WHO CARRIED THE STATE?
(Alex: We want to know the presidential candidate.)
Florida,
2000
George W. Bush
1985:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
by Simple Minds
The Breakfast Club
It's the type of keyboard named for the succession of 6 letters found near the upper-left corner
QWERTY
In the early 1960s NASA's Abe Silverstein gave the manned Moon program this name
Apollo
No doubt you know that this No Doubt singer has sons named Kingston & Zuma
Gwen Stefani
Illinois,
1960
JFK (John Kennedy)
1987:
"She's Like The Wind"
by Patrick Swayze
Dirty Dancing
The name of this case used to carry your arrows might make you tremble
a quiver
A goddess of flowers, or all of a region's flowers & other vegetation
Flora
This Aussie actress had a daughter on July 7, 2008--a Monday--but named her Sunday Rose
Nicole Kidman
North Carolina,
2008
Barack Obama
1986:
"Danger Zone"
by Kenny Loggins
Top Gun
He succeeded his dad, Darius I, as king of Persia
Xerxes
The symbol of the highway patrol features the Great Seal of California & this Roman war goddess, whose Greek counterpart was Athena
Minerva
Her "Alias" is mom to Violet & Seraphina Affleck
Jennifer Garner
New York,
1948
Dewey
1984:
"Axel F."
by Harold Faltermeyer
Beverly Hills Cop
Alphabetically, it's last of the noble gases
xenon
These nuclear missiles, first put on U. S. subs in 1970, preceded Trident missiles
Poseidon missiles
In 2009 this rocker & rock widow lost custody of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain
Courtney Love
Massachusetts,
1972
George McGovern
1980:
"Call Me"
by Blondie
American Gigolo
"Magic" & "Have You Never Been Mellow" are songs from this roller-skating musical that hit Broadway in 2007
Xanadu
It's a Florida beach town as well as a D-Day landing beach
Juno
Blythe Danner is mom to this actress, a mother of 2 herself
Gwyneth Paltrow