| YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES |
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| You wrote the novels "Hawaii" & "Alaska"; too bad you never got around to "Rhode Island" |
(James) Michener
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| Before she became a "Pretty Woman" in 1990, she was a pretty girl from Smyrna, Georgia |
Julia Roberts
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| In 2010 this Cornhusker univ. left the Big 12 for the Big 10, which already had 11 teams, making it basically the Big 12 |
Nebraska
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| It's not my first time at this public exhibition of cowboy skills, from the Spanish for "cattle ring" |
rodeo
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| 17th century astronomer Galileo |
Galilei
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| Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country |
Ethiopia
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| You met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763; it was the start of a beautiful friendship |
(Joe: Who was Pope?)
(James) Boswell
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| No wonder she wanted to take a "Midnight Train" back there--she was born in Atlanta in 1944 |
(Joe: Who is Aretha Franklin?)
Gladys Knight
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| In 1924 North Carolina's Trinity College was endowed by a tobacco magnate & changed its name to this |
(Lanny: What is... UNC? I don't know.)
Duke
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| It's from the Old English for simply "woman"; that ain't no lady, that's my this |
wife
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| 21st century magician Penn |
Jillette
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| Of the countries that fit the category, it stretches farthest east |
Somalia
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| You suffered through glaucoma before publishing "Ulysses" on February 2, 1922, your 40th birthday |
(James) Joyce
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| She was a Junior Miss Georgia before heading for Hollywood & stardom with "The Natural" & "Batman" |
Kim Basinger
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| Notre Dame's "Word of Life" mural, depicting Christ as a teacher, is known on the football-loving campus as this |
Touchdown Jesus
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| This word from the Arabic for "weight of 4 grains" is worth its weight in gold |
carat
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| 16th century artist Michelangelo |
Buonarroti
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| Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg |
Liberia
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| In 2011 Oprah sat down with you again--to discuss the fallout from your "Million Little Pieces" scandal |
James Frey
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| This "Queen of Southern Cuisine" was born & raised in Albany, Georgia, where she learned to cook from her grandmother Paul |
Paula Deen
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| Ben Affleck moved west & attended this Los Angeles college whose name means "western" |
Occidental
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| "Growing" from the Italian, this music term means a gradual, steady increase in loudness |
crescendo
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| 14th century writer Dante |
Alighieri
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| In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe |
(Joe: What is South Africa?) (Lanny: What is Kenya?)
Botswana
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| Already a Joan Crawford movie, your "Mildred Pierce" came to TV in a 2011 version more faithful to the book |
James M. Cain
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| This actress who went to school in Augusta didn't know 'bout birthin' babies in "Gone with the Wind" |
(Jeff: Who is Hattie McDaniel?)
Butterfly McQueen
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| A noted Commodore from this university was Al Gore, who studied at both its divinity & law schools |
Vanderbilt
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| This punctuation word (it's from the Greek for "putting in beside" & you're staring right at 2 of 'em) |
parentheses
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| 17th century Dutch master painter Rembrandt |
van Rijn
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| It has ports on the Atlantic & you'll find Namibia on its southern border |
Angola
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