AMERICAN LITERATURE
THE MARTINI, ET AL.
MR. PRESIDENT
STUPID ANSWERS
DUET TO ME ONE MORE TIME
200
'This novel's widowed lawyer Atticus Finch had served in the state legislature'
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
200
'A martini is usually garnished with an olive; a Gibson is garnished with one of these'
onion
200
'His grandfather had been VP, but Adlai Stevenson lost 2 presidential elections to this man'
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
'Florence Nightingale was born in this Italian city in 1820'
Florence
200
'I believe this "Baywatch" star sang "I Believe" with Laura Branigan on his "Looking for the Best" album'
David Hasselhoff
400
'It's the pale dry sherry in the title of an 1846 Edgar Allan Poe tale'
Amontillado
400
'Last name of the partner of vermouth maker Alessandro Martini, or of comedy maker Marty Allen'
Rossi
400
'This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914'
Theodore Roosevelt
400
'Shortly after birth, the placenta, also called this, is expelled from the uterus'
afterbirth
400
'"Till I Loved You", her hit song with Don Johnson, was written for the musical concept album "Goya...A Life in Song"'
Barbra Streisand
600
'This 19th century female character "raised a great scandal in godly master Dimmesdale's church"'
Hester Prynne
600
'Used in the classic martini, it bills itself as "The Only Premium Gin Distilled in London"'
Beefeater
600
'In the presidential election of 1800, Alexander Hamilton supported Charles Pinckney over this incumbent'
John Adams
600
'"What can you say about a 25-year-old girl?" is the first line of this love story by Erich Segal'
"Love Story"
600
'This pop princess recorded "Where You Are" with her real-life beau, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees'
Jessica Simpson
800
'This 1925 Anita Loos book was subtitled "The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady"'
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
800
'In this first Bond novel, 007 asks for his martini shaken, not stirred'
"Casino Royale"
800
'The economic panic of 1893 hit shortly after he returned as the nation's 24th president'
Grover Cleveland
800
'Kodiak Island is the habitat of this type of bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi'
Kodiak bear
800
'It's easy to love "Easy Lover", Philip Bailey's 1984 duet with him'
Phil Collins
1000
'This 15-year-old E.L. Doctorow high school dropout joins gangster Dutch Schultz' mob'
Billy Bathgate
1000
'Lola's, the bar that gave us the apple martini, came up with the Janis Joplin martini: Pearl vodka & this potent potable'
Southern Comfort
1000
'In 1824 Sarah Childress married this future president'
James K. Polk
1000
'Extra atoms of this element are pumped into unsaturated oil to make hydrogenated fat'
hydrogen
1000
'"All of You" should know that this Madrileno sang "All of You" with Diana Ross'
Julio Iglesias
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