Occupations
Oscar Winners
Hobbies & Pastimes
Potpourri
Page to Screen
100
In a James Patterson novel, an attorney is incarcerated & becomes literally this type of title behind-bars advocate
Jail House Lawyer
100
After his win for "Wall Street", he thanked his actor dad for helping him step out of Dad's shadow.
Michael Douglas
100
Once a day you might spend a little time doing this New York Times puzzle; many like to start with "adieu" or "raise"
Wordle
100
It's the Hebrew name for the prayer shawl seen here
Tallit
100
This Spielberg Holocaust film was based on a book by Thomas Keneally.
Schindler's List
200
You need a CDL for this job
Truck Driver
200
Patty Duke as her in 1962's "The Miracle Worker"
Helen Keller
200
It's the fancier word for the hobby of stamp collecting
Philately
200
This mythical watchdog of the underworld had three heads
Cerberus
200
Harrison Ford plays John Thornton, rescuer of sled dog Buck, in the 2020 adaptation of this Jack London novel
The Call of the Wild
300
This other term for a longshoreman at the docks comes from the Spanish for "stow a cargo"
Stevedore
300
This 1944, Best Picture winner took place in a Moroccan bar
Casablanca
300
This cozy hand made crocheted blanket gets its name from the land of the Pashtun people
Afghan
300
It's the M in mRNA
Messenger
300
Several of his books have been filmed, including "No Country for Old Men"
Cormac McCarthy
400
The occupation of miserable & middle-aged Al Bundy
A Shoe Salesman
400
This actress won an Oscar in 1980, for playing Loretta Lynn & did her own singing in the film
Sissy Spacek
400
With this pastime you look for hidden trinkets, based on the GPS locations that you find on a website..."
Geocaching
400
This company's "Imagine Cup" allows students around the world to compete in technology-based competitions
Microsoft
400
Pasta falls from the sky in this 2009 animated film based on a kids' book by Ron & Judi Barrett
Cloudy, With a Chance of Meatballs
500
Like Bartleby in Herman Melville's title, it was a clerk or copyist.
A Scrivener
500
He won the Best Actor Oscar in 2002, for portraying Wladyslaw Szpilman, a talented Jewish musician.
Adrian Brody in The Pianist
500
A ferroequinologist is a fancy name for someone who enjoys this hobby, also the name of a 1996 Ewan McGregor film
Trainspotting
500
It's the term used for a post-coup military governing body. Currently the ruling body in Myanmar.
A Junta
500
Winston Groom's novel was the basis for this 1994 film about a man with an IQ of 75
Forest Gump