Let's Put On A Show
What is down?
He led the NBA in scoring 7 straight times, won 5 MVPs (& hit .202 for a minor league team in 1994, but let's not dwell on that)
Who is Michael Jordan?
When describing his fighting style, this boxer used the mantra "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Hopping
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doe
What is John?
When this team finally won the World Series again in 2016, 5 million people attended the parade & rally
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
Hawking radiation is a theoretical positive energy escaping one of these near its event horizon
What is a black hole?
Antique lovers enjoyed having "Show" added to this word in the title of a PBS show
Later "The Rifleman" on TV, Chuck Connors was a Brooklyn Dodger & as a Celtic in 1946, became the first NBA player to shatter this
What is the backboard?
Will Rogers said the only way to stop bootlegging "is to make them pay" this annual levy. It "has stopped every other industry"
What is income tax?
Uncontested
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wonders never cease
This city saw its population rise temporarily by around 3 million in 2012, a record peak during its annual hajj
What is Mecca?
In 1976, NASA released a photo of the "face" seen here, taken by the Viking I probe circling this planet
What is Mars?
"Show" preceding this word gets you the nickname of an iconic Lakers squad.
What is time?
She was an All-American hoopster, Olympic champ & in 1946, won 13 straight golf titles
Who is Babe Didrikson?
In 1971 this female Asian prime minister observed, "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist"
Cup of
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blow
What is Joe?
In 1951 7.5 million people came to a Manhattan ticker-tape parade for this general who had recently been fired
Ice volcanoes on this largest moon of Saturn may be releasing hydrocarbons like methane rather than molten rock
What is Titan?
"Show" before this word gets you an ostentatious braggart, or a marine conveyance.
What is boat?
A few career highlights: he won the Heisman at Auburn, ran for 221 yards in one game for the Raiders, & was an A.L. all-star
Who is Bo Jackson?
George Bernard Shaw defined this negative thinker as "a man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it"
What is a pessimist?
Stand
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on the back
What is pat?
Love was in the air among the 600,000 on this isle in 1970 to see Hendrix & The Who in what's been called the British Woodstock
What is the Isle of Wight?
An H II region made mostly of ionized hydrogen, the Orion this is an emission type of gaseous cloud
What is a nebula?
"Show" before this 7-letter word brings about a lot of applause & perhaps a brief pause in musical theater.
What is stopper?
"Prime Time", prime time--in 1992, this man hit .304, with 14 triples for the Braves & picked off three passes for the Falcons
Who is Deion Sanders?
Karl Marx stated that history appears twice, "the 1st time as tragedy, the 2nd time as" this ludicrous form of comedy
What is farce?
Off the
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my words
What is Mark?
The funeral of this charismatic leader in 1970 drew 5 million people to the streets of Cairo
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
There's still time to get ready, but in 4 billion years, this galaxy is destined for a head-on collision with ours
What is Andromeda?