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Ralph Ellison was the first African American to win the fiction award; "Purple" prose made this woman the second |
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Joplin was a master of this musical style that emerged from saloons in the late 19th century |
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In 2002 this singer & other activists founded DATA, which stands for Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa |
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The Yeti in the Himalayas is the counterpart of this large, hairy humanlike creature in the Pacific Northwest |
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abanet.org is home to this, the world's largest voluntary professional organization |
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This type of velvet is processed to have an uneven, slightly wrinkled surface |
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The winning scribe is announced at a fancy do on this New York City street more associated with finance than art |
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Interest in Joplin's music was revived by this 1973 film that featured many of his songs & starred Newman & Redford |
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In the 1990s he won Grammys for best alternative performance for back-to-back albums, "Odelay" & "Mutations" |
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Manatees, which suckle their young like humans, may underlie the legends of these creatures; Daryl Hannah played one |
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retailmenot.com helps you save money with these, which once had to be clipped from the newspaper |
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The Klondike one lasted for 3 short but enriching years |
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Animal-titled winners include "Dog Soldiers" & this equine Cormac McCarthy novel |
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Canadians might know the name for this Scott Joplin composition heard here |
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This comic who starred in "Jingle All the Way" was never a sailor but he did serve in the Air Force |
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The last major attempt to find this monster was in 1987 when 20 cruisers swept the water with sonar |
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You can watch video on cell phones, on TV or over the Internet with this player |
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It's a fastball thrown high & inside to force the batter away from the plate |
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This southerner won 2 of the first 6 awards, for "Collected Stories" & "A Fable" |
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This novelist chose a quote from Scott Joplin to use as the opening for a 1975 bestseller |
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Known as "The Face of '66", this British supermodel has her own clothing line |
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This creature is the offspring of the wife of Minos & a snow-white bull |
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Many have found old pals from homeroom at this .com launched in 1995 |
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This bird is known for its singing |
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Not "The Man with the Golden Gun" but this Nelson Algren novel got the first fiction award |
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Perhaps referring to himself, it's the title of the popular Scott Joplin work heard here |
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In 2006 this "amazing" mentalist published the book "Mental Power is Real" |
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It's a multiheaded sea serpent in Psalms & the title of a masterwork of political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes |
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You'll find the Shockwave Player & PDF Reader "housed" at this parent company's site |
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This plant is the source for Egyptian papyrus |
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