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PHILANTHOPISTS Within twenty years, when did philanthropist Andrew Carnegie die? 1919
The Compromise of 1850, introduced to congress on this day by Henry Clay, contained laws to make two new
U.S. HISTORY Utah, New Mexico
territories in the United States. Name one.
LITERATURE Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was first published on this day. Within twenty years, when? 1845

HALLS OF FAME The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced on this day in what decade? 1930s (1936)
The Mantra-Rock Dance counterculture music event took place on this day in 1967 in San Francisco. Name Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding
THE 60s
one of the three SF area musical acts that performed. Company (accept: Janis Joplin), Moby Grape
WORLD GEO After the United States, what is the next most populous country bordering the Atlantic Ocean? Brazil (followed by Nigeria)
WEEKLY THEME - Given three standout teammates, name the Super Bowl winning team: Percy Harvin, Seattle Seahawks (SB XLVIII, over the Denver
SUPER BOWL
Golden Tate, Robert Turbin Broncos)
SPACE Within one year, in what year did the first resident crew enter the International Space Station? (Nov. 2) 2000
FACEBOOK – The first bacterium to be conclusively demonstrated to cause disease was the bacillus of what
SCIENCE anthrax (proven by Robert Koch in 1876)
disease?
POP MUSIC Name one of the two Italian fashion houses mentioned by name in the Black Eyed Peas song "My Humps". Dolce & Gabbana; Fendi
Airing from 1984-1993, what daytime soap opera revolved around the wealthy Capwell and Lockridge families
SOAPS Santa Barbara
of the show’s title location?
What actress played a character named Isabel on the TV series "Roswell" from 1999-2002, then a character
Katherine Heigl (Isobel "Izzie" Stevens was her
TV ROLES named Isabel in the 2003 made-for-TV version of "Wuthering Heights", and later gained wider fame as a
character on "Grey's Anatomy")
character named Isobel, or ‘Izzie’, on another TV show?
What Stephen King novel not only was adapted into a 1983 feature film, but also a 2000’s USA Network TV
TV/BOOKS The Dead Zone
series starring Anthony Michael Hall?
NURSERY
What nursery rhyme character upset the girls by kissing them? Georgy Porgy
RHYMES
George Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga", was a famous: football coach, professional wrestler, country
PEOPLE Civil War (Union) general
singer, or Civil War general?
PLACES Billed as the world’s southernmost bar, on what continent can you visit the bar at Vernadsky Research Base? Antarctica

THINGS In 1936, bootmaker G.H. Bass began producing a line of slip-on shoes, or loafers, which he gave what name? Weejuns
Miami Sound Machine (although they did perform
The 1989 Gloria Estefan album “Cuts Both Ways” was her first album to not credit what backing band on the
GOING SOLO on the album, and most subsequent albums, as
cover?
well as still serving as her backing band on tours)
five (a sixth child, born in 1930, died shortly after
HISTORICAL In 1934, 24-year-old Elzire Dionne (pronounced “el-ZEER dee-OHN”) gave birth to her famous quintuplets.
birth; she would give birth to three more children
PEOPLE Within one, how many living children did she and her husband already have at the time?
after the quintuplets)
In the critically-acclaimed 2018 film “The Wife”, Glenn Close’s husband, portrayed by Jonathan Pryce,
MOV PLOTS Nobel Prize (in Literature)
receives what prestigious award?
MOVIELINK Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Clue (1985 film) Madeline Kahn
Recently, a Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million at an auction at Tokyo’s fish market for a
FOOD (bluefin) tuna
612-pound what – a popular type of sushi/sashimi fish?
In what country did Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev (pronounced “NOO-ray-if”) defect and seek asylum in
BALLET France
1961?
Between 1966 and '67, what pop artist hosted a series of multimedia events dubbed the "Exploding Plastic Andy Warhol (they featured films, skits, dancing,
ART
Inevitable"? and music)

DISNEY What is the name of the Parr’s daughter in "The Incredibles" films? Violet (you may accept “Vi”)

#1 SONGS What is the one-word title of Kool & The Gang's only #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100? Celebration (do not accept “Celebrate”)

COMIX In "Peanuts" comic strips, what was the name of Linus and Lucy's younger brother? Rerun

What was the common nickname for the 1932 Ford Coupe models, later popularized in a 1963 hit by the Beach
CARS (Little) Deuce Coupe
Boys?
In April 2003, who became the first Hispanic player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 career home Sammy Sosa (followed a month later by Rafael
BASEBALL
runs? Palmeiro)
Pop singer Dido shares her name with a prominent character in what classic literary work: The Aeneid,
MUS/LIT Antigone, Beowulf, or The Canterbury Tales? [pronunciations: “i-NEE-id” … “an-TIG-uh-nee” … “BAY-uh- The Aeneid (the ancient epic poem by Virgil)
wulf”]
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Known for designating World Heritage Sites, as well as other programs designed to bridge international (United Nations) Educational, Scientific and
HALFTIME
understanding, what does the ‘ESCO’ stand for in the United Nations body called UNESCO? Cultural Organization
Match the company in the first column with the the company in second column with whom it merged
Citicorp (Travelers) … GE (Vivendi) …
FINAL [however, one additional company is included in the second column which does not match]: Citicorp, General
Chase (Bank One) ... Viacom (Paramount)
Electric, J.P. Morgan Chase, Viacom ..... Bank One, DuPont, Paramount, Travelers Group, Vivendi
TIE Excluding the unaired pilot, how many total episodes of "The Dead Zone" TV series were produced? 80 (over 6 seasons)

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1. 4. 7. 11. 14. 17.
2. 5. 8. 12. 15. 18.
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