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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






2. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






3. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






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






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






6. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






7. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






8. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






10. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






11. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






12. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






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






14. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?






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






16. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






17. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






18. Who published his last novel - A Passage toIndia - in 1924 - thought he lived 46 more years?






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






20. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






21. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






22. What are divided by Botts' dots?






23. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?






24. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






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






26. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






27. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






28. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






29. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






30. First film shown on HBO?






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

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32. Which company merged with BP?






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






34. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






35. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






36. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






37. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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38. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






39. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






40. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






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






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






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






44. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






45. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






46. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






47. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






48. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






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






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