8 answer guides

Arts, Books, Film & Entertainment

Movies, music, books, visual art, performance, games, and popular-culture connections. Each guide labels its editing status and explains the clue connections.

How to test this connection

Identify what each name refers to: a work, a character, a creator or a format. Compare those entities at the same level before guessing a shared creator or series.

A common wrong turn

Being famous does not establish a category. A creator theory fails if even one work belongs to somebody else; a shared art form can survive that test.

A worked comparison

#743 connects The Magic Flute, Carmen and three other works as operas. Their different composers are a reason to reject a single-composer answer.

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Pinpoint #887

Actors who have played James Bond

George Lazenby · Pierce Brosnan · Roger Moore · Daniel Craig · Sean Connery (first in "Dr. No")

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Pinpoint #847

Names of fonts

Impact · Courier · Wingdings · Lucida Handwriting · Calibri or Aptos (in MS Office)

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Pinpoint #831

Tarot cards from the Major Arcana

Strength · Temperance · The Moon · The High Priestess · Wheel of Fortune

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Pinpoint #829

Movies directed by Steven Spielberg

Hook · Jaws · War Horse · Jurassic Park · Schindler’s List

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Pinpoint #806

First generation Pokémon

Gloom · Ditto · Squirtle · Charizard · Pikachu

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Pinpoint #802

Musical tempos

Grave · Presto · Adagio · Andante · Allegro (120+ beats per minute)

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Pinpoint #743

Operas

The Magic Flute · Carmen · Porgy and Bess · Madame Butterfly · The Barber of Seville

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Pinpoint #528

Types of books

Year · Guide · Sketch · Reference · Coffee-table

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