And The Oscar Goes To...
We're not the 'Peaky Blinders'; in this film, Cillian Murphy plays the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory as the first nuclear weapons were developed:
('Oppenheimer')
The board game featuring the Peppermint Forest with an explosive just below the surface of the ground:
(Candy Land Mine)
What a pugilist is paid to do (3 letters):
(Box)
What is the term for a lucrative severance for top executives if they're fired after a takeover, making them more open to deals?
(Golden Parachute)
What sitcom turned a Boston bar into the most lovable hangout spot ever?
('Cheers')
Hey, Darlene. This movie was loosely based on the Boston Winter Hill Gang and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg:
('The Departed')
What a plant-growing expert who's a good hand around the garden would carry computer files on:
(Green Thumb Drive)
A novice or student (8 letters):
(Beginner)
When these two oil corporations combined, they formed the world's largest company:
(Exxon Mobil)
This actor said he began going gray during the second season of 'Friends' and dyed his hair to keep "Joey's" signature look:
(Matt LeBlanc)
Ben Affleck directed and starred in this film based in part on the article, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran":
('Argo')
Animated show about a "Whopper" restaurant located in Arlen, Texas:
(Burger King of the Hill)
The total amount in any one account (7 letters):
(Balance)
This is the term for when the target company's management resists the acquisition in a merger deal:
(Hostile Takeover)
What sitcom stars Danny DeVito as a gremlin-like dad in Philly chaos?
('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia')
Javier Bardem's character might spare your life if you correctly call a coin toss in this 2008 Oscar-winning neo-Western crime thriller:
('No Country for Old Men')
Movie about dog competitions featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s catchphrase:
(Best In Show Me The Money)
A reversal indicator (8 letters)
(Backward)
Thanks to a major automotive merger, Citigroup was able to take the stock symbol C from this group:
(Chrysler)
Who got in one little fight and his mom got scared-then moved to Bel-Air?
(Fresh Prince)
Colin Firth did a masterful job portraying King George VI, who, to cope with a stammer, sees an Australian speech therapist who helps him make his first wartime radio broadcast in this film:
('The King's Speech')
Female race car driver who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
(Danica Patrick Stewart)
Points of the compass such as N,E,S,W, NE, NW, etc. (7 letters):
(Bearing)
In 1955, the American Federation of Labor merged with a group known by this three-letter abbreviation:
(CIO- Congress of Industrial Organizations)
Appropriately, this star of 2 sitcoms has a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in front of a shoe store:
(Ed O'Neill)