Women in
Government
Government
The mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Bass
“Profiles in Courage”
John F. Kennedy
The music genre that originated in New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Jazz
“The Greatest Showman on Earth”
P.T. Barnum
Erie’s Fred Biletnikoff played 14 seasons with this NFL team
Oakland Raiders
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow purportedly caused this major city disaster
Chicago fire
The first female Attorney General
Janet Reno
“Little Women”
Louisa May Alcott
The illustrator who gave us Charlie, Lucy, and Linus
Charles Schultz
President Trump’s second wife
Marla Maples
The NFL franchise with the most team victories
Green Bay Packers
The most common type of natural disaster in the United States
Floods
The first woman nominated for Vice President by a major party
Geraldine Ferraro
“The Grapes of Wrath”
John Steinbeck
Carl Perkins – and later, Elvis – warned not to step on these
Blue Suede Shoes
"The Wizard of Menlo Park”
Thomas Edison
The player with the most NFL MVP awards
Peyton Manning
“Oh, the humanity”
The Hindenburg
The first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
The given name of the “Doctor” who wrote of the Grinch, Yertle, and a chapeau-wearing Cat
Theodore Geisel
The western-themed show that featured three half-brothers and their father
Bonanza
I played a paleontologist on television’s “Friends”
David Schwimmer
He had – and has – the most D-1 wins as a head football coach
Joe Paterno
A deadly 1906 earthquake and fire killed more than 3000 people in this city
San Francisco
The first woman to serve as a Cabinet member
Frances Perkins
“Common Sense”
Thomas Paine
This singing cowboy recorded the song, “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
Gene Autry
The wrestler born Terry Bolea
Hulk Hogan
The Hall of Fame quarterback with more career interceptions than touchdowns
Joe Namath
A 1900 hurricane struck this Texas city, killing more than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined
Galveston