KJ's Trivia Almanac: May

What New York banker did bridezilla Star Jones marry in a 2004 extravaganza?

Al Reynolds

What king was executed in part for the excesses of his inquisitional "Star Chamber"?

Charles I

Many Bothan spies died to ensure the destruction of what?

the second Death Star

What 1984 hit repeated says "Come on, shine your heavenly body tonight"?

Lucky Star

What future secretary of state became America's first 5-star general in December 1944?

George Marshall

What nation has the second-most number of stars on their flag, with 27?

Brazil

In 3000 BC it was Thuban. In 12000 years it will be Vega. was is it today?

Polaris

Who merged with the struggling Cleveland Barons in 1978?

The Minnesota North Stars

What famous Don McClean song is named for a painter?

Vincent

What other late-night veteran succeeded Ed McMahon as the host of Star Search in a 2003 revival?

Arsenio Hall

Bart Starr was the winning quarterback of the famous 1967 "Ice Bowl" NFL Championship. Who was the losing quarterback?

Don Meredith

What kind of star will our sun become in 5 billion years?

red giant

Judy Garland:James Mason::Barbra Streisand:______________

Kris Kristofferson (A Star is Born costars)

Not until 2002 did Sony end production of its recorders using what doomed video standard?

Betamax

What hit 2004 film, though set in the present day, features a high school dance where Alphaville's "Forever Young" and Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" play?

Napoleon Dynamite

A California Chumash Indian woman, apparently killed by a blow to the head 9,000 years ago, is the only human ever to be found where?

The La Brea Tar Pits

The time-traveling scientist in TV's Quantum Leap shares his name with what absurdist playwright?

Samuel Beckett

Because it's been retired to honor Jackie Robinson, what NY Yankee is the last person allowed to wear uniform number 42

Mariano Rivera

Who shocked Pittsburgh fans in the summer of 1999 when he returned home from Italy shorn of his trademark mullet?

Jaromir Jagr

What was the first decade revisted by VH1's I love the... series?

1980s

Who draft-dodged the Trojan War by dressing as a woman in the court of King Lycomedes?

Achilles

What 1993 film's title character has the first name Euphegenia?

Mrs. Doubtfire

Who often performed as falsetto-voiced middle-aged housewives called "pepperpots" in their sketches?

Monty Python

The US's first law school for women was named for what cross-dressing Shakespearean character?

Portia

The protagonists of Some Like it Hot dress as women because they're in hiding, having witnessed what real-life event?

The Saint Valentines Day Massacre

What was the famous pseudonym of crossdresser Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin?

George Sand

Who won an Oscar for playing a cross-dresser going by the name of Thomas Kent?

Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)

In Hedwig and the Angry Inch, what was Hedwig's birth name?

Hansel

What actor died in Malta after 3 bottles of run during the filming of Gladiator?

Oliver Reed

What's the claim to fame of Beacon Hill's Bull & Finch Pub?

Exterior was the Cheers bar

On what island is Paddy's Pub, the site of a 2002 terrorist bombing?

Bali

What protests inspired John Lennon's 1968 song Revolution?

the Sorbonne, Paris

What current (2008) world leader began his plan to take power after the 1989 Caracazo riots?

Hugo Chavez

What poison disfigured Ukrainian reformer Viktor Yushchenko, leading to the Orange Revolution of 2004?

Dioxin

What Morris Day-led band faces off against Prince and the Revolution in the film Purple Rain?

The Time

Shirley Temple Black was the US ambassador to what nation at the time of its 1989 revolution?

Czechoslovakia

The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 is sometimes known by the name of what month, in which it began?

October

Whom did the Daughters of the American Revolution bar from singing at Constitution Hall in 1936?

Marian Anderson

What state's Old Man of the Mountain, which began appearing on their state quarters in 2000, collapsed in 2003?

New Hampshire

What European country is named for the Dinaric Alps?

Montenegro

What two US states have the word "Mountain" in their official nicknames?

West Virginia (the Mountain State) and Vermont (the Green Mountain State)

What fictional village sits in the shadow of Mount Crumpit?

Whoville

What was known as "Bolshaya Gora" when it was part of Russia?

Mount McKinley (Denali)

Sir Edmund Hillary appears on the currency of what nation?

New Zealand

What was first marketed with hillbilly themed advertising, since its name is a euphemism for moonshine?

Mountain Dew

What distinction is usually claimed to belong to Gangkhar Puensum, a 24,000-foot peak in Bhutan?

Highest unclimbed mountain in the world

What three Disneyland attractions have the world "Mountain" in the name?

Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

What harbor is overlooked by Victoria Peak?

Hong Kong

Who covered Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "Aint No Mountain High Enough" and made it into a number one hit?

Dianna Ross

Where would you find the 89,000-foot peak Olympus Mons?

Mars

What Titan did Perseus turn to stone in Morocco?

Atlas

What New England peak famous for its bad weather was the site of a record 231-mph wind gust in 1934?

Mount Washington

What two members of Brokeback Mountain cast have siblings who are also award-winning actors?

Jake Gyllenhaal (Maggie) and Randy Quaid (Dennis)

What range contains the world's highest mountains not located in Asia?

Andes

Who designed the Washington Memorial Arch in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan's Washington Square to celebrate the centennial of the first president's inaurguration?

Stanford White

Kellogg's PopTarts outcompeted what Post rival?

Country Squares

What legendary capital is famously square-shaped?

Kublai Khan

What color is the square that's the logo for H&R Block?

Green

What former Broadway Annie and future Emmy winner was the star of TV's Square Pegs?

Sarah Jessica Parker

What country borders both of the world's only two nations with square flags?

Italy (Switzerland and Vatican)

What is the name of the flat square prison that holds the Kryptonian criminals in the Superman movies?

the Phantom Zone

Wenceslas Square is in what European capital?

Prague

New Deal : FDR :: Square Deal : ____________

Teddy

Code Talkers" who joined the marines in 1942 and spoke a secret code based on their tribal language were of what tribe?

Navajo

What scriptural phrase spoken by Balaam in Numbers 23:23 is now closely associated with Samuel Morse?

What hath god wrought

What civilization lived by the code of Hammurabi?

Babylonians

At the end of the Da Vinci Code, the Holy Grail is revealed to be buried at what popular spot?

The Louvre

The Hollywood "Production Code" of the 1930s was named for what former postmaster general and chairman of the RNC?

Will Hays

What country founded Greenpeace (initially, the Don't Make A Way Committee)?

Canada

What military contractor, famous for making the Patriot missiles, also invented the first microwave ovens?

Raytheon

What French New Wave director plays the UFO expert in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

Francois Truffant

What famed Motown songwriting trio had their first Top Ten hit with "Heat Wave"?

Holland-Dozier-Holland

What battle, in which the Mexican Army faced off against Napoleon III is celebrated during Cinco de Mayo, even though the namesake town was eventually taken by the French?

the Battle of Puebla

In 1988, Cesar Chavez conducted a thirty-six-day fast to encourage Americans to boycott what fruit?

Grapes

What last name is shared by Clinton cabinet member Henry and the House on Mango Street author?

Ciseneros

Ugly Betty is based on a telenovela from what country?

Venezuela

Because his father was from Minorca, Spain, what Civil War hero was the US Navy's first Hispanic admiral?

David Farragut

What four-word catchphrase of the 90s was popularized by Gidget, a three-year-old actor who went on to appear in Legally Blonde 2?

yo queiro taco bell

The first Latino members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were three members of what band, inducted in 1998?

Santana

What Mexican general who governed California for four months in 1835 would probably be surprised by how he's remembered in San Francisco today?

Jose Castro (Castro district)

Who is the "say hey kid

Willie Mays

What's the real name of the Gary Glitter track often called the Hay Song?

Rock and Roll (Part 2)

What TV show's announcer was Hank "Hey Now!" Kingsley?

The Larry Sanders Show

What's the last name of A Streetcar Named Desire's Stella, of "Hey Stella" fame?

Kowalski

Whose 2000 death from cancer led to the E! headline "Hey, Vern!" Guy Dies (he also did the voice for Slinky Dog in the Toy Story movies?

Jim Varney

Besides Hey Jude, what other Beatles song title begins with the word Hey?

Hey Bulldog

What are Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird known for?

creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic

What comic book superteam consists of, in its original lineup, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter?

The Justice League (of America)

What comic book superteam consists of, in its original lineup, Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl?

the X-Men

What comic book superteam consists of, in its original lineup, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp?

The Avengers

What comic book superteam consists of, in its original lineup, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl?

Teen Titans

What comic book superteam consists of, in its original lineup, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Boy?

The Legion of Super-Heroes

What did Golden and F Nephi Grigg invent in 1953?

Tater Tots

What did Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson share a Nobel Prize for, though it was predicted by many others (include Robert Dicke)

CMB radiation

Which two castaways were the "and the rest" in the first version of the Gilligan's Island theme?

The Professor and Mary Ann

The last two surviving jurors from the film 12 Angry Men were actors who shared what first name?

Jack (Warden and Klugman)

What popular destination was built on the land left over when Metropolitan Stadium, where the Twins and Vikings played, was torn down?

the Mall of America

What Australian beat Roger Bannister's 4-min mile time just 46 days later?

John Landy

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "The NBA's first black head coach"?

Bill Russell

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "The prime mover and also the heart of the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine"?

Pete Rose

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "The 1975 Wimbledon champion... fought diligently for human rights"?

Arthur Ashe

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "The 27 year old 'Hammer' send Patterson to the canvas with a vicious fight"?

Ingemar Johansson

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "In 1972... she became the first female player to win more than $100,000 in a year"?

Billie Jean King

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "Suspending and firing star players Paul Hornung and Alex Karras"?

Pete Rozelle (Commissioner of NFL, 1960-1990)

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: Won 27 Grand Prix races during his career and popularized Formula One racing?

Jackie Stewart

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "Most decorated female Olympian in US history"?

Bonnie Blair (Speed skating)

What former Sportsman of the Year does Sports Illustrated describe with the citation: "Radically redefined the role of the NHL defenseman"?

Bobby Orr

During what war was this book set: The African Queen?

World War I

During what war was this book set: For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Spanish Civil War

During what war was this book set: Simplicius Simplicissimus?

Thirty Years War

During what war was this book set: The Short-Timers?

Vietnam War

During what war was this book set: The Hornet's Nest?

American Revolution

What group's honor society is the Order of the Arrow?

Boy Scouts of America

For an SNL monologue, who once played the banjo with an arrow through his head?

Steve Martin

What are the arrow-like projectile fired by a crossbow called?

bolts

What slot on the back of an arrow's shaft keeps it on the bowstring?

nock

In what fictional midwestern city did Sinclair Lewis set Babbitt and Arrowsmith?

Zenith

What popular movie website took its name from a John Travolta line in Broken Arrow?

Ain't it Cool News

What third-century martyr was ordered shot full of arrows by Diocletian?

St. Sebastian

Whose emblem, a white arrowhead, came from a sketch Lamar Hunt drew on a napkin in 1963?

Kansas City Chiefs

The constellation Sagittarius is usually depicted as aiming its arrow at what fierce neighbor?

Scorpio

Who first appeared in the 1939 children's book Cecily G and the Nine Monkeys?

Curious George

What team's fans were inspired by the Rally Monkey?

Anaheim Angels

Which character is most seriously injured by the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz?

the Scarecrow

What did Pipsqueak the marmoset captivate America by doing on November 2, 1979?

peeing on Johnny Carson

What two people appear in the famous photo taken aboard the yacht Monkey Business in May 1987?

Gary Hart and Donna Rice

What brightly colored monkey is the world's largest?

mandrill

what power does "The Monkey's Paw" possess in the 1902 short story by W. W. Jacobs?

it grants three wishes

Capuchin monkeys are from what continent?

South America

What contest, first held at NY's Gilmore Gardens in 1877, is America's second oldest continuously held sporting event (after the Kentucky Derby)?

the Westminster (Kennel Club) Dog Show

What kind of "pet sounds" are actually heard at the end of the Beach Boys album?

dogs barking

Who's the most famous resident of Mr. Peebles' pet shop?

Magilla Gorilla

What pet bird takes its name from Australian Aborigine words for "good eating"?

the budgerigar

What baseball team plays its home games at Petco Park?

the San Diego Padres

What common aquarium fish is named for the naturalist who discovered it in Trinidad in 1876?

the guppy

The Clintons' White House cat Socks now lives with what woman, Clinton's personal secretary, who became famous during the Monica Lewinsky hearings?

Betty Curie

Nepetalactone is the active ingredient in what pet product?

catnip

What kind of dinosaur is the Fintstones' Dino?

snorkasaurus

What imports from a Baja California beach made Gary Drahl a millionaire in late 1975?

Pet Rocks

The title character of what 2000 film is a Norwich terrier named Winky?

Best in Show

What city is home to the world's first pet cemetery, in which Rin Tin TIn is buried?

Paris

Paris Hilton's chihuahua is named for what character from a 1928 play?

tinkerbell

In what country did the domesticated "potbellied pig" originate?

Vietnam

What physical condition were Dan Aykroyd, Alexander the Great, and Kate Bosworth born with?

Heterochromia

WW Hodkinson created Paramount Pictures in 1914; the logo he drew is of Ben Lomond, a mountain in what city (his hometown)?

Ogden, Utah

What author set his most famous works near his Ashdown Forest home in Sussex, the same home where Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowned in 1969?

A.A. Milne

Who shares lead vocals with Bono on the U2 song "When Love Comes to Town"?

B.B. King

What famous poets' parents were killed when a train struck their car in 1926?

e.e. cummings

Who based his hit comic book character "Dyno Woman" on his own sister Thelma?

J.J. Evans (Goodtimes)

What name is given to the shape of Ohio's state flag, consisting of double triangles?

Burgee

What Shakespeare play features a "love rectangle" between Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena?

A Midsummer Night's Dream

What's the only Canadian province whose boarders form a rectangle?

Saskatchewan

Whose painting Homage To Matisse sold at auction for a record $22 million in 2005?

Rothko

Who is the famous mother of Liza Minnelli?

Judy Garland

Who is the famous mother of Kate Hudson?

Goldie Hawn

Who is the famous mother of Carrie Fisher?

Debbie Reynolds

Who is the famous mother of Larry Hagman?

Mary Martin

Who is the famous mother of Jamie Lee Curtis?

Janet Leigh

Who is the famous mother of Gwyneth Paltrow?

Blythe Danner

Who is the famous mother of Ben Stiller?

Anne Meara

Who is the famous mother of Melanie Griffith?

Tippi Hedren

Who is the famous mother of Sean Astin?

Patty Duke

Who is the famous mother of Jason Schwartzman?

Talia Shire (Connie Corleone, Adrian Balboa)

Who is the famous mother of Miguel Ferrer?

Rosemary Clooney

Who is the famous mother of Joely Richardson?

Vanessa Redgrave

Who is the famous mother of Mia Farrow?

Maureen O'Sullivan (Jane)

Who is the famous mother of Rashida Jones?

Peggy Lipton (and Quincy Jones)

Who is the famous mother of Campbell Scott?

Colleen Dewhurst (and George C Scott)

What superhero had the secret identity Bruce Banner?

the Hulk

What superhero had the secret identity Matt Murdock?

Daredevil

What superhero had the secret identity Billy Batson?

Captain Marvel

What superhero had the secret identity Scott Summers?

Cyclops

What superhero had the secret identity Reed Richards?

Mr. Fantastic

What superhero had the secret identity Stephen Strange?

Doctor Strange

What superhero had the secret identity J'onn J'onzz?

the Martian Manhunter

What superhero had the secret identity Susan Storm?

Invisible girl/woman

What superhero had the secret identity Warren Worthington?

Angel

What's the first name of Grandpa Simpson?

Abraham

What's the first name of Principal Skinner?

W. Seymour (Armin)

What's the first name of Mr. Burns?

C(harles) Montgomery

What's the first name of Mr. Smithers?

Waylon

What's the first name of Chief Wiggum?

Clancy

What's the first name of Mayor Quimby?

Joe

What's the first name of Reverend Lovejoy?

Timothy

What's the first name of Mrs. Krabappel?

Edna

What's the last name of Barney (from the Simpsons)?

Gumbel

What's the last name of Krusty the Klown (from the Simpsons)

Krustofski

What's the last name of Dr. Nick (from the Simpsons)

Riviera

What's the last name of Jimbo (from the Simpsons)

Jones

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by George Steinbrenner?

New York Yankees

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Mario Lemieux?

Pittsburgh Penguins

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Mark Cuban?

Dallas Mavericks

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Al Davis?

Oakland Raiders

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Jerry Jones?

Dallas Cowboys

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Dan Rooney?

Pittsburgh Steelers

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Wayne Gretzky

Phoenix Cyclones

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Jerry Buss?

LA Lakers

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Paul Allen (2 teams)

Seahawks and Trailblazers

What sports team is or was owned or co-owned by Senator Herb Kohl?

Milwaukee Bucks

What different animals are merged to form a sphinx?

woman and lion

What different animals are merged to form a harpy?

woman and bird

What different animals are merged to form a Griffin?

eagle and lion

What different animals are merged to form a Cockatrice?

rooster and serpent

What different animals are merged to form a Hippocamp?

horse and fish

What different animals are merged to form a Lamia?

woman and serpent

What different animals are merged to form a Chimera?

lion, goat, serpent

What different animals are merged to form a Manticore?

human, lion, dragon/scorpion

What is Jacopo Robusti better known as?

Tintoretto

Who was the Sistine Chapel named for?

Pope Sixtus IV

What is Michelangelo's only signed work?

Pieta

Which Alice in Wonderland character is a reference to its author, who used to stutter when saying his own name?

Dodo (from Do-Do-Dodgson)

The stutter on the chorus of what 1974 hit was a joke aimed at the singer's stuttering brother, George Bachmann?

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

What British actor, fittingly founded the London Centre for Stammering Children?

Michael Palin (who stuttered in A Fish Called Wanda)

Because of her stammer, whose wife Annie shunned the spotlight following her husbands' sudden 1962 fame?

John Glenn

What rapper, currently prison at Louisiana's Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, raps on the hit 2001 remix of Joe's song Stutter?

Mystikal

Who was Christopher Marlowe's roommate and wrote the play on which Shakespeare based Hamlet?

Thomas Kyd

What director was the college roommate of J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, until, ironically, he kicked Wolf out for being "too weird"?

David Lynch

What rocker was briefly Rick James' roommate while they were playing together in a band called the Mynah Birds?

Neil Young

Erich Segal has said that he based Oliver Barrett IV, the protagonist of his novel Love Story, on what Harvard roommates of his acquaintance, a future actor and a future politician?

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore

Mousy actor Wally Cox once formed a real-life Odd Couple with what manly actor, though Cox hated his pet raccoon so much he finally moved out?

Marlon Brando

What Big Ten coach with four Final Fours under his belt was the college roommate at Northern Michigan of future NFL coach Steve Mariucci?

Tom Izzo

What comedian, Christopher Reeve's Juilliard roommate, was, Reeve said, the first person to make him laugh following his 1995 incident?

Robin Williams

Some Washington eyebrows raised when US vice president William R King and what future president lived together in the capital for 16 years?

James Buchanan

What actor got his unusual nickname from his college roommate Stanley Tucci who didn't like calling him "Irving"?

Ving Rhames

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis used to play pranks on what Hall of Fame quarterback while they bunked together in college?

Joe Montana

What tow acting legends, Pasadena Playhouse friends and New York roomies back in the day, never worked on screen together until 2002's Runaway Jury?

Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman

Of what city was Jerry Springer mayor, from which post he had to resign after patronizing a prostitute?

Cincinnati

Except during WWII, what team has hosted an NFL game everything Thanksgiving Day since 1934?

Detroit Lions

What game show host took his stage name from the college in his West Virginia hometown?

Peter Marshall

What detective novel begins with a dinner hosted by the mysteriously absent "Mr. U.N. Owen"?

And Then There Were None (or Ten Little Indians)

The Egyptian plover is a bird best known for its symbiotic relationship with what host animal?

the crocodile (whose teeth it picks)

What food item shares its name with Brand and Janet's hospitable host in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

frankfurter (Frank N. Furter)

The host country's flag typically arrives last in the Parade of Nations that opens each Olympic Games. What was the only Games where this didn't happen?

Athens 2004 (Greece always goes first)

What actor has guest-hosted SNL 13 times, more than anyone but Steve Martin?

Alec Baldwin

Who made his West End debut playing alongside his mother in South Pacific?

Larry Hagman

Who plays the drums on the track "Back in the USSR"?

Paul McCartney

Who called the Hampton Court Conference in 1604?

James I

Who was the only person to be nearby at three different presidential assassinations?

Robert Lincoln

What famed paleontologist was also the first head of the Kenyan Wildlife Service?

Richard Leakey

What video game was originally called Snots and Boogers and then @!#?@!?

Q*bert

In the shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus wept" (John 11:35), who is Jesus weeping for?

Lazarus

What thin yellow fluid do the mammary glands secrete before lactation begins?

Colostrum

In what film is General Jack Ripper obsessed with America's precious bodily fluids?

Dr Strangelove

What element did alchemist Hennig Brand discover in 1669 when, boiling his own urine in the hopes of making gold, he observed glowing fumes?

Phosphorus

Who sang "You Light Up My Life" (1977)?

Debby Boone

Who sang "I've Had the Time of My Life" (1987)?

Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

Who sang "All My Life" (1998)

K-Ci and JoJo

Who sang "Love of My Life" (1975)?

Queen

Who sang "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" (1982)

Indeep

Who sang "Story of My Life" (1990)

Social Distortion

Who sang "Welcome to my Life" (2004)

Simple Plan

Who sang "It's My Life" (1965)?

The Animals

Which of TV's Golden Girls plays the title character in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot?

Estelle Getty

Whose first book was the 2006 memoir Peace Mom?

Cindy Sheehan

On what TV show is Momcorp the world's largest megacorporation?

Futurama

Who played Janine, aka "Stifler's mom" in the American Pie movies?

Jennifer Coolidge

What 1949 building is located in New Canaan, Connecticut, which catapulted its architect to fame?

Glass house (Johnson)

Who or what lives in Gracie Mansion?

the Mayor of New York

Who or what lives in a log cabin or hut with chicken legs?

Baba yaga

Who or what lives in A Florida estate called Xanadu?

Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)

Who or what lives in the tippy-top floor of the Plaza Hotel?

Eloise

Who or what lives in a holt?

otters

Who or what lives in a hogan?

Navajos

Who or what lives in a deluxe apartment in the sky?

Jeffersons

Tattoo yells "De plane! De plane!" for the last time in 1983, when Herve Villechaize was dropped from what show?

Fantasy Island

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether

Cat Woman

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Dick York, Dick Sargent

Darrin Stephens (Bewitched dad)

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Eve Plumb, Geri Reischl

Jan Brady

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill

Lois Lane

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Richard Thomas, Robert Wightman

John-Boy Walton

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Barbara Bel Geddes, Donna Reed

Miss Ellie" Ewing

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Lecy Goranson, Sarah Chalke

Becky Conner (Roseanne)

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Mike Evans, Damon Evans

Lionel Jefferson

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Tom Baker, David Tennant

Dr. Who

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Philip Bruns, Barney Martin

Morty Seinfeld

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Janet Hubert-Whitten, Daphne Maxwell Reid

Aunt Vivien Banks (Fresh Prince)

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Pamela Sue Martin, Emma Samms

Fallon Carrington Colby (Dynasty)

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Dixie Carter, Mary Ann Mobley

Maggie McKinney (Diff'rent Strokes)

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Beverley Owen, Pat Priest

Marilyn Munster

Name the TV character that has been played by these actors: Lisa Robin Kelly, Christina Moore

Laurie Forman (That 70s Show)

What is the title object of the 2006 film Brick a brick of?

heroin

What teenage trauma did Ben Folds commemorate in his 1997 hit "Brick"?

his girlfriend's abortion

The Brick Testament" is a website that recreates the Bible in what form?

Lego

What Tennessee Williams character is married to Brick Pollitt?

Maggie (the Cat)

What port, its state's largest city, is nicknamed the Brick City?

Newark, NJ

Saluting a 1977 hit, what soul band was inducted into the National Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame in 1991?

The Commodores (Brick House)

What TV show's eateries include the Brick Tavern and Roslyn's Cafe?

Northern Exposure

What redbrick complex lies between the Alexander Garden and Red Square?

Kremlin

In 1997, the Washington NBA team was rechristened "Wizards"... what were they known as before?

Bullets

What was the real name of TV's first "science guy" Mr. Wizard?

Don Herbert

Who did sportsfans known as "the Wizard of Westwood"?

John Wooden (Basketball, UCLA coach)

Who sings "Pinball Wizard" in the film Tommy?

Elton John

What former KKK imperial wizard used the pen name Dorothy Vanderbilt to pen a 1976 book of sex tips for women?

David Duke

What wizard is seduced and left powerless by the evil Nimue?

Merlin

What baseball player titled his memoir Wizard?

Ozzie Smith

Who met her first husband, Victor Willis of the Village People, while understudying the role of Glinda in The Wiz on broadway?

Phylicia Ayers-Allen (now Rashad)

What name is given, in the HP books, to someone who can't do magic, despite having wizard heritage?

squib

What kind of dental specialist performs root canals?

endodontist

What slave name does Kunta Kinte's owner force him to adopt in Alex Haley's Roots?

Toby

What plant's roots are used to make tapioca?

cassava

The Root's album Things Fall Apart begins with a snatch of dialogue between Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes, taken from what movie?

Mo Betta Blues

The Bitterroot Range of the Rockies is located on the border between what two states?

Montana and Idaho

What plant takes its name from the Chinese words for "man root"?

Ginseng

What country is home to Roots, the company that outfits the US Olympic team?

Canada

What year was the first Academy Awards?

1929

What novelist's most famous character is the aptly named Isadora Wing?

Erica Jong (Fear of Flying)

The Detroit Red Wings are one of the only two NHL teams with a monochromatic logo. What's the other?

Toronto Maple Leafs

Whose friend Stewart always wears a Winger T-shirt?

Beavis and Butthead

On what island is the TV series Wings set?

Nantucket

What hinged surfaces on a plane's wingtips allow the aircraft to roll?

ailerons

Before he formed Wings, what's the only song Paul McCartney ever composed with the word "wings" in the lyrics?

Blackbird

Where would you find the countries of Qumar and Equatorial Kundu?

The West Wing

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie There's Something About Mary?

Brett Favre

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie The Naked Gun?

O.J. Simpson

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie The Dirty Dozen?

Jim Brown

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie Action Jackson (later Happy Gilmore and Little Nicky)?

Carl Weathers

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels?

Vinnie Jones

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie Blazing Saddles?

Alex Karras

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie Steel?

Shaq

What athlete tried his hand at acting in the movie Dumb and Dumber?

Cam Neely

Give the missing last member: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and...

Anni-Frid

Give the missing last member: Reading, Short Line, B&0, and...

Pennsylvania

Give the missing last member: Swords, wands, coins, and...

cups

Give the missing last member: Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and...

Euphrates (garden of eden rivers)

Give the missing last member: Adenine, thymine, guanine, and...

cytosine

Give the missing last member: Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and...

Little Gidding

Give the missing last member: Joe Greene, LC Greenwood, Ernie Holmes, and...

Dwight White (steel curtain)

Fleet Street is (really, was) a UK metonym for what?

the Press

What famous street follows the line of a 12-foot stockade begun in 1653 by Peter Stuyvesant?

Wall Street

What thoroughfare was the site of Hollywood scandals like River Phoenix's death and Hugh Grant's arrest?

Sunset Strip

The city of Liverpool recently stalled plans to rename streets historically linked to the slave trade when it realized that what famous street was on the list?

Penny Lane

What road, which names a 2002 film, divides Wayne County from affluent Oakland and Maycomb counties?

8 Mile Road

NY's Tribeca neighborhood is so named because it's the triangle south of what major street?

Canal Street (TRIangle BElow CAnal)

Spartacus and his fellow slaves were crucified alongside what Roman highway, the "queen of the long roads

the Appian Way

What is the official name of NY's 6th Avenue, though it's used only by clueless out-of-towners?

Avenue of the Americas

What runs from the Stratosphere in the north to McCarran Airport in the south?

the Las Vegas Strip

What American street is best known for its eight switchbacks between Hyde and Leavenworth?

Lombard Street (san francisco)

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Terry Bradshaw?

Pittsburgh Steelers

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Ken Griffey, Jr?

Seattle Mariners

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Mario Lemieux

Pittsburgh Penguins

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Peyton Manning

Indianapolis Colts

What team drafted this number one draft pick: LeBron James?

Cleveland Cavaliers

What team drafted this number one draft pick: John Elway

Baltimore Colts

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Chipper Jones

Atlanta Braves

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Rick DiPietro?

New York Islanders

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Lew Alcindor

Milwaukee Bucks

What team drafted this number one draft pick: Larry Johnson?

Charlotte Hornets

Who was the lead singer of the Animals, of "House of the Rising Sun" fame, who later went on to sing in the funk group War?

Eric Burdon

What European city do Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy wander in Before Sunrise?

Vienna

What provides the red color in a Tequila Sunrise?

Grenadine

What NHL team plays its home games in a suburb called Sunrise?

Florida Panthers

In the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the earliest sunrise falls in what month?

July (not June!)

Who witnessed the Grinch stealing Christmas?

Cindy Lou Who

What Big East school took the cryptic name for its sports teams from the Greek word for "what"?

Georgetown (Hoyas)

What Dublin, Ohio-based company trades under the ticker symbol WEN?

Wendy's

After the 1990 NFL draft, who found himself teammates with his Heisman Trophy successor Andre Ware?

Barry Sanders

Who had the last number one hit of the 1950s with his song Why?

Frankie Avalon

What kind of dots did Roy Lichtenstein use?

Benday dots

How many pips are there on the two sides of the domino in the Domino's Pizza logo?

two and one

What is the more common name of retinal scotoma caused by the optic nerve?

blind spot

Why is "Lady bird, lady bird" told to "fly away home"?

Her house is on fire and her children are gone

Each Pac-Man maze features 240 regular dots and how many larger "power pellets"?

four

What officially replaced CQD on July 1, 1908?

SOS

What is counted by the Wolf Number, named for a Swiss mathematician who helped discover their influence on geomagnetism?

Sunspots

What world nation has three consecutive dotted characters?

Fiji

What singer of Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini was in Dallas on Nov 22, 1963 waving at the motorcade just blocks before Kennedy was shot?

Brian Hyland

What painter's masterpiece contains, in addition to its human subjects,, three dogs, a horse, a monkey, and a butterfly?

George Seurat

What's the name of the phony university in Animal House?

Faber College

What's the name of the phony university in Dawson's Creek?

Worthington University

What's the name of the phony university in Family Ties?

Leland College

What's the name of the phony university in Old School?

Harrison University

What's the name of the phony university in Revenge of the Nerds?

Adams College

What country's flag has seven-pointed stars?

Australia

What country's flag has a star in a circle?

North Korea

What country's flag has a 24-pointed star?

Marshall Islands

Complete the magazine analogy O: Oprah Winfrey :: Living : __________

Martha Stewart

Complete the magazine analogy: The Devil Wears Prada : Runway :: Ugly Betty : ___________

Mode

Complete the magazine analogy Alfred E. Neuman : Mad :: Sylvester P. Smythe : ___________

Cracked

Complete the magazine analogy Time : the US :: Maclean's : ____________

Canada

Complete the magazine analogy Playboy : Playmate :: Penthouse : ____________

Pet

Complete the magazine analogy George : Cindy Crawford :: People : ____________

Mia Farrow (first cover girl)

Complete the magazine analogy YM : "Your" :: FHM : ____________

For Him

Complete the magazine analogy Vogue : Teen Vogue :: Cosmopolitan : ____________

Cosmo Girl

Complete the magazine analogy Shattered Glass : The New Republic :: Almost Famous : _____________

Rolling Stone

Complete the magazine analogy 500 top-grossing companies : Fortune :: 500 fastest-growing companies : ______________

Inc.

What tuber, also called the sunroot or topinambur, is actually native to North America?

Jerusalem artichoke

Besides corn, what's the other principal ingredient in succotash?

Lima beans

What carmaker produced the 1974 Toronado, the first car to have airbags

Oldsmobile

What carmaker produced the 1959 Amazon, the first car with 3-point seatbelts?

Volvo

What carmaker produced the 1990 Cosmo, the first car with GPS navigation?

Mazda

What carmaker produced the 1895 L'Eclair, the first car with pneumatic tires?

Peugeot

In the movie Speed, dropping below what speed with blow up the bus?

50 mph

A statue of what TV character stands outside the Eighth Avenue entrance of NY's Port Authority us Terminal?

Ralph Kramden

In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

Montgomery, Alabama

What has coast-to-coast commuter John Madden dubbed his famous luxury bus?

The Maddencruiser

What Ken Kesey-led group toured America in a psychedelic school bus called "Furthur"?

The Merry Pranksters

When was the voting age lowered to 18 by the 26th Amendment?

1971

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Self-incrimination?

5

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Freedom of speech?

1

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Searches and seizures?

4

Which amendment to the constitution deals with The right to bear arms?

2

Which amendment to the constitution deals with the income tax?

16 (1913)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Instituting prohibition?

18 (1919)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with abolishing slavery?

13

Which amendment to the constitution deals with women's suffrage?

19 (1920)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with poll taxes?

24 (1964)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Washington DC?

23 (1961)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with How senators are elected?

17 (1913)

Which amendment to the constitution deals with Presidential succession?

22 (1951)

Who is the only president to hold a patent, and what was the patent for?

Abraham Lincoln, lifting boats over shoals

What celebrity invented the artificial heart?

Paul Winchell

What celebrity invented a bongo-drumskin tightening device?

Marlon Brando

What celebrity invented a noisemaking, chum-dispensing fish attractor?

Gary Burghoff

What celebrity invented an electronic sheetmusic display?

Harry Connick, Jr.

What celebrity invented a 45-degree-antigravity illusion?

Michael Jackson

What celebrity invented a hot-tub with naughty water jets?

Penn Jillette

What celebrity invented an unjammable torpedo guidance system?

Heddy Lamarr

What celebrity invented a diaper with outer pockets (for wipes)?

Jamie Lee Curtis

What celebrity invented the pulse rate monitor?

Zeppo Marx

What celebrity invented a guitarlike keyboard instrument design?

Prince

What celebrity invented a leg-plate guitar support?

Eddie Van Halen

What celebrity invented an accordian-shaped ashtray?

Lawrence Welk

In a notorious 1995 cliffhanger, Kimberly blows up the titular apartment building on what TV show, in which Tiffany Hart was the only fatality?

Melrose Place

In what apartment complex was Rose Mary Woods living in the early 1970s?

The Watergate (Woods was Nixon's secretary)

Since 1961, where have Margo Magee, Tommie Thompson, and Lu Ann Powers lived?

Apartment 3-G

The Apartment and Annie Hall are the only two Oscar-winning Best Pictures to each mention another Best Picture winner within the film. What are the other two films referenced?

Grand Hotel and The Godfather

In the 1996 movie, what kind of animal shares Joe's Apartment with him?

cockroaches

What two music stars died in the same London flat, then owned by Harry Nilsson, in 1974 and 1978?

Mama Cass and Keith Moon

What color were the walls in Monica's apartment on TV's Friends?

purple

In 1966 Johnny Cash briefly shared a Nashville apartment with what other country legend?

Waylon Jennings

What 1967 film classic was filmed at the Dakota, the same apartment building where John Lennon was later shot?

Rosemary's Baby

According to the title of a 1947 play, how does one get from the New Orleans train station to the apartment at 631 Elysian Fields?

A Streetcar Named Desire

What was Mickey Mouse's first spoken line, voiced in the Karnival Kid in 1928 by Disney himself?

Hot dogs, hot dogs!

Who provided the original voice for Buzz Lightyear?

Tim Allen

Who provided the original voice for Marge Simpson?

Julie Kavner

Who provided the original voice for Daffy Duck?

Mel Blanc

Who provided the original voice for Shrek?

Mike Meyers

Who provided the original voice for Stewie Griffin?

Seth McFarlane

Who provided the original voice for The Iron Giant?

Vin Diesel

Who provided the original voice for Hank Hill?

Mike Judge

Who provided the original voice for The Lion King (as an adult)?

Matthew Broderick

Who provided the original voice for Mr Magoo?

Jim Backus

Who provided the original voice for Inspector Gadget?

Don Adams

Who provided the original voice for Spongebob?

Tom Kenny

Who provided the original voice for Garfield?

Lorenzo Music

Who provided the original voice for Winnie-the-Pooh?

Sterling Holloway

Who provided the original voice for Yogi Bear?

Daws Butler

Who had a 2495-game winning streak ended by the New Jersey Reds on January 5, 1971?

Harlem Globetrotters

Pitchers for what MLB team have owned the record for the "most consecutive scoreless innings" since 1962?

LA Dodgers (Don Drysdale and Orel Hershiser)

What author wrote America's bestselling novel every year from 1993 to 2000, with a different novel every year?(!)

John Grisham

What Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men collaboration topped the Hot 100 chart for a record sixteen weeks in 1995?

One Sweet Day

What's the only name ever used by four British kings in a row?

George

After his famous hitting streak ended, DiMaggio said he'd been one game away from an endorsement by what company?

Heinz (57 games)

What William Hurt movie is the box-office Nancy Zerg that ended Titanic's 15-week earnings streak?

Lost in Space

Forty five lines of what poem begin with "who"?

Howl

What did the Federal Reserve System do a record 17 consecutive times between 2004 and 2006?

raised interest rates

What event was won by the same team the first 25 times it was held, from 1851 to 1983?

The America's Cup

What's the only TV show to top the Nielsen ratings five seasons in a row, from 1972 to 1976?

All in the Family

Whose thirty-year-old record did Roger Federer break in 2007, with 161 straight weeks atop the men's tennis rankings?

Jimmy Connors

In 2004, what replaced The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the longest running american sitcom?

the Simpsons

What NFL quarterback shattered Ron Jaworski's old record for most consecutive starts?

Brett Favre

Who has won more Senate elections--nine straight--than any other politician in history?

Robert Byrd (WV)

What legendary chief's death on Dec 15, 1890 led directly to the famous massacre at Wounded Knee?

Sitting Bull

What US state has the slogan "Native America" on its license plate?

Oklahoma

What great Onondaga orator persuaded five Indian nations to form he Iroquois Confederacy?

Hiawatha

Who played the blind character in the movie Wait Until Dark?

Audrey Hepburn

Who played the blind character in the movie Ray?

Jamie Foxx

Who played the blind character in the movie Scent of a Woman?

Al Pacino

Who played the blind character in the movie Daredevil?

Ben Affleck

Who played the blind character in the movie The Miracle Worker?

Patty Duke

Who played the blind character in the movie Red Dragon?

Emily Watson

Who played the blind character in the movie Tommy?

Roger Daltrey

Who played the blind character in the movie Jennifer Eight?

Uma Thurman

Who played the blind character in the movie The Village?

Bryce Dallas Howard

Who played the blind character in the movie Butterflies are Free?

Edward Albert

What song does this mondegreen come from: There's a bathroom on the right?

Bad Moon Rising

What song does this mondegreen come from: We split up on the docks at night?

Tangled Up in Blue (we split up on a dark, sad night)

What song does this mondegreen come from: Last night I dreamt of some bagels?

La Isla Bonita (last night I dreamt of San Pedro)

Though his seat had been Republican for 144 years, who reshaped the Senate by becoming an independent in 2001?

James Jeffords (Vermont)

What was pioneering transsexual Christine Jorgensen's first name before her surgery in Copenhagen?

George

The last major league team to switch from the AL to the NL and the last NFL team to switch from the AFC to the NFC both originated in what city?

Seattle (Brewers and Seahawks)

Seafloor spreading at midoceanic ridges is how scientists first discovered the periodic reversal of what?

the earth's magnetic field

The only two sitting US Senators ever to go into space shared what pair of initials?

JG (John Glenn and Jake Garn)

Which space shuttle is named for the ship on which Robert Scott first sailed to Antarctica?

Discovery

What does Mir, the name of the Russian space station, mean?

Peace

Before the 2004 launch of Space Ship One, who was the last American ever to go into space alone?

Gordon Cooper

Who did the US media nickname Muttnik?

Laika

Who's the only character to have a speaking role in both The Right Stuff and Apollo 13?

Deke Slayton

What foot did Neil Armstrong first set on the moon?

Left

Why did the Shire of Esperance in Western Australia issue the US a $400 fine for littering in 1979?

pieces of Skylab fell there

What is the theme from M
A
S*H, which was written by Robert Altman's 14 year old son?

Suicide is Painless

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Who Are You?

CSI

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Love and Marriage (Sinatra)

Married... with Children

What TV show uses this song as its theme:With a Little Help from My Friends (Cocker)

The Wonder Years

What TV show uses this song as its theme: How Soon Is Now (Love Spit Love)

Charmed

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Woke Up This Morning (A3)?

Sopranos

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Reflections (Diana Ross and the Supremes)?

China Beach

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Save Me (Remy Zero)

Smallville

What TV show uses this song as its theme: A Little Less Conversation?

Las Vegas

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Stand (REM)

Get A Life

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Here with Me (Dido)?

Roswell

What TV show uses this song as its theme: Bad Reputation

Freaks and Geeks

What is Indiana Jones' real first name?

Henry

What was the nickname of 6'9'' Cowboys defensive end Ed Jones?

Too Tall

On what "Special" Illinois Central route was Casey Jones the engineer?

The Cannonball Special

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, PJ?

Family Circus

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Alexander, Cooke?

Blondie

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings Michael, Elizabeth, April?

For Better or For Worse

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings Peter, Paige, Jason?

Foxtrot

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings Honi, Hamlet?

Hagar the Horrible

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Arn, Karen, Valeta, Galan, Nathan?

Prince Valiant

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Zone, Hammy, Wren?

Baby Blues

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Huey, Riley?

Boondocks

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Chip, Dot, Ditto, Trixie?

Hi and Lois

In what newspaper comic strip would you find these siblings: Hans, Fritz

The Katzenjammer Kids

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Brazil, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Kenya, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Uganda?

The equator passes through them

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Argentina, Australia, China, Nepal, Russia, Tanzania, USA

Home to the highest peak on their continent

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Austria, Burma, Egypt, Ghana, Norway, Peru, South Korea, Sweden

Their flags are only blue and white

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Austria, Bosnia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, USA

Home countries of UN Secretaries General

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Chad, Finland, Iran, Ireland, Oman, Spain?

They form a word if you remove their first letter

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Afghanistan, Australia, Burma, Canada, French Polynesia, Indian, Iran, Nepal, New Zealand, Sri Lanka?

All have unusual time zones (offset by an uneven number of hours)

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Benin, Bolivia, Chile, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania?

They have more than one capital city (?)

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, the Sudan, Syria, the UK?

Their currency is the pound

What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others: Argentina, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Uruguay?

They've won World Cups

Whose trademark hat always had a $1.98 price tag hanging off one side?

Minnie Pearl (Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw)

What organization has never cashed the $3.67 check it got from the NFL after "winning" a 1985 lawsuit?

The USFL

What short story begins "$1.87. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies"?

The Gift of the Magi

Whose life savings had dwindled down to $1.73 by the time he decided to shoot George Wallace in 1972?

Arthur Bremer

On July 12, 1979, the White Sox let fans into a double-header for just 98 cents if they brought with them what item, to be blown up at second base between games?

A disco record (infamous "Disco Demolition Night")

As fans of her 2004 comeback album might know, in what town did Loretta Lynn grow up a "Coal Miner's Daughter"?

Van Lear, Kentucky (Van Lear Rose)

What John Sayles coal-mining movie was filmed in Thurmond, West Virginia, not in the title town?

Matewan

What is the town of Hay-on-Wye on the Wales-England border famous for

Book festival

What Arab political party is named for a bookstore that Zaki al Arsuzi opened in Damascus, Syria, in the 1940s?

Ba'ath Party

What British author wrote Keep the Aspidistra Flying about his years working as an assistant in a used bookshop in Hampstead?

George Orwell

Who ran Dartmouth, England's successful Harbour Bookshop, from 1951 to 1972 and spent his days avoid fans of his characters who came into the store?

Christopher Robin Milne

What rock anthem includes the immortal lyric: "Put me to work in the school bookstore/ Check-out counter and I got bored?

Smoking in the Boys Room

What historic San Francisco bookstore was also America's first all-paperback bookstore when it set up shop in 1953?

City Lights Bookstore

What was the magical original name of the online bookstore that changed its name to Amazon.com in 1995?

Cadabra.com

Who started America's first lending library in 1730s?

Ben Franklin

What poet slammed the unscrupulous bookseller Edmund Curll in his 1728 poem "The Dunciad"?

Alexander Pope

What is the traditional fruit ingredient in a rickey?

lime

What is the traditional fruit ingredient in Tarte tatin?

apple

Who was the first black actor to play Othello in film?

Laurence Fishburne (III)

What onetime NBA Finals MVP was the last owner of the CBA before its 2001 shutdown?

Isiah Thomas (III)

Bono shared Time Man of the Year honors with what other man and his wife?

William Gates (III)

What former governor currently heads the Democratic National Committee (2008)?

Howard Dean (III)

What future radio star had a number one hit with his novelty number "Disco Duck"?

Rick Dees (III)

Who took Barry Goldwater's seat when the longtime senator retired in 1986?

John McCain (III)

What regular character did Larry David always voice on Seinfeld, even after he left the show?

George Steinbrenner (III)

What rapper's younger cousin Michael Francis raps under the stage name "Two Five"?

Curtis Johnson (III; fifty cent)

What actor took his name of his directorial debut, 2006's Shortcut to Happiness, which sat on the shelf for a record 6 years before being released?

Alec Baldwin (III)

Who won Pulitzers for his plays A Delicate Balance, Seascape, and Three Tall Women?

Edward Albee (III)

In 1998, which Spice Girl missed her Oslo concert and, two days later, announced that she has left the band?

Ginger Spice (Geri Halliwell)

How many herbs and spices are in the KFC secret recipe?

eleven

Ninety percent of the world's true cinnamon comes from what island nation?

Sri Lanka

What slightly hallucinogenic spice did Malcolm X use to get high while in prison?

nutmeg

What kind of flower does saffron come from?

crocus

What was the date marking the 1660 reentry of Charles II into London and the completion of the Restoration known as, thanks to a tree that sheltered him after the battle or Worcester

Oak Apple Day

What building was a dilapidated ruin in 1831 when a bestselling novel that year prompted architect Viollet-le-Duc to lead a restoration effort?

Notre Dame

What is the primary ingredient in the silvery amalgam still used in dental restoration?

mercury

A four-hour restoration of what 1927 epic restored the reputation of forgotten silent film director Abel Gance shortly before his 1981 death?

Napoleon

Who's the only president whose three initials spell a word?

James A Garfield

What brand is known as PFK in Quebec and Puerto Rico?

KFC

Whose children's books involve a mysterious secret organization known only as VFD?

Lemony Snicket

Citigroup jumped on the stock ticker abbreviation C after what company dropped it in a 1998 merger?

Chrysler

What's the only US state whose postal code is two vowels?

Iowa

What is special about Sioux Falls Regional Airport's 3-letter airport code?

SUX

Who hit a 1946 home run into the clock at the Brave's Ebbets Field, inspiring Bernard Malamud to write the Natural?

Bama Rowell

What kind of natural disaster destroyed 3 of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World?

earthquakes

What famous director asked that his name be removed from the screenplay credit to Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers?

Quentin Tarantino

What Chicago natural history museum features Sue, the world's largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton?

the Field Museum

What future game show host (e.g., original host of Wheel of Fortune) had a top 40 hit with 1968's Naturally Stoned?

Chuck Woolery

What cartoonist created the bearded guru named Mr. Natural?

R. Crumb

What French obstetrician revolutionized childbirth with his 1956 book Painless?

(Dr.) Fernand Lamaze

What state has adopted the new official nickname of The Natural State?

Arkansas

What gas is the main component in natural gas?

Methane

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Kate in Mermaids?

Christina Ricci

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Velvet in National Velvet?

Elizabeth Taylor

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Gertie in E.T.

Drew Barrymore

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Opie in Andy Griffith?

Ron Howard

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Iris in Taxi Driver?

Jodie Foster

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Kyra in The Sixth Sense?

Mischa Barton

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Luke on Growing Pains?

Leonardo Dicaprio

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Huw in How Green Was My Valley?

Roddy McDowall

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Lauren in Heat?

Natalie Portman

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Danny in City Slickers?

Jake Gyllenhaal

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Joe in Radio Days?

Seth Green

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Derek on Silver Spoons?

Jason Bateman

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Molly in Home Alone 3?

Scarlett Johansson

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Mickey in Our Gang?

Robert Blake

What future celeb made a child-actor appearance as Lauren in A Little Romance?

Diane Lane

Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the most subscribed-to cable network in America?

Discovery

Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the deepest point of the Mariana Trench?

Challenger

Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the ship that carried Captain Cook to Australia?

Endeavor

Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the company that introduced the first LP record albums?

Columbia

Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the largest resort on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas?

Atlantis

What's the major river running through Boston?

Charles

What's the major river running through Baghdad?

Tigris

What's the major river running through St. Petersburg?

Neva

What's the major river running through Cleveland?

Cuyahoga

What's the major river running through Florence?

Arno

What's the major river running through Seoul?

Han

What's the major river running through Dublin?

Liffey

What's the major river running through Amsterdam?

Amstel

What's the major river running through Melbourne?

Yarra

What's the major river running through Buenos Aires

Rio de la Plata

In what organ of the human body would you find Bowman's capsules and the loop of Henle?

kidney

In what organ of the human body would you find the duct of Wirsung?

pancreas

In what organ of the human body would you find Sertoli cells?

testes

In what organ of the human body would you find the caudate lobe?

liver

In what organ of the human body would you find the Eustachian tube?

ear

In what organ of the human body would you find the pleurae?

lungs

In what organ of the human body would you find the endometrium?

uterus

In what organ of the human body would you find parietal cells?

stomach

Whose wife Adrienne claimed in a 1988 DUI trial that she should enjoy diplomatic immunity for having married the "Ambassador of Soul"?

James Brown

What Colorado congresswoman called Ronald Reagan the "Teflon President" for his seeming immunity to criticism?

Pat Schroeder

In 1991 who received immunity from nineteen counts of murder after he agreed to testify against Mob boss John Gotti?

Sammy "the Bull" Gravano