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Fans by the thousands flock to Chicago's Grant Park for this annual summer music festival
Lollapalooza
Taylor Swift just added new dates for this 2023 tour
the Eras Tour
These major sports team's have this name in common New York & San Francisco
the Giants
Joshua Tree National Park is located in this US State
California
They're the 3 flavors in Neapolitan ice cream
vanilla, chocolate & strawberry
PDF is an abbreviation for
portable document format
In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling" Music
the Black Eyed Peas
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump
Hawaii's state flower, the yellow this has bell-shaped blossoms & is endangered
the (yellow) hibiscus
Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl halftime show included "We Found Love" & this 2007 No. 1 hit, "eh, eh, eh"
Umbrella
These major sports team's have this name in common New York & Texas
the Rangers
Deposits of this mineral (gypsum) make up the white sands of White Sands National Park in this US state
New Mexico
Lobster & filet mignon are often paired as this rhyming combo
surf and turf
In 2022 Apple said they'd no longer make this MP3 player, which is now unbelievably in an old tech category
an iPod
Billie Joe Armstrong of this band lamented, "Wake me up when September ends"
Green Day
May the force be with you.
Star Wars
The viral sensation cookie shop which serves weekly unique flavors
Crumbl Cookies
Arguing that the far-flung Manhattan Project needed a central facility, Oppenheimer helped choose an isolated New Mexico location for this top-secret site, described as an ivory tower frontier boomtown
Los Alamos
These major sports team's have this name in common New York & Winnipeg
the Jets
Idaho shares this national park with 2 other states
Yellowstone
In L.A., foodies & locals like to dine at "Roscoe's House of" these paired foods
chicken and waffles
It's the 2-word former computer necessity here, & players, if you're not at least of a certain age, you may be toast
Floppy disk
In this novel & the TV series based on it, Beth Harmon pictures a chessboard on the ceiling above her in bed at night
The Queen's Gambit
I am gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
The Godfather
In springtime, let's hit the Texas trail named for this state flower
the bluebonnet
Anya Taylor-Joy voiced this character in 2023 in "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
Princess Peach
These major sports team's have this name in common Arizona & St. Louis
the Cardinals
The North & South Kaibab Trails lead down to the Colorado River along the rims of this wonder
Grand Canyon National Park
These 2 ingredients are popularly paired on a bagel in a deli & in a Philadelphia roll at a sushi bar
salmon and cream cheese
ABAP stands for
Advanced Business Application Programming
As of 2022, this composer has been nominated for 12 Oscars, winning for "The Lion King" & for "Dune"
Hans Zimmer
There's no place like home.
The Wizard of Oz
Haibun is a Japanese literary style that combines prose & this 3-line poetic form
haiku
"The world's richest woman" in 2023 is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers; grandpa founded this beauty co., & Françoise is worth it (& $80.5 billion)
L'Oréal
These major sports team's have this name in common Florida & Carolina
the Panthers
Perhaps the most famous landmark in this Utah park is the Great White Throne
Zion National Park
An iconic Southern pairing is shrimp & this side dish made from ground corn & boiled
grits
SAP stands for
System Applications and Products in Data Processing
Accepting for his "Revenant" role at the Oscars, he said, "Climate change is real, it is happening... let us not take this planet for granted"
Leonardo DiCaprio
I'll be back.
The Terminator
A Nintendo video game creator used an animal word that symbolizes stubbornness in naming this gorilla villain
Donkey Kong
Forbes cited "investor fears about" him "adding yet another CEO job" after a $44 billion purchase; he fell to No. 2 on the list
Elon Musk
Serena Williams is a 3-time winner of the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen, given to the women's singles champ at this Grand Slam event
the French Open
This national park in Southwest Texas is named for a feature of the Rio Grande's course
Big Bend National Park
Espresso & mascarpone are ingredients in this layered Italian dessert whose name means "pick me up"
Tiramisu
5 IBMers started SAP, in what year was it formed
1972
The music video for "Losing You" by this sibling of Beyoncé highlights the flashily dressed Congolese Sapeurs
Solange
It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.
Rocky
At dusk, hundreds of thousands of bats emerge from under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in this city
Austin
After winning an Oscar in 2023, he exclaimed, "Goonies never say die!"
Ke Huy Quan
This league was created as part of the successful bid to bring the 1994 World Cup to the United States
MLS (Major League Soccer)
Check out the view of Jackson Hole, a valley in the heart of this national park in Wyoming
Grand Teton
Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852 to make coffee
French Press
In 2023 Bob Metcalfe won the Turing Award for inventing this computer networking technology in the 1970s
the ethernet
James Dean starred in only 3 films--these 3
Rebel Without a Cause, Giant & East of Eden
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Casablanca(Rick Blaine)