Famous Abigails
True Crime
Clarinet Hour
1996
30
100

This famous Abigail was first lady, she was famous for her extensive letters, including her 1776 appeal to her husband to "remember the ladies" when creating new laws.

Abigail Adams

100

This famous unsolved serial killer terrorized London's Whitechapel district in 1888.

Jack the Ripper

100

This small piece of cane vibrates to produce sound on a clarinet.

Reed

100

This Nintendo console was released in North America in 1996, introducing gamers to Super Mario 64.

Nintendo 64

100

This month is known for having exactly 30 days and beginning the fall season in the Northern Hemisphere.

September

200

This Academy Award-nominated actress is known for Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland, and Signs.

Abigail Breslin 

200

This airline hijacker parachuted from a Boeing 727 with ransom money in 1971 and was never conclusively identified.

Extra Hint: Grandpa Dan once said he was this mysterious man. 

D. B. Cooper

200

This famous composer wrote the beloved Clarinet Concerto in A Major.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

200

This disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton followed storm chasers through tornadoes.

Twister

200

This U.S. president was 30 years old when he entered the U.S. House of Representatives.

John F. Kennedy

300

This Abigail was one of the principal accusers during the Salem witch trials. Her testimony contributed to numerous prosecutions, though little is known about her later life.

Abigail Williams

300

In 1892, this Massachusetts woman was acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe.

Lizzie Borden

300

Unlike the flute, the clarinet uses this type of reed. 

A single reed

300

This Chicago Bulls star led his team to a then-record 72-win NBA season in 1996. 

Michael Jordan

300

The 30th state admitted to the United States in 1848.

Wisconsin

400

This Abigail was a former professional tennis player who won multiple Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. 

Abigail Spears 

400

This escaped prisoner and hijacker inspired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz.

Frank Morris

400

This is the lowest member of the clarinet family commonly found in concert bands.

The bass clarinet (seen here)

400

These Summer Olympic Games were held in this U.S. city.

Atlanta

400

At 30 pieces of silver, this biblical figure betrayed Jesus.

Judas Iscariot

500

This Grammy-winning folk musician known for blending American and Chinese musical traditions

Abigail Washburn

500

This New York serial killer became known as the "Son of Sam."

David Berkowitz

500

This 20th-century jazz musician, known as the "King of Swing," was one of history's most famous clarinetists.

Benny Goodman

500

This sheep became the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell in 1996.

Dolly 

500

This famous race is approximately 30 miles shorter than an ultramarathon of 80 kilometers.

Marathon