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100

This Oscar-winning filmmaker who played the Sundance Kid started the Sundance Institute to promote independent movies

What is Robert REDford?

100

1994:
Simba defeats Scar

What is The Lion King?

100

The costume designer for this sci-fi film said she wanted Trinity's suit to look like an oil slick

What is The Matrix?

100

In 2023, people took to the streets in France after a proposal to raise this from 62 to 64

What is retirement age?

100

When she performed "Crazy For You" in the high school wrestling film "Vision Quest" this pop star was virtually unknown


Who is Madonna?

200

Writer Mike White created the role of Dewey Finn, played by him in the film "School of Rock"

Who is Jack BLACK?

200

1997:
Wicked smart janitor

What is Good Will Hunting?

200

Alicia Silverstone's yellow plaid suit from this comedy went missing & has never been found. Ugh, as if!

What is Clueless?

200

Mahsa Amini's death inspired protests against headscarves and the government in this Middle Eastern country

What is Iran?

200

Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off her feet to the tune of "Up Where We Belong" in the final scene of this '80s tearjerker

What is An Officer and a Gentleman?

300

Though she was in her 20s at the time, she was well cast as Baby, a Dirty Dancing baby.

What is Jennifer GREY?

300

1998:
Two Lindsay Lohans

What is The Parent Trap?

300

The sumptuous, pastel gowns in this director's "Marie Antoinette" were inspired by a box of French macarons

Who is Sofia Coppola?

300

One of activist Greta Thunberg's fans is this former governor who owned the first electric Hummer H-1



Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?

300

In "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" she rocked a chainmail dress & she sang the film's power ballad "We Don't Need Another Hero"


Who is Tina Turner?

400

By some accounts, a character from "Reservoir Dogs" was the inspiration for this stage name of singer Alecia Moore

Who is PINK?

400

1985:
Emilio in detention

What is The Breakfast Club?

400

Acclaimed designer Jenny Beavan has created looks for Sherlock Holmes, Mad Max, & this fur-loving villainess



What is Cruella de Vil?

400

Some people may have underestimated this president here before he led his country in resisting an invasion

Who is Zelenskyy?

400

A rare pop song that features an oboe solo, this cryptic ballad by Seal became a smash hit after appearing in "Batman Forever"


What is A Kiss From A Rose?

500

Once a clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, she replaced him in 2022

Who is Justice Ketanji BROWN Jackson?

500

2001:
John Nash hallucination 

What is A Beautiful Mind?

500

Robert De Niro had over 50 costume changes portraying gambling kingpin & clotheshorse Sam "Ace" Rothstein in this crime drama.

What is Casino?

500

Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a 2-block plaza on 16th Street NW named for this social justice group


What is Black Lives Matter?

500

At a Hollywood Bowl concert in 2012, Peter Gabriel played this song from "Say Anything" after John Cusack took the stage with a boombox


What is In Your Eyes?