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BLOGGERS |
LAST WEEK, WHAT RENOWNED CELEBRITY BLOGGER WAS HOSPITALIZED, WITH POLICE RESPONDING TO HIS HOME, AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED HE WAS SEEN HARMING HIMSELF DURING A TIKTOK LIVESTREAM? |
PEREZ HILTON CURRENT EVENTS ROUND
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CELEBRITY COUPLES |
RECENTLY SPARKING WEDDING RUMORS WHEN THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED WEARING APPARENT WEDDING BANDS, MODEL GIGI HADID HAS BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH WHAT WELL-KNOWN ACTOR SINCE 2023? |
BRADLEY COOPER CURRENT EVENTS ROUND
pronounced "JEE-jee hə-DEED"
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DISASTERS |
LAST WEEK, WHAT CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY BEGAN EVACUATING SOME RESIDENTS FOLLOWING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION, BELIEVED TO BE ITS STRONGEST SINCE 1974? |
GUATEMALA
[THE VOLCANO KNOWN AS VOLCÁN de FUEGO, ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE POPULAR TOURIST CITY OF ANTIGUA] CURRENT EVENTS ROUND
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OLYMPIANS |
TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST CHLOE KIM IS A STAR IN WHAT SPORT? |
SNOWBOARDING [SPECIFICALLY IN THE "HALFPIPE" COMPETITION] |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
NAMED AFTER AN EXPLORER, ON WHAT CONTINENT WILL YOU FIND THE NOW-DEFUNCT FORMER RESEARCH FACILITY KNOWN AS BYRD STATION? |
ANTARCTICA
[THE FACILITY IS NAMED AFTER ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD] |
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ALBUM TITLES |
THE 1994 VERUCA SALT ALBUM "AMERICAN THIGHS" TOOK ITS TITLE FROM A LINE IN WHAT AC/DC SONG? |
YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
["…KNOCKING ME OUT WITH THOSE AMERICAN THIGHS…"] the album included their alternative rock hit "Seether"
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MOVIE CHARACTERS |
IN THE BEN STILLER "FOCKER" MOVIES, WHAT IS HIS WIFE PAM'S MIDDLE NAME, WHICH BECAME A RUNNING JOKE IN THE FIRST FILM? |
MARTHA |
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MUSIC MOMENTS |
IN 1979, JELLO BIAFRA, LEAD SINGER OF THE PUNK BAND THE DEAD KENNEDYS, FINISHED FOURTH IN A FIELD OF 10 CANDIDATES IN WHICH U.S. CITY'S MAYORAL RACE? |
SAN FRANCISCO future U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein ("fine-stine") won the election that year
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GAMESHOWS |
FOR THREE SEASONS (2020-2022), NETFLIX AIRED A GAME SHOW BASED ON WHAT CHILDREN'S GAME IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO NAVIGATE AN OBSTACLE COURSE WITHOUT TOUCHING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE FLOOR? |
FLOOR IS LAVA |
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MOUNTAINS |
AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,803 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHICH U.S. STATE'S HIGHEST POINT IS APPROPRIATELY NAMED "HIGH POINT"? |
NEW JERSEY TEAMTRIVIA.COM
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FASHION |
ALONG WITH THE TOGA, WHAT OTHER 'T' WAS THE BASIC GARMENT OF ANCIENT ROME, ALTHOUGH NOW IT REFERS TO A LONG, WOMEN'S BLOUSE? |
TUNIC |
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SCIENCE!! |
WHAT 'D' WORD IS THE TERM FOR EITHER OF THE TWO CELLS FORMED WHEN A CELL DIVIDES -- EACH ONE A GENETIC DUPLICATE OF THE PARENT CELL? |
DAUGHTER (CELL) |
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CLASSIC TV |
HOW MANY DIFFERENT "ANGELS" WERE THERE DURING THE ORIGINAL RUN OF THE ABC TV SERIES "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"? |
6
[PORTRAYED BY FARRAH FAWCETT, KATE JACKSON, JACLYN SMITH, CHERYL LADD, SHELLEY HACK, AND TANYA ROBERTS] |
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ANCIENT HISTORY |
AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS POWER, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PRESENT-DAY COUNTRIES WERE PART OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE:
14 … 28 … 40 … OR 54? |
54 |
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JAZZ |
WHICH ONE OF THESE FAMOUS JAZZ MUSICIANS WAS A TRUMPET PLAYER:
A) KENNY BALL
B) KENNY BURRELL
C) KENNY CLARKE
D) KENNY G |
A) KENNY BALL the others are guitar, drums, and saxophone, respectively
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BEACHES |
KNOWN FOR ITS CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATER AND WHITE SANDS, HAPUNA BEACH IS LOCATED ON WHICH HAWAIIAN ISLAND? |
HAWAII ("THE BIG ISLAND") HINT OF THE WEEK - beaches of Hawaii
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MOVIELINK |
WHO APPEARS IN ALL FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
* THE APPRENTICE (2024 FILM)
* CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
* HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
* I, TONYA |
SEBASTIAN STAN he turns 44 today
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INTERNATIONAL LAW |
IN 2018, WHAT COUNTRY IN THE AMERICAS FEDERALLY LEGALIZED THE SALE AND USE OF RECREATIONAL CANNABIS, BECOMING THE SECOND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO DO SO, AFTER URUGUAY IN 2013? |
CANADA |
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GEOGRAPHY NAME GAME |
LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, WHAT ARE THE LAST FOUR INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES WHOSE NAMES DON'T BEGIN WITH 'Z', BUT NONETHELESS HAVE THE LETTER 'Z' IN THEIR NAMES? |
* SWITZERLAND
* TANZANIA
* UZBEKISTAN
* VENEZUELA |
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HERE LIES… |
WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING FAMOUS WILD WEST FIGURES ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE IN THE "BOOT HILL" SECTION OF MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY IN DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA:
A) BILLY THE KID
B) CALAMITY JANE
C) WYATT EARP
D) WILD BILL HICKOK
E) DOC HOLLIDAY
F) JESSE JAMES |
B & D
[ACCORDING TO LEGEND, SHE REQUESTED TO BE BURIED NEXT TO HER "BELOVED" WILD BILL WHEN SHE DIED, BUT BILL'S OLD FRIENDS CLAIMED HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH HER WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE … NEVERTHELESS, HIS FRIENDS HAD HER BURIED NEXT TO HIM ANYWAY AS A PRANK ON THEIR LATE BUDDY] other stories claim the town had her buried next to him for tourism
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CHART TOPPERS |
ALTHOUGH ALL HAVE HAD #1 SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, WHICH THREE OF THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS HAVE NEVER HAD A #1 ALBUM ON BILLBOARD'S TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART AS A SOLO ARTIST:
A) ERIC CLAPTON
B) BILLY IDOL
C) BILLY JOEL
D) LINDA RONSTADT
E) RICK SPRINGFIELD
F) RINGO STARR
G) ROD STEWART |
B … E … F **ALTERNATE FINAL**
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE PLAINS REGION OF ARGENTINA, WHERE ABOUT 3/5 OF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION LIVES? |
PAMPA(S) |
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PHRASES |
WHEN YOU MAKE A WRONG ASSUMPTION, YOU MIGHT BE SAID TO BE (DOING WHAT), LIKE WHEN A DOG TRIES TO PURSUE A SQUIRREL, BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHICH OAK THE SQUIRREL RAN UP? |
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE |
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SPORTS VENUES |
BALL ARENA, HOME TO THE NBA'S DENVER NUGGETS AND NHL'S COLORADO AVALANCHE, WAS FORMERLY CORPORATELY NAMED AFTER WHAT SOFT DRINK BRAND? |
PEPSI (CENTER) |
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DISEASE |
WHAT DOES THE "RA" STAND FOR IN JRA, A DISEASE OF THE JOINTS THAT AFFECTS YOUNG PEOPLE? |
(JUVENILE) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS it's also known as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
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FORMER CHILD STARS |
WHAT FORMER CHILD STAR OF "THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY" PUBLISHED AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY TITLED "RANDOM ACTS OF BADNESS"? |
DANNY BONADUCE he turns 67 today … pronounced "BON-ə-DOO-chee"
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POP LYRICS |
WHAT 2011 HIT SONG FEATURES THE FOLLOWING LYRIC:
"PICTURES OF LAST NIGHT ENDED UP ONLINE /
I'M SCREWED, OH WELL" |
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.) [BY KATY PERRY] |
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ART |
WHAT AMERICAN ARTIST BECAME MOST RECOGNIZABLE FOR HIS FAMILIAR COVER ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST? |
NORMAN ROCKWELL |
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SWEET TREATS |
FROM THE FRENCH MEANING "PERFECT", WHAT TYPE OF SUNDAE IS SERVED IN A TALL GLASS WITH LAYERS OF ICE CREAM, FRUITS, AND GRANOLA, AND TOPPED WITH SYRUP, NUTS, WHIPPED CREAM AND SOMETIMES A CHERRY? |
PARFAIT pronounced "par-FAY"
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POLITICS |
WHAT PERCENT OF THE VOTES DID PUNK SINGER JELLO BIAFRA RECEIVE IN THE 1979 SAN FRANCISCO MAYORAL ELECTION? |
3.79% |
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