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Who was Amelia Earhart?Four states in the United States designate themselves commonwealths: Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and this state .
What is Kentucky?This is the author of Into the Water and Girl on the Train.
Who is Paula Hawkins?King of Clay, Rafa Nadal, was born on this Balearic Island.
What is Manacor, Spain?Mark Twain wrote his most famous books (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, for example) while living in this city.
What is Hartford, CT?This famous author of historical mysteries once spent 5 years in prison as an accessory to murder.
As far as I know the island is Mallorca. Manacor might be the town(?)
Jackie wrote: "As far as I know the island is Mallorca. Manacor might be the town(?)"You are right, Jackie - Mallorca is the island, Manacor is the town.
Who is Anne Perry?Which band did Ronnie Van Zant found and was lead vocalist for before dying in a plane crash along with two other members of his band?
Who is Lynryd Skynryd?The three men who opened in the character of Pseudolus in this musical, all won Tonys for Best Actor.
Who are Nathan Lane, Phil Silvers and Zero Mostel?The one woman who played Pseudoleus opened in the role after Nathan Lane.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?This actor won the Best Actor Tony for a Musical in 1988; he was also in the film of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
Who is Michael Crawford?This actor won Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for Redhead in 1959 and Man of La Mancha in 1966
Who is Richard Kiley?He was the original host of Family Feud
Who was Richard Dawson?One of Dawson's most famous tv roles was as this WWII character.
Who was Newkirk?This was was an artistic movement in the United States during the early 20th century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods.
What is the Ashcan School?Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement," about this mystery.
What is the Marie Celeste?She played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show.
Who is Lisa Bonet?This famous sculpture by Rodin was initially a figure in a large commission, begun in 1880, for a doorway surround called "The Gates of Hell."
What is "The Thinker"?June 28, 1914, is infamous for this event.
The assissination of Archduke Franz FerdinandThis rock band from Glasgow, Scotland won two grammy's for their hit single "Take Me Out".
What is Franz Ferdinand? (good one, Richard!!)Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer who was better known by this name.
Who is Jelly Roll Morton?This mammal, which is covered with scales, is the most trafficked animal in the world.
What is a pangolin? (What a strange looking animal!!)The play (and/or movie) "The Great White Hope" is about this boxer's life.
Who is Jack Johnson?This huge painting by Gericault, which hangs in the L,ouvre, depicts the aftermath of a shipwreck.
(I agree that the pangolin is bizarre looking, but it's tragic what poachers are doing to it.)
What is The Raft of the Medusa?She was best known for her roles as Nurse Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series and Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Who was Majel Barrett? (She was also the voice of the computer on the original Star Trek)"Watson and the Shark" is a 1778 oil painting by this American painter, depicting the rescue of the English boy Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba.
Who is John Singleton Copley?Named for the aforementioned painter, this landmark hotel in downtown Boston opened in 1912 and (having stayed there) you can borrow their chocolate brown lab to take her for walks.
What is the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel? (BTW, the Copley Square Hotel, opened in 1891, is also kind of named for Copley as it sits in the square named for the artist)
In May 1922, this hotel in Dublin, Ireland, played host to its most historic meeting – the drafting of the Irish Constitution. Bunreacht na hÉireann was drawn up in room 112, under the leadership of Michael Collins. This room is now The Constitution Room.
What is the Sherbourne Hotel?These flowers are part of an important scene with Katharine Hepburn in the 1937 flm, 'Stage Door'.
What are calla lillies?Verb : make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.
What is giddy?In 1947 this German state was formally abolished on the moral grounds that it was a 'menace to humanity.'
What is Prussia?This city in the US is the home of the first botanical garden established in the States.
What is Philadelphia?Also located in Philadelphia is this medical museum renowned for its bizarre artifacts.
What is the Mutter Museum? (I've been there)This is the oldest church in the continental US.
What is the San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe?This refreshing summer salad usually has hard-cooked eggs, tuna or anchovies, tomatoes, and olives but may also have potatoes and green beans. It was originally made in southern France.
What is a Nicoise Salad?This band is made up of 3 Followill brothers and their cousin.
Who are the Kings of Leon?This battle on July 1, 1898, helped propel Theodore Roosevelt to the White House.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill?This composer was born on July 3, 1878 in Providence, RI (not July 4 as the song says).
Who is George M. Cohan?In "Yankee Doodle Dandy" this 'character' was portrayed by a naval officer/actor because of his voice .
Who is Captain Jack Young? (although Wikipedia says that he was the actor/lookalike for FDR, and the voice was a voiceover by the impressionist Art Gilmore). On this day in history (July 2), in 1839, there was a mutiny on this slave ship.
What is La Amistad?This island is the setting for the beginning of Jurrasic World: Fallen Kingdom.
What is the Isla Nublar (really Hawaii)?July 2, 1937, saw the beginning of this mystery.
What is the disappearance of Amelia Earhart?This song, by Frank Sinatra, was #1 on the Billboard chart on July 2, 1966.
What is "Strangers in the Night"?Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for his role in this movie.
What is "From Here to Eternity"?This American woman is the winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award.
Who is Audra McDonald?On July 2, 1964, this momentous act, affecting the rights of millions, was signed by Lyndon Johnson in the White House.
What is the Civil Rights Act?This state has the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined
What is Alaska?Between 1856-1866, this animal was used as a beast of burden in an expermental program in the American Southwest.
What is the camel?This state has the only royal palace in the U.S.
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This Kansas native successfully flew the Atlantic alone in 1932.