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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First three-strip Technicolor?






2. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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3. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






4. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






5. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






6. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






7. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






8. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






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

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10. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






11. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






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






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






14. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






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






16. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






17. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






18. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






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






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






21. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






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






23. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






24. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






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






26. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






27. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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28. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






29. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






31. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






32. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






33. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






34. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






35. Which company merged with NBC?






36. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






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






38. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






39. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






40. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






41. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






42. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






43. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






44. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






45. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






46. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






47. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






48. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






49. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






50. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?