Solos
American History
Questions
Best ____
Words with Numbers in Them
100

Diana Ross' first solo No. 1 Hit, it "peaked" in September 1970

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

100

This 2-word concept was used to justify the acquisitions of Oregon territory, California & Mexican land in the southwest

Manifest Destiny

100

This rock classic begins, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"

Bohemian Rhapsody

100

Proverbially, diamonds are these to girls

Best Friends

100

Extremely foolish or relating to donkeys

Asinine (Nine)

200

These 2 three-letter characters, the Solos are father and son in the Star Wars universe

Han and Ben

200

A century before she was on a dollar coin, she was convicted & fined for casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election

Susan B. Anthony

200

George & Martha are the boozy twosome in this Albee play

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wool?

200

Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy are the only two first ladies to make this Hall of Fame

Best Dressed

200

When you lose a sense, the others are said to do this

Heighten (Eight)

300

On the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It" this virtuoso lead guitarist played a solo

Eddie Van Halen

300

The capture of this fort was the first offensive victory for the American forces in the Revolutionary War

Fort Ticonderoga

300

At the end of a children’s book turned movie, this famous question is posed to the audience instead of Sally and her brother

“What would you do if your mother asked you?”

300

The romantic dramedy Shakespeare in Love won over the presumed frontrunner, Steven Spielberg's war epic Saving Private Ryan for this prestigious award

Best Picture

300

A piece of lumber in the sea

Driftwood (Two)

400

Isaac Stern provided the violin solos for this musical film set in Anatevka

Fiddler on the Roof

400

He founded Tuskegee University in 1881 & in 1940 was the first African American on a U.S. postage stamp

Booker T. Washington

400

The Four Questions recited at the Passover seder roughly translate to “why do we dip twice”, why do we eat only matzah”, “why do we eat only maror” and this fourth and final question

“On all nights we eat sitting upright or reclining, and on this night we all recline?”

400

What some say the movie "Stagecoach" is, or a hotel chain with more than 4,000 hotels

Best Western

400

The smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave

Semitone (One)

500

This New Orleans style of jazz is characterized by its improvisational solos

Dixieland

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Lyndon Johnson's 1965 State of the Union address renewed the War on Poverty by promoting a "Great" this

500

"Where's my serpent of old Nile?" is a line from this Shakespeare play

Antony and Cleopatra

500

Blue Shirt Nation was a social network for this retailer's employees

Best Buy

500

Capable of being maintained or supported, like an opinion

Tenable (Ten)