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Minnesota Pigpen
January 15-16, 2010
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Geographical Cartoons
Let's get things started
What was the home state of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz and who was his dirtiest character?
Minnesota Pig-Pen
Linus and Lucy
Vince Guirauldi
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Niche TV
"Who ya gonna call?"
By night they hunt ghosts. By day, what company do Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes work for?
Roto-Rooter
The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Charlie Daniels Band
3
Kevin Smith Films
Does this hat make me look fat?
When Brodie and TS go to the second mall of their day, TS tries on a hat. What word is stitched onto the front of the hat?
Clerks
Chewbacca
Supernova
WARNING: SHORT SONG
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Theatah!
Don't Spoil the Ending!
Agatha Christie's longest-running West End mystery was written for whose 80th birthday?
Queen Mary
God Save the Queen
Jimi Hendrix
5
Animal Husbandry
You want me to put my hand WHERE?
British veterinarian turned computer programmer Sarah Baillie created an artificial cow's butt to train would-be livestock vets. What's her invention called?
The Haptic Cow
Cows with Guns
Dana Lyons
6
Potent Potables
Beer for fun and profit
Which of the famed "Real Men of Genius" was said to be a funny bunny train conductor who wore size 25 fluffy shoes?
Mr. Dedicated Houston Astros Mascot (Junction Jack)
It's Not Right, But It's Okay
Whitney Houston
"Real Men of Genius" is a series of radio commercials for Bud Light.
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Dance, Marionette, Dance!
Blood on the dance floor
In Spring 2007, overcrowding at a concert in Goodrich Hall caused the floor to collapse. Who was performing at that concert?
Gunther
Something So Strong
Crowded House
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Name origins
Didn't he sing with Cher?
We all know Bono, the lead singer of U2. What many don't know is how Bono -- originally born Paul David Hewson -- got his name. Tell us the store from which his name was derived.
Bonavox, OR "Bonavox of O'Connell Street"
Where the Streets have no names
Pet Shop Boys
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Ethnic Foods
Fahgeddaboutit
What Italian food company promises its products are made without mob connections?
Libera Terra
Hey Mambo Italiano
Dean Martin
10
Revenge of the Nerds
I went to school with a guy like that
Penny tells Sheldon the Chinese character tattooed on her right buttock stands for "courage." But Sheldon points out it really stands for what?
Soup
Stacey's Mom
Fountains of Wayne
The medal-stripping appears in the Movie "Blades of Glory".
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Movies
Go for the gold!
Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, Nancy Kerrigan and Commissioner Ebbers were all on a committee that stripped what two skaters of their gold medals? (First names will suffice.)
Chazz and Jimmy
What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II
D.V.D.A.
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Fish heads, fish heads...
...Roly-Poly Fish Heads.
What invasive fish was responsible for the creation of the multi-million dollar Salmon sport fishing industry in Lake Michigan?
Alewife
Salmon Dance
The Chemical Brothers
Coho and Chinook salmon were introduced into the Great Lakes to prey on the alewife, who invaded via the bypass around Niagra Falls.
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Wealth
Who wants to be a millionaire?
No one was surprised to see Forbes magazine name Bill Gates the richest man in the world in 2009. Who did the magazine name as the richest FICTIONAL CHARACTER that year?
Uncle Sam
Shakin'
Eddie Money
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Honey, I'm Home
You did WHAT?
The former Jane Means Appleton never liked her husband's political career. When he came home to say he'd won the nomination for U.S. President, she immediately did what?
fainted
SOS
Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep
Ms. Appleton was Mrs. Franklin Pierce.
15
Address, please.
Talk about stoned!
Where does Paro the Moai live?
Easter Island (or Rapanui)
Lips Like Sugar
Echo and the Bunnymen
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Recreation
Where's the answer key?
The first book published by Simon and Schuster is often credited as the first book published about what feature present in almost every modern newspaper.
crossword puzzles
Games People Play
Alan Parsons Project
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Geography
Sent to the foothills
Women were relegated to play golf on what putting green at the birthplace of golf in Scotland?
The Himalayas
Anything You Can Do I can Do Better
Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun)
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Yellow Culture Club
Church of the Poison Mind
From which religious organization did Matt Groening admit stealing the Simpsons characters?
The Healing Stream Deliverance Church
Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
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Easter Bunny he's not
You have to crack a few eggs...
Slothful, yes. But Sid foster-parents three found eggs he names what?
Shelby, Eggbert and Yoko
Walk The Dinosaur
Was (Not Was)
The adoption occurred in the movie "Ice Age 3".
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Movie Tie-Ins
"Jim, I'm a doctor, not a creepy fast-food icon!"
What alien race employs the "nipple pinch" to abscond with an Uhura glass?
The Kingons
Star Trekkin'
Dr. Demento
The Kingons appeared in a Burger King ad which tied in with the 2009 Star Trek movie.
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Famous Inventions
Baby needs a new pair of shoes
In 1993, Michael Jackson patented a dance move that allowed the wearer of special shoes to lean forward beyond his or her center of gravity. What is the name of this patent as registered by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office?
"Method and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion."
Smooth Criminal
Alien Ant Farm
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Destination: Facebook
Did you friend us?
According to a print ad, how many people believe Central Park is shaped like an Absolut Vodka bottle?
19842
Moonlight and Vodka
Chris De Burgh
23
Alienology 101
So say we all.
Speaking before the United Nation's General Assembly, Edward James Olmos channeled Admiral William Adama in objecting to the U.N.'s manner of using what word?
race
Black or White
Adam Lambert
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U.S. Landmarks
"Who's your daddy?"
Hanging out with 15 women, who peeks down from inside the dome at the U.S. Capitol as if he were God?
George Washington
Girls, Girls, Girls
Motley Crue
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Aye, damned good spirits!
Watch out for that octopus, lad!
During which atmospheric event did John Jameson leap from his ship into the ocean after a keg of Irish whiskey?
The Great Storm of 1781
Whiskey in the Jar
Metallica
The leap and subsequent encounter with a giant squid occurred in an ad for Jameson Whiskey which played during 2009.
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Under the sea
Move over, Sebastian
According to the menu, how much is a Krusty Combo on the Krusty Krab's eleventy-seventh anniversary?
$39.90
We've Got Scurvy
Pink
WARNING: SHORT SONG
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Bad film...
...on the Satellite of Love
Rotating the intensifier disk 18 degrees left will activate what device?
The Interocitor
Dare to be Stupid
Weird Al Yankovic
The Interocitor appears in "This Island Earth", which was the subject of The MST3K Movie.
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Pop, Pop, Pop Muzik
Funerals for fun and profit
Who had to die before this cover of the following song would be recorded?
Michael Jackson
Blackbird
Dandy Warhols
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Benched!
Take me OUT OF the ballgame!
George Brett didn't join his teammates on the field on August 18th, 1983. Where was he hiding out?
Spanish Tavern
Spanish Harlem
Neil Diamond
The game in question was the continuation of the famous Pine-Tar Incident.
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Seeing double
He's Fred, I'm George.
What positions did the future proprietors of "Weasley's Wizard Wheezes" play on the Gryffindor quidditch team?
Beaters
Witchcraft
Arabella Hong
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Fleeting Art
SUPER Fleeting Art
What vehicle is featured in the Google logo celebrating the 2009 Comic Con?
Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet
Jet Airliner
Paul Pena
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Road Trip!
Dozens and dozens NOT served!
What state would you be in if you were at the farthest point from a McDonalds restaurant -- that you could be -- in the lower 48 states?
South Dakota
500 Miles
Proclaimers
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Culinary Secrets
More secrets than the Colonel
How many secret flavors are there in the soft drink created in 1885 in a Waco, Texas drugstore?
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Doctor, Doctor
Thompson Twins
Dr. Pepper, that is.
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Celebrities
It's all about me!!
"I have executive produced several television shows, I like to pretend to be a photographer and I didn't need Red Bull to get my wings. Who am I?"
Tyra Banks
Supermodel (You Better Work)
RuPaul
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Shopping
God, I HATE shopping
What size clothing does Woody Allen's character in "Love and Death" wear?
Size 28 Dwarf
Just the Two of Us (Dr Evil Mix)
Austin Powers
WARNING: SHORT SONG
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Happy Trails
Joy to the world
Kasey Casem ended his 39-year run as host of a weekly radio countdown show in July 2009. The last number one song he introduced was "Second Chance" by Shinedown. What was the FIRST number one hit he introduced back in July 1970?
"Mama Told Me Not To Come" (by Three Dog Night)
The Final Countdown
The Popettes
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Famous Autographs
It's all about ME!
What Latin phrase did Leonardo da Vinci write backwards on the back of his paintings to tell the world "This was painted by me"?
Pinxit mea
Mona Lisa (When the World Comes Down)
The All-American Rejects
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FORE!
More like 14!
The ladies love Eldrick. But we love Woods' Voicemail Slow Jam Remix even more. What company is responsible for creating that song less than a day after the infamous voicemail recording was released?
Half Day Today
The Golf Song
Arrogant Worms
WARNING: SHORT SONG
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Executive desserts
Perhaps the world's perfect pie
According to "The Crustmaster," what's Barack Obama's favorite type of pie served at the White House?
Banana Cream
Cherry Pie
Warrant
40
Shhhhh...
"There's nothing like the smell of musty books in the archives!"
Everyone knows old volumes in the library give off a certain mustiness. Turns out, there's a new scientific method of figuring out the condition of the paper through that mustiness. What's this non-destructive method called?
material degradomics
The Tra la la Song
Material Issue
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Today in History
Really, it happened on THIS DATE!
In what country did the U.S. military last use a horse-mounted cavalry charge?
The Philippines
Runaway Horses
Belinda Carlisle
The date was January 16th, 1942.
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Eternal choices
Devil or Angel? I can't make up my mind!
According to Max Allan Collins, what is Max's full barcode number?
332960073452
Look Homeward Angel
John Taylor
The second "Max" is Max Guevera, the main character of "Dark Angel". Max Allan Collins gave her serial number in his novelization, "Dark Angel: Before the Dawn"
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Tim Burton films
"Come into my parlour..."
With what sweet treat does Beetlejuice tempt a fly?
Zagnut bar
Hell
Squirrel Nut Zippers
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Billions served
We're not talking burgers
It took only 9 months for the iPhone App Store to reach a landmark number of application downloads. In recognition, Apple showered a 13-year-old boy with prizes after he downloaded what app?
BUMP
Submarine Symphonika
Submarines
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Maritime Games
"You sunk my battleship!"
Despite sinking eight days after launching, what ship inspired numerous books and movies and one delicious pastry?
The Bismarck
Otto
The Replacements
46
TV Food
BAM!
What three vegetables make up a traditional French mira poix (mirra-pwah)?
Onion, celery and carrot
The Veggie Tales Theme Song
Veggie Tales
WARNING: SHORT SONG
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Story time
"Life is like a yellow hat..."
What is Forrest Gump's favorite book?
Curious George
Monkey - REMIX
George Michael
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Classroom etiquette
Please raise your hand
Speaking up in a college classroom can be intimidating. So one major midwestern college created a system where students can Twitter, Facebook, or text their questions in class without saying a word. What's the brand name of this sizzling suite of software?
Hotseat
You sexy thing
Hot Chocolate
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Team Sports
Hockey Night on Television
This Presbyterian minister led another type of icy flock in 1991 all the way to The Promised Land. Who was it that swapped-out his iconic sweater for a jersey?
Fred Rogers
I Like To Move It
Will.I.Am
Fred Rogers was "Celebrity Captain" of the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1991-92 season, during which the Penguins won the Stanley Cup.
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Moving Pictures
Breakthrough Artists
Name the Oscar-winning screenwriter who also was a writer for a short-lived cable TV show on bowling.
Nick Schenk
Take The Skinheads Bowling
Camper Van Beethoven
Mr. Schenk did indeed write for "Let's Bowl" in 1998, but although he won an award for "Gran Torino" in 2008, sadly, it was not an Oscar.
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-'allo luv!
Q could have helped with a parachute
Her name is Jones. Bridget Jones. And she tried her hand at skydiving. Sadly, her landing spot was a pigpen, far from Minnesota. What song played during her descent?
"Nobody Does it Better"
Me and Mrs. Jones
Michael Buble'
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iTunes selection of the year
A choir of angels
Who is that heavenly vocalist featured in the new album "Alma Mater," released around Thanksgiving?
Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican Rag
Tom Lehrer
53
Fashionplates
SPINNING fashionplates
It took four years and 70 people to harvest enough wild silk to create an 11-foot-by-4-foot piece of gold cloth -- the largest ever created. From what specific creature was this silk extracted in Madagascar?
golden orb spiders
Spiderwebs
No Doubt
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Nosey Neighbors
Don't Invite the Ants
Before the Berlin Wall fell between East and West Germany, what country was the first to pry open the Iron Curtain for a three-hour picnic with a neighboring country?
Hungary
Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran
The Pan-European Picnic was held on the border between Hungary and Austria on August 19, 1989.
55
Infomercials
Crap we don't want or need
Vince the SlapChop Guy says you're going to love his nuts. In fact, you're going to love the little gadget that comes WITH the Slap Chop -- but only if you call now. What's the name of that handy little thing? Operators are standing by...
Graty
Slap Chop Rap
DJ Steve Porter
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Channeling Brazil
What's in your lunch box?
What is marketed as "quite possibly, the world's perfect food"?
Chiquita bananas
The Banana Boat Song (De Oh)
Taj Mahal
57
Spermology 101
The Crazy Things We Do
Williams College is a contender for the oldest college trivia contest in the country. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point contest is in contention for the largest. What two men write the questions for the Stevens Point contest?
John Eckendorf and Jim Oliva
Always asking Questions
Howard Jones
58
Television
Close shaves in the desert
Who did President Barack Obama order to shave Stephen Colbert's head?
Ray Odierno (General, Commander of US Forces)
Cheap Reward
Stephen Colbert
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Wonderful World of Disney
How much is that doggy in the window?
What is the name of the business where Penny got Bolt?
Silver Lake Animal Rescue
Lightning Crashes
Live
60
Got kilt?
Not a Jedi yet
The people of Crief Perthshire, Scotland celebrated their 117th Highland Games in 2001. Who was the chieftain for that set of games?
Ewan McGregor
Princes of the Universe
Queen
61
Space, The Final Frontier
Space Junk
What astronaut, after spending more than a year in orbit at the International Space Station, was greeted back to Earth with a tickertape parade at Walt Disney World in October 2009?
Buzz Lightyear
Love Buzz
Nirvana
A 12-inch tall Buzz spent 468 days in space from 2008 to 2009, besting the old endurance record of Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov by a month.
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Here's the windup
and here's the pitch
Who originally gave Billy Mays his trademark blue shirt?
Anthony Sullivan
Blue
Eiffel 65
63
Sports blunders
Fly like an eagle
What player was released from the Philadelphia Eagles, only to be picked up by another team for $100 on waivers and went on to seven consecutive Pro-Bowl appearances?
Cris Carter
Come Go With Me
The Del-Vikings
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Presidential history
Stop, drop and roll
What's the bureau number of the first aircraft to carry a sitting president onto an aircraft carrier by making an arrested landing?
159387
The Mission "Theme from NBC News"
John Williams
"Navy 1", a U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3B Viking, carried George W. Bush to the Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, so that Bush could make his fateful "Mission Accomplished" speech from the deck.
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Pine Cones
Imposters
What creature is restricted from the state of Hawaii in order to protect the pineapple crop?
Hummingbirds
Surfin' Bird
The Trashmen
66
I need a hero
Six degrees of FABULOUS
Kevin Bacon plays himself as a stalking victim on what show?
Will and Grace
Footloose
The Bacon Brothers
67
PBS
Poor, Stewart (name of woman who died before the ship crashed into the water)
George Taylor is horrified to discover the planet run by apes is really his own post-apocalyptic Earth. Who is riding with him when he sees the Statue of Liberty?
Nova
Shock the Monkey
Peter Gabriel
68
Rattus Rattus
1666 was a very bad year to be in London
What's the name of the rat crawling on Michael Hutchence during the video "Need You Tonight?"
Plague
Lay It Down
Ratt
69
A rose by any other name...
Oh, nuts!
In 1947, Idaho Springs, Colorado changed the name of one of its districts to honor comic strip hero Steve Canyon. What was the prior name of the district?
Squirrel Gulch
Squirrels
The Beastly Boys
70
Business advice
a new type of food pyramid
According to Insurance.com, you should avoid what three dangerous food groups while driving?
Hot, greasy and gooey
Eat It
Weird Al Yankovic
71
Can you feel the love tonight?
Can't buy me love
The journey of Juan Mann's need to be needed is documented in what 2007 award-winning YouTube video?
Free Hugs Campaign
All the Same
Sick Puppies
72
Batter up
Do the hustle
Name the first professional baseball player to get a hit in the Hubert H. Humphrey MetroDome.
Pete Rose
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
73
Fine china??
Would you like parmesan cheese on that?
Walter Crouton asks his son if he "behaved well in church today" in this January 2nd, 1986 Seth McFarlane comic strip. What's the son's name?
Wedgewood
The Wedge
Phish
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Unlucky
the numbers have it
A good case of lunaediesophobia would be justified for these folks. According to their show's opening credits, what date signified a very bad day for John Koenig, Helena Russell and Victor Bergman?
9/13/1999
Bad Moon Rising
Janice Hagan
John, Helena, and Victor were the crew of Moonbase Alpha, on Space: 1999.
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Breakfast
It isn't stealing if the machine gives me product willingly, is it?
When genius Mitch first asks Chris about Hollyfeld, what does he choose from the vending machine?
Black Coffee (20 cents) and Nestle Milk Chocolate (30 cents)
Chocolate Rain
Tay Zonday
Chris pays for the items with discs of solid nitrogen. (Real Genius.)
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It's a bird, it's a plane
The dingo ate my baby!
Researchers recently discovered there is some truth to the native New Zealanders' legend of the man-eating bird called the Poukai. Give us the modern common name and/or the scientific name of this bird, the world's largest species of eagle.
Haast Eagle (Harpagornis moorei)
Psycho Chicken
Dr. Demento (Daffy Dave)
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Musical instruments
mouth organ
What's the musical thread running through these songs: "There Must Be An Angel", "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues," and "That's What Friends are For"?
Stevie Wonder plays harmonica
Alfie
Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder backwards)
78
Bring out your dead
Peanuts and crackerjacks
Here's a math question. Take 1,020,532,394. Subtract the social security number for the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Whose social security number remains?
Vince Guaraldi -- who wrote the Peanuts theme song, "Linus and Lucy"
Three is a Magic Number
Blind Lemon
79
Glass ceiling
Get in the chopper!
On July 16, 2009, what U.S. Marine pilot -- in an historic first -- flew President Obama aboard the executive helicopter?
Jennifer Grieves
Unmarked Helicopters
Soul Coughing
Major Grieves was the first female presidential pilot.
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Ad men
A video a day keeps the doctor away
Dr. Sheldon Cooper agrees to appear in an embedded video ad for which scholarly journal?
Physics Today
Big Bang Theory Theme
Barenaked Ladies
WARNING: SHORT SONG
81
Pilgrim's progress
Parden the interuption
One day you're targeted for execution. The next -- you're the grand marshal of a big parade. In 2005, what was your name?
Marshmallow (or Yam -- who was the alternate)
Turkey in the Straw
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Mashmallow was pardoned by President Bush on Thanksgiving, 2005.
82
Beam me up
Invasion of the hat snatchers
What amazing mood hat could have been purchased for a limited time at the Kwik N E-Z?
Shats
I Can't Get Behind That
William Shatner
83
Parking with the stars
Home is where the cave is
Alex Rogan, the Last Starfighter, describes his home as a mobile cave that never went any place. Where is his home parked?
The Starlight Starbright Trailer Court
Shining Star
Earth Wind and Fire
84
Peace offerings
Do you know the muffin man?
When an '89 Eph (pron. EEF) got cranky on national TV, cupcakes were sent to cheer her up. Who delivered this sweet treat?
Dan Senor
Cheney's Got a Gun
Bob Rivers
The Eph in question is MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski, who received the cupcakes on October 28, 2009.
85
Space fashion
I don't want to wear the red shirt!
How many tokens were needed to earn a free Star Trek t-shirt from Kellogg's in the spring of 2009?
9
nine in the afternoon
Panic! at the disco
86
Science
Chronography for fun and profit
What is the make and model of the watch used to time the 14 second secondary rocket burn used to bring the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth?
Omega Speedmaster
Speed of Sound
Cold Play
87
TV Weather
Yo Yo -- Your Nanna's secret love
Say what? His on-air colleagues say Dr. Greg Forbes is THE MAN. He studied with tornado sensei Dr. Ted Fujita, but now divines his weather wisdom on the Weather Channel, under what hipper-than-he-really-deserves nickname?
Storm Master G
Sandstorm
Darude
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It's not easy being green
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
Kermit the Frog is teaching Joey her ABCs. But she keeps insisting WHAT is a letter of the alphabet?
Cookie Monster
Girl Scout Cookie Whore
Brave New Workshop
89
Throw backs
head gear
A summer 2009 event commemorated the very first intercollegiate baseball game. Each modern-day player wore a baseball cap emblazoned with what? Be specific.
1859
Supermassive Black Hole
Muse
The game, of course, was between Williams and Amherst.
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Sixth Sense
a dame's guy
Who is the only fictional character to be honored with an obituary in the New York Times?
Hercule Poirot (AIR-kyool PWAH-roh)
Your Belgian Things
The Mountain goats
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Baby geniuses
Move over Stephen Hawking
She didn't deserve a diploma from Jefferson High School, but her family submitted an application for the 2-year-old anyway. What's the name of this playful youngster who earned a diploma online?
Oreo C. Collins
Kitty
Presidents of the United States of America
Oreo, a cat, received mostly As in her online test, so she got her diploma.
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Tradition
you thought we forgot?
In Flashforward, on what does Tonga's intelligence bureau blame the "flashforward" in which the entire world blacked out and saw the future?
Phytoplankton Blooms
Maniac
Michael Sembello
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Kermit friendly
bear's choice
Multi-tasking is good. Just ask the author of the Japanese horror movie "The Ring" who published his most recent novella in what green format?
a roll of toilet paper
Bop till you Drop
Rick Springfield
The author is Koji Suzuki, and the novel is titled "Drop".
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Starving artists
antiques roadshow
The BBC commissioned a special painting for a superfan of one of their 1980's comedies. Now that painting is proudly displayed in the ancestral home of the Marquess of Bath. Name the painting and be complete. It's more fun that way.
The Fallen Madonna Mit Ze Big Boobies by Van Clomp
Lucky Star
Madonna
The show was called "'Allo 'Allo", and the painting was a running theme.
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Pit Stops
forget the tiger in your tank
An Ohio University engineer has come up with a new potential alternative auto fuel that makes it easier for men to gas up than for women. It uses hydrogen from what readily-available source?
Urine
Substitute
Liquid Gold
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Old as dirt
Is this past its expiration date?
What specific brand product is now marketed after scientists harvested a variety of yeast from a 45-million year old critter?
Fossil Fuel Beer
Sweet Amber
Metallica
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Can you hear me now
long distance love affair
The U.S. Navy secretary ordered all naval stations in August 1924 to monitor radio transmissions in hopes of hearing what?
Messages from Martians
End of the World As We Know It
The Suicide Machines
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Space: The Final Frontier
The Cold War Made Us Do It
Across two separate launches in 1961 and 1963, the U.S. purposely put into orbit approximately 1 billion identical orbiting objects. What were these objects?
tiny copper needles
The Telstar
The Ventures
"Project West Ford" was intended to allow communications between ground stations, because the needles acted as antennae for 8000 MHz microwaves.