Fictional Characters
The title of a 1960 novel is explained by this lawyer, who says "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Atticus Finch
This word used in the 1920s for cash also means a foul in billiards where the cue ball is pocketed.
Scratch
This fictional country is the setting for the 2018 film Black Panther.
Wakanda
The thirteen stripes on the American flag represent these.
The thirteen original colonies
Morrowind & Skyrim are iterations of this "venerable" set of games.
The Elder Scrolls
This caped crusader is known as the "Dark Knight."
Batman
This shortened word precedes "check" in a term used on social media for reviewing one's attire before hitting the town.
Fit
This food-loving rat stars in Pixar's Ratatouille.
Remy
The 100 Years War lasted for this many years.
116
Fortnite and Player Unknown's Battlegrounds both belong to this genre of game where the winner is last player or last team standing.
Battle Royale
Charles Dickens conisdered calling this title character Spankle or Copperboy.
David Copperfield
Oxford's word of the year for 2023, it's what someone has if they spit fire game to the hunks or the honeys.
Rizz
Actress Jenna Ortega frequently needed to redo takes during the filming of Wednesday because she felt that her character would not do this.
Blink
This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British Monarch at the time.
Queen Victoria
Alamut, a 1938 novel by Vladimir Bartol, inspired the hit video game series ____ Creed.
Assassin's Creed
This detective was modeled in part on Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's teachers.
Sherlock Holmes
A part of an animal is this 1920s slang word for a dancer, someone ungulating and undulating to that hot jazz.
A hoofer
This is the highest-grossing film produced by Studio Ghibli.
Spirited Away
He was the first Emperor of France, crowned in 1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte
George R. R. Martin helped with the lore for this sword & sorcery title that won a 2022 Game of the Year trophy.
Elden Ring
This famously bookish and headstrong character is described by her future husband as "barely tolerable."
Elizabeth Bennet
Showing your significant other's hands but no face on the IG is known as this two-word term, like a preview for a new product.
A soft launch
This Sacramento-based screenwriter and director is known for work including Lady Bird and Little Women.
Greta Gerwig
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, this speech is known for the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
The Gettysburg Address
Mario gets super-duper powering up on these, based on a type called Amanita muscaria.
Mushrooms.