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PROVERBS |
ACCORDING TO A PROVERB DATING BACK TO 16th-CENTURY CLERIC THOMAS BECON, WHO "TELL NO TALES"? |
"DEAD MEN…" | pronounced "BEEK-ən" |
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CELEBRITY COUPLES |
WHAT RENOWNED ACTOR IS MARRIED TO ACTRESS BLAKE LIVELY? |
RYAN REYNOLDS |
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HISTORICAL WOMEN |
"MOLLY PITCHER" WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO A WOMAN -- MOST LIKELY MARY LUDWIG HAYS -- FAMOUS DURING WHAT WAR? |
AMERICAN REVOLUTION / REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
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OLYMPICS |
IN THE OLYMPICS, WHAT IS THE ONLY EVENT IN WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF MUSIC? |
FLOOR EXERCISE |
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TV LOGOS |
WHAT REPLACED THE 'R' IN THE LOGO FOR THE HBO SERIES "THE SOPRANOS"? |
A GUN / PISTOL |
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SCIENCE!! |
MUSCLE CRAMPS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY HYPOKALEMIA, WHICH IS A LACK OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE? |
POTASSIUM |
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ELECTIONS |
HOW MANY DIFFERENT U.S. PRESIDENTS WERE ELECTED IN THE 1950's? |
ONE [EISENHOWER IN 1952 AND AGAIN IN 1956] |
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |
LAST WEEK, THE FCC ANNOUNCED THEY HAD BANNED ALL (WHAT) FROM CHINA, SAYING THEY PRESENTED "UNACCEPTABLE RISKS" TO NATIONAL SECURITY? |
(HUMANOID AND QUADRUPED) ROBOTS | back in March, they also banned Chinese-made routers |
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BASKETBALL |
THE FAMOUS STREET BASKETBALL COURT CALLED "RUCKER PARK" IS LOCATED IN WHAT NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD? |
HARLEM |
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SCIENCE!! |
ACCORDING TO THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE, AFTER OXYGEN, WHAT ARE THE NEXT FOUR MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON? |
* SILICON
* IRON
* CALCIUM
* MAGNESIUM | despite a lack of breathable oxygen, it is still, by far, the most abundant element on the Moon (approx. 42%) |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
OTHER THAN KAZAKHSTAN, WHICH HAS A PORTION OF TERRITORY IN EASTERN EUROPE, WHAT IS THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN EUROPE? |
BELARUS | TEAMTRIVIA.COM
80,155 sq.mi. |
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
LATER MADE FAMOUS BY DISNEY, WHAT MAIN CHARACTER FIRST APPEARED IN A SERIALIZED STORY TITLED "LA STORIA di un BURATTINO", PUBLISHED IN AN 1881 MAGAZINE CALLED GIORNALE per i BAMBINI? |
PINOCCHIO
[THE TITLE OF THE STORY TRANSLATES AS "THE STORY OF A PUPPET"] |
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HORROR MOVIES |
RELEASED TO THEATERS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER DEBUTING AT FILM FESTIVALS LAST YEAR, WHAT INDIE HORROR FILM INVOLVING A MYSTERIOUS TOY CALLED THE "ONE WISH WILLOW" COST ONLY ABOUT $750,000 TO MAKE BUT HAS GROSSED OVER $400 MILLION WORLDWIDE? |
OBSESSION | it has grossed nearly $250 million in the U.S. alone |
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PEOPLE |
PASSING AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 71, U.S. PARK RANGER ROY SULLIVAN WAS A LONGTIME FIXTURE IN THE "GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS" AND "RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!" FOR HAVING HAD WHAT HAPPEN TO HIM SEVEN TIMES? |
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING |
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PLACES |
LOCATED ON AN AUSTRALIAN ISLAND, LAKE HILLIER IS WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING WHAT UNUSUAL COLOR, DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HIGH SALT LEVELS, SALT-LOVING ALGAE, AND A PARTICULAR BACTERIA KNOWN AS HALOBACTERIA? |
PINK |
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THINGS |
ACCORDING TO THE SMITHSONIAN, WHAT EATING UTENSIL WAS INTRODUCED TO VENICE, BY THE BYZANTINES, IN THE EARLY 11th CENTURY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOON ALL-BUT-BANNED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HENCE AFTER IT WAS DECREED TO SPREAD PLAGUE? |
FORK |
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COCKTAILS |
ACCORDING TO MARTHA STEWART'S RECIPE, WHAT CARBONATED BEVERAGE IS INCLUDED IN HER VERSION OF THE BRITISH COCKTAIL CALLED PIMM'S CUP:
A) COCA-COLA
B) GINGER ALE
C) ORANGE SODA
D) SELTZER WATER |
B) GINGER ALE | HINT OF THE WEEK - Martha Stewart recipes
she writes: "This drink is traditionally made with English sparkling lemonade, but locating a good substitute stateside can be difficult. Instead, we add ginger ale for effervescence." |
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SUPER BOWL |
THE NFL'S CARDINALS FRANCHISE HAS BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL ONLY ONCE, AND LOST TO WHOM? |
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (SUPER BOWL XLIII) |
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PATRIOTIC MUSIC |
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN IN 1918, WHAT PATRIOTIC SONG BECAME SINGER KATE SMITH'S SIGNATURE SONG BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1930's? |
GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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WORLD HISTORY |
PUT THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL EVENTS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST:
A) POPE URBAN II CALLS FOR THE FIRST CRUSADE
B) THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IS FOUNDED
C) THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS BORN
D) CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL |
C-A-D-B
[RESPECTIVELY: ~520 A.D. … 1096 … 1163 … ~1299] |
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SUPER BOWL |
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COMBINED SCORE OF SUPER BOWL XLIII, WHEN THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEFEATED THE ARIZONA CARDINALS? |
50
[PITTSBURGH 27, ARIZONA 23] |
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LITERATURE |
PUT THE FOLLOWING LITERARY WORKS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FIRST:
A) THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER [MARK TWAIN]
B) GULLIVER'S TRAVELS [JONATHAN SWIFT]
C) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS [JAMES FENIMORE COOPER]
D) MADAME BOVARY [GUSTAVE FLAUBERT] |
B-C-D-A
[RESPECTIVELY: 1726 … 1826 … 1856 (SERIALIZED) / 1857 (PUBLISHED AS A NOVEL) … 1876] | **ALTERNATE FINAL**
fourth author's name pronounced "GOO-stav FLOH-bair (or floh-BAIR)" |
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
THE CHANNEL THAT LIES BETWEEN IRELAND AND WALES IS NAMED FOR WHAT SAINT? |
ST. GEORGE (THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND) |
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VOCABULARY |
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IS A SYNONYM FOR "FUGACIOUS":
* BOORISH
* COUNTERFEIT
* EPHEMERAL
* OBESE |
EPHEMERAL
[BOTH MEAN "FLEETING", "MOMENTARY", OR "QUICK TO DISAPPEAR"] | pronounced "fyoo-GAY-shəs" |
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TV GRAB BAG |
MIKE JUDGE, CREATOR OF "BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD" AND "KING OF THE HILL", ALSO CO-CREATED WHAT COMEDY SERIES ABOUT ENGINEERS AND TECH START-UPS? |
SILICON VALLEY |
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MOVIE ROLES |
WHAT 2016 COEN BROTHERS COMEDY FEATURES TILDA SWINTON AS TWIN GOSSIP COLUMNISTS THORA AND THESSALY THACKER? |
HAIL, CAESAR! | pronounced "THESS-ə-lee" |
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MAGAZINES |
WHAT RENOWNED EVANGELIST FOUNDED THE MAGAZINE CHRISTIANITY TODAY? |
BILLY GRAHAM |
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ROYALTY |
IN 2013, PRINCE FRISO, A MEMBER OF THE DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY, DIED AFTER BEING IN A COMA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FOLLOWING WHAT TYPE OF SPORTING ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA? |
SKIING ACCIDENT / BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE | pronounced "FREE-zoh" |
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CAST PARTY |
WHAT OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM FEATURES ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
GEOFFREY RUSH … JOHN GIELGUD … LYNN REDGRAVE |
SHINE |
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NOBEL PRIZES |
DUE TO A PARTICULAR WAR, WHEN WAS THE FIRST YEAR NO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WAS AWARDED SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION? |
1914 [DUE TO WORLD WAR I] | the Peace Prize has not been awarded a total of 19 times, mostly during World Wars I and II |