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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary	January 11, 2008 saw the death of what New Zealand explorer, who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to reach the top of Mt. Everest?
Arctic	The Chukchi, Beaufort, and Barents are all seas in which ocean?
Vitamin C	A known anti-oxidant and a co-factor in at least 8 enzymatic reactions, what vitamin is known as L-ascorbic acid?
Black Sabbath	Heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio first gained major fame after replacing vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in what band?
Francis Scott Key	January 11, 1843 saw the death, in Baltimore, Maryland, of what American lawyer, author, and poet, who wrote the classic poem The Defence of Fort McHenry?
7	Including sections describing legislative, executive, and judicial powers, how many articles does the US Constitution have?
Samuel Mudd	January 10, 1883 saw the death of what American physician, who was convicted in 1865 for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln?
Baccarat	In what casino card game is the goal to get the sum of the cards in a hand, modulo 10, to be as close to 9 as possible. The 10, jack, queen and king are each worth 0 points, and the ace is worth 1 point. The rest of the cards are worth their face value of 2 through 9. If the player has an initial total of 6 or 7, the player does not draw additional cards, while the banker follows a complex set of rules to determine if he draws additional cards.
goats	The females are known as nannies, the males billies and the offspring as kids of what type of animals?
AMC	The Gremlin, Matador, Pacer, and AMX were models produced by what car company?
Cotton Candy	What is the common name for Fairy Floss, which William Morrison and John Wharton dreamed up in 1897 and introduced to the world at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904?
The Bee Gees	Brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice (before his untimely death on Jan 12, 2003) Gibbs were better known as what band, who hit their peak during the disco era?
40 minutes	An NBA basketball game is 48 minutes long. How long is an NCAA college basketball game?
10 days	How long does a US president have to consider a bill before he must either sign it into law or return it to Congress as a veto?
Sukey	According to the nursery rhyme, if Polly put the kettle on, who took it off?
Murphy's law	The axiom that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" is commonly known as what?
Walter	We all knew him as Radar, but was the actual first name of the pride of Ottumwa, Iowa, Corporal O'Reilly on the TV series MASH?
Journeyman	What position/title comes between apprentice and master craftsman/master tradesman?
Murphy bed	Patented by it's inventor in 1916, what type of bed folds from the wall?
Flush	What is the common name for a poker hand that consists of all the cards in your hand being of the same suit, not in rank order?
B. B. King	What legendary blues guitarist, best known for his hit "The Thrill Is Gone" , played a guitar he dubbed Lucille?
Semaphore	The mechanism of using 2 flags held in different positions to communicate between ships at sea is called what?
The Grapes of Wrath	What famous John Steinbeck novel featured the travels of Tom Joad?
The Mediterranean Sea	Into what body of water does the Nile River drain?
Bleeding Gums Murphy	What is the name of Lisa's saxophone playing mentor with the Faberge egg addiction?
1991	January 17 marks the anniversary of the opening of the First Gulf War, aka Operation Desert Storm, which happened in what year?
Muhammad Ali	January 17, 1942 saw the birth of one Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Nicknamed The Louisville Lip, under what name did he achieve boxing immortality?
January 20th	The 1933 ratification of the 20th Amendment moved the day of the inauguration of the President of the United States from March 4 to what date?
Gin Rummy	The rules for what 2 player card game state: 2 opposing players are dealt ten cards each, with the rest being placed face down between the two. The top card is turned face up. Players take turns taking a card from either the stock or discard pile and discard one from their hand. The object is to end the game, or ‘knock’, when one of the two players has completed their hand of cards. This is done by arranging their cards into ‘sets’ or ‘melds’ of three or more cards of either the same value or a same suited straight. A player can knock if the total value of the cards not used in sets is equal to ten or less. Upon knocking, points are awarded for the difference in value between the unused cards held by the players. If a player manages to get 0 points when knocking, or holds a lower value than the opponent when the opponent knocks, extra points are awarded.
Watt	What SI unit of power, equivalent to one Joule per second, is named after a Scottish Inventor who was born on January 19, 1736?
Theodore Roosevelt	One of 110 recipients during the Spanish American war, which total bad-ass did President Bill Clinton award a posthumous Medal of Honor to on January 16, 2001?
Knots	Bowline, clove hitch, square, and sheepshank are all types of what?
Pennsylvania	Which state, the second to join the union, is known as the Keystone State?
Australian Open	Which of the 4 annual Grand Slam tennis events is played first?
Papa Johns	John Schnatter is the founder and chairman of what pizza chain, the 3rd largest takeout and delivery pizza chain in the United States?
Whisky	The name for what alcohol translates from the Gaelic as "Water of life"?
Charlie's Angels	Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett, and Sabrina Duncan, along John Bosley were found on what late 1970s TV series?
Quebec	What is the largest, by area, province in Canada?
Heartbreak Hotel	According to Elvis Presley, what do you find at the end of Lonely Street?
Romeo and Juliet	What Shakespeare tragedy features the House of Capulet and the House of Montague, sworn enemies all?
November	What month is: Native American Heritage Month, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, COPD Awareness month, National Novel Writing Month, Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, American Diabetes Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Crohn's & Ulcerative Colitis Awareness Month, and National Pomegranate Month?
Mike McGinn	The 52nd, who is the current mayor of Seattle?
Foxtrot	The steps for what ballroom dance are: Basic forward, Basic backward, Rock left turn, Forward progressive, and Promenade?
Oscar the Grouch	Which Sesame Street character calls a trash can him home?
Delta	Which word describes the flat area of alluvial deposits on the mouth of some rivers, such as the Nile, Mississippi, and the Ganges?
Kilo	What is the metric unit prefix for 1000?
India	With over a billion adherents worldwide, what Asian country is home to the largest Hindu population?
Golf	The Palmer Cup, Lexus Cup, Solheim Cup, and Ryder Cup are all events in what sport?
YANKEE Doodle	Who "stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni"?
Rush Limbaugh	What radio host are dittoheads fans of?
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Sunday saw the 67th showing of the Golden Globes Awards, hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais. What group is responsible for hosting the booze fest, err, awards ceremony?
The Metre	What unit of measurement was originally defined as “one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole along Paris Meridian” but is now the “distance travelled by light in free space in 1299,792,458 of a second”?
Jack Nicklaus	Which PGA golfer, considered one of the best of all times, was nicknamed "The Golden Bear"?
January 20th	According to the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution, on what date are the president and vice president begin their terms?
Hawaii	January 18, 1778 saw explorer Captain James Cook make landfall at the islands he dubbed The Sandwich Islands. By what name do we know them today?
Steve Martin.	With a record 22 guest appearances, who has been Saturday Night Live's most frequent guest host?
Pluto	Scheduled to do it's flyby on July 14, 2015, the NASA launched probe New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006 to do explore what heavenly body?
Bill Gates	Who pondered The Road Ahead and advocated Business at the Speed of Thought?
Mastercard	“There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s” what?
Billy the Kid	Frontier legend William H. Bonney, ultimately killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, gained notoriety under what pseudonym?
Titans	Before being overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians, what race of powerful deities ruled the Greek world during the legendary Golden Age?
Treasury Bills	Of the 4 types of Treasury Securities issued, Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds, and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which one has the shortest maturation date of only a year?
Colts	If young female horses are called fillies, what are young male horses called?
Rams	If adult female sheep are called ewes and castrated adult males are wethers, what are the uncastrated male sheep called?
Jordan	One of the new seven wonders of the modern world, in what country is the carved city of Petra located?
Taco Bell	January 16 saw the passing of Glen Bell, at the age of 86, founder of what major fast food chain?
Bill Gates	Who's missing: Alice Walton, Jim Walton, Christy Walton, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffett
144	How many items are there in a 'gross'?
Mars	Still in operation 7 years later, January 25, 2004 saw the Opportunity Rover land on what planet?
The Tonight Show	An Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, Johnny Carson, who died on Jan 23, 2005, hosted what NBC show from 1962 to 1992?
Challenger	Which space shuttle, the second to be put in service, was lost on January 28, 1986 as the result of a faulty o-ring, 73 seconds after launch?
Terriers	What type of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish?
Landscape	In printing, orientation such that the height of the display area is greater than the width is known as portrait. What is it called when the width is greater than the height?
St Petersburg	What Russian city had its name changed first to Petrograd, then Leningrad, before returning to its original name?
Greenland	The least densely populated country in the world, what is the largest island in the world, by area, that is not a continent?
Sutter's Mill	Jan 24, 1848 saw the start of the California Gold Rush when James W Marshall discovered gold at what California Location?
Thomas Edison	On January 26, 1879, who was granted a patent for r an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires"
Scientology	L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, died on Jan 24, 1986, but is best known developing the self-help system called Dianetics, and for founding what religion?
Dumbledore	What is the name of the wizard who runs the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter books and films?
Cans	On January 24, 1935, Kreuger Brewing Company, of Newark, NJ, became the first to produce beer in what?
Potatoes	Vodka can be made either from grain, or what vegetable?
Jonestown Massacre	In spite of total asshat Jared Lee Loughner, the only congressman to date to have been assassinated is still Leo Ryan (D-CA), killed on November 18, 1978 as part of what event?
Five year	According to the NBC television series, how long was the Starship Enterprise's mission?
Incans	A UNESCO heritage site, the major Peruvian tourist attraction Machu Picchu was built by what pre-Columbian civilization?
Vitamin C	A deficiency of what vitamin causes the curse of sailors of the 18th century, scurvy?
J. Howard Marshall	Anna Nicole Smith gained notoriety after her short lived marriage to what Texas oil billionaire sparked a major court case, which continues to this day?
David Livingstone	January 28, 1841 marked the birth of the famous Welsh explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, most famous for his trek to find what famed Scottish explorer/missionary, who went missing in Africa for 6 years?
Caligula	January 24, AD 41, saw the death, at the hands of his Praetorian Guard, of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. By what name is he more commonly known?
Cornell	What's missing: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth
Sleeping Beauty	By what common name do we known the Disney and ballet character Princess Aurora?
Stalactite	Which one hangs from the ceiling? A stalactite? Or a stalagmite?
Zinc	If iron is galvanized, which metal is it coated with?
Thurgood Marshall	President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated the first African American judge to the US Supreme Court. Who was it?
Thunderball	The 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again is a remake of what 1965 Bond film?
Al Capone	January 25, 1947 saw the death, from neurosyphilis, of what famous American, nicknamed Scarface?
71%	How much of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?
Venus	The planet Venus is known as the Evening Star. Which of the celestial bodies is known as The Morning Star?
Cheese	The terms curd and whey are associated with making what?
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was followed up by what 2008 blockbuster?
South Park	“Oh my God, they killed Kenny! …You bastards!” is frequently heard on what TV classic?

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

January 11, 2008 saw the death of what New Zealand explorer, who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to reach the top of Mt. Everest?

Arctic

The Chukchi, Beaufort, and Barents are all seas in which ocean?

Vitamin C

A known anti-oxidant and a co-factor in at least 8 enzymatic reactions, what vitamin is known as L-ascorbic acid?

Black Sabbath

Heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio first gained major fame after replacing vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in what band?

Francis Scott Key

January 11, 1843 saw the death, in Baltimore, Maryland, of what American lawyer, author, and poet, who wrote the classic poem The Defence of Fort McHenry?

7

Including sections describing legislative, executive, and judicial powers, how many articles does the US Constitution have?

Samuel Mudd

January 10, 1883 saw the death of what American physician, who was convicted in 1865 for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln?

Baccarat

In what casino card game is the goal to get the sum of the cards in a hand, modulo 10, to be as close to 9 as possible. The 10, jack, queen and king are each worth 0 points, and the ace is worth 1 point. The rest of the cards are worth their face value of 2 through 9. If the player has an initial total of 6 or 7, the player does not draw additional cards, while the banker follows a complex set of rules to determine if he draws additional cards.

goats

The females are known as nannies, the males billies and the offspring as kids of what type of animals?

AMC

The Gremlin, Matador, Pacer, and AMX were models produced by what car company?

Cotton Candy

What is the common name for Fairy Floss, which William Morrison and John Wharton dreamed up in 1897 and introduced to the world at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904?

The Bee Gees

Brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice (before his untimely death on Jan 12, 2003) Gibbs were better known as what band, who hit their peak during the disco era?

40 minutes

An NBA basketball game is 48 minutes long. How long is an NCAA college basketball game?

10 days

How long does a US president have to consider a bill before he must either sign it into law or return it to Congress as a veto?

Sukey

According to the nursery rhyme, if Polly put the kettle on, who took it off?

Murphy's law

The axiom that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" is commonly known as what?

Walter

We all knew him as Radar, but was the actual first name of the pride of Ottumwa, Iowa, Corporal O'Reilly on the TV series MASH?

Journeyman

What position/title comes between apprentice and master craftsman/master tradesman?

Murphy bed

Patented by it's inventor in 1916, what type of bed folds from the wall?

Flush

What is the common name for a poker hand that consists of all the cards in your hand being of the same suit, not in rank order?

B. B. King

What legendary blues guitarist, best known for his hit "The Thrill Is Gone" , played a guitar he dubbed Lucille?

Semaphore

The mechanism of using 2 flags held in different positions to communicate between ships at sea is called what?

The Grapes of Wrath

What famous John Steinbeck novel featured the travels of Tom Joad?

The Mediterranean Sea

Into what body of water does the Nile River drain?

Bleeding Gums Murphy

What is the name of Lisa's saxophone playing mentor with the Faberge egg addiction?

1991

January 17 marks the anniversary of the opening of the First Gulf War, aka Operation Desert Storm, which happened in what year?

Muhammad Ali

January 17, 1942 saw the birth of one Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Nicknamed The Louisville Lip, under what name did he achieve boxing immortality?

January 20th

The 1933 ratification of the 20th Amendment moved the day of the inauguration of the President of the United States from March 4 to what date?

Gin Rummy

The rules for what 2 player card game state: 2 opposing players are dealt ten cards each, with the rest being placed face down between the two. The top card is turned face up. Players take turns taking a card from either the stock or discard pile and discard one from their hand. The object is to end the game, or ‘knock’, when one of the two players has completed their hand of cards. This is done by arranging their cards into ‘sets’ or ‘melds’ of three or more cards of either the same value or a same suited straight. A player can knock if the total value of the cards not used in sets is equal to ten or less. Upon knocking, points are awarded for the difference in value between the unused cards held by the players. If a player manages to get 0 points when knocking, or holds a lower value than the opponent when the opponent knocks, extra points are awarded.

Watt

What SI unit of power, equivalent to one Joule per second, is named after a Scottish Inventor who was born on January 19, 1736?

Theodore Roosevelt

One of 110 recipients during the Spanish American war, which total bad-ass did President Bill Clinton award a posthumous Medal of Honor to on January 16, 2001?

Knots

Bowline, clove hitch, square, and sheepshank are all types of what?

Pennsylvania

Which state, the second to join the union, is known as the Keystone State?

Australian Open

Which of the 4 annual Grand Slam tennis events is played first?

Papa Johns

John Schnatter is the founder and chairman of what pizza chain, the 3rd largest takeout and delivery pizza chain in the United States?

Whisky

The name for what alcohol translates from the Gaelic as "Water of life"?

Charlie's Angels

Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett, and Sabrina Duncan, along John Bosley were found on what late 1970s TV series?

Quebec

What is the largest, by area, province in Canada?

Heartbreak Hotel

According to Elvis Presley, what do you find at the end of Lonely Street?

Romeo and Juliet

What Shakespeare tragedy features the House of Capulet and the House of Montague, sworn enemies all?

November

What month is: Native American Heritage Month, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, COPD Awareness month, National Novel Writing Month, Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, American Diabetes Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Crohn's & Ulcerative Colitis Awareness Month, and National Pomegranate Month?

Mike McGinn

The 52nd, who is the current mayor of Seattle?

Foxtrot

The steps for what ballroom dance are: Basic forward, Basic backward, Rock left turn, Forward progressive, and Promenade?

Oscar the Grouch

Which Sesame Street character calls a trash can him home?

Delta

Which word describes the flat area of alluvial deposits on the mouth of some rivers, such as the Nile, Mississippi, and the Ganges?

Kilo

What is the metric unit prefix for 1000?

India

With over a billion adherents worldwide, what Asian country is home to the largest Hindu population?

Golf

The Palmer Cup, Lexus Cup, Solheim Cup, and Ryder Cup are all events in what sport?

YANKEE Doodle

Who "stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni"?

Rush Limbaugh

What radio host are dittoheads fans of?

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Sunday saw the 67th showing of the Golden Globes Awards, hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais. What group is responsible for hosting the booze fest, err, awards ceremony?

The Metre

What unit of measurement was originally defined as “one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole along Paris Meridian” but is now the “distance travelled by light in free space in 1299,792,458 of a second”?

Jack Nicklaus

Which PGA golfer, considered one of the best of all times, was nicknamed "The Golden Bear"?

January 20th

According to the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution, on what date are the president and vice president begin their terms?

Hawaii

January 18, 1778 saw explorer Captain James Cook make landfall at the islands he dubbed The Sandwich Islands. By what name do we know them today?

Steve Martin.

With a record 22 guest appearances, who has been Saturday Night Live's most frequent guest host?

Pluto

Scheduled to do it's flyby on July 14, 2015, the NASA launched probe New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006 to do explore what heavenly body?

Bill Gates

Who pondered The Road Ahead and advocated Business at the Speed of Thought?

Mastercard

“There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s” what?

Billy the Kid

Frontier legend William H. Bonney, ultimately killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, gained notoriety under what pseudonym?

Titans

Before being overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians, what race of powerful deities ruled the Greek world during the legendary Golden Age?

Treasury Bills

Of the 4 types of Treasury Securities issued, Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds, and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which one has the shortest maturation date of only a year?

Colts

If young female horses are called fillies, what are young male horses called?

Rams

If adult female sheep are called ewes and castrated adult males are wethers, what are the uncastrated male sheep called?

Jordan

One of the new seven wonders of the modern world, in what country is the carved city of Petra located?

Taco Bell

January 16 saw the passing of Glen Bell, at the age of 86, founder of what major fast food chain?

Bill Gates

Who's missing: Alice Walton, Jim Walton, Christy Walton, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffett

144

How many items are there in a 'gross'?

Mars

Still in operation 7 years later, January 25, 2004 saw the Opportunity Rover land on what planet?

The Tonight Show

An Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, Johnny Carson, who died on Jan 23, 2005, hosted what NBC show from 1962 to 1992?

Challenger

Which space shuttle, the second to be put in service, was lost on January 28, 1986 as the result of a faulty o-ring, 73 seconds after launch?

Terriers

What type of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish?

Landscape

In printing, orientation such that the height of the display area is greater than the width is known as portrait. What is it called when the width is greater than the height?

St Petersburg

What Russian city had its name changed first to Petrograd, then Leningrad, before returning to its original name?

Greenland

The least densely populated country in the world, what is the largest island in the world, by area, that is not a continent?

Sutter's Mill

Jan 24, 1848 saw the start of the California Gold Rush when James W Marshall discovered gold at what California Location?

Thomas Edison

On January 26, 1879, who was granted a patent for r an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires"

Scientology

L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, died on Jan 24, 1986, but is best known developing the self-help system called Dianetics, and for founding what religion?

Dumbledore

What is the name of the wizard who runs the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter books and films?

Cans

On January 24, 1935, Kreuger Brewing Company, of Newark, NJ, became the first to produce beer in what?

Potatoes

Vodka can be made either from grain, or what vegetable?

Jonestown Massacre

In spite of total asshat Jared Lee Loughner, the only congressman to date to have been assassinated is still Leo Ryan (D-CA), killed on November 18, 1978 as part of what event?

Five year

According to the NBC television series, how long was the Starship Enterprise's mission?

Incans

A UNESCO heritage site, the major Peruvian tourist attraction Machu Picchu was built by what pre-Columbian civilization?

Vitamin C

A deficiency of what vitamin causes the curse of sailors of the 18th century, scurvy?

J. Howard Marshall

Anna Nicole Smith gained notoriety after her short lived marriage to what Texas oil billionaire sparked a major court case, which continues to this day?

David Livingstone

January 28, 1841 marked the birth of the famous Welsh explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, most famous for his trek to find what famed Scottish explorer/missionary, who went missing in Africa for 6 years?

Caligula

January 24, AD 41, saw the death, at the hands of his Praetorian Guard, of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. By what name is he more commonly known?

Cornell

What's missing: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth

Sleeping Beauty

By what common name do we known the Disney and ballet character Princess Aurora?

Stalactite

Which one hangs from the ceiling? A stalactite? Or a stalagmite?

Zinc

If iron is galvanized, which metal is it coated with?

Thurgood Marshall

President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated the first African American judge to the US Supreme Court. Who was it?

Thunderball

The 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again is a remake of what 1965 Bond film?

Al Capone

January 25, 1947 saw the death, from neurosyphilis, of what famous American, nicknamed Scarface?

71%

How much of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?

Venus

The planet Venus is known as the Evening Star. Which of the celestial bodies is known as The Morning Star?

Cheese

The terms curd and whey are associated with making what?

The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was followed up by what 2008 blockbuster?

South Park

“Oh my God, they killed Kenny! …You bastards!” is frequently heard on what TV classic?