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Three of King Henry VIII’s six wives shared what first name?
Catherine
Which film, released in 2007, is based on a Broadway musical first staged in 2002, itself based on a film released in 1988?
Hairspray
An image of the White House is featured on the reverse of what U.S. banknote?
20
Borrowing its name from a Latin term for the Etruscans, the Tyrrhenian Sea lies between these 2 countries
Corsica and Italy
The animal called the short-tailed weasel in North America is known by what other name to the rest of the world?
Stoat
Urticaria, named for a Latin word for stinging nettle plants, are the itchy red bumps associated with what condition?
Hives
Despite its name, what dish is usually made using the pancreas of a calf or lamb?
Sweetbread
The first British royal to compete in the Olympics and also competed in which event at the 1976 Summer Games?
Princess Anne
Equestrian
The only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, who was the first queen of England to reign in her own right and not through marriage?
Mary 1
In 2007 she made history as the first woman elected to serve as speaker of the house
Nancy Pelosi
An early example of a “first-person shooter,” which video game was the first to receive an M (mature) from the Entertainment Software Rating Board?
Doom
you are a hedonist, your primary goal in life is…
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pleasure
Several scenes of which holiday film were shot on location at the 1946 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
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Miracle on 34th Street
Actually an iron sulfide that’s worth a fraction of real gold, which mineral is known as “fool’s gold”?
Pyrite
Which actor narrated the Hall of Presidents attraction at Disney World from 2009 to 2017, more than a decade after portraying a president in Deep Impact (1998)?
Morgan freeman
Along with winning 73 singles titles, who’s won $94 million during her career—more than twice as much as any other female tennis player?
Serena Williams
the yellow-bellied sapsucker is which type of bird?
Woodpecker
Known to drill wells in more than 1,000 types of trees,
which country has the longest coastline in Europe—63,000 miles in total?
Norway
Because of its many islands and fjords,
Popular in the 19th century but later widely discredited, phrenology attempted to predict character traits based on what?
Skull shape
Which animal is the only non-primate to have fingerprints, thought to help them grip trees?
Koala
a stock priced at $25 increases by 200 percent, how much is that stock now worth?
$75
Although visitors can buy bottles there, which liquor brand’s distillery is located in a dry county in Tennessee?
Jack Daniels
Filled with animals like the viscacha and the guanaco, the Pampas is a 300,000-square-mile plains region in which country?
Argentina
A 2008 portrait of Barack Obama by street artist Shepard Fairey was emblazoned with which word?
Hope
Famously visited by Marco Polo, the ancient capital city Xanadu (Shangdu) was established by which ruler?
Kublai Khan
Which future pop star was the subject of a Facebook group called “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous,” created by some of her New York University classmates?
Lady Gaga
Introduced in a 1920 play, which word is derived from a Czech word meaning “forced labor”?
Robot
In Mexico, luchadores don colorful masks to perform which activity?
Wrestling
When launched in 2003 as a dating site for objectivists, the Atlasphere based its name on a work by which author?
Ayn Rand
The book The Antisocial Network details how amateur investors drove which company’s stock to rise by 1,500 percent in January 2021?
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GameStop
Located the farthest east, which is the only Great Lake that doesn’t border the state of Michigan?
Lake Ontario
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination began World War I, was the heir to the throne of which country?
Austria -Hungary
Affecting about one in three people, which eye condition is caused by an irregular curvature of the lens or cornea?
Astigmatism
Used as pack and draft animals by the Sami people of northern Europe, which animal is the only domesticated type of deer?
Reindeers
Ryan Gosling temporarily lived with which future pop star when both were child actors on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club?
Justin Timberlake
Mick Jagger provided uncredited backing vocals to Carly Simon on which 1970s hit—and many think the song is about him?
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“You’re So Vain”
The discovery of mold growing on the rind of a cantaloupe was integral in the mass production of which medicine?
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Penicillin
Infamous for leaking classified information about U.S. surveillance operations, who was granted Russian citizenship in 2022?
Edward Snowden
When airing its 636th episode, which show in 2018 surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running scripted series in TV history?
Simpsons
Rarely used on national flags because of its historically high-priced dye, which color appears on the is country’s flag as plumage on a parrot?
Purple on Dominica
A Tony-winning epic about the AIDS epidemic, which play is subtitled A Gay Fantasia on National Themes?
Angels in America
Mostly found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, which primate is the largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world?
Orangutan
be retitled as The Portent?
The Omen
The Ozians” is the name of which Broadway musical’s official Facebook fan group?
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Wicked
Derived from a phrase meaning “burning stone,” brimstone is another name for which element?
Sulfer
U.S. Navy recruiters set up tables outside screenings of which blockbuster film upon its 1986 release?
Top gun
Thirty-second ads during the Super Bowl cost advertisers $1 million for the first time in what year?
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1995
Once called the Spanish Silk Poodle, which is the only dog breed that is native to Cuba?
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Havanese
Indirectly spurring the United States’ entry into World War I, German submarines sank which boat, killing 1,198 passengers, including 128 U.S. citizens?
RMS Lusitania
Later describing her as “the eighth wonder of the world,” Mark Twain helped fund the college tuition of which woman?
Helen Keller
An actor who is criticized for “phoning it in” has given which type of performance?
Perfunctory
Which country’s flag features a red and blue taegeuk, derived from the symbol for yin and yang?
South Korea
