OLD HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLES
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
STUFF ABOUT STATES
LITERARY BADDIES
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Her 27-year relationship with Spencer Tracy was one of Hollywood's great love stories
Katharine Hepburn
400
This room installed under President Taft was inspired by a similar one in George Washington's house in Philadelphia
the Oval Office
400
It leads the nation in the production of almonds, avocados & apricots
California
400
In this 1987 novel by Stephen King, a historical romance writer is tortured by Annie Wilkes
Misery
800
After sparks flew on the set of "Cleopatra", they married & divorced not once, but twice
Burton & Taylor
800
Now part of Nestlé, this pet food brand is headquartered at Checkerboard Square in St. Louis, on a campus with 3 dog parks
Purina
800
As readers know, this county is "the covered bridge capital of Iowa"--start your tour at the welcome center in Winterset
Madison County
800
This "Count" is the main antagonist of the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books
Count Olaf
1200
Jamie Lee Curtis called this power couple mom & dad
Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh
1200
Karpman's drama triangle describes a dysfunctional trio of roles: mean persecutor, noble rescuer & helpless this one
victim
1200
When this state joined the Union in 1812, it was the only one with a non-English speaking majority
Louisiana
1200
In this 2014 novel later made into a show with Penn Badgley, Joe Goldberg obsesses over Guinevere Beck
You
1600
Mrs. Robinson in the movies, she was Mrs. Mel Brooks for more than 40 yearsq
Bancroft
1600
The story goes that Southwest Airlines began when Roland King grabbed a napkin & drew a triangle of Dallas, Houston & this city
San Antonio
1600
Not amber but this fossilized tree product is Washington's state gem
petrified wood
1600
In an 1886 work a doctor worries that this villainous alter ego will destroy his written confession
Mr. Hyde
2000
A film producer extraordinaire & an eventual 6-time Best Actress Oscar nominee, they could have been called "Irvma"
Irving Thalberg & Norma Shearer
2000
The numbers in any direction total the same number in the arrangement called this
a magic square (a magic triangle)
2000
Assuming the throne in 1891, she was Hawaii's first & only reigning queen & its last monarch
Liliuokalani
2000
John Claggart is the mean old master-at-arms aboard the Indomitable in this Herman Melville tale
Billy Budd