Crossing
Fun & Games
Classic Toys & Games
Pop Music
Movie Before, TV After
It Came from New Jersey
100

The whippet, which was bred by crossing terriers with these, is called the poor man's race horse

a greyhound

100

Mario gets super-duper powering up on these, based on a type called Amanita muscaria

mushrooms

100

During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios

slinky

100

She sorts her songs based on the pens used to write them: fountain, quill or glitter gel; "You Need To Calm Down" is glitter gel

Taylor Swift

100

John Belushi & the other Deltas help make Frank Underwood the president

Animal House of Cards

100

We rule that Samuel Alito & Antonin Scalia came from this state capital

Trenton

200

in the U.K., a pedestrian crossing marked with stripes is called this, like a stripy animal

a zebra

200

A tossed beanbag that has run afoul of the rules is deemed a stanker in this pastime

cornhole

200

In 2016 this game introduced a new suspect: Dr. Orchid, the daughter of the mansion's owner

Clue

200

We are rabbit fans of this performer born Benito Martinez Ocasio in Puerto Rico in 1994

Bad Bunny

200

Plantation-set Disney film about Kyle, Cartman & their animated friends

Song of the South Park

200

Songs in this Broadway show include "Walk Like A Man" & "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Jersey Boys

300

In the U.K. a Pegasus crossing has a sign showing this animal & allows it to cross with pedestrians

a horse

300

In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings"

Magic: The Gathering

300

In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies

Easy-Bake Oven

300

Of course fireworks burst across the sky-y-y in her video for "Firework"

Katy Perry

300

Plantation-set Disney film about Kyle, Cartman & their animated friends

Notting Hill Street Blues

300

An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean

Saltwater Taffy

400

An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game: "New Horizons"

Animal Crossing

400

"Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game

Dungeons & Dragons

400

Alfred Butts invented this board game in 1931; he called it Criss-Cross Words

Scrabble

400

She's named in honor of her grandfather William; the rest of her name is Pirate Baird O'Connell

Billie Eilish

400

Arthur Miller play adaptation about a violent biker gang in a drug war

All My Sons of Anarchy

400

It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this

Johnson & Johnson

500

Hercules could have used a sign for this animal "crossing"--it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one

a deer

500

In this centuries-old game with a hyphenated name, you throw a knife at your opponent's feet; what could go wrong?

Mumblety-peg

500

This toy with a sister named Yam was the first toy advertised on TV, back in 1952

Mr. Potato Head

500

This rapper, is like, totally from the San Fernando Valley


Doja Cat

500

Hubert Selby Jr. novel adaptation about comical cop Andy Samberg

Last Exit to Brooklyn 9-9

500

James Madison attended the College of New Jersey; Jeff Bezos went to the same school, by then called this

Princeton