"B"ooks
Famous Firsts
Potent Potables (aka booze)
Rhyme Time
100

This Pulitzer-Prize-winning work by Toni Morrison, despite its title, deals with themes of guilt and revenge.

What is Beloved?

100

Despite disappearing on her final voyage, she was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Who is Amelia Earhart?

100

The proper name of this beverage can only be used if its grapes are grown in a particular region of France.

What is champagne?

100

A grizzly that plays by all the rules.

What is a fair bear?

200

In a movie adaptation of the book, Renee Zellweger played this title character.

Who is Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones' Diary)?

200

Recently deceased, she was the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?

200

This large unit for a bottle of wine holds 1.5 liters.

What is a magnum?

200

A fake or artificial small horse.

What is a phony pony?

300

Published in 1932, this sci-fi vision of the future takes its title from a Shakespeare quote.

What is Brave New World?

300

In 1961, using the callsign "Siberian Pine," he became the first person to travel into space. 

Who is Yuri Gargarin

300

Also the title of a Bee Gees hit, the German translation for these party necessities is "Wein, Weib und Gesang."

What is wine, women, and song?

300

An important concert for a band.

What is a big gig?

400

Esther Summerson is the heroine of this Victorian-era work, from the same author who wrote A Tale of Two Cities.

What is Bleak House?

400

In 1911, this explorer became the first person ever to reach the South Pole.

Who is Roald Amundsen?

400

Orgeat syrup, added to many a Mai Tai, is flavored with these kind of legumes.

What are almonds?

400

An extra piece of fruit.

What is a spare pear?

500

This genre-bending work of metafiction was published in 1973 and features the character of Kilgore Trout.

What is Breakfast of Champions?

500

Following a devastating fire 14 years prior, this American city welcomed the first ever skyscraper in 1885.

What is Chicago?

500

Claiming the title of "America's Oldest Brewery," this late-in-the-alphabet beermaker is headquartered in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

What is Yuengling?

500

Someone who overindulges in sheep meat.

What is a mutton glutton?

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