Newsies
In the 1992 musical movie Newsies, the union leader Jack "Cowboy" Kelly is played by this future Batman.
Who is Christian Bale?
Country of Lenin and Stalin
What is the Soviet Union?
Hollandaise-laden breakfast entree known as a traitor in the United States
What is Eggs Benedict Arnold?
Also a journal they may keep, the Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these
What are sailors?
Be excellent to each other: This beloved Canadian actor was born this day in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon (his mother was working there) and party on, dudes!
Who is Keanu Reeves?
FILMS OF THE 2000s: One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"'
What is Legally Blonde?
Music for Newsies was written by Alan Menken, who composed music for these three Disney animated classics BEFORE Newsies (name one).
What are The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin?
Nickname of the UK flag
What is the Union Jack?
"Amphibian" British sausage dish cooked in batter that's an ace on the golf course
What is Toad in the Hole in One?
The UP of the AAUP, they teach your older children well
What are university professors?
This British author, best known for his sweeping epic trilogy, died this day in 1973 (b. 1892)
Who was JRR Tolkien?
1950s PUBLIC WORKS: Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal
What is the Saint Lawrence Seaway?
The two newspapers that the newsies struck against were owned by these two titans of the publishing industry.
Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
Now known as St. Mary's Bank in Manchester, New Hampshire was the first one of these in the United States in 1908.
What is a credit union?
"Vernal" tubular Chinese appetizer that is also a casual bit of canoodling in the barn
What is a spring roll in the hay?
In 2012 SAG merged with this union & together they went on strike in 2023
What is AFTRA?
This movie, released this day in 1999, has an unusual title -- it directly names one of the lead actors.
What is Being John Malkovich?
BROADWAY MUSICALS: Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name
What is Annie? (Annie and Annie Get Your Gun)
The leader of the 1899 resistance was a newsboy with this nickname, because he was blind in one eye.
What is Kid "Blink"?
If you watched TV in the 1970s or 1980s, you probably remember the ILGWU commercials and this, the name of its catchy jingle.
What is Look For the Union Label?
"Pastoral" lamb & mashed potato casserole that's a fanciful dream not likely to be attained
What is shepherd's pie in the sky?
California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians
What are correctional officers?
On this day in 1901, President Teddy Roosevelt espouses this policy in a speech called "National Duties"
What is "speak softly and carry a big stick"?
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous
What is Bangladesh?
In 1899, a group of several thousand newsboys, who typically made 30 cents per day selling newspapers, started a strike against these two NYC newspapers when they refused to lower the base cost of the newspapers to a previous price of 50 cents per hundred.
What were The Evening World and the New York Evening Journal?
Originally founded in 1873, this is what the WCTU stands for
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
Blue cheese-accompanied poultry products that are on the marquee as a Wim Wenders film
What are Buffalo Wings of Desire?
When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time
What are postal workers?
On this day in 1666, 80% of this European city was destroyed by fire
What is London?
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Introduced in 1938 & inspired by movie character Torchy Blane of the Morning Herald, she has since gone on to win a fictional Pulitzer
Who is Lois Lane?