Haiku That Novel
19th century /
Once titled "First Impressions" /
Is Darcy the one?
What is Pride and Prejudice?
Let's go to the red planet!
Let's bring everyone home from said red planet! Hey... where's Matt Damon?
What is The Martian?
There are 52 white keys on a standard piano & this many black ones
What is 36?
Selina Meyer, on this HBO sitcom: "I will destroy you in ways that are so creative, they will honor me for it at the Kennedy Center"
What is Veep?
LITERATURE AND SICKNESS:
Still around today, this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in "Little Women" & the "Little House on the Prairie" books
What is Scarlet Fever?
Dust Bowl to Cali /
No kicks on Route 66 /
The Joad to ruin
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
Opening Pandora's box; Sigourney Weaver, dealing with different aliens; unobtanium? Really?
What is Avatar?
Guitarists use an index finger to hold down multiple strings when playing a "barre" this
What is a Chord?
On the next "Arrested Development"... Jeffrey Tambor was dad to this actor; he, in turn, was dad to Michael Cera
Who is Bateman?
SCULPTORS:
Los Angeles artist George Stanley sculpted this, first handed out at a private banquet on May 16, 1929
What is The Oscar?
Remote health resort /
Masha's Tranquillum House... rough /
An octet plus one
What is Nine Perfect Strangers?
We're all living in a simulation! Only a bank teller can save us!; life is a video game
What is Free Guy?
The Pacifica Quartet won the 2020 Grammy for best this kind of Music/Small Ensemble Performance
What is a Chamber?
Ilana Glazer, reacting to a man who wants to get married on this comedy: "I'm only 27. What am I, a child bride?"
What is Broad City?
WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY:
A 1525 textbook on anatomy says this, being "so different of colours", could also be called "rain bowys"
What is Iris?
Oasis, by Cline /
Praise... "Wonka meets 'The Matrix'" /
--USA Today
What is Ready Player One?
PTA PTSD;
maternal instinct, lapsed;
liberty for Bell
What is Bad Moms?
The "Surprise" symphony (No. 94) & the "London" (No. 104) are nicknames for works by this prolific 18th century Austrian
Who is Hadyn?
Benjamin Arthur tagged in as Jake "The Snake" Roberts while Bradley Constant played a "Young" him
Who is The Rock?
COMPOUND WORDS:
The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word
What is Nevermore?
A Pilgrim's progress /
Vonnegut: unstuck in time /
Catchphrase... So it goes
What is Slaughterhouse Five?
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
To war, so girls--play ball!
You're Dottie if you want to play catcher
What is A League of Their Own?
Style of wordless jazz singing; it needn't include the syllable of its name
What is Scat?
As Revolutionary War soldier Nigel Chessum, John Hartman falls in love with the man who killed him on this CBS comedy
What is Ghosts?
THE FINE ARTS:
A 1920s trip to France inspired him to compose "An American in Paris"
Who is George Gershwin?