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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.
- Short-lived hosting gig for Maury Povich
21
- Current real-time age of the second-oldest super-hero
65
- Total number of people who were ever one of The ThreeStooges
6
- Briefly, Michael Jordan's number
45
- Highest room number in Fitch (this year, not with the new numbering for next year)
30
- Age when McCartney might get a cottage on the isle of Wight
64
- Number of people HAL 9000 kills during 2001
4
- Smallest whole number that is composite, square, and triangular
36
- Number associated with the most popular Kalashnikov
47
- Proposed number of works in August Wilson's current project
10
- Number of times a wallet-bearing New York man was shot at in 1999
41
- Height, in inches, of "Honey Bun"
60
- Points a bridge partnership should usually have to bid "4 spades"
26
- Years since the Knicks first beat Toronto in pro basketball
57
- Number of chimes that open 1984
13
- Members in Nine Inch Nails
1
- Top setting on The Machine in The Princess Bride
50
- Short stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon
56
- Most wins for an NBA teams during the mid-90s
72
- Constant in Fahrenheit-Celsius conversion
32
- Books in the Old Testament, not including the Apocrypha
39
- In feet, distance that was long-jumped in the late 60's and not equaled until the 90s
29
- Number of stories in Joyce's most famous collection
15
- Anniversary celebrated by comic featuring Wimpy
75
- Hidden Dave Matthews Band song
34
- Number on the back of a fire truck in a famous poem and painting
5
- Only two-digit number that is reversed in hexadecimal
53
- Title number, with "Buffalo"
66
- Points gained for a win in World Cup Soccer
3
- Age of death for a girl who sang the blues, a very apologetic man, and a reptile in leather
27
- Elmore Smith's record number
17
- The number of roads a man must go down, according to lab mice on the talk show circuit
42
- Age of the oldest president at the time of his first election
69
- Average period, to the nearest year, of Halley's comet
76
- Number associated with the Blackbird
71
- Caliber of Dirty Harry's gun
44
- Series focusing in part on the Bauer family
24
- Armistice Day number
11
- Record scoring kick, done by a club-footed player
63
- Route that Dylan came back to
61
- Number of plays usually attributed to Shakespeare
37
- Record number shared by a movie about a sunken ship and one about a conniving actress
14
- Stars on the longest-lasting American national flag
48
- Rounded down, the longest reign, in years, of a British king
59
- Ho
67
- Number of humans who have stepped on the moon
12
- Most wins for an NHL team in the 90s
62
- Interstate between the two biggest cities in Missouri
70
- Heinz Varieties
57
- Fee for bicycle registration at Williams, in cents
25
- Age of Baxter Hall
51
- Major arcana of the tarot
22
- By volume, percent of alcohol in Grey Goose
40
- Number of characters who die during Hamlet
8
- Original number on Heller's masterpiece
18
- Year Rome's most famous fiddler wasdeposed
68
- Major league baseball's single-season home run record
73
- Duration, in minutes, of the only war that an African island has ever declared on England
38
- Life-span of the most successful Western military leader, in terms of conquest
33
- Ranking of the heaviest of ESPN's 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th century
35
- Possible opening moves in a game of chess
20
- Number of US presidents who have been impeached
2
- Babe's number during the sheepdog contest
23
- Number of unsuccessful attempts to recall a Californian governor
31
- Chromosomes possessed by most humans
46
- Speed limit on campus, in mph
19
- In feet, the longest artillery piece ever constructed
43
- Match-length of Navratilova's winning streak
74
- Number of embassy hostages held 1979-1981
54
- Purchasable properties in Monopoly
28
- Symphonies by composer of "Slavonic Dances"
9
- Age of consent in Massachusetts
16
- Rounding up, percent of campus that voted in the last CC general election
49
- Electoral votes California will have in the next presidential election
55
- Number of Americans who have died in space
7
- Words in the preamble of the Constitution
52