Who Set the Score
Despite 12 nominations, the winner of only 2 Oscars for score, most recently for Dune
Who is Hans Zimmer
A loan word now describing a category of cooking, but literally meaning a kitchen.
What is Cuisine
The king of Scotland, who died in battle in 1057 was famously fictionalized by the Bard himself
Who is Macbeth
The founding father who wrote under multiple pen names including Silence Dogood, Polly Baker, and Richard Saunders.
Who is Ben Franklin
The national park named for its native plantlife (Yucca Brevifolia)
What is Joshua Tree National Park
The only composer since 2000 with 2 best score nominations in the same year for his work on Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha, also has the most nominations ever.
Who is John Williams (49 nominations)
The French origin of the word Advocacy (Advocat) literally meaning this profession
What is a Lawyer
The (majority of) these three modern day nations came from the division of Canute the Great's territory after his passing in 1035.
What are England, Norway and Denmark
The only founding father who became president, but did not go to college
Who is George Washington
The park named for the game-hunter who was so inspired by the rugged landscape, he helped establish 230 million acres of public lands as parks.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
The winner of three Oscars for score out of the last eight awards, including the most recent award.
Who is Ludvig Goransson
The direct loan word/phrase literally meaning a blow to the state
What is a Coup D'etat
The battle in 1066 that marked the end of the Viking age, and the crowned of a thousand year dynasty.
What is the battle of Hastings.
The former president whose personal books were sold to congress for $25,000 to start the Library of Congress
Who is Thomas Jefferson
A system of more than 119 Caves under the Chihuahuan Desert
What is Carlsbad Caverns Park
This Detective Comics Movie in 2019 is the only best score winner since 2000 composed by a woman, Hildur Guonadottir
What is the Joker
The two states' names that are pronounced differently owing to settlement by the English and French, respectively
What are Kansas and Arkansas
The Utensil-like name of the Danish King who conquered England in 1013 only to lose it back to the same English King the next spring
Who is Swein (Sweyn) Forkbeard
half points for harold bluetooth, who was his predecessor
The founding father who became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Who is John Jay
The location of roughly 50% of the world's total Geysers
What is Yellowstone
This Billie Eilish song, along with What Was I Made For - gave her two Academy Awards for best original song for a movie sharing the same name.
A now-understood description of a relaxed attitude literally meaning to let do
What is Laissez-Faire
The movement, led by the catholic church at the council of Toulouges in 1027- limited the days of the week and times of the year that nobility/kings could engage in violence.
What is the Pax Dei (peace and truce of God)
Who is James Monroe
The first instance of land being donated to the federal government AND the oldest park east of the Mississippi
What is Acadia National Park