Writers & Their Works
One-name title of Alexandra Ripley's sequel to "Gone with the Wind"; Ashley finally proposes, but she says no
What is Scarlett?
"Take a sad song and make it better"
What is Hey Jude?
A dynamo is a device for converting mechanical energy into this type of energy
What is Electrical?
Near:
A narrow escape, or what Gillette promises
What is Close Shave?
DISNEY SONGS:
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" from "Encanto" is the first song from an animated Disney film to hit No. 1 since this duet in 1993
What is A Whole New World?
This novel by Andy Weir about a stranded astronaut was originally self-published
What is The Martian?
"Pop some tags, only got twenty"
What is Thrift Shop?
The opposite of an apogee, it's the spot in a satellite's orbit when it's nearest to Earth
What is a Perigee?
Near:
A house 1 block east of Doheny Drive might be marketed as "Beverly Hills" this, from Latin for "to lie near"
What is Adjacent?
AWARD WINNERS:
He became the first person to win both an Olympic medal & an Academy Award thanks to a short film he made about his sport
Who is Kobe Bryant?
"The Sicilian" by this author is another novel set in his universe of the criminal Corleone clan
Who is Mario Puzo?
"Run away, but we're running"
What is Circles?
This membrane of the eye contains no blood vessels, taking oxygen from tears & directly from the air
What is Cornea?
Far:
MTV's first game show, it had categories spewed from the Zenith TV in Ken Ober's basement
What is Remote Control?
BEFORE THEY WERE AUTHORS:
While working for British naval intelligence during World War II, he was code-named 17F
Who is Ian Fleming?
Like the narrator of "The Little Prince", the book's author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, chose this as his profession
What is Pilot?
"Why men great 'til they gotta be great?"
What is Truth Hurts?
Japanese scientists at Tohoku Institute have proven that like certain insects, human skin gives off this "life light"
What is Bioluminescence?
Far:
You & I won't agree on much if there's this watery feature between us, such as the Saronic one
What is a Gulf?
TRAVEL:
The 1948 edition of this publication said, "There will be a day... in the near future when this guide will not have to be published"
What is the Green Book?
This poet wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" on the back of an envelope when he was just 17
Who is Langston Hughes?
"Thawed out what was scared and cold"
What is Like a Virgin?
is an illustration from 1543's "On the Structure of the Human Body" published by this Flemish anatomist
What is Vesalius?
Near:
This saying of the guy with property beside Robert Frost's ends the poem "Mending Wall"
What is Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
GROUND BREAKING DRAMA:
Act I of this 1879 play opens in a room with "a small sofa", "a small table" & "a cabinet with china and other small objects"
What is A Doll's House?