THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS |
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CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS |
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In his first pro bike race, Lance Armstrong finished last at the Classico San Sebastian in this country |
(Jared: What is Italy?) ... (Alex: San Sebastian in [*].)
Spain
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"Heidi" author Johanna Spyri wrote during the Franco-Prussian War to raise money for this new organization |
the Red Cross
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The favorite book of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is this author's "Interview with the Vampire" |
Anne Rice
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7 priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross are on this university's board of trustees |
Notre Dame
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Slang for 1,000 bucks, or an aerospace unit of acceleration |
G
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Lance became the first pro cyclist on a box of this product originally named Washburn's Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes |
Wheaties
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Moscow girls know it's where you go to hang out at the famous Gum Department Store |
Red Square
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She liked "Their Eyes Were Watching God" so much that she made it into a TV movie |
Oprah Winfrey
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This Big 10 member was the first U.S. university to establish a school of speech |
(Jared: What is the University of Nebraska?)
Northwestern
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A withering review by Dorothy Parker said Katharine Hepburn "ran the gamut of emotions from A to" this |
B
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By age 13, Lance was already winning these events that include cycling, swimming & running |
triathlons
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These horses of these symbolic figures are red, white, black & pale |
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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In 2000 Christina Ricci cited this C.S. Lewis series |
The Chronicles of Narnia
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This Midwestern school won national football championships in 1970, '71, '94, '95 & '97 |
(Alex: Now it is the time for them, yes.)
the University of Nebraska
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Add C plus C plus C plus C plus C & you get this Roman numeral |
(Pinki: What is M?) ... (Alex: [*] for 500.)
D
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In the Tour de France, Lance often gained time racing through these 2 mountain ranges |
the Alps & the Pyrenees
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In 1964 the new constitution of this nation on Hispaniola changed its flag's colors from red & blue to red & black |
Haiti
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Asked about his favorite books, Kofi Annan had 2: "All the Pretty Horses" & this author's "Siddhartha" |
Hermann Hesse
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Bob Kerrey never became U.S. president, but he is president of this school for social research in the Big Apple |
the New School
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Often a math symbol for an unknown quantity, it's also defined by Random House as a semivowel |
Y
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Lance was dropped from a team after he got cancer; in 1997 this new team picked him up & he delivered victories |
U.S. Postal Service
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Sinopia are the sketches in red an artist makes on a wall before beginning one of these painted murals |
frescos
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A fan of history books & bios, Lucille Ball said one of her favorites was James Boswell's "Life of" this man |
(Samuel) Johnson
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Author John Irving is an alum of this university; the state's name appears in the title of one of his books |
New Hampshire
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Burmese title of respect applicable to a man such as Mr. Thant |
U
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