Dining with Words
February Happenings
Kicking the Ball
Biopics
Long Live '85
100

This term refers to a menu with separately priced items.

A la carte

100

This is the most popular color of rose given on Valentine's Day.

Red

100

FIFA started in 1977. FIFA stands for this.

The Federation International of Football Association 
100

The 1980s biopic Raging Bull centers around the life of Jake LaMotta, a star in this high-contrast sport.

Boxing 

100

In 1985 sports news, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm were inducted into this Hall of Fame.

Baseball Hall of Fame

200

This term means to beat an ingredient, such as cream, to incorporate air into it.

Whip

200

This major bodily organ gets its own month in February.

The heart

200

1991 saw the first World Cup for these players.

Women

200

Based on a book by Tom Wolfe, this '80s film portrays the Mercury 7 astronuts.

The Right Stuff 

200

On January 19, 1985, his single "Born in the U.S.A." peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts.

Bruce Springsteen 

300

Food Network celebrity Alton Brown calls this type of cooking in a gas oven "upside-down grilling".

Broiling 

300

Fat Tuesday is the culmination of this event.

Mardi Gras

300

Due to increased usage, FIFA tightened regulations around the use of these during the 1980s.

Performance-enhancing drugs/steroids

300

Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen star in this 1975 flick about amateur bank robbers.

Dog Day Afternoon

300

In April, Coco-Cola introduced this now-famous flop.

New Coke

400

This is the term for chopping an ingredient into cubes larger than minced cubes.

Dice

400

Chosen because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, February is when this annual observance is celebrated.

Black History Month

400

In 1986, Diego Maradona of this South American nation gave the greatest individual performance in a World Cup.

Argentina 

400

George C. Scott stars in this 1970 biopic of a controversial general, also named George.

Patton

400

His final appearance as James Bond was in A View to a Kill.

Roger Moore

500

A tied bunch of fresh herbs used while cooking is called this.

Bouquet garni

500

If you are born on this numerical day in February, technically your birthday will happen only every four years.

February 29 

500

The 1994 World Cup was played in this nation, the first time it had been held outside of Europe or South America.

United States

500

This 2017 film deals with Washington Post owner Kay Graham and an exposé on government deception.

The Post

500

On June 27, this iconic route from Chicago to Santa Monica was decertified.

Route 66