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Subject : trivia
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?






3. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






4. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






5. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






6. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






7. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






8. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






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






10. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






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






12. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






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






14. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?

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15. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






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






17. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






18. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






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






20. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






21. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






22. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






23. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






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






25. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






26. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






27. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






28. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






29. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






30. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






31. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






32. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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33. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






34. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






35. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






36. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






37. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






38. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






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






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






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






42. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






43. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






44. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






45. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






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






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






48. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






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






50. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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