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Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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2. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






3. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






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






5. What is frozen to make dry ice?






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

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






8. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?






9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






10. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






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






12. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






13. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






14. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






15. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






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






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






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






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






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






21. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






22. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






23. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






24. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






25. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






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






27. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






28. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






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






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






31. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






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






33. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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34. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






35. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






36. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






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






38. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






39. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?






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






41. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?






42. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






43. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






44. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?






45. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






46. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






47. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






48. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






49. How many band members were there in Madness?






50. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?







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