ADAM SANDLER FILMS
VERTEBRATES
HOMOPHONES
TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER
SMALLVILLE
200
'Adam trained with ex-NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury to prepare for this 2005 comedy'
The Longest Yard
200
'In the N. American species of this mammal, there are hundreds of microscopic barbs at the end of each quill'
the porcupine
200
'It can be a blood vessel, or being excessively proud of oneself'
vein/vain
200
'Of Flash, Google or AltaVista, the one that's not a popular Internet search engine'
Flash
200
'Small cities in this state include Kinbrae (pop. 21) & Boy River (pop. 38); Minneapolis is much bigger'
Minnesota
400
'There must be 50 ways to name this 2004 comedy with Adam & Drew Barrymore, said to be "Memento-meets-Groundhog Day"'
50 First Dates
400
'Known as a whooper, it's the tallest North American bird, reaching a height of nearly 5 feet'
a whooping crane
400
'An aroma, or transmitted'
scent/sent
400
'This 2-letter Windows computer operating system was introduced in October 2001'
XP
400
'This Wyoming town, pop. 15, was named for a wish-making boy in "The Arabian Nights"'
Aladdin
600
'Adam crooned his way into Drew Barrymore's heart in this "matrimonial" 1998 film'
The Wedding Singer
600
'When rainbow species of this migrate to the sea, their color changes to silver; they're then called steelheads'
trout
600
'Select, or masticates'
choose/chews
600
'Abbreviated BB, it's a popular data-transmission method capable of sending multiple channels at once'
broadband
600
'The name of this city in Texas (pop. 1631) is found in Texas' traditional nickname'
Lone Star
800
'The price was very, very wrong when Bob Barker pummeled Adam on a golf course in this 1996 film'
Happy Gilmore
800
'The golden species of this small rodent is often sold as a pet because it's clean & easy to care for'
a hamster
800
'Writing paper, or standing still'
stationery/stationary
800
'In computerese, it's what the P stands for in the abbreviation HTTP'
protocol
800
'A Tennessee town, pop. 85, or a British sport similar to soccer & football'
Rugby
1000
'Adam was kickin' it old school--elementary school--as this 1995 title character'
Billy Madison
1000
'The Yapok, a species of this native to Central & South America, is the only marsupial adapted to living in water'
an opossum
1000
'Part of a horse's harness, or pertaining to a woman on her wedding day'
bridle/bridal
1000
'The forerunner to the Internet known as the ARPANET was a 1960s network by this U.S. government dept.'
Defense
1000
'Eden (pop. 1152) in this state was chartered to a group of Green Mountain Boys'
Vermont