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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






2. First use of Steadicam in film?






3. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






4. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






5. Who both married and directed Madonna?






6. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






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






9. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






10. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






11. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






12. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






13. Who called his elephant Tantor?






14. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






15. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






16. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






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






18. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






19. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






20. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






21. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






22. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






23. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






24. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






25. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






26. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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27. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






28. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






29. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






30. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






31. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






32. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






33. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






34. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






35. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






36. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

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37. First 'Director's Cut'?

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38. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






39. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






40. Who both married and directed Madonna?






41. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






42. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






43. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






44. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






45. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






46. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






47. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






48. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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49. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






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