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PHRASES |
SOMEONE WHO IS INTOXICATED IS SOMETIMES SAID TO BE "(HOW MANY) SHEETS TO THE WIND"? |
"THREE…" |
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STATE MOTTOS |
WHAT SINGLE GREEK WORD MEANING "I HAVE FOUND IT" IS THE OFFICIAL MOTTO OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? |
EUREKA |
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HONORIFIC TITLES |
"PATRIARCH OF THE WEST" AND "PRIMATE OF ITALY" ARE TITLES SOMETIMES BESTOWED UPON WHOM? |
THE POPE |
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BEHIND THE MUSIC |
CHARLES SHAW, JOHN DAVIS, AND BRAD HOWELL WERE REVEALED TO BE SOME OF THE SINGERS WHO ACTUALLY SUPPLIED THE LEAD VOCALS ON FOUR GOLD AND PLATINUM SINGLES BY WHAT DUO OF THE LATE '80s? |
MILLI VANILLI | you may accept "Rob & Fab" |
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FOOTBALL |
IN 2003, WHO BECAME THE FIRST HEAD COACH IN NFL HISTORY TO LEAD FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS TO THE POSTSEASON, HAVING PREVIOUSLY DONE SO WITH THE JETS, PATRIOTS, AND GIANTS? |
BILL PARCELLS [WITH THE COWBOYS] |
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MOVIE ROLES |
2025’s “A MINECRAFT MOVIE’ IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST GROSSING FILM BASED ON A VIDEO GAME, AFTER 2023’s “THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE”.
WHO APPEARS IN BOTH OF THEM? |
JACK BLACK |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
IN WHAT PRESENT-DAY COUNTRY IS WATERLOO, WHERE NAPOLEON WAS DEFEATED IN 1815? |
BELGIUM |
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TV CHARACTERS |
ON "SEX AND THE CITY", MIRANDA EARNED HER LAW DEGREE FROM WHAT IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY? |
HARVARD |
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WORLD HISTORY |
UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE DUKE OF MEDINA-SIDONIA IN 1588, WHAT CONSISTED OF ABOUT 130 SHIPS, 8,000 SEAMEN AND 19,000 SOLDIERS? |
THE SPANISH ARMADA |
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MEDICAL "G"LOSSARY |
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL TERMS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER ‘G’:
1) BRANCH OF MEDICINE DEALING WITH THE TREATMENT OF THE ELDERLY
2) NECROSIS DUE TO LOSS OF BLOOD OR OBSTRUCTION OF BLOOD SUPPLY
3) A SEX CELL, WHETHER IT'S AN OVUM OR SPERM CELL
4) CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND |
1) GERIATRICS
2) GANGRENE
3) GAMETE
4) GOITER | do not accept "Gerontology" for #1 |
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OSCARS |
WHO IS THE ONLY ACTOR TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN ACTING OSCAR THE SAME YEAR HIS DAUGHTER WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR AN ACTING OSCAR? |
HENRY FONDA | TEAMTRIVIA.COM
…when both he and Jane Fonda were nominated in 1982 for 1981's "On Golden Pond", in which they portrayed father and daughter |
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FAST FOOD |
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FAST FOOD CHAINS OPENED ITS FIRST LOCATION IN 1975, IN GUASAVE, MEXICO:
* DEL TACO
* EL POLLO LOCO
* TACO BELL
* TACO CABANA |
EL POLLO LOCO |
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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES |
DEDICATED IN 1979, MANY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT'S PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY WAS DESIGNED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECT I.M. PEI? |
JOHN F. KENNEDY | Pei is pronounced "pay" |
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SPORTS QUOTES |
COMMENTING ON HOW WELL HE AND JAMES WORTHY PLAYED TOGETHER, WHAT FORMER LOS ANGELES LAKER REPORTEDLY ONCE SAID, "IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE ESPN"? |
MAGIC JOHNSON |
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE AT M.I.T. TRADITIONALLY NOTIFIES ACCEPTED STUDENTS ON WHAT DATE, OFTEN CELEBRATED BY MATH NERDS? |
MARCH 14 / PI DAY (3/14) |
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COMEDY |
WHAT COMEDIENNE WAS NOTICEABLY 7-MONTHS PREGNANT IN TWO DIFFERENT NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIALS -- 2016’s “BABY COBRA” AND 2018’s “HARD KNOCK WIFE”? |
ALI WONG |
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DIRECTORS |
WHAT LEGENDARY OSCAR-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR OWNS INGLENOOK WINERY, FORMERLY RUBICON ESTATE WINERY, IN NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA? |
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA | HINT OF THE WEEK -- Wine |
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GEOLOGY |
WHAT TERM REFERRING TO SOMETHING A WOMAN MIGHT DISPLAY IN CERTAIN CLOTHES IS ALSO THE TERM FOR THE SPLITTING OF ROCKS AND MINERALS ALONG THEIR NATURAL FISSURE LINES? |
CLEAVAGE |
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BRITISH PMs |
WHICH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S MOTHER WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES? |
WINSTON CHURCHILL’S
[HIS MOTHER, JENNIE JEROME, WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NY] |
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A SPORTY BOB |
WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS HALL OF FAMERS ARE STILL LIVING:
A) BOB COUSY (BASKETBALL)
B) BOB GIBSON (BASEBALL)
C) BOB HAYES (FOOTBALL)
D) BOBBY HULL (HOCKEY)
E) BOB LEMON (BASEBALL)
F) BOB PETTIT (BASKETBALL)
G) BOB WATERFIELD (FOOTBALL) |
A … F |
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OSCARS |
HOW MANY TIMES COMBINED, WERE HENRY FONDA AND JANE FONDA NOMINATED FOR COMPETITIVE OSCARS? |
10
[HENRY 3, WINNING ONCE … JANE 7, WINNING TWICE] |
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TV THEMES |
WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING TV SHOWS DID NOT SEE THEIR THEME SONGS BECOME TOP 40 HITS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100:
A) ALLY McBEAL ["SEARCHING MY SOUL"]
B) COPS ["BAD BOYS"]
C) DAWSON'S CREEK ["I DON'T WANT TO WAIT"]
D) THE DUKES OF HAZZARD ["GOOD OL' BOYS"]
E) FRIENDS ["I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU"]
F) PARTY OF FIVE ["CLOSER TO FREE"]
G) THE SOPRANOS ["WOKE UP THIS MORNING"] |
A … G | **ALTERNATE FINAL** |
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TV SETTINGS |
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE EWING’S RANCH ON THE LONG-RUNNING 1970’S/’80s PRIMETIME SOAP “DALLAS”? |
SOUTHFORK |
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TV CHARACTERS |
ON THE SITCOM “TWO AND A HALF MEN”, WHOSE CHARACTER WAS INTRODUCED, LITERALLY, IN A CLOUD OF CHARLIE’S ASHES? |
ASHTON KUTCHER’S CHARACTER (WALDEN SCHMIDT) |
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SCOUTING |
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A MERIT BADGE CURRENTLY OFFERED IN SCOUTING AMERICA (FORMERLY THE “BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA”):
CYCLING … GOLF … SKATING … OR TENNIS? |
TENNIS | many other sports have badges, as well, including "Sports" in general and "Athletics" |
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MYTHOLOGY |
WHO WAS THE GREEK GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, A NAME LATER APPLIED TO THE UNDERWORLD ITSELF? |
HADES | the Roman equivalent was Pluto (which itself was a Latinization of a later name bestowed upon Hades, "Plouton" |
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COOKING |
IF A RECIPE, SUCH AS SHRIMP SCAMPI OR ITALIAN DRESSING, CALLS FOR "EVOO", WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? |
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL | pronounced E-V-O-O, not "ee-voo" |
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ANAGRAMS |
IF ALL U.S. STATES HAD ANAGRAM NAMES, WHICH STATE WOULD BE KNOWN AS “HAIRCUT SALOON”? |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
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SONG TITLES |
WHAT 2018 HIT SONG BY POST MALONE BECOMES THE TITLE OF THE 2018 HIT SONG BY KHALID IS YOUR REMOVE ONE WORD FROM ITS TITLE? |
BETTER NOW [THE KHALID SONG IS “BETTER”] | both songs peaked in the Top 10 - Post Malone in 2018, and Khalid in 2019 |
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'90s MOVIES |
LOOSELY BASED ON A BOOK OF EXCERPTED DIARY ENTRIES BY ANAÏS NIN, WHAT 1990 FILM STARRING FRED WARD AND UMA THURMAN WAS THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THE NEWLY INTRODUCED RATING OF NC-17? |
HENRY & JUNE | pronounced "AN-eye-EES Neen"
the story centers around Nin's (portrayed by Maria de Medeiros) relationship with author Henry Miller and his wife, June |