LITERARY CHARACTERS
AROUND THE BODY
RISE TO THE OCCASION
IF THEY MARRIED...
WHAT A COINKYDINK
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In the epilogue to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", she's married to Ron & they have 2 kids, Rose & Hugo

Hermione

200

The "Hyster-" in hysterectomy indicates that it's the removal of this body part

the uterus

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This film is set in a high rise, Nakatomi Plaza, during an employee Christmas party; Hans Gruber & co. crash the party

Die Hard

200

Unfortunately, Robert Todd Lincoln was in town for 3 of these--his dad's in 1865, then McKinley's & Garfield's

assassinations 

400

J.R.R. Tolkien said he envisioned this wizard as an "odinic wanderer"

Gandalf

400

These arteries that supply blood to the heart itself take their name from the Latin for "crown"

the coronary arteries 

400

For Valentine's Day this Chicago skyscraper's Skydeck, outside the 103rd floor, hosts an event called "Love on the Ledge"

Willis Tower (Sears Tower accepted)

400

Ms. Headey, Cersei on "Game of Thrones", marries John, wrestler & Trainwreck actor, & gets this rhyming name

Lena Cena

400

Like Molly Brown, Violet Jessop got this 10-letter nickname after surviving disaster on the Britannic, Titanic & Olympic

unsinkable

600

In 2017's "Origin", this symbology professor treks through Spain on a quest to find a cryptic password

Robert Langdon

600

A full set of adult human teeth includes this many canines

four

600

At the end of this film, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck of the Empire State Building

Sleepless in Seattle

600

When 67-year-old Dorothy Fletcher had a heart attack on a plane in 2004, she was lucky there were 15 of these specialists aboard

cardiologists

800

In "A Study in Scarlet", he tells us "in the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London"

(Dr.) Watson

800

The second-largest part of the human brain, it's involved with balance

the cerebellum

800

To ring in the New Year of 2018, a laser light show lit up this tallest skyscraper in Dubai

Burj Khalifa

800

Olympic gold medal skater Tara weds the actor who plays Jim from "The Office" & gets this long & rhyming hyphenated name

Tara Lipinski-Krasinski

800

John Tierney was among the first to die building this on the Arizona/Nevada border; the last was his son, Patrick

the Hoover Dam

1000

John the Savage is a central character in this classic novel set in the year 632 AF (After Ford)

Brave New World

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This long bone between the acetabulum & the patella can resist a force of 1.25 metric tons

the femur

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A champagne reception & amazing views greeted those who did this city's Gherkin Challenge, climbing 1,038 stairs for charity

London

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'90s singer Tori of "Cornflake Girl" fame joins actor John in his "Full House" & hyphenates her name to this

Tori Amos-Stamos