A Quarter of a Century
The stagename for the actor in Spy, Expendables, & Power
50 Cent
This sports league has 25 US-based teams within it, but don't forget aboot the other teams!
National Hockey League (NHL)
Thank your zygomatic muscles for allowing you to perform this action well
Smile
Georgia-founded restaurant chain known for serving hash browns in styles such as "scattered" or "smothered" + a political thriller following Frank Underwood's rise through the ranks
Waffle House of Cards
James Brown & The Famous Flames (1956) & Sabrina Carpenter (2024)
"Please Please Please"
Before 1982, pennies in the U.S. were made from 95% of this metal, 5% zinc.
Copper
This team had the smallest lead possible to win the 25th Super Bowl
The New York Giants
You better not belch while doing this anaerobic exercise, and we’re gonna get well & hit it hard today
Burpee
Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book
Putting Green Eggs & Ham
Miley Cyrus (2007) & Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth) (2015)
"See You Again"
Created in 1934, this agency exists to enforce laws against market manipulation.
The SEC
The poster-child of the new Madden NFL 2025 videogame
Christian McCaffrey
Things aren't going well for this doomed family of wrestlers, especially after their biopic movie was snubbed at the Oscars in 2023
Iron Claw
Paul Blart portrayer takes a ride on a really big piece of fruit
Kevin James & the Giant Peach
Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) (2017) & DaBaby (feat. Roddy Ricch) (2020)
"Rockstar"
From the French for “let do,” this economic system forbids intervention in private transactions.
Laissez-faire
Hitting 612 home runs, this MLB player for both the Indians & Phillies shared the #25 with Mark McGwire & Barry Bonds.
Jim Thome
The surname of this disgraced former politician is well-suited considering the pictures he sent out that caused a scandal
Anthony Weiner
Team rope-pulling contest that becomes a Tolstoy novel
Tug of War & Peace
Billy Joel (1977) & Bruno Mars (2010)
"Just the Way You Are"
When you’re older, you’ll understand this is the date on which the last payment is due on a loan
Maturity
The location of the 25th Summer Olympics Games, the top song at the time was Achy-Breaky Heart
Barcelona, Spain
Well that's not nice. This four letter word sounds like "lift up" but its meaning is closer to "tear down"
Raze
He wrote "Bennie and the Jets" & the 2005 Supreme Court decision Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.
Elton John Roberts
Jefferson Airplane (1967) & Queen (1976)
"Somebody to Love"