And The Oscar Goes To...
We're not the 'Peaky Blinders'; in this film, Cillian Murphy plays the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory as the first nuclear weapons were developed:
('Oppenheimer')
The board game featuring the Peppermint Forest with an explosive just below the surface of the ground:
(Candy Land Mine)
What a pugilist is paid to do (3 letters):
(Box)
What is the term for a lucrative severance for top executives if they're fired after a takeover, making them more open to deals?
(Golden Parachute)
What sitcom turned a Boston bar into the most lovable hangout spot ever?
('Cheers')
This film won the first-ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002, a category created in 2001
Shrek
What a plant-growing expert who's a good hand around the garden would carry computer files on:
(Green Thumb Drive)
A novice or student (8 letters):
(Beginner)
When these two oil corporations combined, they formed the world's largest company:
(Exxon Mobil)
This actor said he began going gray during the second season of 'Friends' and dyed his hair to keep "Joey's" signature look:
(Matt LeBlanc)
Ben Affleck directed and starred in this film based in part on the article, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran":
('Argo')
Animated show about a "Whopper" restaurant located in Arlen, Texas:
(Burger King of the Hill)
The total amount in any one account (7 letters):
(Balance)
The 2000 merger of this Old Media company and this New Media company is often cited as one of the worst mergers in history, dissolving by 2009.
AOL Time Warner
What sitcom stars Danny DeVito as a gremlin-like dad in Philly chaos?
('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia')
This actress holds the record for most acting nominations
Meryl Streep
Movie about dog competitions featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s catchphrase:
(Best In Show Me The Money)
A reversal indicator (8 letters)
(Backward)
Thanks to a major automotive merger, Citigroup was able to take the stock symbol C from this group:
(Chrysler)
Who got in one little fight and his mom got scared-then moved to Bel-Air?
(Fresh Prince)
This composer holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a living person, with 59 (second only to Walt Disney), including scores for Jaws, Star Wars, and Schindler's List
John Williams
Female race car driver who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
(Danica Patrick Stewart)
Points of the compass such as N,E,S,W, NE, NW, etc. (7 letters):
(Bearing)
In 1955, the American Federation of Labor merged with a group known by this three-letter abbreviation:
(CIO- Congress of Industrial Organizations)
Appropriately, this star of 2 sitcoms has a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in front of a shoe store:
(Ed O'Neill)