The 1950's
Teen Letter Words
Homophones
Wine
Best Picture Winners since 1950
100

The top selling beer brand in the USA in 1950

Schlitz

100

Using the ocean itself to describe the crossing from Portugal to Haiti

Transatlantic

100

Garbage or where a belt goes

Waste/Waist

100

Try my $558,000 bottle of wine from Romanee-Conti. The most famous monopole in this area

Burgundy

100

Jack Nicholson as a mental patient

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

200

In 1951, this mischievous kid made his comic strip debut

Dennis the Menace

200

Mirowski and Mower developed to implantable type of these medical devices. Clear!

Defibrillator

200

The fancy room at your favorite hotel or the saccharine word that describes it

Suite/Sweet

200

The most popular red wine grape in the world is the result of the accidental cross breeding of these two grape varietals in southwest France in the 17th century

Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc

200

The only sequel to have one the award

Godfather II

300

Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio

Rock N Roll

300

Thinking about the past. Or an exhibit spanning the career of one artist

Retrospective
300

A statement of adoration for another or a full set of things to do a job

Compliment/Complement

300

As the countries 8th largest wine producing state, Pennsylvania touts five AVA's short for this

American Vinicultural Areas

300

This director has the most best picture wins

Clint Eastwood

400

In 1958 the United States entered the space race with the launch of this satellite that shares its name with a popular SUV

Explorer

400

Ascribe human traits to that cute puppy

Anthropomorphize

400

The opposite of slack or what slackers weren't getting in school

Taut/Taught

400

This wine brand was by far the top selling in the United States in 2020

Barefoot

400

One of the three Actors or Actress that have appeared in the most Best Picture Films since 1950

Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby), Dustin Hoffman (Midnight Cowboy, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man), Meryl Streep (Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, Out of Africa)

500

Eating out became more popular with the introduction of this first multipurpose charge card in 1950

Diners Club

500

A doctor who focuses on the respiratory system

Pulmonologist 

500

An old word for the Christian cross or one's impolite disposition

Rood/Rude

500

In France, this top selling white wine doesn't go by Chardonnay but rather the name of this town 2 hours southeast of Paris

Chablis

500

"I ate his liver with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti

The Silence of the Lambs