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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






2. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






3. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






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






5. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






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






7. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






8. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






9. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






10. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






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






12. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






13. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






14. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






15. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






16. 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'?






17. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






18. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






19. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






20. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






21. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






22. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






23. Which company merged with Citicorp?






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






25. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






26. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






27. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






28. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






29. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






30. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






31. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






32. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






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






34. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






35. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






36. What are divided by Botts' dots?






37. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






38. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






39. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






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






41. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






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






43. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






44. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






45. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






46. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?






47. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






48. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






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






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