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Darkness On The Edge of
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Jacks and Dianes
Hey That One's Not Bruce Springsteen!
100
This appropriately named Jamaican won the 100m and 200m races at the last three Olympics.
Who is Usain Bolt?
100
There's not a lot of music from Nebraska, but this Connor Oberst band with songs such as "First Day Of My Life" are certainly among the most famous.
What is Bright Eyes?
100
Someone who makes a mistake might have to eat this bird afterward (figuratively of course).
What is crow?
100
She's a very accomplished actor but regrettably her most well known performance is probably as Annie Hall in Annie Hall.
Who is Diane Keaton?
100
No this guy is different than Bruce in the fact that he sucks. Forget love, he gives New Jersey a bad name.
Who is Jon Bon Jovi?
200
This athletes victories in the 1936 Berlin Olympics notably upset Hitler, but it's not like he was treated great in the US either.
Who is Jesse Owens?
200
Edwin Perkins of Hastings, NE was experimenting with dehydrating a fruit drink concentrate when he invented this product, Nebraska's official state soft drink.
What is Kool-Aid?
200
Frida Kahlo and Bert from Sesame Street are well known sporters of this distinctive feature.
What is a unibrow?
200
A prolific film star, some of his biggest roles were in Some Like it Hot and The Apartment but is perhaps best known for some of the 8 films made with Walter Matthau.
Who is Jack Lemmon?
200
No, this guy's heart was never in it the way Bruce's was. He was a TV actor who got very lucky when his song "Jessie's Girl" became a surprise hit.
Who is Rick Springfield?
300
Identify the fashionable sports icon seen here by either her full name or her rhyming nickname.
Who is FloJo?
300
This is the name for the University of Nebraska's sports teams, which makes sense because there's probably a lot of it that needs to be done in Nebraska.
What are Cornhuskers?
300
Farmers know that if you want to recover soil quality you may need to let some of your land lie this way for a season.
What is fallow?
300
This two time Emmy winner has been an anchor for 20/20, Good Morning America, and ABC World News among others.
Who is Diane Sawyer?
300
Come on these two guys are nothing alike! One plays guitar, the other plays piano! One is the leader of "the E street band" and the other is the leader of "The Range"
Who is Bruce Hornsby?
400
Roger Bannister is most well known for being the first person to break this timed feat.
What is the four minute mile?
400
This author spent a good amount of their life in Nebraska and set many popular novels there such as O Pioneers and My Antonia.
Who is Willa Cather?
400
So much depends upon remembering the name of this very short 1923 poem by William Carlos Williams.
What is "The Red Wheelbarrow"?
400
The zookeeper and late night television mainstay seen here:
Who is Jack Hanna?
400
No, but I can understand why you might think so, because this Lady Gaga song is the last hit song with Clarence Clemons on saxophone.
What is "Edge of Glory"?
500
Though most remembered for the baseball players who were named, the BALCO steroid scandal also implicated this sprinter, causing the IOC to strip the 3 gold medals she won at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Who is Marion Jones?
500
Since it's House of Representatives was dissolved in 1939, Nebraska's state legislature is the only legislature in the country that cannot be described with this 9-letter adjective.
What is Bicameral?
500
Lawyer most notable for his defense in what would become known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Who is Clarence Darrow?
500
A powerhouse of the fashion world, known for pioneering the wrap dress.
Who is Diane von Furstenberg?
500
No, that's John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, who wrote and performed a great Springsteen knockoff called "On The Dark Side", but rarely get credit because people associate it with this fictional band from a movie.
Who are Eddie and the Cruisers?