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What European capital celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1951?: Paris
What Humphrey Bogart film poster is on the wall over Woody Allen's bed in 'Play I Again, Sam'?: Across the pacific
Who replaced the assassinated Giacomo Matteotti in 1924?: Benito Mussolini
What letter was used as a pseudonym by the author of 'The Sensuous woman'?: J
What is the boiling point of water on the centrigrade scale?: 100 degrees
Who won the Fight of the Century on March 8th 1971?: Joe Frazier
what country's anthem begins: "From peaceful Ypiranga's banks?": Brazil's
Who's the fourth person mentioned in Dion Dimucci's song 'Abraham, Martin and John'?: Bobby Kennedy
What began on June 25th, 1950?: The Korean War
Whats the occupation of Oscar Madison in Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple'?: Sports writer
Who might refer to humans as 'long pig'?: Cannibals
How many numbered segments are there on a dartboard?: Twenty
What U.S. State's biggest lake is Lake Sam Rayburn?: Texas's
What comedian was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?: Woody Allen
Who was the German counterpart to Tokyo Rose?: Axis Sally
What is "The Gay Science"?: Poetry
What's the longest-living land mammal after man?: The elephant
Who won the first overtime championship game in NFT history?: The Balimore Colts.
What country surrounds San Marino, the worlds smallest republic?: Italy
Who collected teh 1973 best supporting actress oscar at age 10?: Tatum O'Neal
Where were Omaha, Juno and Gold Beaches?: Normandy
What detective could distinguish 140 forms of tobacco ash?: Sherlock Holmes
Who wrote "Elementary Seismology" in 1958?: Charles Richter
What do you call a Poker hand including the black aces and eights?: The Dead man's Hand
Who's the patron saint of England?: St. George
Who lives at 39 Stone Canyon Way?: The Flintstones
What fleet set sail in 1588 to invade England?: The spanish Armada
What's the spanish word for Navy?: Armada
What country did Skylab hit?: Australia
Who was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500?: Janet Guthrie
Where are the Transvaal and Orange Free State provinces?: South Africa
Who narrated the Untouchables for $25,000 an episode?: Walter Winchell
What war did the potsdam conference follow?: World War 2
What was the pen name of English novelist Mary Ann Evans?: George Eliot
How many sides does a snowflake have?: 6
What suspect in the game of clue teaches college?: Professor Plum
What's the most commonly-occuring placename in the U.S.?: Washington
What is Princess Aurora's better-known name?: Sleeping Beauty
What disease plagued Europe, Africa and Asia during the 14th centry?: The Black Death, or the Black Plague
What news magazine did Henry Luce and Briton Hadden found?: Time
What's the largest U.S. agricultural crop by weight?: Corn
How many sets are there in a full-length men's championship tennis match?: 5
What city's bus terminus boasts the worls busiest pay phone at 270 calls per day?: Chicago's
What role did Billie Burke play in the "Wizard of Oz"?: Glinda, The Good Witch of the North
What king was forced to witness the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215?: John
Who's the founder and editor of "The National Review"?: William F. Buckly Jr.
What is 3.14159 better known as?: Pi
Who's the only man to have won the Olympic decathalon twice?: Bob Mathias
What three Canadian provinces border montana?: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan
what character's shoes have been filled by Roger Moore, George Lazenby and David Niven?: James Bond's
When was the Battle of Hastings?: 1066
What does CBer refer to as the 'pregnant roller skate'?: A Volkswagen
Which elephant can't be domesticated, the African or Indian?: The African
Why was Muhammed Ali stripped of his title and barred from boxing ion 1967: He refused military induction
What's the largest building on the acroplis?: The Parthenon
What island was the jungle home of King Kong in the 1933 film?: Skull island
What was Al Capone finally imprisioned for, in 1931?: income-tax evasion
What does the U stand for in the abbreviation I.O.U.?: unto
What doesn't a pineapple do after it's picked?: Ripen
What does the French word 'brut' mena on a wine bottle?: Dry
What's the longest navigable river in the world?: The Amazon
Where's the total eclipse of the sun in Carly Simon's "your so vain"?: Nova Scotia
Who provided Key Biscayne, Florida, refuge for Richard Nixan: Bebe Rebozo
What did the T.S. stand for in Eliots name?: Thomas Stearns
What grows in a paddy field?: rice
What were "Miss Bardahl, Maverick, Slo-Mo-Shun and Miss Supertest"?: Power Boats
What continent is home to half the world's people?: Asia
Who wrote 'God Bless America'?: Irving Berlin
Who was the last Czar of Russia?: Nicholas 2
who was 'Time's' first mand of the Year, for 1927?: Charles Lindbergh
What fraction of the Earth's gravity is in the moon?: one-sixth
What does V.S.O.P. stand for on a bottle of brandy?: Very Superior Old Pale
What's the claim to fame of Lhasa, Tibet?: It's the world's highest city
What TV show did Philadelphia kids Kenny Rossi and Justine Corelli regularly show up on?: American Bandstand
What famed plane was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr.?: The "Enola Gay"
What letter does a cedilla hang from?: c
What does T.I.D. mean on a doctor's prescription?: three times a day
Who's the only pitcher to start for both leagues in baseball's all-star game?: Vida Blue
What peninsula do Spain and Portugal Share?: The Iberian Peninsula
What TV club did Jimmie Dodd host?: The "Mickey Mouse Club"
Who was "The Iron Chancellor," unifier of Germany?: Otto Van Bismarck
What did Hans Christian Andersen always travel with in case of a fire?: A rope
How many dots are there in the symbol for therefore?: Three
Whats a maiden thoroughbred horse never done?: Won a race
What's Russion for U.S.S.R?: C.C.C.P.
What tune subtitled "The Stammering Song", was a World War 1 hit?: K-K-K-Katy
Who gave a TV tour of the redecorated White house?: Jacqueline Kennedy
Where did Phileas Fogg begin and end his trip around the world?: London
What age is adolescence considered to end at?: Eighteen
How long must the first word in a Scrabble Crossword Game be?: Two letters
What was India named for?: The Indus
What was teh profession of the singer of the 1963 hit "Dominique".: nun
What was the headline of the "New York Daily Mirror" on Dec. 6, 1933: Prohibition Ends at Last
What 1958 Best-seller claimed to lift the lid off a small New England town?: Peyton Place
How many astronauts manned each of the Project Gemini flights?: two
What's the umpire's ruling if a line drive hits the third-base bad and bounces into the stands?: Ground-rule double
What U.S state is proud to call itself the "Beaver State"?: Oregon
What was the name of the old fireman on "Leave it to Beaver"?: Gus
What U.S. president pardoned Tokyo Rose?: Gerald Ford
What's the name of Dick and Jane's little sister?: Sally
What ability has the silkworm moth lost through domestication?: flight
What's another name for the championship pocket billiards?: pool
What's the capital of Delaware?: Dover
What's the name of the MGM lion?: Leo
Who was Hubert Humphrey's 1968 vice-presidential running mate?: Endmund Muskie
Who painted "self portrait with Bandanged Ear"?: Vincent Van Gogh
What animal's tail is called a brush?: the fox's
How many numbered colored balls are there in pocket billiards?: fifteen
What's the worlds warmest sea?: The Red Sea
What Everly Brothers song was banned in Boston?: Wake up, Little Susie?
Who was on the top air ace of World WarI?: Manfred von Richthofen
what does Exodus give as the sixth Commandment in the King James Version of the Bible?: Thou shalt not kill?
How many calories are in a glass of water?: zero
What is the most landed-on Monopoly property?: Illinois Avenue
What's the capital of Kentucky?: Frankfort
What Bally pinball machine appeared in the movie Tommy?: The Wizard
What Irish activist became the youngest woman ever elected to the British Parliament, in 1969?: Bernadette Devlin
What detective debuted in a "Study in Scarlet"?: Sherlock Holmes
What's a Cape Cod turkey to a fisherman?: a codfish
What were the doped cards to a cowboy in the Old West?: A marked deck
what island got their name from the Spanish 'baja mar', meaning 'shallow water'?: The Bahamas
What's the name of Warner Brother's romantic skunk?: Pepe Le Pew
Who hid in a house at 263 Princengracht, Amsterdamn, for two years?: Anne Frank
Who was Helen of Troy's Trojan lover?: Paris
What does as stallion have that a gelding used to?: testicles
What handicraft requeires you to interlace your warp and weft?: weaving
What's the world's northernmost national capital?: Reykjavisk, Iceland
What's the most famous restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts?: Alice's Restaurant
who succeeded Pope Paul VI?: John Paul I
What newspaper carried a column by Ed Sullivan for more than 40 years?: The New York Daily News
What does VDT stand for?: Video Display Terminal
Who was the only undefeated heavyweight boxing champion?: Rocky Marciano

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