WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED
MUSEUM-PODGE
THEORIES
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AN IMP OF A RHYME
WHISKEY BUSINESS
100

Of course, Pooh is cited in the entry for this noun: "he sat down and took the top off his jar of" it

honey

100

(Sarah of the Clue Crews presents from the Witte Museum in San Antonio.) The Witte Museum's collection includes partial busts of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum as studies for his execution of this much larger project

Mount Rushmore

100

The steady-state theory in which the universe has no beginning or end lost ground to this one where everything went kablooey!

the big bang theory
100

An all-time record for HBO, in May 2019, 19.3 million tuned in to watch "The Iron Throne" episode of this series

Game of Thrones

100

To spend time making adjustments to one's appearance

primp

100

It's a myth that whiskey labeled "bourbon" must be distilled in this U.S. state, but most of it is

Kentucky

200

In 2018 the OED updated "Bear" to include Pooh's description of himself as "a bear of very little" this

brain

200

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The Vasa, a warship that spent 333 years under the sea, was salvaged & turned into a museum in this capital city

Stockholm

200

The government is up to something--yes, I'm big on these theories, from the Latin for "breathe together"

conspiracy theories

200

Stan, Cartman & the whole town of "South Park" helped put this cable channel on the map

Comedy Central

200

"Snoopy One" was one for Metlife

blimp

200

Most scotch is distilled twice; this type of whiskey, like Bushmills & Tullamore D.E.W., 3 times

Irish whiskey 

300

This Pooh pal's name means "an exuberant, energetic, and cheerful person"

Tigger
300

This Chicago Museum of Natural History bought Sue, the largest & most complete T. rex skeleton, for over $8 mil. in 1997

Field Museum 

300

The greater fool theory in this activity says don't worry about overvaluation--there's always some dummy who'll buy

buying stocks

300

FX's "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson" followed up with the story of this man's assassination

Gianne Versace

300

6-letter word meaning to economize

scrimp

300

Forbes says India's Officer's Choice is the world's top-selling whiskey; America's is this Lynchburg libation

Jack Daniel's 

400

Horrible! the OED defines it as "an imaginary creature resembling an elephant"

heffalump

400

Wisconsin's National Railroad Museum has an exhibit on these porters: "from service to civil rights"

Pullman car porters

400

This Cold War theory said if one country fell to communism, nearby ones would follow

domino theory

400

While they played brother and sister in this serial killer Showtime show, the stars married in 2008 and divorced in 2010, all during the show's run

Dexter

400

Crangon crangon is the scientific name for the common European one

shrimp

400

A small percent of whiskey maturing in barrels evaporates each year, a portion called this "share"

the angel's share

500

"Pooh-sticks" is defined as "a game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of" one of these

bridge

500

Giorgio Vasari designed it as an office building; later it housed the Medici art collection & then became a museum

Uffizi Gallery

500

A 1982 theory named for broken these items says small signs of disorder in an area lead to serious crime

windows

500

Although never mentioned in the books on which this show is based, the character Molly Hooper appeared in 14 of its 15 episodes

Sherlock

500

To connect 2 wires by squeezing the ends together

crimp

500

Seagram's famed numeric brand launched the first National Dive Bar Day--naturally on this date in 2018

July 7