TV & Film
What is that Beeping?
in Your Art of Arts
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TV: Who Said it?
The Animal "in the" Metaphor
FIFA
Famous Dads
100

With Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates, "Bates Motel" was a prequel to this classic film

Psycho

100

Many still carry a messaging device that uses radio waves called a beeper or this word used by Motorola in the 1950s


a Pager

100

Good fortune, healing & hope are associated with cranes constructed using this art that means "fold paper"

origami

100

Animated in 2010 & live action in 2025:
Hiccup,
Stoick &
Tuffnut

How to Train your Dragon

100

"Derek, I love you... so pick me. Choose me. Love me"

Dr. Meredith Grey

100

To be frozen in fear is to be "caught like" this unfortunate creature, glare or no glare

a deer in the headlights

100

This country hosted and won the first ever World Cup in 1930

Uruguay

100

Gomez was the father of this TV family, Pugsley and Wednesday were his children

Addams Family

200

TV's "Cobra Kai" served as a follow-up series to this franchise

The Karate Kid

200

Maybe someone's watching this aughts series; its real-time episodes usually ended with a beeping clock for maximum agita

24

200

A PBS list of the "10 Monumental" these "of Los Angeles" includes Paul Botello's "The Wall That Speaks, Sings, and Shouts"

a mural

200

1974:
Sheriff Bart,
the Waco Kid

Blazing Saddles
200

To her schoolmates at Nevermore Academy: "It's amateurs like you who give kidnapping a bad name"

Wednesday Addams

200

There's a small wild canine in this term for a treacherous infiltrator

a fox in the henhouse

200

This country has won the most FIFA world cups 

Brazil

200

He famously played Indiana Jones dad in the Last Crusade, even though there is only 12 years apart 

Sean C

300

Alec Baldwin was the first actor to portray this Tom Clancy character onscreen; John Krasinski played him for 4 seasons on TV

Jack Ryan

300

Periodic "chirps" could mean your device for detecting this odorless gas, a byproduct of combustion, needs new batteries

carbon monoxide

300

Some didn't want to know when a 2026 news report put a government name (or 2) to this most famous alias in the art world

Banksy

300

Set in the Mississippi Delta:
Sammie,
Remmick &
the Smokestack twins

Sinners

300

"Lemon, the grown-up dating world is like your haircut: sometimes, awkward triangles occur"

Jack Donaghy

300

This 11-word phrase means it's better to have a sure thing than to risk it for double

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

300

This major global conflict caused the 1942 1946 FIFA World Cup to be canceled

World War II

300

Michael Douglass famous dad played the title role in Spartacus

Kirk Douglas

400

First it was a TV series with Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, then a movie with Denzel, then a TV series with Queen Latifah

The Equalizer

400

Maybe a bulldozer is reversing; per this 4-letter federal agency, some construction vehicles require backup alarms

OSHA

400

The word itself stems from the Greek word mimos, meaning "imitator" or "actor". Modern pantomime was heavily refined by French artists in the 17th and 18th centuries, eventually popularized by legends like Marcel Marceau.

Mime

400

A musical from 2017:
Jenny Lind,
Chang & Eng

The Greatest Showman

400

this 80's classic about 4 soldiers of fortune helping those in need would always end with the line "I love it when a plan comes together" 

The A-Team

400

The Latin phrase latet anguis in herba is the source of this phrase for a pretended friend or lurking danger

a snake in the grass

400

This country has hosted the World Cup the most times 

Mexico (1970, 1986, 2026)

400

"Just the Two of Us" was this rapper's ode to his relationship with his son 

Will Smith

500

Lauren Graham & Peter Krause were part of the Braverman family on this beloved series based on a Ron Howard film

Parenthood

500

Many diabetics use a CGM device, which continuously monitors levels of this & beeps when the number is too high or low

(blood) glucose

500

this type of art work can mess with you, but to truly enjoy it you need to look from a certain perspective. 

 chalk artist

500

Set in South L.A.:
Doughboy &
Furious Styles

Boyz n the Hood

500

"Did I do that...." was said by this nerdy Family Matters character. 

Steve Urkel

500

A person who has no use for something but selfishly prevents others from enjoying it is one of these

a dog in the manger

500

He is the only player to win 3 World Cup titles 

Pele

500

George H and W Bush were the second father and son to be president, these two were the first 

John Adams and John Quincy Adams