'90s Newsmakers
Know Your Rights
5-Letter Words
Women's Groups
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Plays
"Ban"
400
In 1994, 4 years after his release from prison, he became president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
400
A century before the same-named act of 1964, this act of 1866 guaranteed the rights of those formerly enslaved
The Civil Rights Acts
400
An additional airing of a previously broadcast TV show
a rerun
400
Its 1966 statement of purpose said females earn only 1/3 of B.A. degrees; that was then, this is...
NOW (National Organization for Women)
400
When this Tennessee Williams play debuted in 1947, the cast included Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter & Jessica Tandy
Streetcar Named Desire
400
A sumptuous ceremonial dinner
a banquet
800
We salute you if you remember that he victoriously led U.S. Forces in the Persian Gulf War
Norman Schwarzkopf
800
The 2nd Amendment describes this 2-word type of "militia"
"well regulated"
800
Candy word meaning to falsify numbers
fudge
800
The Daughters of this of Texas was formed in Houston in 1891
the Republic of Texas
800
The 2008 Pulitzer went to Tracy Letts for this month: "Osage County"
August
800
In "King Of The Road", Roger Miller sang, "third boxcar midnight train, destination" this Maine city
Bangor
1200
This Michigan M.D. defended himself at his fifth trial, in 1999; conviction for second-degree murder ensued
Dr. Kevorkian
1200
In 2020 Virginia became the 38th state to ratify this proposed amendment, but there's the matter of that 1982 deadline
the Equal Rights Amendment
1200
Literally, sheep-ish
ovine
1200
The political group EMILY's List takes its name from "Early Money Is Like" this (it makes dough rise)
Yeast
1200
Jonathan Larson posthumously won a Pulitzer in 1996 for coming up with this Bohemian musical
Rent
1200
It's the ammo accessory worn here
a bandolier
1600
The daughter of a Czech diplomat, she was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. before becoming U.S. Secretary of State
Madeline Albright
1600
On July 17, 1918 this czar was proved mistaken in his belief in the divine right of kings, that only God can punish rulers
Nicholas II
1600
With lovely crystals inside, it's Iowa's state rock
a geode
1600
The nonprofit called these of San Francisco gives a positive "twist" to a word for unmarried ladies
spinster
1600
This Wendy Wasserstein play follows the life of an art historian from high school through her 30s
The Heidi Chronicles
1600
To toss or throw back & forth, as in an exchange of words
banter (or bandy)
2000
Replacing Ed Koch in 1990, he became New York City's first African American mayor
David Dinkins
2000
The 4th Amendment says "No warrants shall issue but upon" this 2-word phrase "supported by oath or affirmation"
probable cause
2000
A block of precious metal of a standard shape & weight
an ingot
2000
Meaning "charitable", it's the P in the P.E.O. Sisterhood
Philanthropic
2000
This dramatist won 3 Pulitzers in the 1920s for "Beyond the Horizon", "Anna Christie" & "Strange Interlude"
Eugene O'Neill
2000
This small marsupial has long, slender hind legs, enabling it to leap like a kangaroo
a bandicoot