POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
SOMEWHAT HISTORICAL TV
PLAYING A 3-4
TURNING AROUND THE INSULT
COMMON BLONDES
200

Samuel Pufendorf, he's your friend when things get rough & in 1673 said a nation needs this document; the USA's founders listened

constitution

200

The premiere of this Netflix series sees Philip renounce his foreign titles & agree to a new one, Duke of Edinburgh

The Crown

200

Proponents of this type of diet say cooking kills nutrients

raw food

200

A Major League Baseball team bears this name, once a derogatory term for Northerners

Yankees

200

Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Marsters: this undead TV classic

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

400

St. Augustine's "City of God" asks, without this quality of fairness, "What are kingdoms but great bands of robbers?"

justice

400

This History Channel show finds the title Northerners raiding Paris, which did happen back in the day

Vikings

400

It describes a management style where everything flows from the boss, or perhaps a ride in a convertible

top down

400

A National Hockey League team bears this name, once a derogatory term for Canadians

Canucks

400

Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, a cute yellow lab: this 2008 film

Marley & Me

600

Paternalism is restricting freedom in our (supposed) best interests, like state taxes on these, which began in Iowa in 1921

cigarettes 

600

Horror aside, "The Terror" tells of the HMS Terror, a real ship searching for this seafaring route

the Northwest Passage

600

This style of design marked by geometric motifs & streamlined forms was all the rage in the 1920s & 1930s

art deco

600

Once a derisive term, this 7-letter dialect is now arguably the most famous British accent

Cockney
600

Maureen McCormick, Susan Olsen, Florence Henderson: this TV show that premiered in 1969

The Brady Bunch

800

Remove 2 letters from "equality" to get this, the idea of giving remedies to the less fortunate to ensure equality

equity

800

Wyatt & Morgan Earp showed up on this HBO series & Wyatt told Seth Bullock of his lawman days in Dodge City

Deadwood

800

A groaner from this family member–hey, what did the grape do when stepped on? It let out a little wine

dad joke

800

This onetime insult referencing a famous product of Wisconsin is now a word of pride

Cheesehead

800

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern: This Monterey-set HBO series

Big Little Lies

1000

On book covers from GOP lawmakers Jason Chaffetz & Mike Lee is this phrase for the bureaucracy said to be working against democracy

deep state

1000

The final seasons of this FX series begins with episodes set before Reagan & Gorbachev's 1987 meeting

The Americans

1000

This powerful type of adhesive is often dispensed with a gun

hot glue

1000

Not everyone was fond of the Jayhawkers when they were a guerrilla group from this state

Kansas

1000

Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni: cracks the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune in this tv-show

Veronica Mars