A STICKY SITUATION
The main character in this 1988 Roald Dahl book lines her father’s hat with superglue, leaving him unable to take it off his head – until his wife eventually cuts it off.
What is Matilda?
This band, named for its drummer, wrote a “Landslide” of breakup songs - mostly about each other…
What is Fleetwood Mac?
In the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lector tells Clarice he once ate a census worker’s this with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
What is liver?
Shakespeare coined the phrase “Star-crossed” to describe these tragic lovers.
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
Figuratively speaking you might put this in an issue to be handled later… or perhaps an issue to be handled never.
What is a pin?
or
What is to put a pin in it?
Molasses turned deadly on January 15, 1919, when 2.3 million gallons of the sticky liquid swept the streets of this city.
What is Boston?
Kelly Clarkson’s 2004 breakup hit Since U Been Gone was sung by auditioners in this 2012 film about acapella clubs at the fictional Barden University.
What is Pitch Perfect?
We bet the athletes that survived a 1972 plane crash in the Andes thought they'd be playing *this* sport with their teammates rather than cannibalizing them.
What is Rugby?
Despite hosting lavish parties at his West Egg mansion, wooing Daisy doesn’t turn out so ‘Great’ for him.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This 2-word phrase meaning “chat” or “connect” may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national pastime.
What is touch base?
This country banned chewing gum in 1992 after vandals caused disruptions by sticking gum on trains.
What is Singapore?
Did you know David Coulier – better known as Uncle Joey - has claimed Alanis Morisette wrote *THIS* breakup song about him? Cut it out!
A man and his son encounter a cellar of people being held captive by cannibals in this post-apocalyptic Cormac McCathy novel.
What is The Road?
What a way with words! Who could blame Elizabeth Bennett for eventually accepting the proposal of this suitor, who called her “tolerable” at first sight.
Who is Mr. Darcy?
It’s a way of saying “Reconnect later”, with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure.
What is circle back?
In 2023 this US sports organization released a memo announcing plans to ramp up enforcement of rules that prohibit the use of “sticky substances” like Spider Tack.
What is MLB?
To write this breakup song, Australian singer Gotye sampled a xylophone playing a melody based on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."
What is 'Somebody that I Used to Know'?
Ke$ha faced criticism in 2010 because her song “Cannibal” which included a line about *this* real life one.
Who is Jeffrey Dahmer?
The title character of this Bronte novel should have known Mr Rochester had some major red flags, like an arsonist wife locked in the attic… but, reader, she married him.
Who is Jane Eyre?
It’s a sonar-inspired way to say “contact me” – when “text me”, “call me” or “email me” just won’t cut it.
What is ping me?
Cameron Diaz’s character in this 1998 rom com swipes what she believes to be hair gel from her love interest’s earlobe. Unfortunately, it was a more…personal substance.
What is 'There's Something about Mary'?
Marvin Gaye popularized *this* song, in which he finds out his lover will soon be leaving him for an ex… but she’s not the one to tell him. Ouch.
What is 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine'?
Customers of Ms. Lovett’s meat pie shop unwittingly partake in cannibalism in this recently revived Tony-winning Sondheim hit.
What is Sweeney Todd?
or
What is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
It certainly is pretty to think that Jake and Brett might have made it work under different circumstances in this Hemingway novel.
What is “The Sun Also Rises?”
It’s a 3-word phrase meaning “at one’s own expense” – & a needlessly wordy way of saying “unavailable”
What is out of pocket?