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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
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1. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






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






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






4. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






5. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






6. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






7. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






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






9. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






10. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






11. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






12. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






13. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






14. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






15. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






16. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






17. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






18. 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






19. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






20. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






21. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






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






23. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






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






25. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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26. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






27. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






28. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






29. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






30. First all-sound film?






31. 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?






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






33. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






34. How many band members were there in Green Day?






35. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






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






37. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






38. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






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






40. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






41. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






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






43. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






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






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






46. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






47. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






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






49. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






50. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?