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What is Black Mass?This is is a creole language spoken by an African-American population living in coastal regions and sea islands in the states of South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida
What is Gullah?This 1974 film deals with a teacher's efforts to help children, who speak the Gullah language, to learn about the world outside their island home.
What is Conrack?Pat Conroy wrote this novel about a shrimper, his unhappy wife, and their three children.
What is The Prince of Tides?This film and tv actor became the Prince of Bel-Air
Who is Will Smith?This crooner made his recording debut on July 13, 1939.
Who is Frank Sinatra?This Greek goddess was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. She was the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation.
Who is Hygieia?The beautiful flower, foxglove, is also know for its medicinal and sometimes dangerous qualities in this form.
What is digitalis? Tonic water contains quinine which was first used to treat this tropical disease.
What is malaria?This brewer's yeast paste, used as a spread, is popular in Australia.
What is vegemite?This membrane surrounds/encloses the heart.
What is the pericardium?This root is said to have many remedial actions including antibacterial, antiviral, and antioxidant, For some people, it has antiemetic actions, so it may be used to reduce nausea from seasickness, pregnancy, or chemotherapy.
What is ginger?This actor won a Tony on Broadway in the role of George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," which Richard Burton later portrayed in the film.
Vegemite is a spread that is popular in Australia. It has a peculiar flavor (this New Yorker didn't care for it) and Aussies are often teased about it. They use it on toast, often in the morning, like we would use jam. I have no idea what is in it.
Betsy wrote: "What is ginger?This actor won a Tony on Broadway in the role of George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," which Richard Burton later portrayed in the film."
Who is Arthur Hill?
This actress received a Tony and an Oscar for her role in "Come Back, Little Sheba" and played the title character in a TV comedy in the early 1960s.
Who is Shirley Booth?In 1931 nine young men (known collectively by this name) were falsely arrested and convicted in Alabama. Their tribulations became a landmark case in Civil Rights decisions.
Who were the Scottsboro Boys?This annual bike ride takes place every July from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River.
What is RAGBRAI? (Liked this one, Missy. 500 miles in all that heat!)This Hollywood designer is famous because of his flamboyant outfits for celebrities such as Cher, and the 'curtain dress' in a 'Gone With The Wind' skit on the Carol Burnett Show.
Who is Bob Mackie?This British-born conservationist achieved fame during his life, after his death the revelation of his non-Native origins and other autobiographical fabrications negatively affected his reputation.
Who was Archibald Belaney (aka Grey Owl)?This singer was famous for such songs as 'April Showers' and 'Swanee', and was sometimes called, 'The World's Greatest Entertainer.'
Who is Al Jolson?On Sunday 15th July, this footballer became the second teenager to score in the World Cup final since Pele, in 1958.
Who is Kylian Mbappe who scored for France.This battle is often heralded as one of the greatest English military victories in the Hundred Years' War, and took place October 25, 1415.
What is Agincourt?This fashion designer holds a record 8 Oscars for her work.
Who is Edith Head?The battle on Oct 25, 1415 took place on this saint's day, memorialized by Shakespeare in Henry V, Act IV Scene iii.
Who is St. Crispin?October 25, 1854, is another famous battle where the Light Brigade was led by this man, whose title is synonymous with a particular piece of clothing.
What is a cardigan named after the Earl of Cardigan.Who was Spock's father?
Who is Sarek?This Mississippi city is built on an ancient dormant volcano.
What is Jackson, MI?He did the Moonwalk and sang Thriller!
Who was Michael Jackson?This Animal Planet host is a biologist and angler, who travels the world looking for interesting fish to catch and release.
Who is Jeremy Wade?This cookie treat, introduced in 1902, was a Christmas novelty with a string handle to hang from the tree.
What are Animal Crackers?This chocolate cake with a layer of apricot jam and chocolate icing was a bone of contention between a bakery and a hotel in Vienna for years.
What is the original Sacher Torte from Vienna, Austria?He is a 6'5", 250 lb fictional character and the protagonist of a series of books by British author Lee Child. Portrayed in movies by 5'7" Tom Cruise.
Who is Jack Reacher?After being dared by his publisher to write a book using fewer than 50 different words, Dr. Suess wrote this book.
What is Green Eggs and Ham?True or False. Harry Potter's middle name is James.
What is "true"?This author sets her books in Baltimore, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989.
Who is Anne Tyler?This 1957 musical, which was later made into a film, reflects life in the small town of River City.
What is the Music Man?What was the name of the fragrance inspired by Kramer's smell of the Beach?
What is The Beach 1966? (Definitely something to look up since I never watched Seinfeld.) :)This basilica in Barcelona has been under construction for over 130 years.
What is La Sagrada Familia basilica?Construction on this cathedral in New York City started in 1892, and the structure remains "unfinished."
What is St. John the Divine?This landmark building and the focal point of its own district in NYC is easily recognizable because of its triangular shape.
What is the Flatiron Building?This Finnish-American architect designed the Arch in St. Louis and the terminal at Dulles International Airport.
Who is Eero Saarinen?Father Dobberstein built this shrine considered to be the world's most complete man-made collection of minerals, fossils, shells, and petrifications in one place.
What is the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, IA?Snails, slugs, and limpets belong to this class of the mollusca (mollusk) phylum.
What is gastropoda?This rather bizarre looking church, which is the tallest building in Reykjavik, took 40+ years to build.
What is Hallgrímskirkja?Opened in 1959, this building in SE Wisconsin it is a complex of architecturally distinct rooms, streets, gardens, and shops designed by Alex Jordan Jr.
What is the House on the Hill?This baked pastry with meat and vegetables is found in many parts of the world, including Mineral Point, WI, where tin and lead miners settled. It is usually called by its original English name, which is geographically protected in Europe.
Betsy wrote: "What is gastropoda?This rather bizarre looking church, which is the tallest building in Reykjavik, took 40+ years to build."
Been there - it really dominates the area
What is a Cornish pasty?A dish in Louisiana creole cuisine, it is one of the official state foods of Louisiana. Ingredients include ground beef, ground pork, onions, peppers, garlic, oil, and a pie shell
What is Nachitoches Meat Pie?Of the eight states which comprise historic Route 66, this state has the least miles of road.
What is Kansas?Jimmy Cagney said "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" in this 1949 movie.
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