RISING UP
BIG-SCREEN BALLADS
EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES
COMPUTING MILESTONES
NAME GAME
WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. (BS initials)
200
In 2023, people took to the streets in France after a proposal to raise this from 62 to 64
the retirement age
200
When she performed "Crazy For You" in the high school wrestling film "Vision Quest" this pop star was virtually unknown
Madonna
200
"The Boot"
(It has more World Heritage sites than any other country)
Italy
200
In 2005, a 19-second clip titled "Me at the zoo" was the first video ever uploaded to this website
YouTube
200
First name + R&B singer who married Whitney Houston = this "Stranger Things" actress
Millie Bobby Brown
200
Eat my shorts, Jay Gatsby! He was the only fictional character on Time's list of the most influential people of the 20th century
Bart Simpson
400
Mahsa Amini's death inspired protests against headscarves and the government in this Middle Eastern country
Iran
400
Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off her feet to the tune of "Up Where We Belong" in the final scene of this '80s tearjerker
An Officer and a Gentleman
400
"The Land of Count Dracula"
(You've never been to Transylvania in October?
You gotta go!)
Romania
400
In 1984, this company introduced the "Fat Mac", a Macintosh computer with a whopping 512 KB of RAM
Apple
400
Rock drummer who married Pamela Anderson + last name = this "Men in Black" actor
Tommy Lee Jones
400
Sticky Fingers and Bone Suckin' are two brands that make this type of condiment
barbecue sauce
600
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!
One of activist Greta Thunberg's fans is this former governor who owned the first electric Hummer H-1
600
In "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" she rocked a chainmail dress & she sang the film's power ballad "We Don't Beed Another Hero"
Tina Turner
600
"The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome)
Iceland
600
DAILY DOULBE!!!!!!!!!!
In 1997, an IBM computer named Deep Blue beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov at this game
600
Theologian born in Saxony in 1483 + last name = this theologian born in Atlanta, GA in 1929
Martin Luther King
600
No more "European Pink" for Misty Copeland; in 2017, Gaynor Minden began making this footwear with darker skin tones
ballet shoes (or ballet slippers)
800
Some people may have underestimated this president here before he led his country in resisting an invasion
Zelenskyy
800
A rare pop song that features an oboe solo, this cryptic ballad by Seal became a smash hit after appearing in "Batman Forever"
"Kiss From A Rose"
800
"The Land of Poets & Thinkers"
(Hey Einstein, it's pronounced "GUR-tuh" , not "GO-thee")
Germany
800
In 2012, this Google creation passed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the world's most used web browser
Google Chrome
800
First name + longtime CNN anchor = this "Pygmalion" playwright
George Bernard Shaw
800
"I gets high off your love / I don't know how to behave"; it's the title track on D'Angelo's 1995 album
"Brown Sugar"
1000
Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a 2-block plaza on 16th Street NW named for this social justice group
Black Lives Matter
1000
At a Hollywood Bowl concert in 2012, Peter Gabriel played this song from "Say Anything" after John Cusack took the stage with a boombox
"In Your Eyes"
1000
"The Playground of Europe"
(St. Moritz is so over. All the best parties are in Gstaad)
Switzerland
1000
One of the first search engines shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead
Archie
1000
16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon"
Mary Stuart Masterson
1000
This slow-moving creature is common in the Pacific Northwest; its name is apt considering its yellow color
a banana slug