The "IZE" Have It
If you set out to carpe diem, you want to do this.
What is seize the day?
Even "Firework"s fizzle: this pop singer has 13 nominations and no wins.
Who is Katy Perry?
This United Arab Emirates capital is alphabetically first in the list of world capitals.
What is Abu Dhabi?
He received an Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay to "Roma."
Who is Alfonso Cuarón?
What is a bill?
It's what you might hope to win on a game show, or on the boardwalk, or in a sweepstakes.
What is a prize?
This rapper has nominations aplenty, but his biggest win may be his friendship with Martha Stewart.
Who is Snoop Dogg?
How regal: this is the capital of Jamaica.
What is Kingston?
It's her house, and we're all just living in it: in Lorca's "La Casa de" her, five daughters look for escape from their mother's tyrannical rule.
Who is Bernarda Alba?
She's the titular character's lifelong love in "Forrest Gump."
What is a penny?
Sure it's a little corny, but this is really a Central American cereal plant that yields large grains set in rows on a cob.
What is maize?
This Icelandic singer has nominations for Alternative Music Album, Music Video, Pop Instrumental Performance, and more.
Who is Bjork?
Hallo! It's an Ian McEwan novel and Gregory Alan Isakov song.
What is Amsterdam?
He's the squire to Don Quijote in Cervantes' masterpiece.
Who is Sancho Panza?
It's noise! Or, more scientifically, vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when reaching our ears.
What is pound?
A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth.
What is a citizen?
A 12-time nominee, she did score a non-competitive Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2012 — "supreme" at last.
Who is Diana Ross?
It often pops up in crossword puzzles: this is the capital of Vietnam.
What is Hanoi?
She's the Spanish feminist writer and literary critic who penned multiple novels and short stories, including "Las Medias Rojas."
Who is Emilia Bardo Pazán?
You can kill it or waste it, but it'll still be here, ever-ticking forward.
What is dime?
This animal-like word means to give great public attention to, or to treat as a celebrity.
He's the R&B artist with 17 nominations and no wins — you could say he hasn't been ennobled yet.
Who is Brian McKnight?
Switzerland and Germany are neighbors, and these, their two capitals, are near identical save the extra two letters added in Germany's.
What are Bern and Berlin?
England had Dickens, France had Hugo, and Spain had him — the country's foremost writer of realism and author of "Tristiana."
Who is Galdós?
It's the solution to (25 x 2)/5.
What is yen?