WORD PLAY/PUNS
OPERA
1975
MUSICALS
BLACK HISTORY
CELEBRITY DUCKS
200
WHAT A CHICKEN DOES TO AN EGG OR A SMALL AXE
HATCH IT/HATCHET
200
THIS FAMOUS OPERA INVOLVES A GYPSY GIRL WHO LURES A HICK SOLDIER INTO A LIFE OF CRIME ONLY TO LEAVE HIM FOR A BULLFIGHTER; THINGS DON'T WORK OUT FOR HER.
CARMEN
200
HBO PUT ITSELF ON THE MAP WHEN IT BROADCAST THE "THRILLA IN MANILA" FEATURING THESE TWO BOXERS
MUHAMMAD ALI/JOE FRAZIER
200
AFTER LEAVING SNL, TARAN KILLAN MADE HIS DEBUT AS KING GEORGE iii IN THIS HIT MUSICAL
HAMILTON
200
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEATURED ONA U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
200
WHILE AT THE UNIV OF OREGON, THIS AMERICAN BEATNIK AUTHOR WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN WRESTLING. THIS SEEMS CUCKOO.
KEN KESEY
400
TO LIVE UNTIL YOU ARE VERY VERY OLD OR TO WIDEN ONE'S PUPILS
TO DIE LATE OR DILATE
400
FIGARO IS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS OPERA, THE SUBTITLE OF WHICH IS "THE USELESS PRECAUTION"
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
400
THIS SHOW FEATURING PAT SAJAK AND VANNA WHITE PREMIERED
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
400
THIS MUSICAL IS BASED ON THE PLAY PYGMALION
MY FAIR LADY
400
SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN 5 GRAMMIES IN A SINGLE YEAR.
LAURYN HILL
400
THIS 76 YEAR-OLD ACTOR MADE HIS FILM DEBUT IN "BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID"; HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN "A STAR IS BORN"; HIS VOICE IS WELL-KNOWN TO MANY AND SOME OF HIS MORE MEMORABLE ROLES HAS HIM PLAYING OPPOSITE CHER IN "MASK" AND ASIDE SWAYZE IN "ROADHOUSE".
SAM ELLIOTT
600
A CANNIBAL COULD BE SAID TO PREFER WHICH SMELLY DUTCH CHEESE IN A BUN WITH FRIES
LIMBURGER
600
IN THIS OPERA, A SLAVE GIRL OF ROYAL BIRTH TRICKS HER BOYFRIEND INTO BETRAYING HIS COUNTRY AND THEY SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TOGETHER IN A CRYPT.
AIDA
600
THIS TEAM WON THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 3RD TIME AND DIDN'T SEE ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP WIN UNTIL EXACTLY 40 YEARS LATER.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
600
THESE TWO MUSICALS FEATURE A SONG CALLED "MARIA"
SOUND OF MUSIC AND WEST SIDE STORY
600
THE FIRST STATE TO OFFICIALLY DECLARE JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY
TEXAS
REALLY?
600
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY...
KAITLIN OLESON
800
AS A YOUNG BOY, BRUTUS'S MOTHER OFTEN CAUTIONED HIM NOT TO RUN WITH...
CEASERS!
800
THE BALLAD OF MACK THE KNIFE WAS WRITTEN IN THE 1920'S FOR THIS OPERA
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
800
THESE TWO MINORITIES WON MEN'S AND LADIES SINGLES TITLES AT WIMBLEDON
ARTHUR ASHE/BILLIE JEAN KING
800
THIS CLASSIC THAT RETURNED TO BROADWAY IN 2015 FEATURES THE SONGS "SUNRISE, SUNSET" AND "ANATEVKA"
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
800
SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD
HATTIE MCDANIEL
800
THIS ASIAN-AMERICAN JOURNALIST CO-ANCHORED DATELINE WITH STONE PHILLIPS AND WAS AN ANCHOR ON THE TODAY SHOW UNTIL HER SOMEWHAT DRAMATIC DEPARTURE.
ANN CURRY
1000
THINGS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER; ORGANISMS THAT FEED ON OTHER ORGANISMS
PARIS SITE/PARASITE
1000
BEETHOVEN'S ONLY OPERA; LEONORE DISGUISES HERSELF AS A MAN NAMED THIS TO FREE HER HUSBAND FROM PRISON
FIDELIO
1000
THIS FILM, WHICH HAS HAD THE LONGEST RUNNING THEATRICAL RELEASE IN FIL HISTORY, PREMIERED.
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
1000
2014'S "BEAUTIFUL" ABOUT THIS WOMAN WHO CO-WROTE HIT SONGS WITH HUBBY GERRY GOFFIN, WON FOR ITS START JESSIE MUELLER
CAROLE KING
1000
AFTER THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BLOCKED HER PERFORMANCE IN CONSTITUTION HALL; THIS CLASSICAL SINGER PERFORMED A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED OPEN-AIR CONCERT ON EASTER SUNDAY; SHE IS ALSO THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO PERFORM AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
MARIAN ANDERSON
1000
THIS AMERICAN NOVELIST IS KNOWN FOR WORKS SUCH AS "FIGHT CLUB" AND "CHOKE".
CHUCK PALAHNIUK