This African-American woman made her opera singing debut in 1924. In 1955 she became the first black woman to sing leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Later she became the first black to perform in the White house. Who is she?

After the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, architect Julia Morgan was called upon to rebuild the interior of which San Francisco hotel?

Can you name the two sisters who have newspaper columns in hundreds of newspapers throughout the English speaking world?

This television personality, born in 1957 in South Carolina, has a photographic memory, and was champion speller in her high school, which comes in handy in her TV role. Who is she?

Names beginning with "T": a. 12th President, he died in 1850 after only 16 months in office. b. Legendary 14th Century Swiss hero:

What are the first names of thumbs-up movie critics Siskel and Ebert?

Which person is responsible for each of the following quotations? a. "We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes." b. "The medium is the message" c. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."