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What is The Anthem of the Seas?Every February this dog show takes place at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
What is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show?This state was the last holdout to ban desegregation and legalize interracial marriage.
What is Alabama?These 2 states are tied with the most national parks.
What are Alaska and California?This woman was the first professionally trained African-American nurse in the U.S., graduating in 1879.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?This woman was the first African-American female pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman?This breed of dog won Best in Show at the 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
What is German short-haired pointer?Who won the 2016 grammy for Record of the Year?
Who is Mark Ronson for "Uptown Funk?"This red-haired actress starred in "Masque of the Red Death" and later became known as the "Queen of Cakes."
Who is Jane Asher?On February 19, 1945, three Marine divisions attacked this Pacific island, where four days later one of the most famous photos of WWII was taken.
What is Iwo Jima?The real-life frigate commander who was the fictional Horatio Hornblower's mentor.
Who is Sir Edward Pellew?This state was part of Massachusetts until 1820.
What is Maine?The novel by Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, was made into a movie starring which leading man?
Who is Humphrey Bogart? What filmmaker wrote the script for the movie about the coal miner union rebellion at Matewan, WVA?
Who is John Sayles?This German warlord's oldest son commanded the 5th Army when they attacked Verdun on February 21, 1916.
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II?This woman was the first African-American to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel (mammie) from Gone With The WindWho was the first African American to win the Best Actor Oscar?
Who is Sidney Poitier?This huge waterfall, discovered by Dr. Livingstone, borders on Zimbabwe and Zambia.
What is Victoria Falls?Puccini died before he could finish this famous opera.
What is La Boheme?What was the first movie to win 11 oscars?
What is "Ben Hur"?This northern California town acted as a stand-in for Jessica Fletcher's Cabot Cove, Maine, in "Murder, She Wrote".
Richard wrote: "What is La Boheme?What was the first movie to win 11 oscars?"
Hi Richard, the opera was "Turandot." it was completed by another composer after Puccini's death.
What is Mendocino?This was the only opera written by Beethoven.
What is Fidelio?Born in 1926, he led the Cuban revolution and became Cuba's Prime Minister in 1959.
Who is Fidel Castro?This film claimed the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
What is Spotlight? (great movie!)This novel about an enammelled bird said to contain all sorts of jewels and gold was later turned into a great movie.
What is the Maltese Falcon?
These group of artists embraced psychoanalysis in their abstract works
These group of artists embraced psychoanalysis in their abstract works
Who are surrealists or the surrealism movement?Bond author, Ian Fleming, wrote a children's book about a flying car.
What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?This team seems to win the baseball World Series in even numbered years.
Who are the San Francisco Giants? When the Dodgers were on the East Coast, they played at this stadium.
What is Ebbets Field. This was a lovable nickname for those Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who are 'Dem Bums'?This team has the most World Series championships.
The New York YankeesThis is another nickname for the Yankees.
What is "The Bronx Bombers"?What is the University of Paris more commonly referred to as?
What is the Sorbonne?This woman was the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor for the Civil War (it was officially rescinded later).
Who is Mary Edwards Walker?She walked through forests to reach the British to warn them of an attack by the Americans in the War of 1812.
Who is the brave Laura Secord?This French chanteuse was known as "The little sparrow".
Who is Edith Piaf?The song "Non, je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf was featured in a film by Christopher Nolan.
What is "Inception"?These two Spanish football teams play each other in a series of matches which are individually known as El Clasico.
Who are Barcelona and Real Madrid football clubs?This Swiss born man has been suspended from any involvement in FIFA for six years due to dodgy dealings and corruption.
Who is Sepp Blatter?What was the location of the final confrontation of Sherlock Holmes with his greatest foe, the criminal Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem".
What is the Reichenback Falls, Switzerland?This female earned the first medical degree by a woman in the US.
Who is Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell?March 8 has served as recognition for this event since the early 20th century.
What is International Womens Day?Who is the current host of 'The Price Is Right'?
Who is Drew Carey?Who was the original host of "Jeopardy"?
Who was Art Fleming? (A nice man, btw)This theremin virtuoso inspired several modern musical groups, and would have celebrated her 105th birthday on March 9.
Who is Clara Rockmore?Which British rock n roll band performed with a Theramin?
Who are The Rolling Stones?Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are the Navajo detectives in the mystery series by this late author.
Betsy -it was actually Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin Who is Tony Hillerman?
What is the name of Canada's cross-country national rail service?
The Rolling Stones also used a theremin on some songs so perhaps both answers could be correct?
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