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THE OSCAR-WINNING ROLE
POETRY
FROM B TO D
FAMOUS SHIPS
ALTERNATIVE FACTS
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From 1834 to June 1838, Louisa May's dad Bronson Alcott ran the Temple School in a temple of this fraternal order
the freemasons
400
Winning for her role as Rose Maxson, she called "Fences" a movie about "life & forgiveness & grace"
Viola Davis
400
In Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn", the tale told by the landlord is of this man's ride
Paul Revere
400
You'll find it behind a basketball hoop
backboard
400
In the summer of 1620, it made 2 unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic before succeeding in September
the Mayflower
400
The planets & sun were thought to revolve around the Earth; in the 16th century, this Polish astronomer proved otherwise
Copernicus
800
A sometimes brutal school for boys opened in 1900 as the Florida State this type of school & closed in June 2011
reform school
800
Everybody loved his Raymond Babbitt, who definitely, definitely loved Wapner more
Dustin Hoffman
800
Maya Angelou wrote that this title creature "sings of freedom"
the caged bird
800
Seen here, the turkey vulture is also known by this unappealing moniker
buzzard
800
In 2002, 140 years after this ironclad had sunk, its turret was raised from the sea
the Monitor
800
A long-held notion was that a planet called this, like Spock's home, was between the sun & Mercury; it was debunked
Vulcan
1200
St. Mary's College closed in June 1931, the same year this alumnus who founded the Chicago White Sox passed away
Charles Comiskey
1200
In his umpteenth Western, he was Rooster Cogburn
John Wayne
1200
About these, Edgar Allan Poe wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!"
the bells
1200
Firing-squad executee accessory
blindfold
1200
When Columbus acquired his flagship, it was called La Gallega; he changed its name to this
the Santa Maria
1200
Daily Double!
The 18th c. had the phlogiston theory of combustion; Lavoisier subbed in the theory of this newly discovered gas
oxygen
1600
St. Paul's College in Virginia, 1888-June 2013, is one of many shuttered HBCUs, short for these "colleges & universities"
historically black colleges and universities
1600
This man was recruited to portray Harvey Milk
Sean Penn
1600
A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues"
Langston Hughes
1600
Distaff equivalent of a groomsman
bridesmaid
1600
Now part of a Boston museum, this 220-year-old ship fought against the Barbary pirates & in the War of 1812
Old Ironsides or the U.S.S. Constitution
1600
Stress & a rich diet were blamed for this type of lesion in the stomach; turns out the culprit is the bacteria H. pylori
an ulcer
2000
In June 2016 the flag was lowered at an Albuquerque military academy named for this Philippine peninsula of WWII carnage
the Bataan Peninsula
2000
(Blue) Jasmine turned into a red-hot role for this Aussie
Cate Blanchett
2000
Daily Double!
This Englishman was buried in 1771 in St. Giles' churchyard, the reputed subject of his famous elegy
Thomas Gray
2000
It's where on your person you might find Presidents Washington, Jackson & Lincoln
billfold
2000
In 1577 it left England with 4 sister ships; the sister ships didn't make it around the world but it did
the Golden Hinde
2000
Here's a 19th century depiction of this practice of this science, proved to be utter malarkey
phrenology