THE MOVIES
TRIANGLES
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
EVERYDAY ITALIAN
THE 20th CENTURY
GLOOMY AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy
200
"The Way of Water" is the subtitle of the long-awaited sequel to this James Cameron film set on Pandora
Avatar
200
A gable is a triangle-shaped feature on this part of a house
the roof
200
Brainiacs know that M.I.T. stands for this Boston-area school
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
200
"When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love
amore
200
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded this country
Poland
200
"Everything is evil" wrote the 19th century poet Giacomo Leopardi, who exemplified this glass-half-empty -ism
pessimism
200
NOTORIOUS PLACES
Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot
400
The 2022 film "Blonde" stars Ana de Armas as this film icon & recreates an iconic moment from "The Seven Year Itch"
Marilyn Monroe
400
"Jules & Jim" is a classic film about this geometric situation; some have asked why Catherine isn't in the title
a love triangle
400
Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school
UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles)
400
Rachael Ray says her very first word was this, the Italian word for wine
vino
400
He developed his famous anti-choking maneuver in 1974 & here he is as his daughters demonstrate it
Heimlich
400
In Kuniko Tsurita's book of manga "The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud", it's this kind of cloud from a nuclear bomb
a mushroom cloud
400
Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot
Alcatraz
600
His powerful performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him a posthumous Supporting Actor Oscar
(Heath) Ledger
600
You need a triangle for this action to set up billiard balls for the break shot
racking
600
Since 1917 Columbia University has announced these awards for fields including journalism & literature
the Pulitzers
600
Hopefully, you haven't had any bad encounters with these photographers who follow the famous to get their shots
paparazzi
600
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 allowed the U.S. to build & operate this waterway in Central America
the Panama Canal
600
Called "Roald the Rotten" by his own wife, he created memorable villains like Miss Trunchbull in "Matilda"
(Roald) Dahl
800
"The Gold Rush", "The Kid" & "City Lights" are silent films that this comic legend wrote, directed & starred in
(Charlie) Chaplin
800
On this holiday generally in March, Jews traditionally eat triangular pastries called Hamantaschen
Purim
800
In 1873, a university in Nashville was named for this wealthy commodore who eventually donated $1 million
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
800
Spelled as one word or 2, it means outdoors, as in dining outdoors
al fresco
800
At the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, this president was fatally shot, dying 8 days later
McKinley
800
"The unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence" is part of the "Country" of this author; how's your day going?
Lovecraft
1000
The title of this 2019 Korean film refers to the relationship of the destitute Kim family & the wealthy Park family
Parasite
1000
A triangle roughly formed by Florida, Puerto Rico & this place is notorious for swallowing up boats & planes without a trace
Bermuda
1000
Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair
the College of William & Mary
1000
Italian for "baked earth", it's the type of pottery seen here made of baked clay
terra cotta
1000
"Oh, the humanity" when 36 lives were lost as this airship burst into flames while landing in New Jersey
the Hindenburg
1000
His plays like "Waiting for Godot" explore the meaninglessness of life & even a Nobel Prize didn't make him happy
Samuel Beckett