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Question 1

Assigned an approximately mathematical value of 2.72

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Highest ranking and Cleanest burning coal available

Answer 2

Anthracite

Question 3

In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 sq miles was found floating in the pacific near Tonga

Answer 3

Pumic
From an underwater eruption

Question 4

In 1939 billie holiday recorded this song which was a protest against racism and especially lynching; it has been covered by many other and names song of the century by time magazine in 99

Answer 4

Strange fruit
Haunting song - hard to listen to ; strange fruit are bodies of black men hanging from trees that have been lynched
Kels fav version Nina Simone

Question 5

17 Harry styles song shares a name with a kind of fruit
Reached 40 in US but for some reason 2 in New Zealand

Answer 5

Kiwi
New Zealanders Known as kiwis for the bird
Neil recommends the song

Question 6

This Brazilian singer from the first half of the 20th century is known for her fruity hats

Answer 6

Carmen Miranda
Famous for the Chiquita banana song
Ostracized is Brazil foe being too Americanized

Question 7

This fruity band had a hit with play that funky music

Answer 7

Wild cherry
Named after a cough drop
Ramones were named After a pseudonym of Paul McCartney- would register at hotels as Joe ramone?

Question 8

This is the most commonly transplanted organ in the US

Answer 8

Kidney

Question 9

How many Oscar’s did Fargo win and takes place in primarily this state

Answer 9

2
Minnesota
Even though Fargo is in North Dakota it’s right by the border
They talk about bemidji and the twin cities

Question 10

Most popular fruit in the world by metric tons

Answer 10

Tomatoes
Banana
Watermelon
Apples
Grapefruit
Grapes
Oranges
Mangos
Plantains
Tangerines
Pears
Pineapple

Question 11

Aspirin is one of the most common drugs in the world with something like 40 K tons being consumed annually - in tens of billions of pills and is derived from the bark of this tree

Answer 11

Willow
References back to using willow bark and leaves for pain Relief 500 BCE
Scientists isolate acid in 1800s sal uh sil ick acid

Question 12

Cocaine and crack increase the level of this chemical which acts as a hormone and neurotransmitter and is generally considered to be the chemical of pleasure in the body

Answer 12

Dopamine

Question 13

This halloucgin was invented in 1938 by a Swiss chemist and later used by the CIA to explore mind control in the MK ultra program

Answer 13

LSD
Experimenting with mushrooms
Trip known as the bicycle ride because this guy rode his book home during the first LSD trip

Question 14

This life saving drug was found accidentally by scientists in 1938 when removing a pancreas from a dog to see what would happen

Answer 14

Insulin
Dogs urine had a lot of sugar in it - because gave dog diabetes
Without pancreas can’t regulate blood sugar

Question 15

This 2011 song about a prostitute addicted to crack is this English singer debut song

Answer 15

The a team by
Ed Sheeran
Nominated for a Grammy ?

Question 16

I can’t feel my face song may be about doing large amounts of cocaine by this Canadian singer
2015

Answer 16

The weekend

Question 17

Kickstart my heart is a 89 song by this heavy metal band recently featured in a Netflix biopic that supposedly refers to the ep uh nef rin injected into a band members heart after he overdosed

Answer 17

Motley crew
Nicky 6 overdosed

Question 18

This artist outlined how getting high prevented him from doing daily chores paying child support and eventually ruined his life in an 01 song

Answer 18

Afroman because I got high

Question 19

Lance Armstrong admitted in 13 to doping and steroids and other drug use during his career - all of these wins were vacated as a result
How many

Answer 19

Won the Tour duh France
7 times (consecutive) big gap in the record book now - didn’t retroactively give to 2nd place

Question 20

2nd pick in the 86 nba draft who died of a cocaine overdose 2 days after the draft
Bonus what university did he attend

Answer 20

Len bias from university of Maryland
Boston Celtics defending champs
Happened on campus - touchstone event that made an impact on drug awareness
Not while e coyote from acme

Question 21

In the late 19th and early 20th century this plant derived poison was used a a performance enhancer for distance athletes sue to its convulsive effects

Answer 21

Strick 9

Question 22

This 8 time grand slam winner tested positive for ampheduhmeans in 97 as his career was in a decline

Answer 22

Andre Ag uh see
Who is married to steffi graph also was married to Brooke shields

Question 23

This movie from 58 is about an alcoholic football ex player
Who stars
Also based on this play

Answer 23

Cat on a hot tin roof
Elizabeth Taylor (butterfield 8 won an academy for ) and Paul Newman
Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tennessee Williams

Question 24

This was a film about a man named Renton who was deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene and trying to clean up his life
What was his drug of choice

Answer 24

Trainspotting
Heroine was the drug

Question 25

This academy award best picture winner not only portrayed the use of hallucinogens and other drugs but could also be considered the first LGBT film to win the award

Answer 25

Midnight cowboy in 69 Only X rated to win best picture X rated because of drugs and homosexual theMes Jon voight was a male prostitute

Question 26

The battle of guh lip uh lee was a major military campaign during WW1 in this present day country

Answer 26

Turkey - Ottoman Empire at the time guh lip uh lee peninsula part of Turkey guh lip uh lee Italian form of Greek name meaning beautiful city

Question 27

First produced by lou dens in 36 this fashionable sounding cAndy bar now produced by Hershey’s consists of peanut butter crunch layers and chocolate similar to this company’s butterfinger

Answer 27

Fifth avenue bar - attempt to associate candy with fashionable street in nYC Nestle - butterfinger

Question 28

Known among Latin communities as a tool for disciplining children a chancla (chank luh) is a type of this object

Answer 28

Flip flop or slipper or some type of footwear San Antonio minor league team flying chank luh at least briefly - to show how intimidating

Question 29

With a net worth of 70 B Spanish businessman or man c o Ortega cofounded this flagship fast fashion retailer in 75

Answer 29

Zara- females know

Question 30

Fictional media conglomerates in succession

Answer 30

Way star roy co Starring brown cox and children played by Keriian caulkin Alan rook Sarah snook and Jeremy strong

Question 31

Singer profiled in the 2022 Netflix documentary “Halftime,” familiarly :

Answer 31

J.LO ”Jennifer Lopez: Halftime” is a 2022 documentary about Jennifer Lopez. It gives a behind-the-scenes look at her performance at the halftime show for Super Bowl LIV, and at the making of the 2019 movie “Hustlers”, in which she had a supporting role.

Question 32

Friends in Low Places” is a 1990 song released by

Answer 32

Garth Brooks. He first recorded the song in 1989 as a demo, before Brooks released his debut album, and when he was relatively unknown as a performer. After the success of that first album, Brooks contacted the writers to see if the song was still available. He then re-recorded “Friends in Low Places”, and released it as the first single from his second album, “No Fences”.

Question 33

Oct. 24 observance :

Answer 33

UN DAY The Charter of the United Nations was signed by the member states in San Francisco in June 1945 and came into force on 24 October 1945. October 24 was chosen as United Nations Day in 1947. In 1971, the United Nations further resolved to make UN Day a public holiday in all UN member states.

Question 34

The French word for lightning is “

Answer 34

éclair”, but no one seems to be too sure how it came to be used for the rather delicious bakery item. The name for the pastry known as an “éclair” is clearly French in origin.

Question 35

Colorado State’s sports team :

Answer 35

RAMS Colorado State University (CSU) was founded in Fort Collins in 1870 as the Colorado Agricultural College. The school’s athletic teams are known as the Colorado State Rams, although back in the days of the Colorado Agricultural College, the teams were referred to as the Aggies.

Question 36

Jellicle Ball attendee

Answer 36

CAT Jellicle cats are the creation of T. S. Eliot in his unpublished poem “Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats”, with the title being a corruption of “poor little dogs and dear little cats”. Eliot later wrote another poem “The Song of the Jellicles”, which is included in his collection “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”. Famously, this collection was the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats”.

Question 37

Dust in the Wind” is a lovely 1977 song recorded by the prog rock band

Answer 37

Kansas that was written by one of the group’s founding members, Kerry Livgren. It was to be the only top-ten hit for Kansas in the US

Question 38

Verona is a city in northern Italy. Famously, William Shakespeare set these three of his plays in Verona: “

Answer 38

Romeo and Juliet”, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “The Taming of the Shrew”.