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100

In just under 2 hours, 25 minutes in 1984, Joan Benoit became the first woman to win Olympic gold in this race

What is the Marathon? 

100

This Brit's own poor childhood inspired him to write books like "David Copperfield"

Who is Charles Dickens?

100

1939:

Vivien Leigh

What is Gone With the Wind?

100

At a raw bar, try the Lynnhaven type of this mollusk--it doesn't shuck

What is an Oyster?

100

D:

also, a well-known an airline

What is Delta?

200

Annie Edson Taylor was the first woman to go over this landmark in a barrel

What is Niagara Falls? 

200

Her books like "Sense and Sensibility" have a lot to do with love & marriage, but she never married

Who is Jane Austen?

200

1943:

Humphrey Bogart

What is Casablanca?

200

Sorbet is served to cleanse this, a term for a part of the mouth

What is Palate? 

200

Y:

A New York Baseball Team

What is Yankee?

300

In 1968 kidnapper Ruth Eisemann-Schier became the first woman to make this agency's 10 Most Wanted

What is the FBI?

300

James Fenimore Cooper depicted the changing frontier in "The Last of" them

What are the Mohicans? 

300

1951: 

Gene Kelly

What is An American in Paris?

300

Sushi lovers know a California roll contains this tree fruit aka the alligator pear

What is Avocado?
300

W:

a liquor

What is Whiskey?

400

Nellie Tayloe Ross made some coin as the first woman director of this for the United States

What is the U.S. Mint?

400

This Jazz Age author epitomized his time with works like "Tender is the Night"

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald? 

400

1961:

Natalie Wood

What is West Side Story?

400

This traditional roast beef accompaniment is not what we Americans would normally call a pudding

What is Yorkshire Pudding?
400

O:

A muppet

What is Oscar?

500

Her "Monster's Ball" role made her the first African-American Oscar winner for Best Actress

Who is Halle Berry? 

500

The first book in Stieg Larsson's trilogy about computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is "The Girl with" this

What is The Dragon Tattoo? 

500

1993:

Liam Nesson

What is Schindler's List?

500

Columbus was a fan of these, also a generic Italian term for cookies, because they resisted mold on voyages. You might enjoy one dipped in your coffee.

What is Biscotti? 

500
M:

A common guy's name

What is Mike?