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In honor of the 76 Trivias to have been run from Baxter Hall, 1966-2004

Below are 76 descriptions of things from the realms of sports, television, movies, Williamsiana, literature, art, history, and other assorted topics that have been staples of Trivia ever since its inception. The answer to each question is simply a number between 1 and 76, inclusive. Each answer appears once, and only once. Those are all of the instructions you need. Good luck.

  1. Short-lived hosting gig for Maury Povich
    21

  2. Current real-time age of the second-oldest super-hero
    65

  3. Total number of people who were ever one of The ThreeStooges
    6

  4. Briefly, Michael Jordan's number
    45

  5. Highest room number in Fitch (this year, not with the new numbering for next year)
    30

  6. Age when McCartney might get a cottage on the isle of Wight
    64

  7. Number of people HAL 9000 kills during 2001
    4

  8. Smallest whole number that is composite, square, and triangular
    36

  9. Number associated with the most popular Kalashnikov
    47

  10. Proposed number of works in August Wilson's current project
    10

  11. Number of times a wallet-bearing New York man was shot at in 1999
    41

  12. Height, in inches, of "Honey Bun"
    60

  13. Points a bridge partnership should usually have to bid "4 spades"
    26

  14. Years since the Knicks first beat Toronto in pro basketball
    57

  15. Number of chimes that open 1984
    13

  16. Members in Nine Inch Nails
    1

  17. Top setting on The Machine in The Princess Bride
    50

  18. Short stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon
    56

  19. Most wins for an NBA teams during the mid-90s
    72

  20. Constant in Fahrenheit-Celsius conversion
    32

  21. Books in the Old Testament, not including the Apocrypha
    39

  22. In feet, distance that was long-jumped in the late 60's and not equaled until the 90s
    29

  23. Number of stories in Joyce's most famous collection
    15

  24. Anniversary celebrated by comic featuring Wimpy
    75

  25. Hidden Dave Matthews Band song
    34

  26. Number on the back of a fire truck in a famous poem and painting
    5

  27. Only two-digit number that is reversed in hexadecimal
    53

  28. Title number, with "Buffalo"
    66

  29. Points gained for a win in World Cup Soccer
    3

  30. Age of death for a girl who sang the blues, a very apologetic man, and a reptile in leather
    27

  31. Elmore Smith's record number
    17

  32. The number of roads a man must go down, according to lab mice on the talk show circuit
    42

  33. Age of the oldest president at the time of his first election
    69

  34. Average period, to the nearest year, of Halley's comet
    76

  35. Number associated with the Blackbird
    71

  36. Caliber of Dirty Harry's gun
    44

  37. Series focusing in part on the Bauer family
    24

  38. Armistice Day number
    11

  39. Record scoring kick, done by a club-footed player
    63

  40. Route that Dylan came back to
    61

  41. Number of plays usually attributed to Shakespeare
    37

  42. Record number shared by a movie about a sunken ship and one about a conniving actress
    14

  43. Stars on the longest-lasting American national flag
    48

  44. Rounded down, the longest reign, in years, of a British king
    59

  45. Ho
    67

  46. Number of humans who have stepped on the moon
    12

  47. Most wins for an NHL team in the 90s
    62

  48. Interstate between the two biggest cities in Missouri
    70

  49. Heinz Varieties
    57

  50. Fee for bicycle registration at Williams, in cents
    25

  51. Age of Baxter Hall
    51

  52. Major arcana of the tarot
    22

  53. By volume, percent of alcohol in Grey Goose
    40

  54. Number of characters who die during Hamlet
    8

  55. Original number on Heller's masterpiece
    18

  56. Year Rome's most famous fiddler wasdeposed
    68

  57. Major league baseball's single-season home run record
    73

  58. Duration, in minutes, of the only war that an African island has ever declared on England
    38

  59. Life-span of the most successful Western military leader, in terms of conquest
    33

  60. Ranking of the heaviest of ESPN's 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th century
    35

  61. Possible opening moves in a game of chess
    20

  62. Number of US presidents who have been impeached
    2

  63. Babe's number during the sheepdog contest
    23

  64. Number of unsuccessful attempts to recall a Californian governor
    31

  65. Chromosomes possessed by most humans
    46

  66. Speed limit on campus, in mph
    19

  67. In feet, the longest artillery piece ever constructed
    43

  68. Match-length of Navratilova's winning streak
    74

  69. Number of embassy hostages held 1979-1981
    54

  70. Purchasable properties in Monopoly
    28

  71. Symphonies by composer of "Slavonic Dances"
    9

  72. Age of consent in Massachusetts
    16

  73. Rounding up, percent of campus that voted in the last CC general election
    49

  74. Electoral votes California will have in the next presidential election
    55

  75. Number of Americans who have died in space
    7

  76. Words in the preamble of the Constitution
    52