German astronomer who was the first to measure the distance to a star

Answer: Bessel

"Earth's Children" series author Jean

Answer: Auel

Princess loved by Heracles

Answer: Iole

Newswoman Logan

Answer: Lara

Author of "The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America"

Answer: Eric Idle

He wrote "There was an old man of Thermopylae / Who never did anything properly ..."

Answer: Lear

Arabic name that means "servant of God"

Answer: Allah

Owner of Maybelline

Answer: L'Oreal

Best Actor nominee for "Affliction", 1998

Answer: Nolte

Tognazzi of "La Cage aux Folles"

Answer: Ugo

Murphy of "To Hell and Back"

Answer: Audie

Singer Stubbs of the Four Tops

Answer: Levi

"Princess Caraboo" star, 1994

Answer: Cates

"The Marble ___" (Hawthorne novel)

Answer: Faun

Golfer Ballesteros

Answer: Seve

Elvis's disputed middle name

Answer: Aron

Norse god of thunder

Answer: Thor

Folk singer Phil

Answer: Ochs

Golfer Ernie

Answer: Els

"___ Camera" (Isherwood play)

Answer: I Am A

Southwest Nevada city

Answer: Reno

Grammy-winner Braxton

Answer: Toni

Artist Chagall

Answer: Marc

Aphrodite's son

Answer: Eros

A. A. Milne's "Now We Are ___ "

Answer: Six

Diarist Anais

Answer: Nin

F.D.R.'s successor

Answer: HST (Harry S Truman)

Author Haley

Answer: Alex

"John Brown's Body" poet

Answer: Benet

He slew the Minotaur

Answer: Theseus

Leonhard the mathematician

Answer: Euler

"All in the family" spin-off

Answer: Maude

Strasbourg location

Answer: Alsace

"Pygmalion" author's monogram

Answer: GBS

Ang Lee's birthplace

Answer: Taiwan

Hamlet's mother

Answer: Gertrude

1789 storm site

Answer: Bastille

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" poet

Answer: Moore

Philly Pops director Peter

Answer: Nero

Actor Dullea

Answer: Keir

Hip-hop's Sandra Denton, familiarly

Answer: Pepa

Writer LeShan

Answer: Eda

Folk singer Kottke

Answer: Leo

First Israeli ambassador to the UN

Answer: Eban

Truman's Missouri birthplace

Answer: Lamar