A fair-haired law student is the heroine of the musical based on which 2001 Reese Witherspoon film?

Which word names both a European car maker and an authoritative decree? For which novel did William Faulkner win the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? Which Greek fabulist is believed to have lived from about 620 to 560 B.C.? A factory to make which "people's cars" was dedicated on May 26, 1938, near what is now Wolfsburg, Germany? Which U.S. painter's 1876 work "Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)" shows a catboat named Gloucester at sea? A "fairy ring" on your lawn is made up of what? Which word means both a fake show of confidence in poker and a steep cliff face? A fall from a subway platform in 1943 left which "St. Louis Blues" composer completely blind?