Cats
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Potent Potables
Movie Quotes
200

According to Karl Marx, all history is the history of class struggle.  In modern capitalist society, people fall into these two primary class categories based on their relationship to the means of production.

What are the proletariat  and the bourgeoisie?

200

This is the sound a doggy makes.

What is "Bow wow" or "Ruff"?

200

The movie "Star Wars", released in 1977, was retroactively renamed with the title "Star Wars: Episode IV" and this subtitle.

What is "A New Hope"?

200

This law, which was passed with bipartisan, almost unanimous support by the US Congress in 2001 and extended by President Obama in 2011, granted the US government broad powers of domestic surveillance in the name of stopping terrorism.

What is the Patriot Act?

200

Bourbon is a type of this hard liquor, and derives its name from the French Bourbon dynasty.

What is whiskey?

200

"Leave the gun -- take the cannoli"

What is "The Godfather"?

400

The three oldest and most well established forms of competitive resistance training, that are still popular today, fall into these three categories.

What are [olympic] weightlifting, bodybuilding, and powerlifting?

400

The hit song "Who let the dogs out?" was written by this musical group.

Who are The Baha Men?

400

In the JRR Tolkien novel "The Hobbit", Bilbo finds what turns out to be the ring of power in these mountain.

What are the "Misty Mountains"?

400

Following the murder of Eric Garner by NYPD officers, celebrities such as LeBron James wore shirts in solidarity bearing this phrase that Garner pleaded as he was choked to death.

What is "I can't breathe"?

400

Though wheat, corn, and rice can be used, beer is most commonly brewed from this type of cereal grain.

What is barely?

400

"Al, no matter what anyone says, you'll always be a prince to me."

What is "Alladin"?

600

Depending on the conditions, matter can be categorized into one of these observable states.

What is sold, liquid, gas, and plasma?

600

While dogs will usually pant when they are warm, they can also release internal body heat via sweat glands located in this part of their body.

What are paws?

600

Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics, referenced in a number of his works, contain this many laws.

What is three?

600

Located in Cuba, this is the name a US offsite prison where people are held without trial and where a covert torture program was carried out under the adminstiration of George W. Bush.

What is GUITMO or Guantanimo Bay?

600

Now commonly made with vodka, the original martini was made with vermouth and this other type of hard liqour.

What is gin?

600

"These walls are funny.  First you hate 'em.  Then you get used to 'em.  Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them.  That's institutionalized."

What is "The Shawshank Redeption"?

800

This introspective self report questionaire gives its results in the form of four letter initials. It has this many personality types that a person can be categorized into.

What is 16?

800

This type of dog was bred for mountain rescue in the Alps.

What is the Saint Bernard?

800

In the Stark Trek: The Motion Picture, released in 1979, the alien entity "V'Ger" is revealed to be a remnant of this 20th century scientific program to explore space.

What is the Voyager [program]?

800

Famous for neutralizing the Black Panthers, this is the name of the FBI program aimed at infiltrating, surveilling, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.  This program also focused on feminist organizations, the communist party USA, as well as the anti-war and other civil rights movements.

What is COINTELPRO?

800

If you have no preference when it comes to the liquor or mixer that is used in your drink, you order it this way.

What is "well"?

800

"So we're all gathered here today to celebrate the reconnection of our phones, and this bounteous Wi-Fi!"

What is "Parasite"?

1000

In order, these are the classically used taxonomic categories for organisms.

What is [life], [realm/domain], kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species?

1000

This is the name of the dog who is the protagonist in the animated movie "All dogs go to heaven".

Who is Charlie [B. Barkin]?

1000

James Rigney developed the "Wheel of Time" series that ended up spanning fourteen volumes in addition to a prequel novel and two companion books.  It was written under this pen name.

What is "Robert Jordan"?

1000

Then the Director of National Intelligence, this man testified before congress that the NSA does not collect data on American citizens.  Though this was later shown to be purgery thanks to leaked documents and interviews from Edward Snowden, he never faced any legal punishment.

Who is James Clapper?

1000

In addition to usually using a darker shade of grape, one of the main differences between white and red white is that red whine contains color and flavor from this.

What is the grape skin?

1000

"That'll do, pig.  That'll do."

What is "Babe"?