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Friday - Mar 14 2025 |
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MUSIC MOMENTS |
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? |
BEYONCÉ
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CARTOONS |
WHO IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES WHOSE NAME DOES NOT END WITH AN 'O'? |
RAPHAEL | the others are Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello
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WORLD HISTORY |
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, THE MEADOW OF RUNNYMEDE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING THE SITE OF THE APPROVAL OF WHAT DOCUMENT? |
THE MAGNA CARTA
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LITERARY CHARACTERS |
WHAT WAS TINY TIM'S LAST NAME IN CHARLES DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"? |
CRATCHIT
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FOOTBALL |
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? |
(QUARTERBACK) JOE MONTANA [2000]
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SCIENCE!! |
IN PHYSIOLOGY, WHAT SEVEN-LETTER WORD REFERS TO ANY SUBSTANCE PRODUCED AND SECRETED BY AN ENDOCRINE GLAND? |
HORMONE
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CAST PARTY |
WHAT MOVIE STARS ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
MEL GIBSON … RENE RUSSO … DONNIE WAHLBERG |
RANSOM
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CARS |
WHAT AUTOMOBILE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1897 BY A MAN WHOSE FIRST NAME WAS RANSOM? |
OLDSMOBILE | originally founded as Olds Motor Works, by Ransom E. Olds
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CLASSIC ROCK |
IN WHAT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS SONG DO THEY LAMENT, "MAYBE YOU WERE KIDNAPPED, TIED UP, TAKEN AWAY AND HELD FOR RANSOM"? |
REFUGEE
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ON THE BOOKSHELF |
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" |
1) ALWAYS
2) ANYWAY
3) DARKLY
4) INCREDIBLY | Foer is pronounced "For" … Dav is pronounced like "Dave"
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COMICS |
IN COMIC BOOKS OR COMIC STRIPS, WHAT TYPE OF ANIMALS ARE/WERE MEO, SHIVA, TAMMANANNY, AND TAWKY TAWNY? |
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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BUSINESS |
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? |
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 |
LAUNCHED IN 2009, THE FEDERAL STIMULUS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY CALLED TIGER STOOD FOR "TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT GENERATING ECONOMIC…" WHAT? |
"…RECOVERY" | the program is currently known as RAISE, meaning "Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity"
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NOBEL PRIZES |
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? |
LANDMINES
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MOVIE SCENES |
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? |
LOVE ACTUALLY
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BOATING |
PARTICULARLY ADEPT AT SAILING UPWIND, WHAT TYPE OF SAIL BOAT GETS ITS NAME FROM A DUTCH WORD MEANING "TO GLIDE"? |
SLOOP [FROM "SLOEP"]
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POETRY |
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"? |
PUMPKIN ["HURRAH FOR THE PUMPKIN PIE!"] | HINT OF THE WEEK - pies
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JOBS |
PER HOUR, WHAT WAS THE FIRST MINIMUM WAGE ENACTED IN THE U.S.:
* 25 CENTS
* 50 CENTS
* 75 CENT
* ONE DOLLAR |
25 CENTS [ENACTED IN 1938]
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NASCAR |
IN AN HISTORIC FIRST, WHO EARNED POLE POSITION FOR THE 2013 DAYTONA 500? |
DANICA PATRICK | first, and still only, female driver to earn pole position in a NASCAR Cup Series race
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SCIENTISTS |
THEORETICAL PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING PASSED AWAY ON THIS DAY IN 2018 -- THE 139TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WHAT OTHER FAMOUS MAN? |
ALBERT EINSTEIN
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ANIMALS |
ACCORDING TO SEAWORLD.ORG, AN ADULT TIGER CAN CONSUME UP TO HOW MANY POUNDS OF MEAT IN ONE MEAL? |
88 LBS.
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TV HONORS |
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] |
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 |
WHAT PART OF A HORSE IS ITS THROPPLE? |
THROAT, OR WINDPIPE
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CLASSIC TV |
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 |
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
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TV MOMENTS |
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"? |
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
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O, CANADA! |
BOUCHERVILLE, SEPT-ÎLES, AND TROIS-RIVIÈRES ARE TOWNS IN WHAT CANADIAN PROVINCE? |
QUEBEC | pronunciations: roughly "BOO-shair-veel" … roughly "SETS-eel" … "Twah RIV-yair"
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OLYMPICS |
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? |
HIGH JUMP
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MOVIE FRANCHISES |
ACCORDING TO THEIR PRIMARY SETTINGS, WHICH ONE OF THE FIVE "INDIANA JONES" THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS TAKES PLACE FIRST CHRONOLOGICALLY? |
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
[SET ONE YEAR BEFORE "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK"]
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CALENDAR |
FROM THE CELTIC MEANING "END OF SUMMER", WHAT PAGAN FIRE FESTIVAL WAS A PRECURSOR TO ALL HALLOWS' EVE? |
SAMHAIN | pronounced "SOW-in", with the 'ow' like "cow" … or "SAH-win"
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COMEDIANS |
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? |
RICHARD PRYOR
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