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CHEER LEADERS
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'Born in Ladysmith, Wisc., Ron Kovic wrote "Born on the Fourth of July" about his experiences in this war'
the Vietnam War
200
'It was Bob Marley's religion'
Rastafarianism
200
'In 1998 her "Pandora" came out of the box as the first of her "New Tales of the Vampires"'
Anne Rice
200
'Yum! The Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co. here in Madison has a black ice cream named for this black candy'
licorice
200
'"Ura!" for Dmitry Medvedev, voted in as president of Russia as this man moves over to become prime minister'
Vladimir Putin
400
'Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" was a veiled critique of the 1950s witch hunt bearing the name of this Wisconsin senator'
Joe McCarthy
400
'The Jewish Exodus from Egypt is thought to have occurred during his rule'
Ramses (II)
400
'Corruption runs rampant in Gore Vidal's historical novel named for this centennial year'
1876
400
'Sheboygan is the "Capital of the World" for these, "brats" for short--
let's go there right now'
bratwursts
400
'Helen Clark enacted interest-free student loans for colleges like the U. of Auckland in this country'
New Zealand
600
'Born in Pepin, she headed out on "the prairie" as a young girl & wrote about it in a series of bestselling books'
Laura Ingalls Wilder
600
'Its altar wall once displayed Perugino's "Nativity"'
the Sistine Chapel
600
'"In the world according to Garp, we're all terminal cases", wrote this novelist'
John Irving
600
'I could really use a deep-fried one of these candy bars whose name also means "disrespectful laughs"'
Snickers
600
'Kudos to Kofi Annan, who brokered Pres. Kibaki & Raila Odinga's power-sharing deal in this country'
Kenya
800
'Deke Slayton of Sparta, Wisconsin was one of the original 7 astronauts in this "planetary" group'
the Mercury astronauts
800
'A thrown object; as a verb, it can mean to cause harm to the originator'
a boomerang
800
'Kim Edwards called her memorable first novel "The Memory Keeper's" this'
Daughter
800
'Moo! I'll have the Baraboo Candy Company's chocolate treat known as this kind of "pie"'
a cow pie
800
'Conservative PM Stephen Harper is working to lower the wait times in the national health care system of this country'
Canada
1000
'In 1925 Chippewa Falls produced this mathematician hailed as the father of the supercomputer'
Seymour Cray
1000
'Dog-faced monkey of the genus Papio'
a baboon
1000
'"The story of Nat Turner had been long gestating in my mind, ever since I was a boy", said this novelist'
William Styron
1000
'I'd love some coeur a la creme, a cheesy dessert molded in this shape'
a heart
1000
'Felipe Calderon received the NAFTA Congressional Leadership Award before becoming president of this country'
Mexico
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