BARACK OBAMA’S READING LIST
One of former president Obama's favorite children's books is this 1963 classic by Maurice Sendak
WHAT IS WHERE THE WHILE THINGS ARE
He wrote the unforgettable lyric She's a very kinky girl the kind you don't take home to Mother
WHO IS RICK JAMES
Idiom meaning no longer existing like that extinct bird from Mauritius
WHAT IS DEAD AS A DODO
Traditional number of piano keys or mph needed for time travel in Back to the Future
WHAT IS EIGHTY-EIGHT
5 people including Marvin Hamlisch shared the 1976 Drama award for this musical
WHAT IS A CHORUS LINE
Perhaps more than casually interested in biographies about presidents, Obama noted Ron Chernow's 2017 work on this ex-military man.
WHO IS GENERAL GRANT
In the late 1800s an era of tycoons Joy Morton acquired a company & became the big man in this home product
WHAT IS SALT
Money given to someone who arranges a business deal
WHAT IS A FINDER'S FEE
This hyphenated aural term can describe a very harsh type of scream
WHAT IS EAR-PIERCING
He had plenty of Tonys by then but this composer finally won a Pulitzer in 1985 for Sunday in the Park with George
WHO IS SONDHEIM
"The Wealth of Nations" written by this Scot in 1176, beat a lot of competition to make the reading list
WHO IS ADAM SMITH
Guardian Rocket Raccoon is derisively called by the name of this mascot of the National Wildlife Federation
WHO IS RANGER RICK
If you're able to speak effortlessly it's said you've received this sort of present
WHAT IS THE GIFT OF GAB
Presidents may invoke this 2-word right to withhold information from Congress & the courts
WHAT IS EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
They did not give out a Drama award in 1944 but this stately Rodgers & Hammerstein musical won a special award
WHAT IS OKLAHOMA!
Obama made it through Larry Bartels' "Unequal Democracy: the Political Economy of the New" this "Age" like the 1870-98 one
WHAT IS GILDED
John Mortimer's stories about this odd British defense lawyer of the Bailey were collected in Forever him
WHAT IS RUMPOLE
As opposed to the trade type it's a roughly 4x7 paperback sold in drugstores & airports
WHAT IS MASS MARKET
2-word term for the state's legal ability to take private property for public use
WHAT IS EMINENT DOMAIN
There are 8 words in the title of this Frank Loesser musical that won in 1962
WHAT IS HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
We don't know if Mr. O thought "what is the what" was some more staggering genius by this man, but it got the stamp of approval
WHO IS DAVID EGGERS
Part of the purpose driven life of this evangelical pastor was founding the Saddleback megachurch
WHO IS RICK WARREN
It's the opposite of rewind
WHAT IS FAST FORWARD
What's called photographic memory may actually be this type of imagery the ability to describe an image no longer present
WHAT IS EIDETIC
Jonathan Larson posthumously won the 1996 Drama award for this musical
WHAT IS RENT