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WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
WHAT ISLAND LIES FARTHER NORTH, FARTHER SOUTH, FARTHER EAST, AND FARTHER WEST THAN ICELAND? |
GREENLAND |
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ADVERTISING |
WHAT BRAND OF BAR SOAP FILLS IN THE BLANK IN THE AD JINGLE, "YOU'RE NOT FULLY CLEAN UNLESS YOU'RE FULLY CLEAN"? |
ZEST |
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HOTELS |
FOUNDED IN 1968 BY SAM AND PHIL BARSHOP, WHAT HOTEL CHAIN GETS ITS NAME FROM A SPANISH TERM MEANING "THE COUNTRY VILLA" OR "THE COUNTRY PLACE"? |
LA QUINTA | pronounced "Lah KEEN-tə" |
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AIRLINES |
AS THE FLAG-CARRIER AIRLINE FOR THE NETHERLANDS, WHAT IS THE THREE-LETTER NAME OF THE AIRLINE ALSO KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES? |
KLM |
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CLASSIC MOVIES |
WHAT 1959 ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILM SEES ITS ACTION MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO SOUTH DAKOTA? |
NORTH BY NORTHWEST |
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CIVIL RIGHTS |
ON DECEMBER 1, 1955, ROSA PARKS FAMOUSLY REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT TO A WHITE COMMUTER AND SIT IN THE BACK OF A BUS IN WHAT CITY? |
MONTGOMERY (ALABAMA) |
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POP LYRICS |
WHAT 2025 TOP 10 HIT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LYRIC:
"HEY, SO NOW YOU KNOW THE GAME /
ARE YOU READY?" |
APT. [BY ROSÉ & BRUNO MARS] |
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BASKETBALL |
THE NBA RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED DURING A DEBUT GAME IS 43, SET BY WHOM, DURING HIS VERY FIRST NBA GAME ON OCTOBER 24, 1959? |
WILT CHAMBERLAIN |
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SCIENCE!! |
PERHAPS USED BY A METEOROLOGIST, WHAT DOES A PLUVIOMETER MEASURE? |
RAIN / PRECIPITATION | accept "amount of rainfall" or reasonably similar answers |
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THE BOOK OF JAMES |
NAME THE "JAMES" WHO WROTE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:
1) ALONG CAME A SPIDER
2) THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
3) THE COVENANT
4) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY |
1) JAMES PATTERSON
2) HENRY JAMES
3) JAMES MICHENER
4) E.L. JAMES | Michener is pronounced "MITCH-ner" |
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TECHNOLOGY |
WHAT COMPANY -- NOT APPLE -- RELEASED THE WORLD'S FIRST SMARTPHONE, THE "SIMON", IN 1994? |
IBM | TEAMTRIVIA.COM |
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SPORTING EVENTS |
STRAWBERRIES-AND-CREAM IS A TRADITIONAL SNACK AT WHAT ANNUAL SUMMER SPORTING EVENT? |
WIMBLEDON |
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HISTORICAL PEOPLE |
NED KELLY WAS AN INFAMOUS 19th-CENTURY OUTLAW IN WHAT COUNTRY? |
AUSTRALIA |
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SPORTS NICKNAMES |
WHAT NASCAR LEGEND WAS NICKNAMED "THE INTIMIDATOR"? |
DALE EARNHARDT (SR.) |
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TV FINALES |
OTHER THAN SAM, WHO WAS THE LAST CHARACTER TO LEAVE THE BAR ON THE FINAL EPISODE OF "CHEERS"? |
NORM! |
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
OTHER THAN UTAH, WHICH U.S. STATE LIES CLOSEST TO GREAT SALT LAKE? |
IDAHO |
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#1 SONGS |
AFTER SPENDING SIX WEEKS AT #1 DURING JULY/AUGUST OF THAT YEAR, WHAT SONG BY THE ROCK BAND SURVIVOR WAS NAMED BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE AS THE TOP SUMMER SONG OF 1982? |
EYE OF THE TIGER | HINT OF THE WEEK - Billboard's top summer songs |
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NICKNAMES |
WHAT CITY'S POLICE FORCE GOT THEIR COMMON NICKNAME FROM SIR ROBERT PEEL? |
LONDON [re: "BOBBIES"] |
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HOLIDAYS |
OBSERVED ON NOVEMBER 1 AND 2, ON WHAT MEXICAN HOLIDAY DO FAMILIES GATHER TOGETHER TO REMEMBER DEPARTED LOVED ONES? |
DAY OF THE DEAD, or DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS |
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MOVIE ROLES |
MATCH THE ACTORS/ACTRESSES IN BOTH COLUMNS BASED ON THE SAME CHARACTER THEY PORTRAYED IN SEPARATE FEATURE FILMS [YOU DON'T NEED TO NAME THE CHARACTERS, JUST MATCH THE ACTORS]:
A) BO DEREK
B) LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
C) ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
D) NATALIE PORTMAN
E) KEVIN SPACEY
1) JESSE EISENBERG
2) WILL FERRELL
3) BOB HOSKINS
4) MINKA KELLY
5) MARGOT ROBBIE |
A-5 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED JANE PORTER IN "TARZAN" MOVIES]
B-3 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED J. EDGAR HOOVER IN FEATURE FILMS]
C-2 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED SHERLOCK HOLMES]
D-4 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED JACKIE KENNEDY]
E-1 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED SUPERMAN VILLAIN LEX LUTHOR] |
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TECHNOLOGY |
WHAT WAS THE STANDARD RETAIL PRICE, WITHOUT A CELLULAR SERVICE CONTRACT, FOR IBM's "SIMON" SMARTPHONE WHEN IT INITIALLY WENT ON SALE IN 1994? |
$1,099
[$899 IF THE CUSTOMER OPTED FOR A TWO-YEAR CELLULAR CONTRACT WITH BELLSOUTH … IT EVENTUALLY DROPPED TO $599 WITH A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT] |
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MEDIEVAL TIMES |
MATCH THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF THESE MEDIEVAL HISTORIC NAMES AND TERMS:
A) ABBASID
B) BAYEUX
C) FREDERICK
D) GOLDEN
E) VARANGIAN
1) BARBAROSSA
2) CALIPHATE
3) GUARD
4) HORDE
5) TAPESTRY |
A-2 … B-5 … C-1 … D-4 … E-3 | **ALTERNATE FINAL** |
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ADVERTISING |
WHAT DESSERT/SNACK WAS ADVERTISED WITH A JINGLE THAT INCLUDED THE LYRIC, "WATCH THAT WOBBLE / SEE THAT WIGGLE / TASTE THAT JIGGLE…"? |
JELL-O | a variant featured the lyric, "Watch it glimmer / See it shimmer / Cool and fruity…" |
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BAND MEMBERS |
FORMED IN 1978 AND STILL PERFORMING TODAY, WHAT ICONIC AMERICAN PUNK BAND WAS FRONTED BY SINGER JELLO BIAFRA UNTIL 1986? |
DEAD KENNEDYS | Jello Biafra (real name Eric Boucher) turns 68 today |
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MOVIE QUOTES |
WHAT JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEATURES THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE:
- "NO. CRÈME BRÛLÉE CAN NEVER BE JELL-O. YOU COULD NEVER BE JELL-O."
- "I HAVE TO BE JELL-O!"
- "YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE JELL-O!" |
MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING [JULIA ROBERTS TRYING TO GIVE ADVICE TO CAMERON DIAZ] | Crème brûlée is pronounced "krem broo-LAY" |
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MOVIE REMAKES |
IN 2017, COLIN FARRELL AND NICOLE KIDMAN STARRED IN A REMAKE OF WHAT 1971 FILM STARRING CLINT EASTWOOD AND GERALDINE PAGE? |
THE BEGUILED |
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TV CHARACTERS |
PORTRAYED BY STEPHEN ROOT, HAWTHORNE ABENDSEN WAS THE REAL NAME OF THE TITLE "MAN" FROM WHAT 2010's DRAMA SERIES? |
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE | pronounced "AB-ənd-sən" … the show aired four seasons, 2015-2019 |
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U.S. STATES |
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DOES NOT LEND ITS NAME TO A COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE:
HAWAII … KAUAI … LANAI … OR MAUI? |
LANAI
[THE ONLY OTHER COUNTY IS HONOLULU COUNTY] | some pronunciations: "cow-IGH-ee" … "lə-NIGH"
NOTE: "Kalawao County", which occupies a small portion on the island of Molokai, has no elected government and operates as a judicial district of Maui County |
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MOVIE MUSIC |
WHAT #1 SONG BY BRYAN ADAMS CAME OFF THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE JOHNNY DEPP FILM "DON JUAN DeMARCO"? |
HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN? |
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MILITARY HISTORY |
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, WHERE NAPOLEON MET HIS DEFEAT, TOOK PLACE IN WHAT IS NOW WHAT COUNTRY? |
BELGIUM [ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRUSSELS] |