'(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I would have loved to have gone with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on a visit to the jail in this city where in 1963 he wrote one of his most eloquent statements of resistance without violence'
Birmingham
200
'Tom Hanks' Pennsylvania lawyer'
Philadelphia
200
'In 1983 Barbara Boxer punched in as a congresswoman from this state'
California
200
'An 1897 officer's knife, aka this, had a corkscrew & second blade; no one's neutral when holding one'
a Swiss Army knife
200
'Idiomatically, the stick is the coercion while this vegetable is the reward'
the carrot
400
'(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I'll need an interpreter to interview this amazing woman--& the audience would go wild when her teacher Anne Sullivan comes onstage'
Helen Keller
400
'A member of the 54th regiment of the Massachusetts volunteer infantry'
Glory
400
'In 1978 she was elected to the house from N.Y.'s Ninth District; in 1984 she was not elected vice president'
Geraldine Ferraro
400
'A spray used in self-defense, or a spiked, club-like item to do even more damage'
a mace
400
'2 basic foods are joined together in this adjective for a type of pickle or for a basic need'
bread & butter
600
'(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) My first question to him: I know Mrs. Simpson was the woman you loved, but was it worth it giving up the crown?'
Edward VIII
600
'A NYC subway dispatcher'
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
600
'She gently drifted down from Maine to D.C. in 1979; she's in the Senate now'
(Olympia) Snow
600
'This sword from some royal tales is said to derive from Caladbolg, a weapon of Irish legend'
Excalibur
600
'A person who wears tight jeans that cause flab to spill out over the waistband is said to have this'
a muffintop
800
'(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I'd have a lot of questions for this 15th century teen girl, like "When did you first hear voices telling you to drive the English out of France?"'
Joan of Arc
800
'A man who has memorized the Bible'
The Book of Eli
800
'In 2002 this Florida Secretary of State published "Center of the Storm" & was elected to Congress'
Katherine Harris
800
'It's an alphanumeric Soviet assault rifle with a cyclic firing rate of 600 rounds per minute'
an AK-47
800
'California car buyers are protected by the Tanner Consumer Protection Act, known by this alliterative name'
the Lemon Law
1000
'(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I'd ask this Polish-American patriot, for whom my home town is named, about the time he tried to sell his estates & use the money to free Thomas Jefferson's slaves'
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
1000
'A Mexico City bodyguard looking for revenge'
Man on Fire
1000
'Former Rep. Debbie Stabenow took a stab & is now a U.S. senator from this state'
Michigan
1000
'This flat, angular bomber the Air Force unveiled in 1988 can really fly under the radar--or through it'
a Stealth Bomber (B-2)
1000
'This 1928 Republican campaign slogan originated with a hope that Henry IV had for French peasants'