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PULITZER PRIZE BIOGRAPHIES |
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In 1961 he became the first brother of a president appointed to a cabinet position |
Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General)
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The Mandarin dialect of this language has 4 tones: high-level, rising, low-dipping & falling |
Chinese
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19th century female star Giuditta Grisi created this role in "I Capuleti E I Montecchi"; surprise! |
(N: What is "Romeo And Juliet?") (Alex: No, we were going for this role, you gave us the title of the work; she played Romeo, & very well!)
Romeo
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In 1910 Madame La Baronne de Laroche of this country became the 1st certitifed woman pilot |
France
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1954's winner was this man's book "The Spirit of St. Louis" |
Charles Lindbergh
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Chill Wills provided the voice of this talking mule in 6 films |
Francis
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On January 21, 1977 this president pardoned several thousand Vietnam War draft evaders |
Jimmy Carter
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This language has over 12 million speakers in the Netherlands & about 5 million in Belgium |
Dutch
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In Act II of this Bizet opera, Escamillo sings the "Toreador's Song" |
"Carmen"
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6 years after Chuck Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran became the 1st woman to do this |
Break the sound barrier
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Marquis James won for 1930 with "The Raven", a biography of this Texas freedom fighter |
Sam Houston
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Rita Hayworth & this famous dancing partner of Fred Astaire were related by marriage |
Ginger Rogers
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In 1915 this Hull House founder helped establish the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom |
Jane Addams
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The prose of this ancient language was developed mainly in Ionia |
Greek
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Composer who turned Victor Hugo's play "Le Roi S'Amuse" into "Rigoletto" |
Giuseppe Verdi
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"For Better or for Worse", Lynn Johnston was the 1st woman to win this profession's Reuben Award |
Cartooning
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Walter Jackson Bate, not James Boswell, won in 1978 for a biography on this man |
Samuel Johnson
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A West Hollywood nightclub called The Viper Room is co-owned by this star of "Edward Scissorhands" |
Johnny Depp
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On June 21, 1982 he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of President Reagan |
John Hinckley
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In its earliest form, this Old Testament language was probably identical to Phoenician |
Hebrew
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Euridice is a soprano role in Monteverdi's "The Fable Of" this man who went to hell & back for her |
Orpheus
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She's the 1st U.S. astronaut, man or woman, to spend 6 months in space |
(we have about a minute to go....)
Shannon Lucid
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In 1944 Carleton Mabee won for "The American Leonardo: The Life Of" this artist & inventor |
Samuel FB Morse
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Aaron Spelling's first wife was this actress who played Morticia Addams on TV |
Carolyn Jones
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In searching for the 7 Cities of Cibola, he & his men traveled as far north as present-day Lyons, Kansas |
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
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Tallinn is the northern dialect of this European language |
(J: What is Finnish?)
Estonian
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The 1983 premiere of Olivier Messiaen's "St. Francis of Assisi" was led by this Japanese conductor |
Seiji Ozawa
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Hazel O' Leary, the 1st woman to head this cabinet department, succeeded James Watkins in 1993 |
Department of Energy
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The 1995 HBO film "Truman" was based on this man's 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning book |
David McCullough
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Anne Bauchens edited films for this director of "The Ten Commandments" from 1918 until his death in 1959 |
Cecil B. DeMille
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