"Summer" Reading
During WWII, a Jewish girl protects an escaped P.O.W. in Bette Greene's Y.A. novel "Summer of My" this nationality "Soldier"
What is German?
Renee Zellweger's original journal entry meets up with a film about Greg Heffley based on a popular children's book series
What is Bridget Jones' Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
All hail Dana Owens, better known by this moniker, who was voted Most Popular at her New Jersey high school
Who is Queen Latifah?
Some plant roots exhibit "negative" this -ism, turning away from the source of light
What is Phototropism?
Mohammed Salameh was arrested when he asked for his $400 deposit on the van used in this 2/93 bombing
What is the World Trade Center Bombing?
MOVIES OF THE 80's:
Based on an off-Broadway play with just 3 characters, it won the Best Picture Oscar & the actors in all 3 roles were nominated
What is Driving Miss Daisy?
In the prequel novel "Summer & the City", this Candace Bushnell character discovers New York City
Who is Carrie Bradshaw?
A 2020 adventure based on a Jack London classic gets, well, a lot weirder as a 1990 David Lynch film about Sailor Ripley
Hip-hip hooray for this superstar who got into the groove as a cheerleader at her Michigan high school
Who is Madonna?
It means walking on 2 legs & it first set our ancestors apart from apes 6 million or so years ago
What is Bipedalism?
Someone dishonest may pull a con on you, con being short for this
What is Confidence (game)?
1960's SONGS:
The name of this title song from a 1964 movie can be translated from Spanish as "Long Live The Meadows"
What is Viva Las Vegas?
This Scottish naturalist recounts his trip to California in his memoir "My First Summer in the Sierra"
Who is John Muir?
Hilary Swank's boxer starts a career in crime with Ansel Elgort's youthful master wheelman
What is Million Dollar Baby Driver?
All this singer-songwriter wanted to do was have some fun her senior year, which included drum majorette & prom princess
Who is Sheryl Crow?
Here's Dr. Pumpkinstein with a creation that exhibits this -ism
What is Giantism (or Gigantism)?
A 7-member armed task force is currently going after ex-convicts in Kansas who violate this
What is Parole?
USA:
In 2012 these 2 neighboring states celebrated the centennial of their admission to the Union
What are Arizona & New Mexico?
This playwright must have loved the season: he wrote "Summer & Smoke", "Suddenly, Last Summer" & "Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
Who is Tennessee Williams?
A Cooper/Gaga saga goes Tom Cruise-ing into a 1989 film about a Vietnam vet
What is A Star is Born on the Fourth of July?
At L.A.'s Fairfax High, he showed a flair for poetry, later heard in his Red Hot Chili Peppers songs
Who is Anthony Kiedis?
It's the word for tremors & other movement issues associated with a certain disease, even if not caused by it
What is Parkinsonism?
Oops! One of these was found in 1920 on the farm of Senator Morris Sheppard, who wrote the 18th Amendment
What is a Still?
NOTABLE BRITS:
On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary"
Who is Lawrence of Arabia?
This woman's New England novels include "Ethan Frome" & the lusty "Summer", which she referred to as "hot Ethan"
Who is Edith Wharton?
A 2014 movie with Peter Quill & his pals meets up with Tim Allen & his sci-fi TV cast to be a film we'd very much like to see
What is Guardians of the Galaxy Quest?
A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk
Who is Dwight Yoakman?
The alligators at Louisiana's Audubon Zoo have this -ism, from the Greek for "white", a loss of melanin akin to albinism
Who is Leucism?
These include loan sharking, gambling, narcotics, tennis; the last isn't illegal, just a clue
What are Rackets?
WORLD LITERATURE:
In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city
What is St. Petersburg?