20th CENTURY PEOPLE
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Calling him "the embodiment of pure intellect", in December 1999 Time magazine named him Person of the Century
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CORPORATE MASCOTS
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Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records
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NOTORIOUS PLACES
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Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot
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NOVELS
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"Breeders, Wives and Unwomen" was the headline of the New York Times' 1986 review of this novel
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ARTISTS
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Despite how he's known, he was probably actually born in Anchiano, near Florence
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Cap'n Crunch
Alcatraz
The Handmaid's Tale
Leonard da Vinci
The extra clues have one correct by each of the finalists.
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair
FORMIDABLE FANTASY $400: In Neil Gaiman's "American Gods", Shadow crosses paths with Mr. Wednesday, who is actually this Norse deity
LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Johann Strauss II wrote a famous waltz about this "Beautiful Blue" river that flows through Europe
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Odin
Danube