Folks Who Have "Gar"nered Fame
The Most Northerly California City
Ghosts
Same Actor, Different Comic Book Character
'40s Novels
The Life of MLK
400

She sang "Over the Rainbow" as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

Who is Judy Garland?

400

San Francisco

San Diego

Sacramento

What is Sacramento?

400

Ichabod Crane met his untimely fate when he encountered this ghost of a Hessian soldier

Who is the Headless Horseman?

400

In the same year, Josh Brolin played the Deadpool rival Cable as well as this large purple villain in Avengers: Endgame

Who is Thanos?

400

Set in the prelude to Apartheid, this country is the title land of Alan Paton's 1948 novel Cry, the Beloved Country

What is South Africa?

400

MLK was born in 1929 in this southern city, where his grandfather was the minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church

What is Atlanta?

800

He's more famous as the latter half of a folk rock duo, having co-written "Mrs. Robinson" for the film The Graduate

Who is Art Garfunkel?

800

Fresno

Bakersfield

Oakland

What is Oakland?

800

Miss Jessel is a sinister ghostly presence that haunts a governess and two children in this author's short story The Turn of the Screw

Who is Henry James?

800






It was announced at ComicCon in summer of 2024 that this actor, known for playing another character that ushered in the MCU, would be portraying Dr. Doom in upcoming films

Who is Robert Downey, Jr.?

800

1941's Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha Christie's many works to feature this Belgian detective, this time vacationing in Devon

Who is Hercule Poirot?

800

The famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered on the steps of this D.C. landmark

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

1200

A leader of the Pan-Africanist movement, this Jamaican activist declared himself President of Africa at a parade in Madison Square Garden in 1920

Who is Marcus Garvey?

1200

Anaheim

Pasadena

Long Beach

What is Pasadena?

1200

Sam Wheat, played by him in 1990's Ghost, becomes a protective spirit of Molly Jensen, played by Demi Moore

Who is Patrick Swayze?

1200

She was Thor's love interest, Jane Foster, as well as the main role in 2005's V for Vendetta, based on Dark Horse comics

Who is Natalie Portman?

1200

This title character of an Antoine de Saint Exupery story recounts that he used to live on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612" 

Who is the Little Prince?

1200

She was studying music in Boston when she met MLK in 1952; a year later, they were married

Who is Coretta Scott King?

1600






Nicknamed the "Hero of Two Worlds," this European revolutionary helped the Republic of Uruguay gain independence before contributing to the Risorgimento, or unification, of his native Italy

Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?

1600

Eureka

Oceanside

Chico

What is Eureka?

1600

This 19th-century Tennessee family were said to be haunted by a clairvoyant witch-ghost that traveled at superhuman speeds

What is Bell?

1600

This actor was panned for his portrayal of Johnny Storm in 2015's Fant4stic; he redeemed himself and was met with universal claim as Killmonger in Black Panther

Who is Michael B. Jordan?

1600

This 1943 semi-autobiographical novel by Betty Smith follows the life of Francie Nolan and her family in early 20th-century Williamsburg, capturing the struggles and resilience of growing up in poverty

What is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?

1600

King helped organize two of the three marches from this Alabama city to Montgomery during the 1965 Voting Rights movement

What is Selma?

2000

This white abolitionist and editor of The Liberator was an early advocate for American anarchy and has become an icon of Libertarians

Who is William Lloyd Garrison?

2000

Santa Barbara

Santa Monica

Santa Rosa

What is Santa Rosa?

2000

Seen here is this villain of Super Mario World who resides in just about every haunted castle in the land

Who is King Boo?

2000

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has three comic credits in his filmography: Quicksilver, Kraven the Hunter, and this title role of a 2010 film based on a MillarWorld comic

Who is Kick-Ass?

2000

A landmark work of Christian apologetics, this C.S. Lewis epistolary novel consists of messages between a senior demon and his nephew, Wormwood, a junior tempter

What is The Screwtape Letters?

2000

King was assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968 outside of this Memphis motel, now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum

What is the Lorraine Motel?