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MUSIC MOMENTS |
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AFTER KANYE WEST INTERRUPTED TAYLOR SWIFT'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE 2009 MTV VMAs, WHAT OTHER WINNER, LATER IN THE CEREMONY, INVITED HER BACK ON STAGE TO FINISH HER SPEECH? |
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CARTOONS |
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WHO IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES WHOSE NAME DOES NOT END WITH AN 'O'? |
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RAPHAEL
the others are Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello |
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WORLD HISTORY |
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LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, THE MEADOW OF RUNNYMEDE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING THE SITE OF THE APPROVAL OF WHAT DOCUMENT? |
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THE MAGNA CARTA |
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LITERARY CHARACTERS |
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WHAT WAS TINY TIM'S LAST NAME IN CHARLES DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"? |
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CRATCHIT |
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FOOTBALL |
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WHAT FORMER SAN FRANCISCO 49er WAS INDUCTED INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME THE SAME YEAR AS HIS FORMER TEAMMATE RONNIE LOTT AND EARLIER 49er DAVE WILCOX? |
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(QUARTERBACK) JOE MONTANA [2000] |
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SCIENCE!! |
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IN PHYSIOLOGY, WHAT SEVEN-LETTER WORD REFERS TO ANY SUBSTANCE PRODUCED AND SECRETED BY AN ENDOCRINE GLAND? |
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HORMONE |
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CAST PARTY |
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WHAT MOVIE STARS ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
MEL GIBSON … RENE RUSSO … DONNIE WAHLBERG |
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RANSOM |
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CARS |
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WHAT AUTOMOBILE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1897 BY A MAN WHOSE FIRST NAME WAS RANSOM? |
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OLDSMOBILE
originally founded as Olds Motor Works, by Ransom E. Olds |
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CLASSIC ROCK |
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IN WHAT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS SONG DO THEY LAMENT, "MAYBE YOU WERE KIDNAPPED, TIED UP, TAKEN AWAY AND HELD FOR RANSOM"? |
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REFUGEE |
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ON THE BOOKSHELF |
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FOR EACH OF THESE PAIRS OF BOOKS, IDENTIFY WHAT SAME ADVERB EACH IS MISSING FROM THEIR TITLES:
1) ERMA BOMBECK, "THE GRASS IS GREENER OVER THE SEPTIC TANK" / JAMES M. CAIN, "THE POSTMAN RINGS TWICE
2) ROBERT CORMIER, "THE BUMBLEBEE FLIES " / SUSAN JEFFERS, "FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT "
3) PHILIP K. DICK, "A SCANNER " / JEFF LINDSAY, " DREAMING DEXTER"
4) JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, "EXTREMELY LOUD & CLOSE" / DAV PILKEY, "CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE INVASION OF THE NAUGHTY CAFETERIA LADIES FROM OUTER SPACE AND THE SUBSEQUENT ASSAULT OF THE EQUALLY EVIL LUNCHROOM ZOMBIE NERDS" |
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1) ALWAYS
2) ANYWAY
3) DARKLY
4) INCREDIBLY
Foer is pronounced "For" … Dav is pronounced like "Dave" |
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Answer of the Night
IN COMIC BOOKS OR COMIC STRIPS, WHAT TYPE OF ANIMALS ARE/WERE MEO, SHIVA, TAMMANANNY, AND TAWKY TAWNY? |
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TIGERS
TEAMTRIVIA.COM
respectively: in the long-running Japanese manga "Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple" … "The Walking Dead" comics (and TV) … the comic strip "Pogo" … DC's "Captain Marvel / Shazam" comics |
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IN THE EARLY 1990's, WHAT PETROLEUM COMPANY BEGAN OPENING A CHAIN OF GAS STATION / CONVENIENCE STORES CALLED "TIGER MARTS", ULTIMATELY LEADING TO A LAWSUIT FILED BY KELLOGG'S? |
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EXXON
accept its later name "Exxon Mobil" … the lawsuit was due to Exxon's tiger mascot now being used to promote food and beverages |
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ECONOMY |
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LAUNCHED IN 2009, THE FEDERAL STIMULUS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY CALLED TIGER STOOD FOR "TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT GENERATING ECONOMIC…" WHAT? |
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"…RECOVERY"
the program is currently known as RAISE, meaning "Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity" |
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NOBEL PRIZES |
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IN 1997, JODY WILLIAMS WAS A CO-WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HER EFFORTS TO BAN WHAT TYPE OF WEAPONS, WHICH WAS ALSO A CAUSE CHAMPIONED BY PRINCESS DIANA? |
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LANDMINES |
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MOVIE SCENES |
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IN WHAT MOVIE DOES LIAM NEESON'S CHARACTER DELIVER A EULOGY FOR HIS LATE WIFE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLAYING OF A SONG BY THE BAY CITY ROLLERS? |
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LOVE ACTUALLY |
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BOATING |
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PARTICULARLY ADEPT AT SAILING UPWIND, WHAT TYPE OF SAIL BOAT GETS ITS NAME FROM A DUTCH WORD MEANING "TO GLIDE"? |
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SLOOP [FROM "SLOEP"] |
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POETRY |
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Hint of the Week
HAPPY PI(E) DAY!
WHAT TYPE OF PIE IS MENTIONED IN THE FINAL LINE OF THE FAMOUS THANKSGIVING POEM/SONG "OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOOD"? |
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PUMPKIN ["HURRAH FOR THE PUMPKIN PIE!"]
HINT OF THE WEEK - pies |
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JOBS |
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PER HOUR, WHAT WAS THE FIRST MINIMUM WAGE ENACTED IN THE U.S.:
* 25 CENTS
* 50 CENTS
* 75 CENT
* ONE DOLLAR |
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25 CENTS [ENACTED IN 1938] |
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IN AN HISTORIC FIRST, WHO EARNED POLE POSITION FOR THE 2013 DAYTONA 500? |
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DANICA PATRICK
first, and still only, female driver to earn pole position in a NASCAR Cup Series race |
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SCIENTISTS |
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THEORETICAL PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING PASSED AWAY ON THIS DAY IN 2018 -- THE 139TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WHAT OTHER FAMOUS MAN? |
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ALBERT EINSTEIN |
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TV HONORS |
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ON VARIETY'S 2025 LIST OF THE "100 GREATEST TV PERFORMANCES OF THE 21st CENTURY", THERE WERE SIX ACTRESSES IN THE TOP 10:
#1 OVERALL, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS …
#3, ELISABETH MOSS … #4, LISA KUDROW …
#7, CARRIE COON … #9, RHEA SEEHORN …
#10, SANDRA OH.
NAME ANY FOUR OF THE TV SHOWS FOR WHICH THEY WERE CITED. [ONE SHOW EACH] |
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RESPECTIVELY:
* VEEP (as SELINA MEYER)
* MAD MEN (as PEGGY OLSON)
* THE COMEBACK (as VALERIA CHERISH)
* THE LEFTOVERS (as NORA DURST)
* BETTER CALL SAUL (as KIM WEXLER)
* GREY'S ANATOMY (as CRISTINA YANG) |
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ANIMALS |
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WHAT PART OF A HORSE IS ITS THROPPLE? |
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THROAT, OR WINDPIPE |
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CLASSIC TV |
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WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSIC SITCOMS WAS PRIMARILY SET IN THE FICTIONAL CITY OF SAN PUEBLO, CALIFORNIA:
* BEWITCHED
* I DREAM OF JEANNIE
* THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
* THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW |
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THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY |
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TV MOMENTS |
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LISTED AMONG TV GUIDE'S LIST OF THE "65 BEST EPISODES OF THE 21st CENTURY", WHAT SUPERNATURAL TV SERIES AIRED A 2001 MUSICAL EPISODE TITLED "ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING"? |
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER |
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O, CANADA! |
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BOUCHERVILLE, SEPT-ÎLES, AND TROIS-RIVIÈRES ARE TOWNS IN WHAT CANADIAN PROVINCE? |
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QUEBEC
pronunciations: roughly "BOO-shair-veel" … roughly "SETS-eel" … "Twah RIV-yair" |
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OLYMPICS |
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LATER A FREQUENT TRACK-AND-FIELD ANALYST FOR OLYMPIC BROADCASTS, DWIGHT STONES WAS A TWO-TIME OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST AND FORMER WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN WHAT TRACK-AND-FIELD EVENT? |
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HIGH JUMP |
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MOVIE FRANCHISES |
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ACCORDING TO THEIR PRIMARY SETTINGS, WHICH ONE OF THE FIVE "INDIANA JONES" THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS TAKES PLACE FIRST CHRONOLOGICALLY? |
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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
[SET ONE YEAR BEFORE "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK"] |
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CALENDAR |
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FROM THE CELTIC MEANING "END OF SUMMER", WHAT PAGAN FIRE FESTIVAL WAS A PRECURSOR TO ALL HALLOWS' EVE? |
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SAMHAIN
pronounced "SOW-in", with the 'ow' like "cow" … or "SAH-win" |
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COMEDIANS |
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THOUGH NOW DEFUNCT, WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL MUSTACHE HALL OF FAME INDUCTED ITS THIRD CLASS IN 2017, WHAT LEGENDARY COMEDIAN, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2005, WAS AMONG ITS INDUCTEES? |
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RICHARD PRYOR |
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ANIMALS |
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ACCORDING TO SEAWORLD.ORG, AN ADULT TIGER CAN CONSUME UP TO HOW MANY POUNDS OF MEAT IN ONE MEAL? |
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88 LBS. |