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(The answer is Door County since Brown County is not on a peninsula.)What is Manhattan clam chowder?
This national park is celebrating its 128th birthday on October 1, 2018.
What is Yosemite National Park?This son of a peanut farmer was born October 1, 1924.
Who is Jimmy Carter?This singer and star of Victor/Victoria was born October 1.
Who is Julie Andrews?This dish from Quebec consists mainly of French fries, cheese curds and gravy.
What is poutine?Another dish from Quebec, that is a pork pie served at Christmas.
What is tourtiere?This 1954 'creature feature' starred a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness and a post-Oscar Edmund Gwenn on the hunt for giant ants.
What is "Them"?James Arness was also in this 1951 horror film, with Howard Hawks as an uncredited director, where Arness was the alien.
What is The Thing?In a recent poll of 125 authors, this long 1870s novel about a woman ranked as the greatest work of fiction of all time
What is Anna Karenina (Jeopardy!)This Canadian woman just won the Nobel prize in Physics.
Who is Donna Strickland?This children's book about a bull, who would rather smell the flowers than fight, was recently made into a film.
What is 'Ferdinand the Bull"?Still in Children's Literature:
This an award winning children's book from 1962, about a little boy called Peter and a snowball.
What is The Snowy Day?On September 1, 1923, this natural disaster devastated Tokyo and the surrounding area, and as a result September 1 became known as 'Disaster Prevention Day'.
What is The Great Kanto earthquake?This pair of actors made a number of movies in the 40s and 50s in their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Who are Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce?One of Rathbone's most exciting roles was as an ex-fencing master, who took on Tyrone Power in a terrific duel in this 1940 film.
What is The Mark of Zorro?This actor has never been nominated for acting–he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012
Who is Ben Affleck?In March of 1980 this headmistress of a Virginia school made headlines by killing the author of the Scarsdale Diet, Dr. Herman Tarnower.
Who is Jean S. Harris?All of this writer's works have been made into films, the most notable being The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Award history to sweep the Oscars in major categories.
Who is Thomas Harris?French movie director. Aged 15, he founded in 1947 a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. He played in Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
Who is Francois Truffaut?Probably the most famous line from 'Silence of the Lambs' dealt with the eating of a man's liver along with these two items.
What Hannibal ate with fava beans and a nice chianti?(I'm not sure of the way I should have asked the question here)
He wrote : "Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure".
(“For a long time I used to go to bed early.”)
Who is Marcel Proust?He said: “God does not play dice with the universe”.
Who is Albert Einstein?As part of the Manhattan Project, a historic chain reaction took place in December, 1942, at this educational institution.
What is the University of Chicago?Work on this famous monument of presidents began on October 4, 1927.
What is Mount Rushmore?Which Hitchcock movie ends with a dramatic scene of Cary Grant and Eva Saint Marie (and Martin Landau) clambering all over the monument?
What is North by Northwest?Another S.D. attraction is this business in the western part of the state, famous for its shopping, donuts, 5¢ coffee, and free ice water.
What is Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota.This seminal album by Pink Floyd was initially played live in only a few cities. Released 1979.
What is The Wall?This somewhat gmmicky dish consists of a deboned chicken inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey, which is then sewn up with a stuffing into a compact shape, and roasted.
What is a turducken?Tom Cruise broke this bone while filming the last Mission: Impossible movie.
What is an ankle?This all-star 1964 film dealt with a Marine who believes his boss, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, plans an overthrow of the government.
What is Seven Days in May?The song "Five Days In May" is sung by which group?
What is Blue Rodeo?On Oct 4, 1970, this rock singer, associated with Big Brother and the Holding Company as well as being known as a solo artist, was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room.
Who was Janis Joplin?This 1979 film was supposedly loosely based on Janis Joplin, and was originally called, 'Pearl', her nickname.
What is "The Rose"?One last Janis Joplin answer. This whiskey was her drink of choice and she often brought a bottle of it on stage with her.
What is Southern Comfort (vile stuff. Lol)This strong cocktail is made with Southern Comfort, Sloe Gin, Ameretto and Orange Juice. Mmm might have to try that one.
What is an Alabama Slammer?This Alabama author and political activist was once chosen to be on the Alabama quarter to represent that state, but who has just been removed from the 3rd grade social science curriculum in Texas.
Who is Angela Davis?This former Alabama Governor earned national notoriety by standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama, literally blocking the path of black students.
(Helen Keller is the woman on the quarter, and who has been taken out of the curriculum.)Who is George Wallace?
In the 1960s this African-American was the first to integrate the University of Mississippi, and was shot while making a 220-mile march from Memphis to Jackson to encourage voter registration.
Who is James Meredith?This mascot of Ole Miss was officially retired in 2003, it was then replaced by the Black Bear and now the Land Shark.
What is Colonel Reb?This type of shark is sometimes referred to as the 'walking' shark because of its ability to propel itself across short distances on land, and has a distinctive mark, which gives it its name.
What is the Epaulette Shark?She is the most widely published author of all time only outsold by The Bible and Shakespeare.
Who is Agatha Christie?This writing team specializes in mysteries of the WWI era with two detectives, Inspector Ian Rutledge and Nurse Bess Crawford.
Who are Charles and Caroline Todd?Hamilton began & ended the Federalist Papers warning of this type of person, Greek for "people's leader".
What is demagogue?This series of novels take place in Alabama during the Great Depression, and centers on a 'garden club.'
What is The Darling Dahlias?Maya Lin, an American architect, who designed this monument was born October 5, 1959.
What is the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial?These two individuals were awarded the 2018 Peace Prize for their efforts in protecting women from violence and sexual abuse.
Who are Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad?Which Canadian Prime Minister won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Who is Lester B. Pearson?Although this is the youngest Canadian province, in 1997 it celebrated its 500th year of discovery by a European navigator.
What is Newfoundland?These territories of France lie just offshore Newfoundland
What are Saint Pierre et Miquelon?The French prison colony, Devil's Island, in French Guiana was featured in the 1973 and 2017 versions of this film.
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