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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






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






4. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






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






6. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






7. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






8. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






9. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






10. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






11. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






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






13. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






14. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






15. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






16. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






17. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






18. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






19. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






20. First computer graphics in film?






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






22. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






23. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






24. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






25. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






26. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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27. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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28. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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






30. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






31. How many band members were there in Madness?






32. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






33. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






34. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






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






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






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






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






39. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






40. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






41. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






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






43. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






44. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






45. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






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






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






48. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






49. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






50. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?