Kier-pordy 2.0

Books

100

The Pulitzer Prize winning book James is a retelling of what famous novel from a different characters perspective

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

200

JRR Tolkein wrote this collection of myths about the universe, published posthumously in 1977

The Silmarilion

300

Atticus Shafer is the protagonist in this high school classic

To Kill a Mockingbird

400

This is why Macduff was able to kill Macbeth in spite of the witches prophecy

He was born via Caesarian section (Not a man of "woman born")

500

This knowledge is how Odysseus proves he is who he says he is to his wife Penelope

Their wedding bed is rooted in a live tree

Oscars

100

These were the two films involved in the Best Picture winner mix-up of 2016

La La Land and Moonlight

200

This is the highest grossing movie to win Best Picture

Titanic (1995)

300

Leonardo DiCaprio won his elusive first Oscar for this film

The Revenant

400

This was the first foreign language film to win Best Picture

Parasite (2020)

500

This was the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature

Shrek

Kieran-juries

100

This is the only marathon I was signed up for, but missed due to injury

2023 Cleveland Marathon

200

The scar on the pad of my left index finger was caused by this art implement

Linocut tool

300

This is the cause of the dent in my left shin

Tripping while running the bleachers at wrestling practice

400

This is the specific injury I sustained in 7th grade wrestling

Goose-neck fracture of my right arm

500

This is the source of the cut on my cheek in Mairin's birth photos

Running into a pole on the Just Kids playground

Baseball

100

This player's autographed ball serves as the focus of a rescue mission in the classic film "The Sandlot"

Babe Ruth

200

This is the oldest American professional baseball team

Cincinnati Reds

300

This is the most recent player to join the 700 home run club

Albert Pujols

400

This is the only MLB team to never appear in a World Series

Seattle Mariners

500

This is the all-time Phillies home run leader

Mike Schmidt

Beer

100

This beer comes in a green bottle and is brewed in Amsterdam

Heineken

200

This is the famous brewery where Guinness is brewed

St. James Gate. Dublin, Ireland

300

Name 3 of the breweries within a quarter mile of my Cleveland apartment

Great Lakes, Market Garden, Saucy, Bookhouse

400

Great Lakes Brewing Company has a beer named after which tragic shipwreck

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

500

This is the American city with the most breweries per capita

Portland, Oregon