"V" Crossword Clues
Cheesy Country of Origin
Film Studies
Holiday Potpourri
Containers
100

Buy one of these on Wheel of Fortune.

What is vowel?

100

Parmigiano-Reggiano

What is Italy?

100

Sidney Poitier stars as a teacher in this 1965 film. His class in London’s East End is filled with undisciplined, irreverent students who want nothing to do with learning.

What is To Sir with Love?

100

 In the Christmas carol “Jingle Bells,” they ride in this kind of sleigh

What is one-horse, open?

100

Those who keep large stashes of cash and other valuables at home store them in one of these, which is sometimes built into a wall.

What is safe?

200

 Healthy diets include fruits and these.

What are vegetables?
200

Brie

What is France?

200

 This 1964 film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins, her speech teacher. The film and the earlier Broadway musical are based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

What is My Fair Lady?

200

The word Hanukkah means this.

What is dedication or inauguration?

200

These containers sit on your kitchen table and hold your two most-used seasonings.

What are salt and pepper shakers?

300

 This is the opposite of horizontal.

What is vertical?

300

Feta

What is Greece?

300

The 2001 film Legally Blonde stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods and follows her journey at this Ivy League law school.

What is Harvard?

300

 This is another name for Santa Claus wherein both the first and last name begin with K.

What is Kris Kringle?

300

This tiny, decorative container is worn around the neck and opens to display two tiny photos.

What is locket?

400

This string instrument is also known as a fiddle.

What is violin?

400

Stilton

What is England?
400

In this 1986 cult classic, characters played by Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara decide to cut class for the day. Ben Stein has a small role as one of their teachers, and he became famous for the line, “Anyone, anyone?”

What is Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

400

If you count Rudolph, this number of reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh.

What is nine?

400

 When someone says, “I’ll bet you can’t guess what I got you for Christmas,” you might respond with, “Is it larger or smaller than” this household item.

What is breadbox?

500

This dry version of fortified wine is used in martinis.

What is vermouth?

500

 Llama and alpaca cheese comes from this continent.

What is South America?

500

In the 1989 film Dead Poets Society, this comedic actor plays a passionate, eccentric teacher at Welton Prep, where proper boys are molded to become future, elite movers and shakers.

Who is Robin Williams?

500

This type of oil is used as fuel in the menorah.

What is olive?

500

Before briefcases or backpacks, people used to carry books and papers in these.

What is satchel?