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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






2. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?






3. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






4. First Best Picture Oscar?






5. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






6. First scheduled in-flight movie?






7. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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8. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






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






10. First scheduled in-flight movie?






11. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






12. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






13. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?






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






15. The Khmer words for 'city temple' give what building its name?






16. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






17. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






18. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






19. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






20. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






21. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






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






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

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24. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






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






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






27. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






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






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

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30. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






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






32. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






33. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?






34. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






35. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






36. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






37. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?






38. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






40. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






41. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






42. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






43. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






44. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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45. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






46. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






47. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?






48. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






49. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






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