Gruesome Events II
Emmy Awards
Etymology
European Capitals
Endings
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In this MA town, many women deemed "witches" were drowned in the 1690s 

Salem

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This high fantasy show earned a record 59 Emmys before really choking the last two seasons (don't get me started)

Game of Thrones

200

The name Canada likely comes from an Iroquoian word meaning this type of settlement

A village

200

This catholic sovereignty is its own capital 

Vatican City

200

“I’ll never let go” are the famous final words in this 1997 smash hit at the box office

Titanic

400

He was murdered two years into his presidency in Dallas, next to his wife Jackie and the Governor of TX

John F. Kennedy

400

James Gandolfini won three Emmy awards for playing this mafioso

Tony Soprano

400

The word "alphabet" comes from these two first Greek letters

Alpha and Beta

400

This Greek capital is the birthplace of democracy

Athens

400

George Orwell’s 1984 ends with Winston submitting to love this figure

Big Brother

600

Not even the revolutionary Robespierre who was the architect behind France's Reign of Terror could survive this weapon popularized by him

Guillotine

600

This 1960s period piece about an ad agency won four Emmy awards for Outstanding Drama Series 

Mad Men

600

The term vampire entered English from German however it came from the Slavic word for this nocturnal creature

Bat

600

This now-fallen wall which bared this capital's name and split the city into two factions, East and West

Berlin

600

This Shakespeare tragedy ends with nearly everyone dead, including its title Danish prince

Hamlet

800

In this Florida city, an anti-LGBTQ terrorist murdered 49 people at the PULSE nightclub

Orlando

800

Tramell Tillman won his first Emmy for Supporting Actor, being the first openly-gay man to win for this character on Apple TV's Severance

Mr. Milchick

800

The word salary comes from the Latin salarium, meaning payment in this mineral once used to pay Roman soldiers

Salt

800

It is the northernmost capital not only in Europe but in the world

Reykjavík, Iceland

800

In the final scene of Inception, this object spins on a table, leaving viewers uncertain whether Cobb is still dreaming

A top

1000

All seven crewmembers (including a teacher) perished after 73 seconds from liftoff on this space shuttle

USS Challenger

1000

This disgraced comedy star dubbed at one time "America's Dad" actually won 3 Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmys being the first African American to do so

Bill Cosby

1000

The word narcissism derives from the name of a mythological Greek youth who fell in love with this

His reflection

1000

The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in this country's capital of Sarajevo, sparked WWI

Bosnia

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This 1942 classic film ends with the line, “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

Casablanca