PEEKABOO, "ICU"!
Our judges estimate the degree of this 10-letter word meaning "trouble" to be 2.5
What is difficulty?
2004:
Jamie Foxx as this musical marvel
Who is Ray Charles?
The proverb "Don't cry over" this has been around since at least 1659
What is spilt milk?
In an annual ceremony, on Nov. 20, 2007, President Bush pardoned 2 of these named May & Flower
What are turkeys?
4 blue-collar guys work their way up from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom in this 2005 smash
What is Jersey Boys?
Turn-ons: Type O-positive personalities; turn-offs: Dutch metaphysicians who try to kill me
Who is Dracula?
Sink your teeth into this word or its synonym premolar
What is bicuspid?
2002:
Salma Hayek as this Mexican artist
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The theater area nicknamed this often held the cheapest seats, usually those in the rear of the balcony
What is the peanut gallery?
On the second Sunday of June, the 1967 Summer of Love is re-created at the Haight Street Fair in this city
What is San Francisco?
"Fiddler on the Roof" may be the most famous American musical set in this country
What is Russia?
"Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me", especially when I'm enjoying having people for dinner
Who is Hannibal Lecter?
Here we go 'round the mulberry family for this tree, vine & shrub genus
What is ficus?
1988:
Sigourney Weaver as this battlesome zoologist
Who is Dian Fossey?
This phrase, that dates back to the 16th century, means if too many people are involved in a task, it will not be done well.
What is too many cooks spoil the broth?
In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let’s do this, no one knows exactly why; it involved into an annual festival in the desert
What is Burning Man?
When we first meet Horace Vandergelder in "Hello, Dolly!", he's in this N.Y. city & feeling a little "lost in" it
What is Yonkers?
Are you Tolkien to me? I'm the "eye" in your sky! But you have to give me & my Black Riders a ring to win my love!
Who is Sauron?
Thomas J. Vilsack is the current head of head of the cabinet department that fits this category
What is the Department of Agriculture?
1994:
Jennifer Jason Leigh as this Round Table wit
Who is Dorothy Parker?
A 1951 Time article said, “Since the war,” this 2-word term for a period of time “has been written into union contracts”
What is coffee break?
The date of this annual event honors a June 14, 1777 resolution of the Continental Congress
What is Flag Day?
The underground lair in which the Phantom lurks is based on fact; there really is a lake beneath this famous building
What is The Paris Opera House?
I'm a brilliant academic but I tend to leave the deerstalker caps & hard drugs to a certain arch-nemesis
Who is Moriarty?
From the Latin for "visible", it means obvious & easily seen
What is conspicuous?
2016
Andrew Garfield as a World War II, American pacifist, Medal of Honor winning combat medic.
Who is Desmond Dross?
"A book of verses underneath the bough," these 2 things--"and thou"
What is a loaf of bread & a jug of wine?
Each June 60,000 visitors are served bowls of cereal in this Michigan city's Cereal City Festival
What is Battle Creek?
Town where the the factory is located in Kinky Boots.
What is Northampton?
Back on market after a bad breakup with my ex-GF, Nancy; okay, I killed her, but she betrayed Fagin!
Who is Bill Sikes?