Before & After
NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever
Big Apple of my eye
Singer Carmen McRae once said, "Blues is to jazz what" this "is to bread--without it, it's flat."
"yeast"
An occultation is a type of this astronomical event.
Eclipse
In 1938, Animals of the Bible by Dorothy P. Lathrop became the first picture book to win this medal.
The Caldecott
What modern-day item made a cameo in the final season of Game of Thrones?
A Starbucks cup
An Asia-set musical merges with an Isaac Asimov tale known for its 3 laws
The King and I Robot
This Bronte sister revealed in an 1840s letter: "I am neither a man nor a woman, but an author."
Charlotte Bronte
Wanna get away? From Earth's surface this is about 6.96 miles per second.
Escape Velocity
The Spur and the Lariat are awards given by the WWA (_________ Writers of America).
Westerns
What was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Parasite
Margaret Mitchell's magnum opus soars with a Bette Midler smash
Gone With the Wind Beneath My Wings
"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry," confided this co-founder of Ms. Magazine.
Gloria Steinem
A focus of Mayan astronomy was these points when the sun is farthest from the equator.
The Solstices
The first novel to win the Nebula Award was this one set on Arrakis.
Dune
In the series Arrested Development, there's always money where?
In the banana stand
Original Hawaii Five-O actor who is Tolkien's follow-up to The Hobbit
Jack Lord of the Rings
Concerning her 1949 nude calendar: "It's not true I had nothing on; I had the radio on."
Marilyn Monroe
In 1705, he published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets detailing 24 that had been observed from 1337 to 1698.
(Edmond) Halley
Awarded by Yale, the Bollingen Prize is given for achievement in this literary form.
Poetry
What MTV music show premiered in 1998?
Total Request Live (TRL)
Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance
Department of Homeland Security blanket
"When my kids become wild and unruly I use a nice safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out."
Emma Bombeck
Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes.
Aristotle
Though dead almost 20 years she won a 1982 Pulitzer for her Collected Poems.
Sylvia Plath
What was the name of the Spice Girls' debut album in 1996?
A.) Forever
B.) Spiceworld
C.) Spice
D.) Wannabe
C.) Spice