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WORDS OF LOVE

IN THE PARK
FOOD & DRINK
TECHNOLOGY
A LONG RUN ON TV
Final Jeopardy
200

A woman in Canada used an existing R to place "quizzers" on 2 triple word scores to help score 365 points at once in this game

Scrabble

200

Won't you be my this, the name of the patron saint of lovers?

Valentine

200

Strolling through New Orleans' City Park, you can see the oldest grove of the "live" type of this 3-letter tree

oak

200

Actually brewed more like a beer, this Japanese "rice wine" is about 15% alcohol & often drunk warm

sake

200

A.I. for short, this was the subject of the first book Amazon ever sold, about computer models of thought

artificial intelligence

200

Sometimes you become part of a show that's well into its history, like me & like this Muppet, who first appeared on "Sesame Street" in 1980 in the song "We Are All Monsters"


Elmo

200

ANNUAL EVENTS

In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert

400

For me, it's left hand, green, right foot, blue & left hamstring, pulled playing this Hasbro game

Twister

400

This word of affection opens many a letter; you'd rather not get the kind addressed to John, though

dear

400

Dedicated to John Lennon, the "Imagine" mosaic in Central Park is in this area whose name honors a "fruity" Beatles song

Strawberry Fields

400

This word for a Swedish-style buffet comes from words meaning "butter" & "table"

smorgasbord

400

The first episode of Mark Ronson's TV show "Watch the Sound" explores this technology that corrects a singer's pitch

Auto-Tune

400

Starting in 1954, it's been Allen, Parr, Carson, Leno, O'Brien & now this funny guy behind the desk on "The Tonight Show" 


Jimmy Fallon

400

In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert

Burning Man

600

Sweden's Mojang Studios is best known for this video game where you can build volcanoes or underground cities

Minecraft

600

An old song goes, "Oh my" this, "oh my" this, "oh my" this "Clementine"

darling

600

The Japanese Tea Garden is a lovely feature of this San Francisco park that shares its name with a nearby bridge

Golden Gate (Park)

600

Dom Perignon was a Benedictine monk whose name is on bottles of this potent potable

champagne

600

The incarnation of a Hindu deity, or the incarnation of you for virtual interaction

an avatar

600

As Hawkeye Pierce, this actor helped save the Korean War wounded for 11 seasons, 8 years longer than the actual war 


Alan Alda

800

In 2021 a Wisconsin teen pulled 32 of these blocks & placed them back atop a tower of them in one minute without toppling it

Jenga

800

A traditional wedding vow says, "For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to" do this

cherish

800

Each year, musicians flock to Zilker Park in this Texas capital to partake in its "City Limits"

Austin

800

"Mastering the Art of French Cooking" is the 1961 book that launched this chef's career

 

Julia Child

800

Since 2019 a feature called Autopilot has been standard on new cars from this company such as Model S & Model 3

Teslas

800

 As Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", this actress has been busting heinous criminals for well over 20 seasons 


Mariska Hargitay

1000

Cricket, 501 & Around the World are games involving tossing these, perhaps in a bar

darts

1000

To carry one of these flaming things means to be in love, perhaps with an ex

a torch

1000

Griffith Park in L.A. is home to one of these scientific places for stargazing (the kind in the sky, not the celebs)

an observatory

1000

If you order fried squid as an appetizer, it will likely be served under this name

calamari

1000

The Ecobee3 Lite is a smart this for your home that will definitely not let a teenage Moldavian hacker cook you alive

a thermostat

1000

2 jobs with security are police officer & soap opera actor; Doug Davidson was both, playing Paul Williams of the Genoa City PD on this show on which he was a regular for 42 years

The Young and the Restless

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