FAMOUS FORMER TEACHERS
EAT
DESIGNERS
"LOVE"
OSCAR-WINNING SCREENPLAYS
500

This "Mad Men" star taught drama at his old high school

Jon Hamm

500

In Scandinavia they call it köttbullar; we know it as this, with a nationality in its name

Swedish meatballs

500

We know that the devil wears this designer, but did you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime?

Prada

500

An amusement park ride for 2

a tunnel of love

500

2010:
Aaron Sorkin, from the book "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook"

The Social Network

1000

Before "Harry Met Sally", he worked as a substitute teacher on Long Island

Billy Crystal

1000

A shiitake is one of these; "take" is Japanese for it

a mushroom

1000

Last name in common to fashion designers Anne & Calvin

Klein

1000

2-word term for fat bulges at the sides of the waist

love handles

1000

2008:
Simon Beaufoy, from the novel "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup

Slumdog Millionaire

2000

This KISS frontman taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem

Gene Simmons

2000

Does calling these veggies petits pois make them any tastier?

peas

2000

She took over control of her family's design house in 1997, after her brother Gianni's death

Donatella Versace

2000

Phyllis York, co-founder of this no-nonsense therapy, said, "We had... rotten kids; now they're wonderful"

Toughlove

2000

1950:
Joseph Mankiewicz, from the short story "The Wisdom of Eve"

All About Eve

3000

He taught English at his former high school before finding fame with the musicals "In the Heights" & "Hamilton"

Lin-Manuel Miranda

3000

For a well-done filet mignon, do this "insect" cooking term that means to cut down the center almost completely

butterfly

3000

After his suicide in 2010, Vogue paid tribute to him with a portfolio of his pieces called "Alexander the Great"

McQueen

3000

It's an old name for the tomato

a love apple

3000

1976:
William Goldman, from the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward

All the President's Men

4000

Before he was a "Police" man, he was a teacher named Gordon Sumner

Sting

4000

You can make your panini with this Italian bread whose name comes from the Latin for "hearth"

focaccia

4000

Before "Project Runway" & his own fashion line, he was a child actor, born Karl Anderson Jr.

Michael Kors

4000

As there's no "beautifulest", you can use this word that Edward Fitzgerald paired with "the best"

loveliest

4000

1983:
James L. Brooks, from the novel by Larry McMurtry

Terms of Endearment