PRESIDENTIAL ROASTS
AWARDS SPEECHES: WHO SAID IT?
TRANSLATE THE COMMON PHRASE
SIGNS & THE CITY
Final Jeopardy
200
In 1973, he said, "I'm not a crook"... well then, maybe I'm not the host of "Jeopardy!"
Nixon
200
In 2020: "This is my first Grammys... I grew up watching them & this is my brother, Finneas, & he's my best friend"
Billie Eilish
200
One Granny Smith every 24-hour period ensures that the physician will not be coming over to see you
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
200
The number values on one street sign are an adorable nod to Queens resident Alfred Butts, creator of this game
Scrabble
200
ANIMALS
The genus name of this animal is Phascolarctos, meaning "pouched bear"
400
In 1933 he got a horse named "New Deal"; I guess it didn't like its new owner because it went through a Great Depression
FDR
400
At the 2012 Emmys: "I don't see anything funny about me being vice president of the United States"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
400
Those who plead for money should not be too picky about what they receive
Beggars can't be choosers
400
Leaving Brooklyn? Look up: the borough offers humorous exit signs reading "Fuhgeddaboudit" & this 2-word Yiddish plaint
Oy vey
400
The genus name of this animal is Phascolarctos, meaning "pouched bear"
koala
600
Daily Double!!
You're No. 2! No, really, you're on the face of the $2 bill... that's how much your country thinks of you
600
At the Tonys: "You let Daveed Diggs turn your couplet into a triplet / You give him the mic, he grips it & spits it, rips it & flips it"
Lin-Manuel Miranda
600
Your Dalmatian has lived a long time now, so don't attempt to get him to jump through a fiery hoop for the first time
You can't teach old dogs new tricks
600
In 2017 she made an appearance near her old Midtown office for the dedication of Ms. Magazine Way
Gloria Steinem
800
He went by "Dutch" but was from Illinois; that's like Arkansas-born Bill Clinton being nicknamed "Ethiopian"
Ronald Reagan
800
At the 2023 Golden Globes: "Mike White... you've given me a new beginning, even if this is the end--because you did kill me off"
Jennifer Coolidge
800
It's not a good idea to criticize or applaud a novel based on the look of its dust jacket
Don't judge a book by its cover
800
River Avenue, which borders Yankee Stadium, tweaked one of its signs in 2014 to bear the name of this Hall of Fame relief pitcher
Mariano Rivera
1000
Take a "Sesame Street" denizen & a city in Ohio to get the name of this 19th c. prez; don't blame me, I voted for Oscar Akron
Grover Cleveland
1000
On the Oscars stage: "This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll"
Halle Berry
1000
Neither rubles, nor euros nor dollar bills are organically produced by willows, poplars or redwoods
Money doesn't grow on trees
1000
The locale of the sign? In the trio's words, "In case you wonder what all this means, we're funky fresh from" this nabe in Queens
Hollis
1000
You're No. 2! No, really, you're on the face of the $2 bill... that's how much your country thinks of you
Thomas Jefferson