THE LANGUAGE OF LIKE
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS
GOOD STUFF IN 2020
"ISM"s
TV INSPIRATIONS
200
2-4-6-8, who do we this? It means to be grateful for! Or rise in value! Yay!
appreciate
200
It's where the sub-zero goes
the kitchen
200
Linda Herring of this "Hawkeye State" was honored for fostering more than 600 children over the course of nearly 50 years
Iowa
200
Classes at Columbia University's school of this include sports reporting & magazine writing
journalism
200
Lucious Lyon on "Empire" was partly based on this rapper--should we infer that Cookie is Beyoncé
Jay-Z
400
To hold a memory fondly in your mind, perhaps of the same-named 1989 Madonna hit
cherish
400
A sleeveless garment + 2 letters; it's where clergy dress
a vestry
400
At the Columbus Zoo, male & female cubs of this fastest land mammal were born via in vitro fertilization for the first time
cheetah
400
Term for the ideas, theories and methods named for the man seen here
Marxism
400
Washington, D.C. fixer Judy Smith inspired Olivia Pope on this drama
Scandal
600
The "Hippie Dictionary" says it means "to see, understand ", as in "can you ___ it"?
dig
600
Indoor games like 20 Questions are named for it
the parlor
600
After getting an "R2-D2" prosthetic that moves fingers via muscle signals, a young fan got a call from Luke himself, this man
(Mark) Hamill
600
Britannica says this "both reached its peak & began its decline" during a series of televised hearings in 1954
McCarthyism
600
The name of Idris Elba's character on this HBO show comes from Baltimore criminals Bernard "Stringer" Reed & Roland Bell
The Wire
800
Something very complicated & ornamental; does that "strike your" this? Or is it just a "passing" one?
fancy
800
West Wing crisis center since 1961
the Situation Room
800
Ex-Sacramento State softball star Alyssa Nakken didn't have to go far to be the first female coach in MLB, with this NL team
the San Francisco Giants
800
From a Greek word for "pleasure", it's the belief that pleasure is the highest good
hedonism
800
Preet Bharara was reportedly an inspiration for Paul Giamatti's character on this Showtime drama set in the financial world
Billions
1000
To venerate, say, a specific Revolutionary War nighttime equestrian
revere
1000
Highlights for children has been called "that ubiquitous magazine" there
a waiting room
1000
The 3,900 solar panels this ex-govt. employee put on his farm provided more than half the energy for his hometown of Plains, Georgia
Jimmy Carter
1000
In New York City the Gray Panthers organization's mission statement is "activism and advocacy against" this
ageism
1000
Women's wrestling director Matt Cimber is an inspiration for Marc Maron's character on this show set in the 1980s
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