VANITY PLATES
WHAT THE $%*@#&?!
BOND VILLAINS
THE GREATEST YEAR IN MOVIE HISTORY?
ART CLASS
LESSER-KNOWN BREAKFAST CEREALS
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Does Guillermo know?! Decades before his late night gig on ABC, this TV host had vanity plates that read "L8 NITE"
Jimmy Kimmel
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It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that Italians refer to as chiocciola, meaning "snail"
the at symbol (or at sign)
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In the very first Bond film in 1962, Joseph Wiseman portrayed this mad scientist & title villain (yes, yes he did)
Dr. No
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1994?
"Pulp Fiction", "The Shawshank Redemption" & this comedy about 2 numbskulls who drive a mini-bike to Aspen
Dumb and Dumber
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In 1901, towards the start of his Blue Period, this artist painted himself on a blue background
Picasso
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General Mills once sold cereals inspired by this organization's cookies, including Thin Mints & Caramel Crunch varieties
Girl Scouts
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He often travels in a vehicle with a personalized plate that reads "SCV1"; the letters stand for "Status Civitatis Vaticanae"
the Pope
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It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that pop star Kesha removed from her name in 2014
the dollar sign
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One of Bond's deadliest female foes, Rosa Klebb appears in the movie "From" this country "with Love"
Russia
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1999?
"The Sixth Sense", "The Matrix" & this rom-com about a movie star who falls for a floppy-haired bookstore owner
Notting Hill
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René Magritte's "The Son of Man" shows a man wearing a bowler hat whose face is obscured by this fruit
a green apple
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Buy me some peanuts &... milk? This ballpark snack inspired a cereal that also promised a prize in every box
Cracker Jack
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Because another motorist had them first, Dr. Seuss waited years to get vanity plates that bore the name of this green meanie
the Grinch
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It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that, with the exclamation point, forms a punctuation mark known as an interrobang
a question mark
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007 seals Le Chiffre's fate during a high stakes poker game in this 2006 film, the first to star Daniel Craig
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Casino Royale
PICKLE PARTY
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2007?
"There Will Be Blood", "No Country for Old Men" & this drama starring George Clooney as a law firm fixer
Michael Clayton
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In this Vermeer work, we see a young woman wearing a turban & a fancy piece of jewelry
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Did I eat that? This nerdy "Family Matters" character inspired a '90s cereal with strawberry & banana loops
Urkel
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What's up with that, doc?! Mel Blanc had the vanity plate "KMIT"; "kish mir in tuchas" means "kiss my behind" in this language
Yiddish
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It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here whose first word is derived from a Latin term meaning "by the 100"
the percentage (the percent sign)
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The theme song of this 1964 Bond film fittingly refers to the title villain as "the man with the Midas touch"
Goldfinger
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1939?
"Ninotchka", "Gone with the Wind" & this Jimmy Stewart classic about a young senator who takes on corruption
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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The woman in this 1871 masterpiece is sitting down because she got tired of standing while posing for her son
Whistler's Mother
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"Doo doo doo doo doo doo" you want a bowl of Kellogg's berry fin-tastic cereal named after this young aquatic creature of song
Baby Shark
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It's the first name of the Oscar-winning actor who had vanity plates that read "BORG 9"
Ernest (Borgnine)
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It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that stands for the word spelled out by the last 3 letters in its name
an ampersand
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To embody his role as Raoul Silva, this actor took parts of the "Skyfall" script & translated them to Spanish
Javier Bardem
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1986?
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Aliens" & this coming-of-age drama about 4 boys who go looking for a dead body
Stand By Me
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This French artist's "The Dance Class" shows choreographer Jules Perrot leading a group of ballerinas
Degas
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A favorite breakfast of Tommy Pickles & friends, Reptar cereal was inspired by this classic Nicktoon
Rugrats