AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS
EDUCATION
SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS
"EVER"s
CHANCE
200
'She was a senior editor at Random House while she was writing the novel "Beloved"'
Toni Morrison
200
'Usually the first unit of elementary school, its name is German for "children's garden"'
kindergarten
200
'During the long filming process of this 1952 movie, Orson Welles went through several different Desdemonas'
Othello
200
'Youse is looking at yews, which are this kind of tree'
Evergreens
200
'Some of these "one-armed bandits" pay out more often; casinos put those where you'll notice them'
Slot machines
400
'In 1997 this "Fences" playwright debated the state of black theater with critic Robert Brustein'
August Wilson
400
'This "Green Mountain" state leads all other states with a high school graduation rate of 89%'
Vermont
400
'1945's patriotic version of "Henry V" was directed by this actor'
Sir Laurence Olivier
400
'"Medical Center" actor Chad, born Raymond Lee Cramton'
Chad Everett
400
'The name of this game rhymes with Nevada's second-largest city'
Keno (rhymes with Reno)
600
'She co-wrote the screen adaptation of her 1996 novel "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"'
Terry McMillan
600
'On Oct. 30, 1979 this president nominated Shirley Hufstedler to be the first Secretary of Education'
Jimmy Carter
600
'In a 1995 film starring Ian McKellen, this Shakespearean history is transported to the 1930s'
Richard III
600
'Brand name of a spirit that's 95% grain alcohol, or the band that sings "Everything To Everyone"'
Everclear
600
'Grambling coach Eddie Robinson participated in this event before the 1998 Super Bowl kickoff'
Coin toss
800
'Octavia Butler writes novels like "Clay's Ark" & "Patternmaster" in this genre'
Science fiction
800
'On July 5, 1998 this largest teachers union rejected a merger with the American Federation of Teachers'
NEA (National Education Association)
800
'This Italian director has filmed "The Taming Of The Shrew", "Hamlet" & "Romeo And Juliet"'
Franco Zeffirelli
800
'It's the antonym of the most famous word in Poe's "The Raven", & also ends one of the verses'
"Evermore"
800
'Stendhal could tell you that they're the 2 main colors on a roulette wheel'
Red & black
1000
'It completes the title of Walter Mosley's 1997 short story collection "Always Outnumbered, Always" this'
Outgunned
1000
'In 1633 this Dutch company established the first school in New Amsterdam'
West India Company
1000
'This 1985 film was Akira Kurosawa's treatment of "King Lear"'
Ran
1000
'In a song from "Camelot", this title precedes "It wouldn't be in summer"'
If Ever I Would Leave You
1000
'In 1998 13 Ohio blue-collar workers won the $295.7 million jackpot of this lottery'
Powerball
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