Children's Lit
Common Bonds
VMAs
Before and After
4-Syllable Words
100

This book by William Goldman features Westley and Buttercup and was turned into a beloved 1987 film.

The Princess Bride 

100

Russet

Dutch

Fingerling

Potatoes 

100

At the 2003 VMAs, Madonna shocked viewers by sharing an onstage kiss with Christina Aguilera and this fellow pop princess.

Britney Spears

100

Synonym for a barbecue where Hey Ya! is played.

cookoutkast

100

From the Greek for "alone" and "to sell."

Monopoly

200

Roald Dahl's book about a boy named James and an enormous fruit became a stop-motion film in 1996.

James and the Giant Peach 

200

Mug 

Booster 

Jump

Shots

200

MTV announced this year it will honor this legendary grunge band with the prestigious Video Vanguard Award.

Nirvana 

200

7th president splashes some paint around and creates high art.


Andrew Jackson Pollack 

200

An unintended or accidental event that results in damage, injury, or a very messy spill.

catastrophe

300

Shel Silverstein invited readers to a place where "the grass grows soft and white" in this 1974 poetry collection.

Where the Sidewalk Ends

300

An Onion 

A Wedding Cake 

The Earths Atmosphere

Things with layers 

300

At the 2009 VMAs, Lady Gaga began bleeding out on stage while performing this hit single about the dark side of celebrity obsession.

Paparazzi 

300

This nighttime directional beacon is visible to Captain Kirk and crew.

North Star Trek

300

It's the scientific study of the mind and how it dictates human behavior.

psychology

400

Stanley Yelnats is sent to a desert detention center where campers must dig one 5-foot deep pit every day in this Louis Sachar novel.

Holes

400

A computer 

A piano 

A lock 

Things with keys 

400

In 2002, this pop icon mistakenly accepted a "Artist of the Millennium" trophy from Britney Spears because it was presented on his 43rd birthday.

Michael Jackson

400

The popular brunch cocktail made with vodka, tomato juice, and hot sauce merges with the magical Disney nanny.



Bloody Mary Poppins

400

This adjective means temporary or fleeting.

ephemeral

500

12-year-old Jonas is assigned to inherit the community's collective memories from an old man in this dystopian Lois Lowry novel.

The Giver

500

A needle 

A storm 

A potato 

Things with eyes 

500

Best New Artist, Fiona Apple declared this to the audience in her 1997 speech. (4 words)

"This world is bullshit"

500

The large, ridged tube-shaped Italian pasta merges with the legendary American jazz singer famous for his signature song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".

Rigatoni Bennett

500

This noun means a perfect example, model, or archetype that serves as a standard for everything else of its kind.

epitome