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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






2. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






3. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






4. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






5. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






6. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






7. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






8. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






9. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






10. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?

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11. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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






13. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






14. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






15. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






16. How many band members were there in Toto?






17. First three-strip Technicolor?






18. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






19. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






21. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






22. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






23. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






24. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






25. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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26. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






27. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






28. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






29. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






30. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






31. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






32. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






33. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






34. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






35. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






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






37. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






38. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






39. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?






40. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






41. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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






43. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






44. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






45. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






46. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






47. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






48. First studio film with a black director?






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






50. Who killed the literary character Grendel?