THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
In a letter on the capture of Vicksburg, Lincoln referred to it as the "Father of Waters"
Mississippi River
An MTV "Making the Video" episode explored her "Slave 4 U" shoot
Britney Spears
Phyllis Schlafly was among those leading the fight for the defeat of this proposed constitutional amendment
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
This cereal maker uses the letter G as its logo
General Mills
This nation's name is an acronym partly standing for Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind & "Tan" from Baluchistan
Pakistan
Nicknames for this city include "The Metropolis of the New South" & "Derby Town"
Louisville
Her "Never Too Far" video sure "Glitter"ed
Mariah Carey
In 1975 this comic strip won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning
Doonesbury
In slang terms, a G refers to this amount of money
thousand
The hero of a Robert Burns poem lends his name to this woolen cap with a pompom or a tassel
Tam o' Shanter
(Hi, I'm Harry Connick Jr.) At age 5 I played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at my dad's inauguration as D.A. of this "Crescent City", my hometown
New Orleans
(Hello, I'm "Weird Al" Yankovic.) In this parody of a Coolio hit, I churn butter & rap with Florence Henderson
"Amish Paradise"
In 1970 Massachusetts introduced no-fault auto insurance & this state came up with no-fault divorce
California
In movie ratings, G stands for general; the G in PG & PG-13 stands for this
guidance
Perhaps from the Italian for "imperfect pearl", it can be a style of music, art or architecture
Baroque
Carter's Grove, a magnificent plantation home, is just 7 1/2 miles from the colonial area of this Virginia town
Williamsburg
In this group's "Emotion" video, one of the members pours bleach over her ex's clothes
Destiny's Child
Shortly after this U.S. president declared Iran "an island of stability", the Shah was overthrown
Jimmy Carter
This group that meets to discuss economic concerns consists of the U.S., Canada, Japan & 5 European nations
Group of 8
The name of this large island in the Gulf of Alaska is derived from an Inuit word for "island"
Kodiak
John Berendt's "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" depicts some colorful characters in this Georgia city
Savannah
David Arquette's role as a guard in Creed's "What If" spoofs his Deputy Dewey role in this film series
Scream
A national inoculation campaign was held in 1976 to prevent an epidemic of this that never materialized
swine flu
In Internet domain name extensions, gg stands for Alderney, Sark & this other Channel Island
Guernsey
From the Latin for "to raise", it refers to the altitude of a city or mountain above sea level
elevation