"B" COOL
WHAT KINDA TV PLACE YOU LIVE IN?

DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
A HARD BARGAIN
(think history)

CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES
(You'll have to name the film containing each of these cutting remarks.)
400

You're in charge if you do something "like a" this, meaning to do it with style & swagger

a boss

400

"The Jeffersons"


an apartment

400

A person born in the 1980s or early 1990s  

a millennial

400

In 1867 the U.S. agreed to give the czar $7.2 million in gold; the cost to him? This territory

Alaska

400

Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon"

The Princess Bride

800

It's a vibratory sound, or the excitement generated by a cool new product or performer

a buzz

800

Vern Schillinger & the gang on "Oz"


prison

800

Ariana Grande is among celebs who keep their tresses under control with this accessory

a barrette

800

The harsh terms imposed on Germany by the 1919 treaty of this are often cited as a cause of World War II

Versailles

800

Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would"

Casablanca

1200

There are 2 Bs in the name of this jazz style pioneered by Charlie Parker & other hepcats

bebop

1200

Chris Farley as Matt Foley, down by the river - think

Saturday Night Live

in a van

 

1200

It means once a year

annually

1200

It took 2 months, 133 ballots & a lot of negotiating for Massachusetts Rep. Nathaniel Banks to land this job in 1856

Speaker of the House

1200

From a '90s animated film: "You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat & only your fleas will mourn you!"

Aladdin

1600

In 1958 the San Francisco Examiner worried that "growing lads" might become these "instead of ball players"

beatniks

1600

Jim Rockford; he kept it parked in Malibu


a trailer

1600

Literally without a cent

penniless

1600

China ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842 as one of many concessions to end the first of these wars

the Opium Wars

1600

Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline: "To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people"


2000

This last name of an uber-cool Hollywood icon is also a verb meaning to hog something, which is way not cool

Bogart
2000

Commander Sheridan & the gang on "Babylon 5"


spaceship

2000

On a military base, it's a grocery store; at a movie studio, it's a lunchroom

a commissary

2000

In 1962 the Berlin Hilton bar was a headquarters for James B. Donovan in tough negotiations to get this American pilot released

Gary Powers

2000

Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger"


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