Table Talk
It's the part of a phonograph that spins the record
What is a Turntable?
Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River
What is Green Bay?
The divorcing spouses in "Marriage Story" were played by Adam Driver & her
Who is Scarlett Johansson?
1992: "I didn't like it, and didn't inhale"
Who is Bill Clinton?
U.S. executive mansion that's a legal confinement to one's own residence instead of prison
What is White House Arrest?
2000: "These are not spirit fingers! These... are spirit fingers"
What is Bring it On?
ADVERTISING
Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it
What is What's in your Wallet?
You probably haven't seen one of these since grade school
What is a Times Table?
A Southern California city & a Northern New Jersey township share this citrusy name
What is Orange?
She based her stage name on the word "awkward", which she says describes her
Who is Awkwafina?
1950; "I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party"
Who is McCarthy?
Historic New York City sports arena where Adam & Eve lived in the Bible
What is Madison Square Garden of Eden?
1984: "Back off, man. I'm a scientist"
What is Ghostbusters?
EUROPEAN LANDMARKS
As described in an 1831 book, it has "three recessed and pointed doorways... immense central rose window...two dark and massive towers"
What is Notre Dame?
This Arizona city whose Spanish name means "table" was founded by Mormons in 1878
What is Mesa?
Parlez-vous Francais? Then name this Louisiana port at the head of the Mississippi's deepwater navigation
What is Baton-Rouge?
Josh O'Connor played budding writer Lawrence Durrell on "The Durrells in Corfu"; on season 3 of "The Crown", he's this royal son
Who is Prince Charles?
1976: "The Iron Lady of the Western world... a cold war warrior... well, yes"
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Paul McCartney's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
What is Live & Let Die Hard?
Ben Stiller: "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really really ridiculously good-looking?"
What is Zoolander?
WORD ORIGINS
P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity
What is Bandwagon?
It's the chemical formula for table salt
What is NaCl?
Nope, the President of the United States doesn't live here; this one's in Texas
What is Whitehouse?
This Canterbury native became a household name after playing Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy
Who is Orlando Bloom?
1988: "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
Who is U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen?
2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State
What is Magic Mike Pompeo?
2003: "You're my boy, Blue! You're my boy"
AUTHORS:
On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words"
Who is Toni Morrison?
When something is omitted or beyond consideration
What is Off the Table?
This "ville" is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros
What is Brownsville?
If you really want to call this young actor by his name, pronounce it the French way, Tim-o-tay
Who is Chalamet?
1969: "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full"
Who is Henry Kissinger?
1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965
What is Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives?
2009: "Phil, there is a tiger in the bathroom!"
What is The Hangover?
MEDICAL HISTORY
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks
Who is Julius Caesar?
"The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" is a book of essays by this writer & father of a Supreme Court justice
Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.?
This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital
What is Golden?
Not many actors do cranky as well as this man, who plays Norman on "The Kominsky Method"
Who is Alan Arkin?
1848: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"
Who is Marx?
Movie where the monstrous Lester Burnham locks up Belle, who finds an enchanted rose.
What is American Beauty and the Beast?
1995: "You're a virgin who can't drive."
What is Clueless?
1970s Sitcoms
A warning on early episodes said this show "seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns"
What is All in the Family?