U.S. STATES
The USA's largest popcorn processing plant is in Sioux City in this state
Iowa
A runner-up for Miss USA, Halle Berry "reigned" as this author's grandmother in "Queen"
Alex Haley
In 1876 he moved his research laboratory from Newark to Menlo Park
Thomas Edison
He began his second 7- year term as president of France January 8
Charles de Gaulle
He died in 1742, 16 years before the year of his comet's predicted return
Halley
Aniakchak National Monument in this state is the 2500'-deep caldera of a volcano
Alaska
Miss Florida of 1974, she played former Miss Georgia Suzanne Sugarbaker on "Designing Women"
Delta Burke
His first working model of the telegraph was constructed in part from an old picture frame
Samuel Morse
This former first lady sued to block publication of Wm. Manchester's "The Death of a President"
Jacqueline Kennedy
Born in France in 1910, he predicted, "Sooner or later man will live underwater and build towns there"
Jacques Cousteau
The Pontchartrain Railroad opened in 1832 in this state
Louisiana
She used her "Basic Instinct" & became Miss Crawford County in 1975, but she didn't win the Miss Pennsylvania Crown
Sharon Stone
Along with inventing movable type, he developed an ink that would adhere to it
Gutenberg
On March 10 3 men were convicted of the 1965 murder of this Black nationalist leader
Malcolm X
His predictions span 7 millennia, including one for July 1999 when "Mars shall reign at will"
Nostradamus
This state uses the Greek word "Eureka" as its motto
California
Once a La Jolla beauty queen, she's looked great since "One Million Years B.C."
Raquel Welch
One of his early products was an "infallible bank lock" in 1851
(Linus) Yale (Jr.)
A November flood on the Arno River damaged this city & its Ponte Vecchio
Florence
Business Week put Louis Gerstner on their cover as this co.'s new boss 2 days before his appointment
IBM
Its Coleman Du Pont Highway was begun in 1913 with private funds & later completed by the state
Delaware
In 1951 Anita Ekberg represented this, her native country, in the Miss Universe pageant
Sweden
In 1875 he designed a parlor car for the railroads
(George) Pullman
In January Sargent Shriver quit as director of this program
the Peace Corps
She may have predicted her 1969 book "My Life and Prophecies" would be a bestseller
Jeane Dixon