Literal Band Names
Female head of state in a monarchy.
Queen
How 'bout them birds?
Cowboys and Eagles
The 2023 (and most recent) Person of the Year.
Taylor Swift
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this war film had a notoriously disastrous filming, with natural disasters destroying sets, Civil War in the Philippines threating filming, and lead actor Martin Sheen even suffering a heart attack.
Apocalypse Now
A collection, typically a bowl, of dried fruits and spices meant to perfume a room.
Potpourri
Two different types of electrical current.
AC/DC
Da Dat
Bears and Saints
There have been several individuals who were the person of the year twice, but only this former US president has been person of the year three times.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This 1973 horror film was principally filmed in Georgetown, where many film tourists still visit its infamous house and steep stairways next to it.
The Exorcist
If you traveled from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal, you would be this cardinal direction relative to where you started.
Southeast
A large, hard of hearing feline.
Def Leppard
The Shoe Mafia
The first ever Time Person of the Year in 1927 after completing the first solo transatlantic flight.
Charles Lindbergh
This 1970 film about a World War II General earned actor George C. Scott his first and only Academy Award for Best Actor, though Scott would decline the honor.
Patton
He was the longest serving host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" having hosted for 29 years and 7 months.
Johnny Carson
The highest attainable state of consciousness in the Buddhist faith.
Nirvana
Fin Pound
Dolphins and Browns
The only person to be featured as Person of the Year for two consecutive years, first in 1971 and again in 1921.
Richard Nixon
This 1978 film directed by John Landis was the first film spinoff of the "National Lampoon" magazine.
Animal House
In this TV crime drama which ran principally in the 1960's and 1970's, the culprit is revealed to the audience at the beginning of the episode, with the conceit of the show being whether or not the titular character will solve the crime.
Columbo
A difficult situation that is hard to fix.
Dire Straits
Siege the Kingdom
Buccaneers and Chiefs
"The American Soldier" has twice featured as the Person of the Year, with servicemembers being recognized for their fight in these two wars. (Only one answer will suffice).
Korean War and Iraq War.
One "Sergeant Neil Howie," played by Edward Woodward, gets more than he bargained for when he takes on a missing persons case on a small Scottish island in this 1973 horror film.
The Wicker Man
The process by which a solid is converted directly into gas.
Sublimation