What city comes next in this sequence
San Francisco
Atlanta
Houston
San Diego
Los Angeles
(If you know the next one, you can probably also figure out the preceding one — this sequence extends back further than San Francisco.)
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“Freedom 90,” George Michael
“I Never Loved You Anyway,” The Corrs
“It Was a Good Day,” Ice Cube
“The Real Slim Shady,” Eminem
“Shake Ya Tailfeather,” Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee
“Sk8r Boi,” Avril Levigne
“Too Much Information,” Duran Duran
What do these cities have in common?
Anaheim, CA
Baldwin Park, CA
Columbus, OH
Greenville, NC
Miami, FL
San Bernardino, CA
San Diego, CA
Wichita, KS
What do these works have in common?
Tom and Jerry, Peanuts, Cowboy Bebop, Happy Days, All My Children, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What do these directors (and only these directors) have in common?
John Ford, Elia Kazan, Leo McCarey, and Billy Wilder
Hint: Billy Wilder did it twice.
What unusual directorial experience do John Boorman and Dario Argento have in common?
Hints: Ron Howard could do this, but hasn’t come close. And Francis Ford Coppola didn’t do it when he had the chance.
What do these movies have in common? Sunset Boulevard, Dave, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Waking Life, and The Muse
Hint: Also qualifying: Contempt.
Sidney Poitier, Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, ?
Hint: Here’s a longer sequence. Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson; Barbra Streisand; Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman; Jack Nicholson; Harrison Ford; Robert De Niro and Al Pacino; Sidney Poitier; Al Pacino; Sean Connery; Harrison Ford; ?
“Sunday Girl” and “Denis” (Blondie), “Hold On Tight” (ELO), “Jennifer Juniper” (Donovan), “Fade to Grey” (Visage), “Eyes Without a Face” (Billy Idol), “Psycho Killer” (Talking Heads), “Games Without Frontiers” (Peter Gabriel), “Michele” (The Beatles), “Lady Marmalade” (Patti LaBelle)
I’ll post the answer in a few days, if someone hasn’t gotten it.
What unusual distinction unites these artists (and some others)?
Tori Amos, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Erasure, Nanci Griffith, Guns N Roses, k.d. lang, Annie Lennox, Mandy Moore, Simple Minds, and Luther Vandross