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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
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1. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






2. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






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






4. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






5. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






6. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






7. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






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






9. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






10. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






11. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






12. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






13. First New York Times movie review?






14. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






15. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






16. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






17. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






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






19. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






20. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






21. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






22. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






23. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?






24. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?






25. Who called his elephant Tantor?






26. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






27. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






28. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






29. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






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






31. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






32. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






33. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






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

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35. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






36. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






37. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






38. What are divided by Botts' dots?






39. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






40. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






41. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






42. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






43. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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44. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






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






46. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






47. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






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






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






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