Eating Verbs
What's Happening This Month?
Oscar Records
My God
It's Full of Stores
200

To alter food by the action of stomach chemicals so that it can be absorbed

What is digest?

200

Earth Day, Tax Day

What is April?

200

Life is Beautiful & 8 1/2 are 2 of the record 14 films from this country to win Best Foreign Language Film

What is Italy?

200

Dionysus, party god of fertility & ecstasy, became god of this beverage, too, be it still, dry or sparkling

What is wine?

200

Tom Stemberg decided the world needed an office products supermarket & so he founded this chain; that was easy

What is Staples?

400

To snack continuously, the way an antelope nibbles along open grasslands

What is graze?

400

Columbus Day, Boss' Day

What is October?

400

For Mudbound, Rachel Morrison was the first woman nominated in this category given to directors of photography

What is Best Cinematography?

400

Out of darkness emerge sky father Rangi & earth mother Papa in creation stories of this New Zealand people

Who are the Maori?

400

The name of this clothing retailer is also a term for a one-export country

What is Banana Republic?

600

As a noun, it means fabric worn around the neck; as a verb, it means to eat quickly

What is scarf?

600

Festivus, International Migrants Day

What is December?

600

**DAILY DOUBLE**

Winning for The Miracle Worker, Patty Duke is tied for the shortest Oscar speech: These 2 words

600

Some Romans worshipped Orcus as the god of the dead; others worshipped this planetary one

Who is Pluto?

600

Two Korean immigrants with no college degrees moved to L.A. & in 1984 opened Fashion 21, later renamed this

What is Forever 21?

800

It can mean a pickle topping for hot dogs or to eat with great pleasure

What is relish?

800

Victoria Day (in Canada), V-E Day

What is November?

800

This actor's last-minute work on All the Money in the World made him the oldest actor ever nominated at 88

Who is Christopher Plummer?

800

Marduk thrashed Tiamat, the monster of Chaos, to become the deity of this city known for its hanging gardens

What is Babylon?

800

Sadly, many of its "referees" were ejected from the game when this shoe store chain said it was closing 110 stores in 2018

What is Foot Locker?

1000

This verb that starts with a silent letter means to chew something that resists being chewed, like a dog's bone

What is gnaw?

1000

England's Twelfth Night, Battle of New Orleans Day

What is January?

1000

Beginning in 1940 this comic hosted the Oscars the most times--18

Who is Bob Hope?

1000

The blind god Hod mistakenly killed this handsome & beloved son of Odin

Who is Balder?

1000

"Live Well" is the slogan of this 3-letter nutritional supplement chain

What is GNC?