People noted, "They were partying like it was 1999 at... Carnegie Hall for a concert celebrating the music of" him
Prince
Starting in 1997, who had an unprecedented 71-week run on the Billboard R&B chart with ‘U Make me Wanna’?
Usher
An outpost called Fort Raccoon was wisely renamed & became this capital of Iowa
Des Moines
In musical slang this number refers to a piano
eighty-eight
From the Latin for "kidnapping", it's stealing the ideas or writings of another & passing them off as your own
Plagiarism
The beak of this flightless bird of Antarctica can be black, red, orange or bright purple
Penguin
In 2011 this fashion designer's Double RL Ranch hosted the wedding of his son to a presidential niece
Ralph Lauren
Vanessa Carlton became a one-hit wonder for which 2001 song?
A Thousand Miles
Prior to 1850 this Northern California peak was known by several names, including Sasty
Mount Shasta
Highest number you can throw with just one standard die
6
This word meaning an hour to be home comes from the French for "cover the fire"
a curfew
In "The Jungle Book" Mowgli is raised by a family of this type of animal
Wolves
Which Austrian wrote The Psychopathology of Everyday Life?
Sigmund Freud
Their 1998 album "Dizzy Up the Girl" includes the songs "Slide", "Broadway" & "Black Balloon"
The Goo Goo Dolls
Massachusetts' Barnstable County mostly consists of this hook-shaped cape
Cape Cod
Bill Clinton is officially listed as this number U.S. president that dawned Mariano Rivera's jersey
42
This condiment gets its name from the Chinese for "pickled fish brine"
ketchup
A bird
In Feb. 2012 New Jersey's governor ordered flags be flown half-staff during the funeral of this Newark-born singer
Whitney Houston
Elton John & Kiki Dee had a No. 1 hit with "Don't Go" doing this
Breaking My Heart
This river's delta covers 13,000 square miles, about 1/4 of Louisiana's area
The Mississippi
Total number of seats in the U.S. Congress
535
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
a vandal
Pythons are oviparous, meaning they do this
lay eggs
This "American Idol" judge lost about 100 pounds with the help of gastric-bypass surgery, "yeah, that's gonna be a no from me dawg..."
Randy Jackson
Finish this Fall Out Boy lyric, "I'm just a notch in your bedpost...but you're just..."
a line in a song
Virginia's Rappahannock River flows into this bay
Chesapeake Bay
When you reverse direction, you're said to "do" this number (don't listen to Rob Julian)
180
First appearing more than a century ago, it means gutsy & is probably a blend of bold & audacious
Bodacious
The collective noun for a group of kittens
Kindle