1776 & COUNTING
HE HELPED WRITE AMERICA'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THEN NEARLY DOUBLED THE NATION'S SIZE WITH AN $15 MILLION DEAL WITH NAPOLEON
THOMAS JEFFERSON
IT WOULD BE ESPECIALLY APPROPRIATE TO USE THIS COCKNEY GREETING WITH CALIFORNIA'S GAVIN NEWSOM
HELLO, GUV'NOR
"I'M JUST KEN" IS TO "BARBIE" AS "POPULAR" IS TO THIS FILM
WICKED
ARIEL LEAVES HER UNDERSEA KINGDOM TO FIGHT CRIME IN BIKINI BOTTOM AS SPONGEBOB'S ELDERLY SUPERHERO IDOL
THE LITTLE MERMAID MAN
MICHAEL JACKSON'S REPEATED DENIALS OF PATERNITY-- SHE WASN'T THE MAN'S LOVER
BILLIE JEAN
INSPIRED IN PART BY EAST ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS, THIS NICKELODEON SERIES GIVES ITS TITLE CHARACTER THE ABILITY TO CONTROL AIR, WATER, EARTH, AND FIRE
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
IN 1869, A TELEGRAPH ANNOUNCED "DONE" AS TWO RAILROADS MET AT PROMONTORY SUMMIT, COMPLETING THIS COAST-TO-COAST TRANSPORTATION MILESTONE
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
I'TS A STEREOTYPE THAT BRITS SAY GOODBYE WITH THIS 3-WORD EXCLAMATION THAT BEGINS BY REPEATING THE FIRST WORD
PIP PIP CHEERIO
ACE VENTURA IS TO "PET DETECTIVE" AS AUSTIN POWERS IS TO THIS FOUR-WORD DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
AFTER REFUSING TO GIVE UP HER BUS SEAT IN MONTGOMERY, THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ICON TAKES A JOB ALONGSIDE LESLIE KNOPE IN PAWNEE, INDIANA
ROSA PARKS AND RECREATION
BEYONCE'S ADVICE-- IF A GENT REALLY IS INTO HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER, JUST PROPOSE ALREADY! & MAY I ADD, WHOA OH-OH, OH-OH-OH
SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
IN DISNEY'S THE LION GUARD, THIS SON OF SIMBA LEADS A TEAM OF ANIMALS TASKED WITH PROTECTING THE PRIDE LANDS
KION
AFTER WITNESSING THE BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF FORT MCHENRY, THIS LAWYER WROTE A POEM THAT WOULD BECOME AMERICA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM, SET TO THE TUNE OF A LONDON GENTLEMEN'S CLUB SONG
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
THIS SLOGAN ABOUT SOBER RESTRAINT WAS COINED FOR WORLD WAR II POSTERS THAT WERE NEVER OFFICIALLY RELEASED
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
"ATTICA!" IS TO "DOG DAY AFTERNOON" AS "HOO-AH!" IS TO THIS 1992 FILM
SCENT OF A WOMAN
DAILY DOUBLE
GEORGE AND LENNIE TRADE THEIR CALIFORNIA RANCH DREAMS FOR BLACK SUITS AND A CAREER KEEPING EXTRATERRESTRIAL ACTIVITY SECRET
MARIAH CAREY'S YULETIDE WISH-- TO TOP THE CHARTS EVERY DECEMBER SINCE 2019 &/OR TO HANG OUT WITH A SPECIAL SOMEONE
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
BEFORE APPEARING IN COMIC BOOKS, THIS GOTHAM CITY VILLAINESS MADE HER DEBUT IN THE 1992 BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
HARLEY QUINN
THIS HISTORIC AGREEMENT GAVE STATES EQUAL POWER IN THE SENATE BUT POPULATION-BASED REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE
THE GREAT COMPROMISE
IN THE FACE OF TROUBLE, A BRIT IS TOLD TO KEEP "A STIFF" THIS BODY PART
UPPER LIP
"OPPENHEIMER" IS TO CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AS "SINNERS" IS TO THIS DIRECTOR
RYAN COOGLER
RICK GRIMES AND HIS ZOMBIE-SURVIVING CREW ENROLL AT WELTON ACADEMY, WHERE ROBIN WILLIAMS TEACHES THEM TO SEIZE THE DAY
THE WALKING DEAD POETS SOCIETY
"JEALOUSY": STING ALSO SAID THIS HIT IS CONSIDERED "A GENTLE LOVE SONG" BUT IS "UGLY" BECAUSE, Y'KNOW, THE STALKING
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
DAILY DOUBLE
A PLAY ON THE NAME OF AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK, THIS FICTIONAL HOME OF YOGI BEAR IS WHERE RANGER SMITH STRUGGLES TO PROTECT PICNIC BASKETS FROM DISAPPEARING
WESTERN LAND CLAIMS HELD UP THIS STATE'S APPROVAL OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION UNTIL MARCH 1781, MAKING IT THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN TO RATIFY
MARYLAND
AMERICAN BARS HAVE LAST CALL; PUBS HAVE THIS GENDERED EQUIVALENT (BECAUSE APPARENTLY LADIES AREN'T THERE AT CLOSING?)
TIME, GENTEMEN, PLEASE
JUDY GARLAND IS TO LIZA MINNELLI AS MELANIE GRIFFITH IS TO HER
DAKOTA JOHNSON
AFTER BATTLING A GIANT MARLIN OFF THE COAST OF CUBA, HEMINGWAY'S SANTIAGO SAILS INTO THE LUNAR REGION WHERE APOLLO 11 TOUCHED DOWN
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY
THE BEE GEES' INTRO TO THE LIFE OF A DANCIN' MAN WHO JUST CAN'T LOSE-- BUT THE "N.Y. TIMES' EFFECT ON MAN" LINE? A MYSTERY TO US
STAYIN' ALIVE
DESPITE ITS PREHISTORIC SETTING, THE FLINTSTONES DREW INSPIRATION FROM THIS 1950s SITCOM STARRING JACKIE GLEASON AND ART CARNEY
THE HONEYMOONERS