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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






2. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






3. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






4. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






5. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






6. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






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






8. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






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






10. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






11. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






12. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






13. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






14. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






15. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






16. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






17. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






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






19. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






20. First 'Director's Cut'?

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21. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






22. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






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






24. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






25. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






26. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






27. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






28. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






29. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






30. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






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






32. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






33. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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34. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






35. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






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






37. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






38. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






39. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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40. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






41. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






42. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






43. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?






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






46. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






47. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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48. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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49. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






50. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'