14peopleWhen this person visited San Francisco for one day in September of 1987, it cost the city over $1 million. Who was this visitor?Show AnswerShare
8peopleThis woman was the first black Miss America, but she was forced to resign her title in a controversial manner in 1984. Who is she, and what caused her to resign?Show AnswerShare
10peopleThis English explorer, poet, and historian was sentenced to death in 1603 on a trumped-up charge of treason against James I. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, he wrote his History of the World. He was released on parole in 1616 to lead an expedition to fShow AnswerShare
16peopleThis entertainer, born in 1912, earned four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one each for radio, television, movies, and records. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Who is he?Show AnswerShare
9peopleThis 17th century mapmaker created the flat map where the lines of latitude and longitude are drawn parallel to each other, however causing countries farthest from the equator to be distorted . What is the name of this projection, named after this persShow AnswerShare
8peopleAfter vandals tried to steal his body in 1977, it was moved to its present resting place. Since then, millions of people have paid for the privilege of visiting his grave. Who is he?Show AnswerShare
3peopleBorn Jewish in Minnesota in the 1940's, he became a world famous musician in the 1960's, converted to Christianity in the 1970's, but returned to his faith as an orthodox Jew in the 1980's. Who is he?Show AnswerShare
8peopleWhich person said, in 1962: "I'll say it again, I've said it before / Archie Moore will fall in four." You must get his name correct, exactly.Show AnswerShare
4peopleWhich British actor and director of the National Theatre of Great Britain, knighted in 1947, is well known for his Shakespearean interpretations?Show AnswerShare
20peopleElvis Presley, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mary Tyler Moore, Ernest Hemingway, Jackie Gleason, and Jerry Garcia: all of these people have suffered from the same medical illness. What is it?Show AnswerShare
5peopleHe is considered one of the greatest Latin American poets. He served as a Senator in Chile, was Chile's ambassador to France, and was featured in the film, "Il Postino" (The Postman). Who was he?Show AnswerShare
2peopleWhich 17th century English physicist and mathematician is said to have discovered the principle of gravity?Show AnswerShare