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Subject : trivia
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






2. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






3. First use of Steadicam in film?






4. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






5. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






6. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






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






8. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






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






10. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






11. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






12. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






13. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






14. Which company merged with Boeing?






15. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






16. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






17. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






18. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






19. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






20. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






21. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






22. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






23. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?






24. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






25. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






26. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






27. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






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






29. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






30. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






31. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






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






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






34. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






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






36. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






37. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






38. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






39. Who both married and directed Madonna?






40. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






41. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






42. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






43. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






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






45. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






46. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






47. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






48. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






49. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






50. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...







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