| WHATSUP | ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast" |
| PANDEY | Devdutt Padikkal was only the second person outside of the trio of Kohli, Gayle, and de Villiers to hit a century for RCB. Who was the first, who now plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad? |
| EXORCIST | The ___ (1973) was the first horror film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| DUMBO | Silent movie's second animated film (5) |
| CORGI | The Queen's ___, recent animated film to which 12A lent her voice (5) |
| LINA | First woman to be nominated for Best Director ___ Wertmuller |
| MURPHYBITCHED | What happened, perhaps, after "Tower Heist" failed to be nominated for Best Picture? |
| PINOCCHIO | Walt's second animated feature film |
| PAMELA | ___ Anderson (She was at the luncheon, having been nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama for "The Last Showgirl") |
| ADAMBRODY | He was at the dinner, having been nominated for Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) for "Nobody Wants This" |
| EVITA | Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical on the life of an Argentinian icon; Mid-Cheshire Musical Theatre Company's production (September 2019) has been nominated for best musical by the National Oper |
| NOM | Honor bestowed by the Academy, for short |
| CAD | Part of the academy for no gentleman (3) |
| EPIPEN | Drugmaker Mylan's allergy treatment that rose in price from about $100 in 2009 to about $600 in 2016 |
| STIMULUSCHECK | $600 boost from Uncle Sam allocated Dec. 29 |
| THREEFOLD | Like a $600 return on a $200 bet |
| LAURADERN | Half of the only mother/daughter duo to be nominated for acting Oscars for the same film |
| LAIDLAW | Greig - - - , the second Scot to be nominated for World Rugby Player of the year after Mike Blair (7) |
| NADINE | ___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film |
| ANGELA | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
