Steve McQueen
publication date: Friday, October 11, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)
category: 
Movies
clue: He became Hollywood royalty (in name and nickname) by starring in movies about bullets, affairs, pebbles, getaways, infernos, and escapes.
explanation: McQueen, nicknamed the King of Cool, starred in Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Sand Pebbles, The Getaway, The Towering Inferno, and The Great Escape. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
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