'Tis The Seasonal Book Title
This Means War!
Real People On Film
Brand Names In Music
Ends In "A-D-O"
200

P.G. Wodehouse's
"____ Fever"

What is Spring?

200

A proverbial weight-loss phrase is this "of the bulge"

What is battle?

200

In 2013 Idris Elba took the "Long Walk to Freedom" as this man, whose death was announced at the film's U.K. premiere

Who is Nelson Mandela?

200

Kathleen Hanna wrote "Smells Like" this on a wall & Kurt Cobain used it in a song title not knowing it was a deodorant brand

What is Teen Spirit?

200

It's also called a twister

What is a tornado?

400

Jim Harrison's
"Legends of the ____"

What is Fall?

400

A cornerback or safety goes after the quarterback sack when sent in on this defensive option

What is a blitz?

400

As this title pair, Newman & Redford did leap off a Colorado cliff... onto a mattress a few feet below

Who are Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid?

400

In a "Be smooth like Skippy" commercial, Skippy peanut butter uses this song where Bruno Mars mentions the brand

What is "Uptown Funk"?

400

Borrowed from Spanish, it's a big fan or devotee of something, perhaps sports

What is an aficionado?

600

Daniel Woodrell's
"____'s Bone"

What is Winter?

600

To come into conflict, as the same-named "Train In Vain" band members certainly did

What is The Clash?

600

Prison cellmate Tommy Chong convinced Jordan Belfort to pen a memoir, which led to this Scorsese movie

What is The Wolf of Wall Street?

600

Sales at this seafood restaurant chain spiked when it was mentioned in Beyoncé's song "Formation"

What is Red Lobster?

600

"Tequila Sunrise" is a track from this Eagles album that had an Old-West concept

What is Desperado?

800

Herman Raucher's
"____ of '42"

What is Summer?

800

Legally, lifting a fist in a threatening way can be this; battery takes things to the next level

What is assault?

800

He has the same birthday--January 17--as Andy Kaufman, whom he portrayed in "Man on the Moon"

Who is Jim Carrey?

800

"Mercedes Benz" was the last song recorded by this woman before her untimely death in 1970

Who is Janis Joplin?

800

When you're out of touch or refuse to have contact with someone, you're this 13-letter word

What is incommunicado?

1000

Laura Ingalls Wilder's
"The Long ____"

What is Winter?

1000

This 5-letter word borrowed from French describes hand-fighting done by scores of people

What is melee?

1000

Played by Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Fifth Estate", he called the film "a mass propaganda attack against WikiLeaks"

Who is Julian Assange?

1000

Mattel originally sued the band Aqua over this song, but eventually used it in commercials for the doll

What is "Barbie Girl"?

1000

A "Cask of" this sherry figures prominently in an Edgar Allan Poe tale

What is Amontillado?

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