ON A LAST-NAME BASIS
YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES
COUNTRIES OF AFRIC"A"
WORD DERIVATIONS
GEORGIA GIRL
200
'17th century astronomer Galileo'
Galilei
200
'You wrote the novels "Hawaii" & "Alaska"; too bad you never got around to "Rhode Island"'
(James) Michener
200
'Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country'
Ethiopia
200
'It's not my first time at this public exhibition of cowboy skills, from the Spanish for "cattle ring"'
rodeo
200
'Before she became a "Pretty Woman" in 1990, she was a pretty girl from Smyrna, Georgia'
Julia Roberts
400
'21st century magician Penn'
Jillette
400
'You met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763; it was the start of a beautiful friendship'
(James) Boswell
400
'Of the countries that fit the category, it stretches farthest east'
Somalia
400
'It's from the Old English for simply "woman"; that ain't no lady, that's my this'
wife
400
'No wonder she wanted to take a "Midnight Train" back there--she was born in Atlanta in 1944'
Gladys Knight
600
'16th century artist Michelangelo'
Buonarroti
600
'You suffered through glaucoma before publishing "Ulysses" on February 2, 1922, your 40th birthday'
(James) Joyce
600
'Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg'
Liberia
600
'This word from the Arabic for "weight of 4 grains" is worth its weight in gold'
carat
600
'She was a Junior Miss Georgia before heading for Hollywood & stardom with "The Natural" & "Batman"'
Kim Basinger
800
'14th century writer Dante'
Alighieri
800
'In 2011 Oprah sat down with you again--to discuss the fallout from your "Million Little Pieces" scandal'
James Frey
800
'In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe'
Botswana
800
'"Growing" from the Italian, this music term means a gradual, steady increase in loudness'
crescendo
800
'This "Queen of Southern Cuisine" was born & raised in Albany, Georgia, where she learned to cook from her grandmother Paul'
Paula Deen
1000
'17th century Dutch master painter Rembrandt'
van Rijn
1000
'Already a Joan Crawford movie, your "Mildred Pierce" came to TV in a 2011 version more faithful to the book'
James M. Cain
1000
'It has ports on the Atlantic & you'll find Namibia on its southern border'
Angola
1000
'This punctuation word (it's from the Greek for "putting in beside" & you're staring right at 2 of 'em)'
parentheses
1000
'This actress who went to school in Augusta didn't know 'bout birthin' babies in "Gone with the Wind"'
Butterfly McQueen
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