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This state was admitted to the union in 1818 and the state bird is the Northern cardinal

What is Illinois?

100

This is a metonym for the cinema of the United States

Whast is HOLLYwood?

100

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What is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle?

100

This is a 3 1/2 year old red monster with whom many of our kids loved to play in their early years.

Who is Elmo?

100

"The master says it's a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it's a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there's anyone in the world who would like us to live."

What is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt?

200

This African country has 333 miles of coastline along the Indian Ocean

What is Kenya?

200

This is a hebrew word meaning "priest"

What does Cohen mean?

200

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What is Into Thin Air?

200

This is the place where we had our first Book Club  Camping Trip.

What is Huddart Park?

200

 "Your kind never sees us whole. You miss the half of it, and more. There's always as much belowground as above."

What is Overstory by Richard Powers?

300

This country named the Two-Toed Sloth as a national animal and symbol

What is Costa Rica?

300

This flower represents fertility and fruitfulness

What is HOLLYhocks?

300

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What is People of the Book?

300

These are collectible stuffed animals that many of our kids collected when they were young.

What are Beanie Babies?

300

"Lonely was the first flavor I had tasted in my life, and it was always there, hidden inside the crevices of my mouth, reminding me."

What is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens?  (kya)

400

This city had the tallest building in the world from 1973-1997

What is Chicago?

400

 This is the German name meaning "ruler of the house"

What is Harrison?

400

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What is Girl With Pearl Earring?

400

Many of our kids became big readers with this book series about siblings Jack and Annie who travelled through time and space.

What is the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne?

400

"All along the roads there are places where things happened."

What is Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway? (she was Smith's 1st woman pres)

500

This city is host to a top university in its state, and is named after a state senator's hometown in a nearby state.

What is Urbana-Champaign?

500

This is a word meaning "to the full or entire extent"

What is wHOLLY?

500

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What is Cold Sassy Tree?

500

This is the number of kids we have among our 10 current bookclub members.

What is 25?

500

"Men are wonderful but they aren't the only thing."

What is Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells?