42. NASCAR Chronicle. Another B/C and no. 1120. An example of a source I'd never have bought if I weren't faithful to the idea that Flashback isn't "what Jeopchamp likes to ask about" but rather "stuff I could find for Flashback." Sure, I'd prefer a lot more baseball questions than NASCAR questions (and this is the only source I have devoted to NASCAR). But there will be NASCAR questions because NASCAR happens. So to speak.
43. Chronology of the Disability Rights Movement. A D, since it starts in 1817. This is the first of a series of printouts from the Internet. One always has to be careful about the Internet; I don't take Wikipedia's chronologies, for instance. I have, however, two file drawers of these, and they need to be burned, too. This is a good one, because it covers a lot of interesting issues all together. It's 1184 (and we're barbarians); a lot of them are between 900 and 1200, the heyday of printing off the Internet for me.
44. Chronology of Michigan Women's History. The files are kept in two alphabetical runs, A-Z and Chronology from A to Z. About 20% of all my sources begin with the word Chronology. No. 1054 and a D.
45. Chronology of the National Audubon Society. A C (since it covers 1899 to 1999). You'll get a lot of these sources in alphabetical order. What I do is to find a source that seems particularly relevant (most likely an A or a B but also one that I've been having trouble burning that might have a question for the particular year I'm writing) and I'll take all the other source that have questions for that particular year as well, unless the source is entirely repetitive of a book I'm using and isn't an A or B. Is that clear? This is source No. 826, by the way, the exception that proves the rule on when I printed these. This is an official chronology on the organization's website and it wonderfully covered every single year in its range (sometimes with facts that don't make great questions, but there's always something).
46. Chronology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A B, no. 864. And with 46 questions, we are an official game. Congratulations.
47. A Chronology of Significant Events in Duke University's History. A D and no. 1205. See comment on NASCAR Chronology.
48. Alabama Chronology. No. 1386 and a D. An easy year for Alabama questions.
49. Biographical Chronology of Senator J. Strom Thurmond. No. 911 and despite rumors to the contrary, a C not a D.
50. Boeing Logbook. A C. No. 1785.
51. Bing Crosby Day by Day. A C and the second longest chronology after Walt Disney Day by Day (which I actually paid for). I ran an entire game on Der Bingle, too. Something Bing and I have in common: affiliation with Gonzaga University. He is its most famous alum and the namesake of its library. I was on the advisory board of the Gonzaga Law School Commercial Law Center. I even have a little plaque. No. 935.
52. Brief Chronology of Arthur Miller's Life and Works. A B. Naw, it's really a C. But this is the center of Miller's career. The stuff he did in the 90s isn't of much interest. No. 1660.
53. Pop Culture. Back to actual books. A C. Totally wonderful source. No. 7. You can read this one from cover to cover and enjoy the whole thing.
54. The Complete New Yorker (on CD). Well, 8 CDs. A C. It's No. 760 the way Sci-Fi Movies succeeded to a duplicate Book No. I think I bought it in 2008. It's more user friendly than some of the other CD sources. I own.
55. Hawaii, 1959-1989. A B and No. 1285.
56. Bits and Pieces of Alaskan History, volume 2. A B and No. 294. Equal time for the 49th state. After all, I belong to the Alaska bar, not the Hawai'i bar. Alaska source material tends to be more user friendly than Hawaiian. This is a collection of human interest pieces, month by month for fourteen years after statehood. There is no comparable Hawaiian source. And, yes, I have volume one, too.
57. The 1960's. A B. Really. No. 1868. Except this is going to be No. 59, because it has a great bonus question. So, 57 will be instead The Timeline History of Baseball, which I'm pulling off the shelf because, incredibly, I didn't use a single baseball source this game. And this is 1961. Some stuff happened. No. 1447 and a D.
58. Facts on File 1961. The archetypal A. No. 2009. Usually used for a bonus, I will try to get something as close to December 31 as I can instead for the last "regular" question.
59. See 57. +
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