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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






3. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






4. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






5. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






6. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






7. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






8. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






9. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






10. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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11. First film of the 3-D boom?






12. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






13. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?






14. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






15. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






16. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






17. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






18. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






19. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






20. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






21. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






22. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






23. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






24. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






25. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






26. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






27. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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28. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






29. How many band members were there in Madness?






30. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






31. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






32. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






33. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






34. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






35. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






36. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






37. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






38. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






39. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






40. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






41. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






42. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






43. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?






44. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






45. What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?






46. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






47. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






48. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






49. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






50. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?