GAME ON
WORDS OF LOVE
IN THE PARK
FOOD & DRINK
TECHNOLOGY
A LONG RUN ON TV
Final Jeopardy
200
A woman in Canada used an existing R to place "quizzers" on 2 triple word scores to help score 365 points at once in this game
Scrabble
200
Won't you be my this, the name of the patron saint of lovers?
Valentine
200
Strolling through New Orleans' City Park, you can see the oldest grove of the "live" type of this 3-letter tree
oak
200
Actually brewed more like a beer, this Japanese "rice wine" is about 15% alcohol & often drunk warm
sake
200
A.I. for short, this was the subject of the first book Amazon ever sold, about computer models of thought
artificial intelligence
200
Sometimes you become part of a show that's well into its history, like me & like this Muppet, who first appeared on "Sesame Street" in 1980 in the song "We Are All Monsters"
Elmo
200
ANNUAL EVENTS
In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert
400
For me, it's left hand, green, right foot, blue & left hamstring, pulled playing this Hasbro game
Twister
400
This word of affection opens many a letter; you'd rather not get the kind addressed to John, though
dear
400
Dedicated to John Lennon, the "Imagine" mosaic in Central Park is in this area whose name honors a "fruity" Beatles song
Strawberry Fields
400
This word for a Swedish-style buffet comes from words meaning "butter" & "table"
smorgasbord
400
The first episode of Mark Ronson's TV show "Watch the Sound" explores this technology that corrects a singer's pitch
Auto-Tune
400
Starting in 1954, it's been Allen, Parr, Carson, Leno, O'Brien & now this funny guy behind the desk on "The Tonight Show"
Jimmy Fallon
400
In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert
Burning Man
600
Sweden's Mojang Studios is best known for this video game where you can build volcanoes or underground cities
Minecraft
600
An old song goes, "Oh my" this, "oh my" this, "oh my" this "Clementine"
darling
600
The Japanese Tea Garden is a lovely feature of this San Francisco park that shares its name with a nearby bridge
Golden Gate (Park)
600
Dom Perignon was a Benedictine monk whose name is on bottles of this potent potable
champagne
600
The incarnation of a Hindu deity, or the incarnation of you for virtual interaction
an avatar
600
As Hawkeye Pierce, this actor helped save the Korean War wounded for 11 seasons, 8 years longer than the actual war
Alan Alda
800
In 2021 a Wisconsin teen pulled 32 of these blocks & placed them back atop a tower of them in one minute without toppling it
Jenga
800
A traditional wedding vow says, "For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to" do this
cherish
800
Each year, musicians flock to Zilker Park in this Texas capital to partake in its "City Limits"
Austin
800
"Mastering the Art of French Cooking" is the 1961 book that launched this chef's career
Julia Child
800
Since 2019 a feature called Autopilot has been standard on new cars from this company such as Model S & Model 3
Teslas
800
As Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", this actress has been busting heinous criminals for well over 20 seasons
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Mariska Hargitay
1000
Cricket, 501 & Around the World are games involving tossing these, perhaps in a bar
darts
1000
To carry one of these flaming things means to be in love, perhaps with an ex
a torch
1000
Griffith Park in L.A. is home to one of these scientific places for stargazing (the kind in the sky, not the celebs)
an observatory
1000
If you order fried squid as an appetizer, it will likely be served under this name
calamari
1000
The Ecobee3 Lite is a smart this for your home that will definitely not let a teenage Moldavian hacker cook you alive
a thermostat
1000
2 jobs with security are police officer & soap opera actor; Doug Davidson was both, playing Paul Williams of the Genoa City PD on this show on which he was a regular for 42 years
The Young and the Restless