pop culture princesses
Buttercup is the title betrothed in this tale of page & screen
the princess bride
Look above the Arctic Circle to find most of this largest Canadian island which shares its name with a large bay
baffin island
DAILY QUADRUPLE: The 1614 marriage of Pocahontas & John Rolfe assured peace for years between this colony & the Powhatan Indians
jamestown
feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable
wish
notoriously known for having bad luck when it comes to having houses fall on them
the wicked witch of the west
Clad in leather with body armor Xena was this kind of title princess on 1990s TV
warrior princess
Mount Robson and Mount Columbia are the highest peaks in the Canadian section of this mountain range
the rockies
DAILY DOUBLE: their executions in 1793 this royal couple with different interests pretty much led separate lives
LOUIS XVI & MARIE ANTOINETTE
a climbing shrub of the pea family, with hanging clusters of pale bluish-lilac flowers
wisteria
feral, fallen creature willing to do anything to possess his preciousss
gollum
Once Upon A December was a song in this Broadway musical whose title is the name of a Romanov princess
anastasia
Completed in 1818 Province House in Halifax in this province is Canada's oldest parliament building
nova scotia
Some say this Scottish queen only married the Earl of Bothwell because he abducted her
mary queen of scots
used to refer to the shedding of tears
waterworks
Robert Englund's razor-fingered adversary wasn't always a wisecracking slasher: In his first appearance, he was a petrifying bogeyman who, with that ratty red sweater and fire-scarred face, made more of a searingly visual than verbal impression
freddy krueger
What is the full name of the princess of genovia?
400 extra points if you can name her two middle names.
Mia Thermopolis
Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi
Man and His World was the theme of Expo 67 in this city
montreal
Against all odds Catherine Parr's marriage to this man who'd been wed 5 times before was surprisingly happy
henry VIII
a small short-winged songbird found chiefly in the New World
wren
Faye Dunaway suffered permanent career damage for her noxious portrayal of screen icon Crawford and the star's abusive domination over her adopted daughter, Christina
Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest (1981)
In a ballet this beautiful princess loved by Prince Siegfried is transformed into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart
odette
(Christopher Plummer presents the clue.) In the 1950s & '60s I played many parts at the Shakespeare Festival in this Ontario town; in 1998 I celebrated the festival's 40th anniversary with a one-man show which I call A Word or Two
stratford
This Great czar forced his first wife Eudoxia to become a nun but she gave up the veil & romanced Stepan Glebov
peter the great
twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
wry
Anthony Hopkins wasn't the only actor to bring everybody's favorite flesh-eating doctor to life
Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)