CHEERS AROUND THE WORLD
Slainte
Ireland
The name of this Wicked character comes from the initials of “The Wizard of Oz” author.
Elphaba
This word used in the 1920s for cash also means a foul in billiards, where the cue ball is pocketed
Scratch
It was the capital of Gran Colombia before it was the capital of (regular) Colombia
Bogota
Delivery of a message of critical importance is central to the plot of this 2019 Sam Mendes war film.
1917
Cin Cin
Italy
In 2004, Michael McKean donned a dress to play Edna, in this show.
Hairspray
This shortened word precedes “check” in a term used on social media for reviewing one’s attire before leaving the house
Fit
This Kenyan metropolis outdoes Denver by a few hundred feet in the mile high capital city club
Nairobi
Loosely based on a classic legal film, Nikita Mikhalkov pits a racist juror against a pensive foreman
12
Yamas
Greece
She'ss the faded glamour cat who sings "Memories" in Cats
Grizabella
Showing your significant other’s hands but no face on the IG is known as this 2-word term, like a preview for a product
Soft Launch
Climbing up on Medvednica hill, I could see this end-of-the-alphabet city’s light, and pictured the 13th c. invasion by Mongols
Zagreb, Croatia
After his character gets cancer in this 2011 film, Joseph Gordon Levitt gets by with a little help from his friends
50/50
Na zdrowie
Poland/Czechia
In the eyes of Don Quixote, peasant girl Aldonza becomes this lovely lady whom he has sought and dreamed of.
Dulcinea
Oxford’s word of the year for 2023, it’s what someone has if they spit fire game to the hunks or the honeys
Riz
It’s not just the capital, it’s also one of Morrocco’s 4 imperial cities
Rabat
Mike Myers played legendary big apple night club owner Steve Rubell in this drama about a club Steve ran
54
Kippis
Finland
Franki Valli, of course, is a character in this musical about the Four Seasons
Jersey Boys
A part of an animal in this 1920s slang word for a dancer, someone ungulating and undulating, to that hot jazz
A Hoofer
This capital of Cambodia is at the junction of the Mekong and Tonle Sap
Phnom Penh
Fellini felt he’d directed 7.5 films before making this 1963 gem
8 1/2