actress Oscar wins than any other, this woman won her final one in 1981 for her work in On Golden Pond.
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
100
The juice of this fruit is the key ingredient in the fermentation to produce wine.
What are Grapes?
100
The Chichen-Itza Mayan ruins are located in this country
What is Mexico?
100
Featured in a 1959 book that became a 1960 Hitchcock film, this character is a victim of his circumstances, abuse and neglect by his mother, chief amongst them. His murders of Marion Crane and Milton Arbogast only serve to cover up the poisoning of his mother.
Who is Norman Bates?
100
If someone's a little kooky, you may say they have this flying mammal in their belfry.
What is a bat?
100
Crocheted squares named after this family member are started from the middle and stitched outward, often used in afghans and shawls.
Who is Granny?
200
This medical term comes from the Greek word for “without breathing” and is included in the name of a condition where a person experiences brief pauses in breathing while they’re asleep.
What is Apnea?
200
in 2011, Meryl Streep won her third Oscar, for her work in The Iron Lady, portraying this English Prime Minister.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
200
Mendoza, in this South American country, is considered the Malbec capital of the world. Malbec is known for its softer acidity and its chocolate-smooth finish.
What is Argentina?
200
The Roe River, at 201 feet, is the shortest river in the world and flows near Great Falls, in this state.
What is Montana?
200
Powerful, ambitious and crafty, this character manipulates her husband with exceptional skill and tact to murder King Duncan so that he can become King.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
200
Related to Albert Sabin's famous oral vaccine, which had a famously bitter and salty taste, a spoonful of this helps the medicine go down.
What is Sugar?
200
This I word is is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
What is an Isthmus?
300
In the 1950s, Drs. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin were instrumental in eradicating this disease.
What is polio?
300
Rising to fame as part of a duet with her husband, this singer and actress won her Best Actress Oscar for her role in Moonstruck.
Who is Cher?
300
This Italian region is noted for the birth of the Italian Renaissance, cities like Florence and Pisa and for producing Chianti wine.
What is Tuscany?
300
This estuary divides the state of Maryland in two, with Baltimore and Annapolis on one side and the Delmarva Peninsula on the other.
What is Chesapeake Bay?
300
This titular character of Oscar Wilde's only novel, our anti-hero wishes for a painting of himself to absorb all the effects of his hedonism, so that he can preserve his gorgeous good looks forever.
Who is Dorian Gray?
300
Beware of these people bearing gifts, a phrase in use since the Trojan war to warn against trusting your enemies, even if they are doing something nice.
Who are the Greeks?
300
According to the last stanza of I've Been Working on the Railroad, someone is in the kitchen with Dinah, strumming on this instrument.
What is the banjo?
400
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person does this excessively, often in the hands, feet, back and face; much more than is required for the regulation of body temperature.
What is sweating?
400
Three time winner Frances McDormand most recently won for Nomadland, but got her first award for this film, named for the most populous city in North Dakota.
What is Fargo?
400
This fortified wine, first produced in Turin, Italy in the 18th century, is a key ingredient of cocktails like a martini, a Rob Roy and a Negroni.
What is Vermouth?
400
These 2 nations agreed to redraw their borders in 2023 near the Matterhorn on account of melting glaciers.
What are Italy and Switzerland?
400
Edmond Dantes spends most of this novel by Alexandre Dumas seeking revenge for the acquaintances who had him framed for a crime he did not commit.
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
400
One cliche suggests that this physical issue is related to a warm heart; really it probably just suggests a circulatory issue.
What are cold hands?
400
In 1985, John Fogerty, a member of this band famous for hits like Fortunate Son and Born on the Bayou, was sued by his record company for plagiarizing himself.
What is Credence Clearwater Revival?
500
Originating from a French word meaning “to turn,” a band of rubber or a strip of cloth that is commonly used to wrap around an injured limb to prevent bleeding is also known as this medical device.
What is a tourniquet?
500
This Dame was born in 1934 in Ilford, Essex, England and won her Best Actress Oscar in 1970 for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a film about a teacher at a prestigious girls school in Scotland.
Who is Maggie Smith?
500
In the winemaking process, this M word involves soaking grape skins in the juice to extract color, tannins and flavor compounds.
What is Maceration?
500
This state contains the northernmost point in the continental US.
What is Minnesota?
(Its called Angle Inlet and you can only access it by traveling into Canada first)
500
Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, this member of the DC comic universe works outside the legal system in order to seek justice. He follows his own moral compass as he aims to destroy true villains like Alberto Falcone and The Penguin.
Who is Batman?
500
Keeping your nose close to this knife sharpener means to to work hard and keep focused, usually without a break.
500
Single Awareness Day, or SAD is often celebrated as a humorous alternative to this holiday, generally observed on the day after.
What is Valentine's Day?