High-Scoring Scrabble Words
Talkin' Econ
Think Pink
Poetic Geography
Title Animals
Anime
200

For 23 points, it's the day on which the sun crosses the celestial equator

equinox

200

Paul Milgrom shared a Nobel Economics Prize for inventions of new formats for these events; $200, $200, $200... who'll ring in?

Auctions

200

The marshmallow pieces in this cereal are called marbits, & the pink heart is the only original shape still used today

Lucky Charms

200

"Hail to thee, monarch of African mountains", begins Bayard Taylor's verse about this peak

Kilimanjaro

200

Barry Gordon provided the voice of Donatello in nearly 200 episodes of this "reptilian" cartoon, dude

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

200

This anime show didn't start on TV; its characters were first part of Nintendo's "Pocket Monsters"

Pokémon

400

45 rpm records are still made for this coin-operated machine, but CDs are now standard (27 points)

jukebox

400

The Federal Reserve's target rate for this is 2%, but that was majorly exceeded in the late months of 2021

inflation

400

In 1939 Paul & Betty Pink began selling soda & these from a cart on La Brea & Melrose in L.A. & the rest is history

hot dogs

400

Bessie Rayner Parkes described this Scottish region as "hills that were born of ages... like monuments to mighty gods"

the Highlands

400

Title type of animal in a 2005 "Chronicles of Narnia" movie

lion

400

This classic 5-letter anime film isn't named for film director Kurosawa but rather a boy who destroys Tokyo

Akira

600

This synonym for a pancake earns you 26 points

flapjack

600

Chris Rock on this economic rule: it's your boss saying ,"If I could pay you less, I would, but it's against the law

minimum wage

600

This title object of a 1963 film doesn't refer to a large feline but to a large gem targeted by a thief

the Pink Panther

600

Longfellow's line "On the shores of Gitche Gumee" from "The Song of Hiawatha" refers to this Great Lake

Lake Superior

600

A lesson on sharing: "The Rainbow ____"

Fish

600

In this anime TV series, Bumblebee turned into a VW Beetle; in the 2007 live-action movie, he got upgraded to a Camaro

Transformers

800

As a slang term, it can refer to your sweetheart; as a verb, it means to press together (25 points)

squeeze

800

In 1821 Great Britain instituted this system in which a metal provides the reference point for currency

the gold standard

800

It's the common name of conjunctivitis

pink eye

800

Carl Sandburg's poem about this city declares it "Hog Butcher for the World"

Chicago

800

Book 4 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series is titled "So Long, and Thanks for All" these

the Fish

800

This "lunar" Naoko Takeuchi creation is an example of a "magical girl" given powers to save the world

Sailor Moon

1000

Like a bold, impulsive quest or a man of La Mancha (26 points)

quixotic

1000

In 1936 this British economist said the way to beat a recession was a government-sponsored policy of full employment

John Maynard Keynes

1000

Syd Barrett was the founder & namer of this psychedelic British rock band

Pink Floyd

1000

"Harlem", sometimes called "A Dream Deferred", is probably the most famous poem by this man

Langston Hughes

1000

As Rufus T. Firefly in 1933, Groucho Marx doled out this avian potage

Duck Soup

1000

One of the highest-grossing films in Japanese history is the anime film about this title 14th c. princess

Princess Mononoke

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