Lights Camera Acting
This actor played Francois Pienaar in this movie about overcoming Apartheid South Africa
Matt Damon
Residents of Chicago know this tower by the department store that used to own it, even though it was renamed to this in 2009
Willis Tower
This author was named after his ancestor who wrote our national anthem. I hope you get this "old sport"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To live until you are very very old or to widen one's pupils
Dilate/ Die Late
The location of this base on the Hudson River was chosen by George Washington due to its difficulty to siege.
Westpoint
This is the name for a follow-up audition
Callback
Some people think a song named after this Chicago street may be about a certain drug
Lake Shore Drive
This is the last name of three 19th century sisters who were famous authors from near Yorkshire, England. They originally had to write under male pseudonyms in order to sell their novels.
(Charlotte, Emily, Anne) Brontë
I didn't like my beard at first but then it did this
Grew on me
The newest branch of the military calls its personnel this term.
Guardians
If you break your leg you may need this, but some actors prefer to use a cigarette
Perhaps the only NFL award more important than MVP is named after this Chicago great
By estimated number of books sold, she is tied for first with Williams Shakespeare. Because of her I am hesitant to get on a train from Istanbul to Calais
Agatha Christie
What a chicken does to an egg or a small ax
Hatch it/Hatchet
Legend has it that the US Marine Corp got this nickname after Germans in World War 1 thought they fought like "Hunden".
Devil Dogs
This style of acting made famous by Daniel Day Lewis has the actor become the character they are playing.
Method Acting
This painting that shows several people dining late at night in a cafeteria by Edward Hopper is located at the Art Institute of Chicago
Nighthawks
"This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do," were the last words of this English author shortly before perishing from food poisoning in Paris
Oscar Wilde
Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower or animals that live & feed on other animals
Paris Sites/Parasites
This satirical nickname is given to a branch of the military as a play on words based on their name and a piece of furniture.
Chair Force
You may want to microwave this term, that means reading your lines within 24 hours of filming
Cold Read
Despite being one of the greatest baseball players ever, he is not in the Hall of Fame for a game-fixing scandal. Maybe he should have tied a double knot.
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson
This american author was caught in a love triangle with Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill. His most famous book sure made him a lot of "dough" but I'm not sure if he "kneaded" it.
J.D. Salinger
What part of an engine pees a lot
A piston
What was the deadliest battle in American history
Meuse-Argonne Offensive