CAMEOS
ALLITERATION
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
PLACE THE BOOK
ANATOMY
100

After a burrito incident, Jack Black kicks this anchorman's beloved dog Baxter off a bridge

Who is Ron Burgundy?

100

In a self-deprecating turn of phrase, "that's why they pay me" these

What are the big bucks?

100

The Gulf of Bothnia separates Sweden & this country

What is Finland?

100

John Irving's
"The Hotel ____ ____"

What is New Hampshire?

100

An anatomist might say these are just the big joints where the finger bones meet the hand bone, not the other little ones

What are knuckles?

200

This legendary guitarist appeared as Captain Jack Sparrow's pop in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Who is Keith Richards?

200

You can, in a socially approved way, take out your frustration on helpless phones and glassware in these alliterative spaces

What is a rage room?

200

The name of this peak that overlooks Rio de Janeiro is Pão de Açúcar in Portuguese

What is Sugarloaf Mountain?

200

By John Green: "Looking for ____"

What is Alaska?

200

These muscles of your backside come in minimus & medius, not just maximus

What is gluteus?

300

Ming-Na Wen voiced the title character in this 1998 film & made a cameo in the 2020 live-action remake

What is Mulan?

300

Southern California area of canyons, passes & great views; Bob Seger  rhymed them with "diamonds & frills"

What are the Hollywood Hills?

300

This Saudi capital is located at the junction of 2 wadis, Hanifa & Al-Batha

What is Riyadh?

300

Written in the voice of Hemingway's first wife Hadley:
"The ___ Wife"

What is Paris?

300

Type 1 diabetes destroys beta cells in this organ

What is the pancreas?

400

In a blink-&-you-missed-it cameo, he appears as Vanisher in "Deadpool 2"

Who is Brad Pitt?

400

The idea that a certain mammal can clean out an egg without breaking it may have led to this phrase for evasive language

What are weasel words?

400

Turin & Ferrara are cities on this river

What is the Po?

400

A Newbery Medal winner set in South America:
"Secret of the ____"

What is Andes?

400

The bottom 5 vertebrae fuse in early adulthood to make up this wedge-shaped bone

What is the sacrum?

500

Paul Reubens' final film appearance was a cameo in this movie in which Awkwafina plays the game show-obsessed title female

What is Quiz Lady?

500

Around since at least the Vietnam War era, this attack is meant to suggest the precision of a medical procedure

What is a surgical strike?

500

The northernmost of Japan's 4 main islands, it's also the second-largest in area

What is Hokkaido?

500

A collection of tales by Sherwood Anderson: "Winesburg, ____"

What is Ohio?

500

They're the membranes that cover the brain & spinal cord; their inflammation is a nasty "-itis"

What are the meninges?