INITIAL PRESIDENTS
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
FAMOUS VILLAINS
FAMOUS FILL-INS
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS
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THIS PRESIDENT’S MIDDLE INITIAL STOOD FOR “BAINES” AND WAS VICE PRESIDENT DURING THE WATERGATE SCANDAL
WHO IS LYNDON B. JOHNSON
400
THE LAKOTA SIOUX, NORTHERN CHEYENNE AND THE ARAPAHO – LED BY SITTING BULL AND CRAZY HORSE – WIPED OUT CUSTER AND HIS 210 MEN IN THIS FAMOUS BATTLE
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN
400
IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES, THIS "PROFESSOR" WAS THE DETECTIVE'S BRILLIANT BUT DEADLY ARCH-NEMESIS.
WHO IS PROFESSOR MORIARTY
400
BEFORE TOM HANKS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PART OF FORREST GUMP, THIS “GREASY” ACTOR HAD PASSED ON THE PART
WHO IS JOHN TRAVOLTA
400
THIS 1876 NOVEL FEATURES A BOY WHO FAMOUSLY TRICKS HIS FRIENDS INTO WHITEWASHING A FENCE FOR HIM.
WHAT IS THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
800
LED THE U.S. IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR; NOT TO MENTION HE WENT SKYDIVING FOR HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY!
WHO IS GEORGE H.W. BUSH
800
THOUGH GEORGE MEADE HAD ONLY BEEN IN COMMAND OF THE UNION ARMY FOR THREE DAYS, HE LED THE NORTH TO VICTORY IN THIS BATTLE IN 1863
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
800
THIS "HITCHCOCKIAN" MOTEL OWNER HAD A BIT OF AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH HIS MOTHER
WHO IS NORMAN BATES
800
AUDREY HEPBURN’S ICONIC TURN IN “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S” NEARLY WENT TO THIS BLONDE BOMBSHELL
WHO IS MARILYN MONROE
800
TWAIN TOOK “A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD” IN HIS FIFTH AND LAST TRAVEL BOOK, FOLLOWING THIS IMAGINARY LINE
WHAT IS THE EQUATOR
1200
HIS MIDDLE INITIAL “S” WAS A CLERICAL ERROR ON HIS WEST POINT APPLICATION IN 1839; HIS FIRST NAME WAS ACTUALLY HIRAM
WHO IS ULYSSES S. GRANT
1200
THE "TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC" DURING WWII, THIS 1942 NAVAL BATTLE SAW THE U.S. SINK FOUR JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
1200
IN “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”, THIS TWO-WORD TITLE OFTEN DESCRIBED THE MONEY HUNGRY HENRY POTTER SINCE HE OWNS ALMOST EVERYTHING IN BEDFORD FALLS
WHO IS THE SLUMLORD
1200
HE WAS CHOSEN TO PLAY INDIANA JONES, BUT THIS MUSTACHIOED FELLOW HAD TO PASS DUE TO CONFLICTS WITH HIS HIT SHOW MAGNUM P.I. – IT EVENTUALLY WENT TO HARRISON FORD
WHO IS TOM SELLECK
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TWAIN WAS BORN AND DIED DURING THE APPEARANCE OF THIS FAMOUS CELESTIAL OBJECT, WHICH RETURNS TO EARTH EVERY 75–76 YEARS
WHAT IS HALLEY'S COMET
1600
OVERSAW A PERIOD OF THE COLD WAR, AND HE SIGNED INTO LAW THAT “IN GOD WE TRUST” BE PRINTED ON ALL U.S. MONEY IN 1956
WHO IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
1600
IN 1781, BRITISH GENERAL LORD CORNWALLIS SURRENDERED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THIS VIRGINIA SITE, EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
1600
DAILY DOUBLE!!
AL CAPONE IS LABELED ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS OF THE PROHIBITION ERA, AND EARNED THIS NICKNAME AFTER A BAR FIGHT IN 1917
1600
AL PACINO WAS THE STAR, BUT FIRST THIS SHINING ACTOR DEPARTED AND FLEW OVER THE ROLE OF MICHAEL CORLEONE IN “THE GODFATHER” – HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
WHO IS JACK NICHOLSON
1600
DAILY DOUBLE!!
TWAIN WAS BORN IN THIS MISSOURI TOWN THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A SOUTHERN STATE
2000
KNOWN FOR LEADING THE U.S. IN THE KOREAN WAR, HIS MIDDLE INITIAL “S” DIDN’T STAND FOR ONLY ONE NAME
WHO IS HARRY S TRUMAN
2000
WELL, WELL, WELL! IN 1815, THIS "DUKE" FAMOUSLY DEFEATED NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO FOR THE FINAL TIME IN WHAT IS NOW BELGIUM
WHO IS THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
2000
IN THE 1950 FILM “SUNSET BOULEVARD”, THIS FADED SILENT FILM STAR BECOMES A LITERAL "KILLER" HOSTESS TO A STRUGGLING SCREENWRITER
WHO IS NORMA DESMOND
2000
BEFORE SETTLING ON HARRISON FORD FOR HAN SOLO, THIS “BANDIT” WAS INITIALLY SOUGHT FOR THE ROLE
WHO IS BURT REYNOLDS
2000
TWAIN OWNED ONE OF THE FIRST TELEPHONES EVER INSTALLED IN A PRIVATE HOME, BUT HE ONCE WISHED THAT ALL OF US MAY EVENTUALLY BE GATHERED TOGETHER IN HEAVEN, EXCEPT FOR THIS MAN
WHO IS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL