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Sorry! But back to Sue Em's question:Who is Chucky?
What parallel of latitude is the southern boundary of most of Canada?
What is the 49th parallel?This singer/music burst onto the American music landscape when his band made their American TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Who are The Beatles?The most popular cocktail in the United States
What is the Martini? (Shaken or Stirred?)Celebrity chef known as "The Domestic Goddess".
Who is Nigella Lawson?3/4 of the world's pineapples grown here. (There are two answers here -- one before 1983, and one after. Either one is correct.)
What are The Phillipines?Brian Warner, from Ohio, remade himself as this shock rocker.
Who is Marilyn Manson?This Ira Levin novel was made into a movie starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier.
What is The Boys From Brazil? This Gregory Peck movie was based on the original wartime thriller by Alastair Maclean.
What is the Guns of Navarone?This Vancouver Canucks fired coach has been hired by the New York Rangers.
Who is Alain Vigneault?This former New York Rangers coach is a leading contender to be hired by the Vancouver Canucks.
Who is John Tortorella?This is a village in Michigan that was part of the underground railroad before and during the Civil War. This was one of the stops where runaway slaves were sheltered before being taken into Canada. Many of the homes in this village had secret tunnels or hiding places in their cellars, attics and barns. This was first known as Indian Village, then Hoxie's Settlement,then its present name.
What is Romeo, Michigan?The last feature film of Paul Newman which was also the highest grossing film of his career.
What is Cars? This female director made famous by her films of the Nazi regime
Who is Leni Riefenstahl (she's a beauty)This former Detroit mayor was found guilty of multiple counts of racketeering and extortion last March. He was convicted of 24 charges, including racketeering, extortion, attempted extortion, bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns.
Who is Kwame Kilpatrick?This substance is listed on the Table of Elements as Pb.
What is lead?This fruit is part of the nightshade family, originated in Mexico and is a popular plant to grow during the summer.
What are tomatoes?Johnny Depp plays this famous Scottish playwright in the movie "Finding Neverland".
Who was J M Barrie?Method of execution particularly associated with William Marwood.
What is "long drop" hanging?Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s longest. second longest barrier reef lies off the coast of this country.
what is Belize?In a true-life murder mystery, what actress set sail for Catalina Island with her husband,her friend, and the boat's skipper but fell off their 60-foot yacht during the night and drowned, according to her husband? Although ruled an accidental death at the time, decades later detectives in the Los Angeles Sheriff's department reopened her case after learning this actress and her husband got into an argument before her death, complete with shouting and sounds of struggle.
Who is Natalie Wood?This is the capital of Mongolia.
What is Ulan Bator?Tomato. Which is it? A vegetable or a fruit?
A fruit? In 1957, which actress won an academy award for her portayal of Eve White?
Who is Joanne Woodward? I LOVE HER.This place is the hottest spot in North America.
@ Leigh I just watched " The Three Faces of Eve" the other day. I'm addicted to theTurner Classic Movie channel.
What is Death Valley, California."Though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil" comes from which famous quotation?
What is Psalm 23?biblical king. famous for his wisdom
Who is King Solomon?Fictional FBI academy student, she later interviews a notorious serial killer and psychopath in his cell.
Who is Clarice Starling?This rock band from Texas is known for their beards.
Who is ZZ Top?These two rivers meet in Calgary, AB and caused massive flooding this past weekend.
What are the Bow and Elbow Rivers?This Calgary rodeo will begin next week "come hell or high water".
What is the Calgary Stampede? (hope they do!)Which NHL franchise plays in Calgary?
Who are the Calgary Flames?This CFL football team plays in Calgary.
Who are the Stampeders?The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in this city.
What is Calgary, Canada? ? This person won the 1982 Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?The world's most northernmost capital.
What is Reykjavik, Iceland (the NATIONAL capital) or Longyearbyen (the capital of Svalbard, which isn't an independent country but a group of islands owned by Norway)?This author or authors will appear at the Romeo District Library in Washington, Michigan, on September 7.
Who is William Kent Kruger?This type of flowers produce vanilla pods.
Who are Cara Black, Erin Hart, Libby Fisher Hellman and William Kent? This city is the capitol of the smallest state in the U.S.
Where is Providence, Rhode Island...called "Little Rhody"This fruit was named for the place of it's origin...Corinth, Greece.
What is the currant?This popular Gothic author left New Orleans in 2004 and settled in Southern California to be closer to her son, who is also an author.
Who is Anne RICE? This English writer married Anne Hathaway
What are Zante currants a.k.a. Corinthian raisinsFirst published privately in 1928, this novel by English author D.H. lawrence could not be published openly until 1950.
Who is Adam Shulman? What is Lady Chatterley's letter?
what are CHAMPAGNE GRAPES aka Black Corinth?Every Labor Day weekend Romeo, Michigan holds this big celebration with a parade, a young pretty queen, and many events, my favorite being their huge used book sale. This is a great time to also buy peaches and peach pies from the many orchards in Romeo.
What is the Michigan Peach Festival of Romeo?This new apple type was created at the University of Minnesota in 1960.
What is the Honeycrisp?Known in french as 'Capitaine Crouche'
Who is Captain Hook?This university. located in Rochester, Michigan, was originally a branch of Michigan State University.
Beth wrote 'Who is Captain Hook'?Actually it's Captain Crunch, popular kids cereal!
What is Oakland university?
Established in 1636, this institution is the oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S.
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Good guess, but I should have mentioned it's in Michigan, the Detroit River.