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Born to Run
100

 He’s not technically a Muppet, but this fuzzy orange chaos agent is the mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Gritty

100

This author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon is, to date, the only black woman to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Toni Morrison

100

This popular singer, who died this week at the age of 83, was “Simply The Best”

Tina Turner

100

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”

The Godfather

100

This New England city is the home to the world’s oldest annual marathon

Boston Marathon

200

This theme song for the 1978 masterpiece The Muppet Movie was conceptually and colorfully inspired by the song “Over The Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz.

Rainbow Connection

200

This popular author and YouTuber has had his book Looking For Alaska banned 11 times in school since 2021, because America can’t have nice things.

John Green

200

 In 2022, the song “Unholy” became a number one hit, and featured this transgender women, the first openly trans artist to achieve this.

Kim Petras

200

“A census taker once tried to test me.  I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti”

The Silence of the Lambs

200

This 1985 Kate Bush song enjoyed an unusual resurgence in 2022 due to its appearance in the Netflix show Stranger Things.

Running Up That Hill

300

Not many people can, in one lifetime, be the voice of both Miss Piggy and Yoda, but, as they say, do or do not; there is no try.  HIYA!

Frank Oz

300

This week saw the release of a trailer for a remake of a 1985 Steven Spielberg directed film, which was adapted from this colorful and popular novel by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

300

When this Pakistani woman won the Nobel Peace Price in 2014, she was the youngest person to ever win the award.

Malala Yousafzai

300

 “You can’t handle the truth”

A Few Good Men

300

This fittingly named Jamaican sprinter is the world record holder in the 100 and 200 meters and an 8 time Olympic gold medalis

Usain Bolt

400

This popular, but sleepy, Georgia band had a famous appearance on Sesame Street singing a Muppetty version of one of their songs, “Furry Happy Monsters”

REM

400

Last week, PBS aired a filmed version of this Shakespeare play featuring Black Panther’s Danai Gurira in the winter of her discontent.

Richard III

400

This former New Zealand Prime Minister became, in 2018, the second elected head of government to give birth while in office

Jacinda Arden

400

“I’m sorry, Dave.  I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

2001:  A Space Odyssey
400

This 1982 movie directed by Ridley Scott is widely regarded as a seminal science fiction film and it received a sequel in 2017

Blade Runner

500

A recent popular TikTok features this Oscar winning actress (for the 1961 movie West Side Story) banging Muppet drummer Animal in the head with a pair of cymbals.

Rita Moreno

500

This 2019 novella recently became a New York Times bestseller, at least partly due to a viral tweet from a Twitter user named Bigolas (ahem) Wolfwood.

This Is How Your Lose The Time War

500

This former representative for the 12th District of New York became, in 1972, the first black presidential candidate for a major party

Shirley Chisholm

500

“Carpe diem.  Seize the day, boys.  Make your lives extraordinary”

Dead Poets Society

500

The cover of the album Born To Run features Bruce Springsteen leaving on the shoulder of this E. Street Band saxophonist

Clarence Clemons