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AMERICAN HISTORY |
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR WAS PRECIPITATED BY MEXICO’S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE USA’S ANNEXATION OF WHAT REPUBLIC IN 1845? |
TEXAS |
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BIBLE |
ACCORDING TO ECCLESIASTES 10:19, "A FEAST IS MADE FOR LAUGHTER" AND WHAT BEVERAGE "MAKES LIFE MERRY"? |
WINE |
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RIVERS |
THE LENA, THE OB, AND THE YENISEI ARE THE THREE MOST PROMINENT SIBERIAN RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO WHAT OCEAN? |
ARCTIC OCEAN | pronunciations: “LENN-ə” … “Op” (the ‘o’ as in “chore” or “door”) … “yeh-NEE-say” |
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PHRASES |
REFERRING TO A WAY YOU MIGHT HEAR A RUMOR, WHAT PHRASE BEGAN IN THE 19th CENTURY AS A WAY TO DESCRIBE A BUNCH OF TANGLED TELEGRAPH WIRES? |
(THROUGH) THE GRAPEVINE |
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U.S. CITIES |
SOMETIMES NICKNAMED “THE HUB”, WHAT U.S. CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF THE “BAY STATE”? |
BOSTON |
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MUSIC HONORS |
WHAT RAPPER’S CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED 2017 ALBUM “DAMN.” WAS THE FIRST NON-CLASSICAL, NON-JAZZ MUSICAL WORK TO BE AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MUSIC? |
KENDRICK LAMAR | pronounced “PULL-itser” |
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SCIENCE!! |
WHAT PROCESS, WITH A 14-LETTER NAME, STABILIZES THE FAT IN MILK AND GIVES IT A SMOOTH TEXTURE? |
HOMOGENIZATION |
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REALITY TV |
WHAT REALITY SHOW, IN WHICH COUPLES MAY GET ENGAGED BEFORE EVEN MEETING FACE-TO-FACE, HAS AIRED EPISODES TITLED "THE PODS ARE OPEN", "WELCOME TO THE PODS!", AND "GHOSTS OF PODS PAST"? |
LOVE IS BLIND [IN WHICH CONTESTANTS "DATE" EACH OTHER VIA PURPOSE-BUILT "PODS", ENABLING THEM TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER BUT NOT REALLY SEE EACH OTHER] |
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HORROR MOVIES |
SET IN FLORIDA DURING A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE, WHAT TYPE OF CREATURES ARE THE ANTAGONISTS IN THE 2019 DISASTER-HORROR FILM “CRAWL”? |
ALLIGATORS |
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IT'S ELEMENT-ARY! |
OF THE 118 NAMED ELEMENTS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE, NAME ANY FOUR WHOSE ATOMIC SYMBOLS INCLUDE THE LETTER ‘U’, OTHER THAN URANIUM.
[NOTE: YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE ELEMENT’S NAME] |
* COPPER (Cu)
* EUROPIUM (Eu)
* GOLD (Au)
* LUTETIUM (Lu)
* PLUTONIUM (Pu)
* RUTHENIUM (Ru) | they don't necessarily have to provide the symbol, but regardless, they must have the element's name correct |
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ART |
SHARING ITS NAME WITH A U.S. CAPITAL CITY, WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL 1863 PAINTING BY FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST ÉDOUARD MANET DEPICTING A NUDE PROSTITUTE GAZING DIRECTLY AT THE VIEWER:
AUGUSTA … COLUMBIA … OLYMPIA … OR PROVIDENCE? |
OLYMPIA | TEAMTRIVIA.COM
Manet is pronounced “man-AY” or "MAN-ay" |
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2000's MUSIC |
WHAT POP MUSIC ICON RELEASED HER FIRST-EVER LIVE ALBUM, “I’M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET”, IN 2006? |
MADONNA | recorded during her 2004 "Re-Invention World Tour" and a tie-in with a 2005 documentary film about that tour |
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QUOTES |
WHAT ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER SAID, “THE LAW IS REASON, FREE FROM PASSION”? |
ARISTOTLE |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
WHAT TWO COUNTRIES BORDER CZECH REPUBLIC TO THE NORTH? |
GERMANY … POLAND |
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ADVERTISING |
WHAT RENOWNED FILM DIRECTOR DIRECTED THE ICONIC APPLE MACINTOSH COMPUTER COMMERCIAL WHICH AIRED DURING THE 1984 SUPER BOWL? |
RIDLEY SCOTT |
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POLITICS |
WHAT RENOWNED ILLINOIS FAMILY HAS INCLUDED A U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT, AN ILLINOIS GOVERNOR (WHO WAS ALSO A U.N. AMBASSADOR), AND A U.S. SENATOR? |
STEVENSON
[RE: ADLAI I, VICE-PRESIDENT UNDER GROVER CLEVELAND'S FIRST TERM … ADLAI II, WHO WAS TWICE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, LOSING TO EISENHOWER BOTH TIMES … AND ADLAI III] | NOTE: late "M*A*S*H" actor McLean Stevenson was the great-grandnephew of Adlai I |
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BAND MEMBERS |
HITTING #1 IN 1964 WITH THE SONG "DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY", THE BRITISH BAND MANFRED MANN WAS NAMED AFTER THEIR:
A) DRUMMER
B) KEYBOARD PLAYER
C) LEAD GUITARIST
D) TOUR MANAGER |
B) KEYBOARD PLAYER | HINT OF THE WEEK -- The British Invasion |
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SPORTS HONORS |
IN 2000, WHAT TRACK-AND-FIELD STAR DID SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RANK AS THE “GREATEST FEMALE ATHLETE OF ALL-TIME”? |
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE | for a tougher question if you wish, exclude the sport
#2 was Babe Didrikson Zaharias, followed by Billie Jean King, Sonja Henie, and Martina Navratilova |
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SCI-FI TV |
WHAT TV STARSHIP WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN ED MERCER? |
THE ORVILLE |
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1960's LITERATURE |
REALIZING HE COULDN'T DRAW HORSES, THE AUTHOR BEHIND WHAT RENOWNED 1963 BOOK DREW THE TITLE CHARACTERS PURELY FROM HIS IMAGINATION? |
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE [BY MAURICE SENDAK … THE BOOK EVOLVED FROM AN EARLIER IDEA HE'D HAD CALLED "WHERE THE WILD HORSES ARE"] |
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CELEBRITY MATH |
ADD THE AGES OF THE FOLLOWING LIVING PEOPLE:
ATHLETE JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE + SINGER MADONNA + MUSICIAN MANFRED MANN + FILM DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT |
303
[63 + 67 + 85 + 88] |
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DEVILISH ROLES |
NAME THE MOVIES IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING ACTORS OR ACTRESSES PORTRAY THE DEVIL / SATAN / LUCIFER OR SOME VERSION OF HIM:
1) HARVEY KEITEL
2) ELIZABETH HURLEY
3) JACK NICHOLSON
4) AL PACINO |
1) LITTLE NICKY
2) BEDAZZLED [2000 FILM]
3) THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
4) THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE | **ALTERNATE HALFTIME** |
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BASKETBALL |
IN THE 2002 NBA FINALS, WHAT LOS ANGELES LAKER SCORED 145 POINTS, AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR A FOUR-GAME FINALS SERIES? |
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL |
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MOVIE ROLES |
WHAT 2008 FAMILY COMEDY FILM FEATURED DREW BARRYMORE, GEORGE LOPEZ, AND PLACIDO DOMINGO AS THE VOICES OF CHIHUAHUAS? |
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA |
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EMMYS |
THE ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS ARE PRESENTED BY AN ORGANIZATION ABBREVIATED NATAS, WHICH STANDS FOR THE "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION…" WHAT? [TWO WORDS] |
ARTS [&] SCIENCES |
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CLASSIC TV |
ON AN EPISODE OF "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND", WHEN THURSTON HOWELL III DECIDES TO MAKE OUT A NEW WILL, HE LEAVES HIS DIAMOND MINE TO WHOM, AT THE SUGGESTION OF HIS WIFE? |
GINGER |
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20th-CENTURY LITERATURE |
IN SOME EDITIONS, “CALYPSO”, “HADES”, “CYCLOPS”, AND “PENELOPE” ARE TITLES OF CHAPTERS, OR “EPISODES”, FROM WHAT FAMOUS 1922 NOVEL? |
ULYSSES [BY JAMES JOYCE] |
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |
UPON ARRIVING IN ABU DHABI ON THIS DAY IN 2019, WHO BECAME THE FIRST PERSON IN HIS POSITION EVER TO VISIT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA? |
THE POPE / POPE FRANCIS |
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AI |
IN 2024, WHAT ACTRESS -- WHO ONCE LENT HER VOICE TO A MOVIE AI -- PUBLICLY QUESTIONED THE PRACTICES OF OPENAI AFTER THE RELEASE OF A NEW CHATGPT PERSONAL ASSISTANT WHOSE VOICE SOUNDED REMARKABLY LIKE HERS? |
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
[SHE WAS THE VOICE OF THE AI IN THE 2013 FILM "HER"] |
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COLLEGE SPORTS |
THE ATHLETIC TEAMS AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE SHARE THEIR NAME WITH WHAT NFL TEAM? |
PANTHERS | it's also the name of an NHL team |