Capitals
This Alabama capital is named for a Revolutionary War hero
Montgomery
You might have to get as high as 20 feet off the ground to win a medal in this "vaulting" Olympic event
The pole vault
Original wording of the Hollywood sign
“Hollywoodland”
"Jolene"
"9 to 5"
Dolly Parton
From the Latin for 'to come to mind', it's a memento that you might buy as a reminder of a place you visited
Souvenir
The Strawberry Street Cafe in this Virginia capital is noted for its bathtub salad bar
Richmond
The beach version of this has been an Olympic sport since 1996
Volleyball
The blonde preferred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Marilyn Monroe
"Country Music Capitol" of the world.
Nashville, Tennessee
This word for a friend comes from the Latin for “with whom you would eat bread"
Companion
The University of Arkansas has a campus in this state capital
Little Rock
Then with the Phoenix Suns, he was a member of the USA's "Dream Team" in both 1992 & 1996
Charles Barkley
This famous PBS bird has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Big Bird
A grandma before her 30th birthday, she's the real "Coal Miner's Daughter"
Loretta Lynn
This word for the art & science of good eating goes back to Greek for 'belly'
gastronomy
The nearly 40 insurance firms based in this Connecticut city make it the "Insurance Capital of the World"
Hartford
Once called water ballet, this women's sport officially joined the Olympics in 1984
Synchronized swimming
What real-life on-again off-again Hollywood power couple starred in the film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
With 1952's "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", she became the first female to have a no. 1 country hit
Kitty Wells
From the Latin for 'much writing', it's another name for a lie detector test
Polygraph
This state capital was founded by John Sutter, Jr. a year after gold was discovered on his father's sawmill
Sacramento
Traditionally, this country marches first in the Parade of Nations to open the Olympics
Greece
What famous L.A. landmark is heavily featured in Rebel Without a Cause
Griffith Observatory
Appropriately, Kentucky's official state music is this type of country music that favors the banjo
Bluegrass
Meaning to ascribe predetermined characteristics, this word comes from a printing process using metal plates
Stereotype