Dolly Parton
publication date: Thursday, December 31, 2020 (part of Winter 2021)
category: Music
clue: She's a best-selling country singer and songwriter, a movie star, a philanthropist, a theme park owner, a movie and TV producer, a cookbook author, a dinner-show operator, a National Medal of Arts recipient, a sheep's namesake, a Playboy cover model, and recently, a vaccine funder.
explanation: Parton's philanthropy includes donations to universities that developed the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates