HEIST FILMS
HORSING AROUND
NORSE MYTH
STREAMING TV
COOKING TERMS
MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE
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In this 2001 film a group robs 3 Vegas casinos on the night of a Lennox Lewis-Wladimir Klitschko boxing match
Ocean's Eleven
400
At the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, he rode his favorite horse Marengo for the last time
Napoléon
400
This Norse god kept an eye on his wife Frigg, who herself presided over marriage
Odin
400
Seth Rogen, Ike Barinholtz & Catherine O'Hara star in this comedy about Tinseltown execs
The Studio
400
Use kitchen twine for this technique of sewing up a chicken's legs & wings before roasting; it helps cook the bird evenly
trussing
400
General Acacius in "Gladiator II" & Joel Miller in "The Last of Us"
Pascal
800
In the final scene of this film, Keanu tells Swayze, "Vaya con dios"
Point Break
800
Bellerophon was riding this winged horse when he killed the Chimera
Pegasus
800
Not just a hamlet in New York, it's the site of slain warriors where the same unfortunate boar is eaten & resurrected daily
Valhalla
800
Kristine Froseth played the alluring Alaska Young in this miniseries based on John Green's young adult novel
Looking for Alaska
800
For a moist turkey on Thanksgiving, some swear by doing this, making a salt water solution & submerging the bird in it for 24 hours
brining
800
Stifler's mom in "American Pie" & Tanya in "The White Lotus"
(Jennifer) Coolidge
1200
This 2003 remake with Mark Wahlberg & Charlize Theron fittingly begins with a heist in Venice
The Italian Job
1200
He narrates Anna Sewell's only novel
Black Beauty
1200
Thought invincible, Balder got the kiss of death after getting hit with a sprig of this shrub, the one thing that could do the job
a mistletoe
1200
In 2024 Peacock announced a new series called "The Paper", set in the same universe as this sitcom
The Office
1200
Poached eggs are cooked directly in hot water; eggs gently cooked in a dish placed in a hot water bath are this "pampered" kind
coddled
1200
Kate, who left Kevin "Home Alone" & Moira Rose
(Catherine) O'Hara
1600
Christopher Nolan said this 2010 film is "something of a heist movie, it's something of a science fiction film"
Inception
1600
In his two years of racing, 1919 & 1920, he won 20 of 21 races; in 1999, he was named Horse of the Century
Man o' War
1600
The 9 realms include Alfheim, home of the light elves, Nidavellir, home of the dwarves & this, home to us puny ol' mortals
Midgard
1600
After three episodes on "Star Trek: Discovery", Rebecca Romijn brought first officer Una Chin-Riley to this prequel series
Strange New Worlds
1600
(Giada De Laurentiis presents the clue.) My Great Aunt Raffy taught me to cook a wonderful dish called ziti stufati that's baked in the oven, or as we say in Italian, this style
al forno
1600
Molly Brown in "Titanic" & Madeline Matlock
Kathy Bates
2000
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has admitted to watching this heist film directed by Ben Affleck several times a week
The Town
2000
In the "Lord of the Rings" books, Gandalf the wizard is the one who tames & rides this "lord" of horses
Shadowfax
2000
As "Watchman of the Gods", he could see 100 leagues; another skill was the ability to hear grass grow, for some reason
Heimdall
2000
The adaptation of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" stars this "Gone Girl" girl
Rosamund Pike
2000
This French term for parsley, thyme & bay leaf bound in cheesecloth & used for seasoning is très magnifique!
a bouquet garni
2000
Mr. Pink in "Reservoir Dogs" & Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
(Steve) Buscemi