Music
What hit song begins, "He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious."?
"Sk8er Boi" (Avril Lavigne)
What fugitive was found in 2003, hiding in a hole with $750K in cash, a pistol, and two AK-47s?
Saddam Hussein
Before he was "The Rock", he had another nickname - Dewey
Dwayne Johnson
He was nearly blind when he painted his series of "Water Lilies"
Claude Monet
Samuel Clemens used this pseudonym which means "2 Fathoms Deep"
Mark Twain
Heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne infamously bit the head off what animal at a concert in 1982?
The road leading to Anaheim's baseball stadium is named after what singing cowboy?
Gene Autry
Robert Ford met with Missouri's governor to plan the 1882 murder of this outlaw and the gov gave Bob a quick pardon for it
Jesse James
In the language of creator Rodin, this sculpture is "le penseur"
The Thinker
Edgar Allen Poe
What was Nirvana's debut album entitled?
Bleach
By what name was human rights activist el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz better known?
Malcolm X
Transforming into a creepy new persona, Arthur Fleck dances down a tall set of outdoor stairs in this 2019 film
Joker
His "The Potato Eaters" was among paintings taken from a museum in Holland in 1988
Vincent Van Gogh
The writer, born in Salinas, explored the Sea of Cortez with Ed Ricketts
John Steinbeck
What rap group signed a $1.6 million endorsement deal with Adidas?
Run-D.M.C.
What fellow actor did Joanne Woodward marry in 1958?
Paul Newman
Named for a trapper who once lived there, this "hole" is a fertile valley mostly in Grand Teton National Park
Jackson Hole
Frida Kahlo married him in 1929; they divorced in 1939 & remarried in 1940
Diego Rivera
This author of "The Joy Luck Club" was born shortly after her parents immigrated to the U.S.
Amy Tan
What pop duo from Germany became infamous after they were outed for not being the actual singers on their albums?
Milli Vanilli
The Boston Red Sox were jinxed by the 86-year-long Curse of the Bambino, after they sold who to the New York Yankees?
Babe Ruth
A fine-bladed marquetry tool is thought to have been used to create the first of these around 1760
Jigsaw puzzle
He finished sculpting "David" in 1504 but never completed his 12 Apostles for Florence's cathedral
Michelangelo
She was a senior editor at Random House while she was writing the novel "Beloved"
Toni Morrison