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Buck Rogers	What popular science fiction character, later to be the subject of a 1980s television series starring Gil Gerrard, was first introduced in the August, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, which tells the tale of how he was put into a coma until the 25th century, when he awakens to rid the world of evil warlords and "Mongol" hordes?
King of the Hill	What television staple, developed by Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge, is having its final episodes air this Sunday, following a 13 year run?
The Walt Disney Company	What entertainment mega-corp recently announced they were acquiring Marvel Entertainment, home of Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk, among others, to the tune of $4 billion?
A tell	In poker, what is the name of a behavioral tick that gives away a players hand?
Battle of San Juan Hill	At what Cuban battlefield did Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders attain fame, fortune, and glory during the Spanish American War?
Stratego	In what two-player Milton Bradley board game, introduced in 1961, do players try to capture the other player's flag on a 10Ă10 board?
Buck	If a female deer is known as a doe, what is the male known as?
Bob Geldof	In the crappy celebrity kids names category, what Irish rocker, fomer head of the Boomtown Rats, named his kids Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Little Pixie?
Anita Hill	What Brandeis University professor attained instant fame by accusing Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his 1991 confirmation hearings?
Neil Young	What singer was backed by band known as Crazy Horse?
Star Trek	To boldly go where no television series had gone before, what classic tv series had it's debut on NBC on Sept 8, 1966?
Lola	In the Barry Manilow song “Copacabana”, who was the show girl?
Boxing	The Marquis of Queensberry rules govern what sport?
NASDAQ	High tech companies Apple Inc, Microsoft, eBay, Expedia, and Google are traded on what stock exchange, the second largest in the world?
Zorro	Translating as Fox from the Spanish, what is the more common name for the fictional character known as Don Diego del la Vega?
The Lorax	Recently voiced by Danny DeVito, which Dr. Seuss character claims to speak for the trees?
Sewing Machine	Including such improvements as the falling shuttle and a presser foot, what household item did Isaac Singer improve in 1851?
Fret	What is the name for the raised portions on the neck of a stringed instrument, such as the guitar or banjo, which divide the neck into fixed segments?
Sweet Polly Purebred	"Oh where oh where has my Underdog gone," whines what anthropomorphic dog reporter, the love interest of Underdog, whenever she gets in trouble?
The Argonauts	According to Greek mythology, which group of men accompanied Jason on his quest for the golden fleece?
Vacuum cleaner	With over 6 million sold, the Roomba is an autonomous what?
Smell as sweet	Complete the following quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose/ By any other name would”?
Donna Karan	What designer founded the fashion house DKNY?
Pinocchio	“When You Wish Upon a Star” was recorded for what classic Disney film?
Kevlar	What synthetic material, developed by DuPont in 1965, is a high strength material used in bike tires and as the basis for modern bullet proof vests?
Kayak	An Eskimo roll is a maneuver to right what type of craft?
Bagpipe	What musical instrument is often crafted with two parallel pipes, one known as a chanter and the other known as a drone?
Priceline.com	William Shatner is the spokesperson for what online discount travel sight?
Trifecta	In the world of pari-mutuel betting, what is it called when the bettor must pick the 3 horses that finish first, second, and third in the exact order?
Fallingwater	What famous house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is perched over a river in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania?
7Up	What soft drink advertised itself as the Uncola?
Curds and Whey	What was Little Miss Muffet eating when the spider came along?
Top Hat	Worn by the likes of Slash, Abraham Lincoln, and The Mad Hatter, what is the name for tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed headwear popular from the 19th century through today?
Maple Syrup	A week ago, Canadian officials announced that thieves had somehow made off with a quarter of Quebec's strategic reserve of what, valued at over $30 million?
Football	Hook and ladder, flea flicker, and fumblerooski are trick plays used in what sport?
Captain Morgan	What brand of rum, named for a privateer, advertises itself with the slogan "To Life, Love, and Loot"?
Peter Pan	A Newfoundland dog named Nana was a nurse in what children's story?
John F. Kennedy	Jacqueline Lee Bouvier got married on Sept 11, 1963 married what then US Representative in Newport, RI?
Hallmark	What can be an official stamp of quality on a precious metal, a greeting card company, and a cable TV channel?
Oysters	What do you wrap in bacon to make that yummy dish known as Angels on horseback?
The Monkees	Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones were the members of which band?
JP Morgan	Now the largest back in the US (by assets), what investment bank merged with Chase Manhattan in 2000?
Moby	What singer, born Richard Hall on Sept 11, 1965, took his stage name for supposedly having Herman Melville as his great-great-great-granduncle?
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	What US government agency monitors investor fraud, insider trading scenarios, and other investment irregularities?
Glinda the Good Witch of the South	In ‘The Wizard of Oz’ books, what is the name of the Good Witch?
Japan	The Shoguns were warlords that ruled in what country?
Big Top	What is the name for the large canvas, or more recently plastic, tent under which a circus performs?
Touch	Something described as 'tactile' relates to which of the five senses?
Sapphire	According to the western calendar, what is the birthstone for those born in the month of September?
Standard Oil	Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco were created from what company, broken up by the Sherman Antitrust act in 1911?
Super Mario Brothers	The Mushroom Kingdom is the setting for what Nintendo video game series, first introduced on Sept 13, 1985
Icarus	According to Greek mythology, what son of Daedalus donned wings of feathers and wax, and promptly flew too close to the son, causing the wax to melt and his ultimate drowning, having fallen from the sky into the sea?
Theodore Roosevelt	Sept 14, 1901 saw the death of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Which total badass was sworn in as his successor?
Harry Houdini	What noted magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and noted skeptic, died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix, in 1926?
Francis Scott Key	The morning of September 14, 1814 saw what Baltimore lawyer pen a poem he title “The Defence of Fort McHenry”?
Low blood pressure	If you were afflicted with hypotension, what are you suffering from?
Halo	Featuring the exploits of the cybernetically enhanced supersoldier known as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the final installment of what wildly popular video game series launched yesterday morning?
Science Fiction	Novels in which genre are eligible for the Hugo award, with Robert J Sawyer's Wake having won this years award?
Enterprise	Sept 17, 1976 saw the unveiling of which NASA space shuttle, which while it was not destined to boldly go where no man had gone before, was a valuable test bed?
Spiro T Agnew	The only US Vice President in US history to have to resign because of criminal charges, the void created by what former governor of Maryland started Gerald Ford down the path to the presidency?
Excalibur	According to Arthurian legend what did the lady of the lake give to Arthur?
Sahara	The world's largest hot desert, what is the name of the barren expanse that covers most of North Africa?
Fremont	Originally a separate town before being annexed by Seattle in 1891, what neighborhood refers to itself as "The Center of the Universe"?
Stratosphere	What's missing: Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere?
Mirage	Often thought of as a desert phenomenon, what optical illusion happens when light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of a distant object?
Encore	From the French for "some more", what name is given to the additional pieces played at the end of a concert to satisfy audience demand?
Poliomyelitis	The Sabin vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, was created to combat what viral infectious disease?
Mel Torme	Which crooner, a favorite of Judge Harry Stone on Night Court, was known as The Velvet Fog?
Harry S Truman	Which U.S. president had a sign on his desk that stated "The buck stops here"?
Roald Dahl	Which English children's author, who would have celebrated his 94th birthday on Monday, wrote such classics as The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, among dozens of others?
Red Baron	On Sept 17, 1916, WWI's highest scoring German ace, Manfred von Richthofen, scored his first aerial kill. By what name is he better known?
Taylor Swift	Asshat rapper Kanye West interrupted the VMA acceptance speech of which Best Female Video award winner?
Bein' Green	According to Kermit the Frog, it's not easy what?
Presidential Electors	The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution allows Washington DC to appoint what?
The U.S.S. Maine	What battleship was sunk in harbor of Havana, Cuba to start the Spanish-American War in 1898?
115 years	Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person, died earlier this week. How old was she?
Doctor Who	November 23, 1963 saw the BBC debut what classic series, which is still being shown today?
Columbia	With a population of a little over 110,000, what is the capital city and largest city of South Carolina?
2	How many pints in a quart?
15 minutes	According to Andy Warhol, in the future, how long will everyone be famous for?
Earthquakes	What is a seismometer used to measure?
Belgium	Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. In which country is Waterloo?
Theodore Roosevelt	On Sept 14, 1901, the youngest president is sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley. Who is it?
Mississippi	What state is known as the Magnolia State?
Red	What color consists of the longest wavelengths of lights visible by the human eye?
Columbia	Which space shuttle disintegrated over Texas on Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of all 7 crew members?
Missouri	What was the eastern starting point of the Oregon Trail?
Orange	What flavor is the 80 proof liqueur Grand Marnier, used in such drinks at a B-52?
Francis Scott Key	On Sept 14, 1814, during the war of 1812, the poem The Defence of Fort McHenry, later to be the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, was written by whom?
Columbia Tower	What is the tallest building in downtown Seattle?
Ellen DeGeneris	Which celebrity has been named as the replacement for Paula Abduhl on American Idol?
Scotland	It is generally accepted that the game of golf originated in what country?
United States	September 17, 1859, saw Joshua Norton declare himself Norton 1st, Emperor of what?
5	Each star on the US flag has how many points?
Go West	Newspaper editor Horace Greeley famously advised young men to do what "and grow up with the country" in an 1865 editorial?
Stars	White dwarfs, red giants, and blue stragglers are all types of what?
Mayflower	What moderately famous ship, a Dutch cargo fluyt, set sail from Plymouth, England on Sep 16, 1620, with 102 passengers and 40 crew?
Go Fish	In what card game does a player ask his opponent for one of his or her cards of a particular rank, drawing a card from the pool if the opponent has none?
Pacific	Covering about 46% of the earth's surface, what is the largest of the oceans?
Luxury Tax	Sometimes called a competitive balance tax, what is the name for the financial penalty that large market baseball/basketball teams such as the Yankees or the Knicks must pay for spending more than a particular threshold?

Buck Rogers

What popular science fiction character, later to be the subject of a 1980s television series starring Gil Gerrard, was first introduced in the August, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, which tells the tale of how he was put into a coma until the 25th century, when he awakens to rid the world of evil warlords and "Mongol" hordes?

King of the Hill

What television staple, developed by Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge, is having its final episodes air this Sunday, following a 13 year run?

The Walt Disney Company

What entertainment mega-corp recently announced they were acquiring Marvel Entertainment, home of Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk, among others, to the tune of $4 billion?

A tell

In poker, what is the name of a behavioral tick that gives away a players hand?

Battle of San Juan Hill

At what Cuban battlefield did Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders attain fame, fortune, and glory during the Spanish American War?

Stratego

In what two-player Milton Bradley board game, introduced in 1961, do players try to capture the other player's flag on a 10Ă10 board?

Buck

If a female deer is known as a doe, what is the male known as?

Bob Geldof

In the crappy celebrity kids names category, what Irish rocker, fomer head of the Boomtown Rats, named his kids Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Little Pixie?

Anita Hill

What Brandeis University professor attained instant fame by accusing Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his 1991 confirmation hearings?

Neil Young

What singer was backed by band known as Crazy Horse?

Star Trek

To boldly go where no television series had gone before, what classic tv series had it's debut on NBC on Sept 8, 1966?

Lola

In the Barry Manilow song “Copacabana”, who was the show girl?

Boxing

The Marquis of Queensberry rules govern what sport?

NASDAQ

High tech companies Apple Inc, Microsoft, eBay, Expedia, and Google are traded on what stock exchange, the second largest in the world?

Zorro

Translating as Fox from the Spanish, what is the more common name for the fictional character known as Don Diego del la Vega?

The Lorax

Recently voiced by Danny DeVito, which Dr. Seuss character claims to speak for the trees?

Sewing Machine

Including such improvements as the falling shuttle and a presser foot, what household item did Isaac Singer improve in 1851?

Fret

What is the name for the raised portions on the neck of a stringed instrument, such as the guitar or banjo, which divide the neck into fixed segments?

Sweet Polly Purebred

"Oh where oh where has my Underdog gone," whines what anthropomorphic dog reporter, the love interest of Underdog, whenever she gets in trouble?

The Argonauts

According to Greek mythology, which group of men accompanied Jason on his quest for the golden fleece?

Vacuum cleaner

With over 6 million sold, the Roomba is an autonomous what?

Smell as sweet

Complete the following quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose/ By any other name would”?

Donna Karan

What designer founded the fashion house DKNY?

Pinocchio

“When You Wish Upon a Star” was recorded for what classic Disney film?

Kevlar

What synthetic material, developed by DuPont in 1965, is a high strength material used in bike tires and as the basis for modern bullet proof vests?

Kayak

An Eskimo roll is a maneuver to right what type of craft?

Bagpipe

What musical instrument is often crafted with two parallel pipes, one known as a chanter and the other known as a drone?

Priceline.com

William Shatner is the spokesperson for what online discount travel sight?

Trifecta

In the world of pari-mutuel betting, what is it called when the bettor must pick the 3 horses that finish first, second, and third in the exact order?

Fallingwater

What famous house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is perched over a river in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania?

7Up

What soft drink advertised itself as the Uncola?

Curds and Whey

What was Little Miss Muffet eating when the spider came along?

Top Hat

Worn by the likes of Slash, Abraham Lincoln, and The Mad Hatter, what is the name for tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed headwear popular from the 19th century through today?

Maple Syrup

A week ago, Canadian officials announced that thieves had somehow made off with a quarter of Quebec's strategic reserve of what, valued at over $30 million?

Football

Hook and ladder, flea flicker, and fumblerooski are trick plays used in what sport?

Captain Morgan

What brand of rum, named for a privateer, advertises itself with the slogan "To Life, Love, and Loot"?

Peter Pan

A Newfoundland dog named Nana was a nurse in what children's story?

John F. Kennedy

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier got married on Sept 11, 1963 married what then US Representative in Newport, RI?

Hallmark

What can be an official stamp of quality on a precious metal, a greeting card company, and a cable TV channel?

Oysters

What do you wrap in bacon to make that yummy dish known as Angels on horseback?

The Monkees

Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones were the members of which band?

JP Morgan

Now the largest back in the US (by assets), what investment bank merged with Chase Manhattan in 2000?

Moby

What singer, born Richard Hall on Sept 11, 1965, took his stage name for supposedly having Herman Melville as his great-great-great-granduncle?

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

What US government agency monitors investor fraud, insider trading scenarios, and other investment irregularities?

Glinda the Good Witch of the South

In ‘The Wizard of Oz’ books, what is the name of the Good Witch?

Japan

The Shoguns were warlords that ruled in what country?

Big Top

What is the name for the large canvas, or more recently plastic, tent under which a circus performs?

Touch

Something described as 'tactile' relates to which of the five senses?

Sapphire

According to the western calendar, what is the birthstone for those born in the month of September?

Standard Oil

Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco were created from what company, broken up by the Sherman Antitrust act in 1911?

Super Mario Brothers

The Mushroom Kingdom is the setting for what Nintendo video game series, first introduced on Sept 13, 1985

Icarus

According to Greek mythology, what son of Daedalus donned wings of feathers and wax, and promptly flew too close to the son, causing the wax to melt and his ultimate drowning, having fallen from the sky into the sea?

Theodore Roosevelt

Sept 14, 1901 saw the death of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Which total badass was sworn in as his successor?

Harry Houdini

What noted magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and noted skeptic, died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix, in 1926?

Francis Scott Key

The morning of September 14, 1814 saw what Baltimore lawyer pen a poem he title “The Defence of Fort McHenry”?

Low blood pressure

If you were afflicted with hypotension, what are you suffering from?

Halo

Featuring the exploits of the cybernetically enhanced supersoldier known as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the final installment of what wildly popular video game series launched yesterday morning?

Science Fiction

Novels in which genre are eligible for the Hugo award, with Robert J Sawyer's Wake having won this years award?

Enterprise

Sept 17, 1976 saw the unveiling of which NASA space shuttle, which while it was not destined to boldly go where no man had gone before, was a valuable test bed?

Spiro T Agnew

The only US Vice President in US history to have to resign because of criminal charges, the void created by what former governor of Maryland started Gerald Ford down the path to the presidency?

Excalibur

According to Arthurian legend what did the lady of the lake give to Arthur?

Sahara

The world's largest hot desert, what is the name of the barren expanse that covers most of North Africa?

Fremont

Originally a separate town before being annexed by Seattle in 1891, what neighborhood refers to itself as "The Center of the Universe"?

Stratosphere

What's missing: Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere?

Mirage

Often thought of as a desert phenomenon, what optical illusion happens when light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of a distant object?

Encore

From the French for "some more", what name is given to the additional pieces played at the end of a concert to satisfy audience demand?

Poliomyelitis

The Sabin vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, was created to combat what viral infectious disease?

Mel Torme

Which crooner, a favorite of Judge Harry Stone on Night Court, was known as The Velvet Fog?

Harry S Truman

Which U.S. president had a sign on his desk that stated "The buck stops here"?

Roald Dahl

Which English children's author, who would have celebrated his 94th birthday on Monday, wrote such classics as The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, among dozens of others?

Red Baron

On Sept 17, 1916, WWI's highest scoring German ace, Manfred von Richthofen, scored his first aerial kill. By what name is he better known?

Taylor Swift

Asshat rapper Kanye West interrupted the VMA acceptance speech of which Best Female Video award winner?

Bein' Green

According to Kermit the Frog, it's not easy what?

Presidential Electors

The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution allows Washington DC to appoint what?

The U.S.S. Maine

What battleship was sunk in harbor of Havana, Cuba to start the Spanish-American War in 1898?

115 years

Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person, died earlier this week. How old was she?

Doctor Who

November 23, 1963 saw the BBC debut what classic series, which is still being shown today?

Columbia

With a population of a little over 110,000, what is the capital city and largest city of South Carolina?

2

How many pints in a quart?

15 minutes

According to Andy Warhol, in the future, how long will everyone be famous for?

Earthquakes

What is a seismometer used to measure?

Belgium

Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. In which country is Waterloo?

Theodore Roosevelt

On Sept 14, 1901, the youngest president is sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley. Who is it?

Mississippi

What state is known as the Magnolia State?

Red

What color consists of the longest wavelengths of lights visible by the human eye?

Columbia

Which space shuttle disintegrated over Texas on Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of all 7 crew members?

Missouri

What was the eastern starting point of the Oregon Trail?

Orange

What flavor is the 80 proof liqueur Grand Marnier, used in such drinks at a B-52?

Francis Scott Key

On Sept 14, 1814, during the war of 1812, the poem The Defence of Fort McHenry, later to be the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, was written by whom?

Columbia Tower

What is the tallest building in downtown Seattle?

Ellen DeGeneris

Which celebrity has been named as the replacement for Paula Abduhl on American Idol?

Scotland

It is generally accepted that the game of golf originated in what country?

United States

September 17, 1859, saw Joshua Norton declare himself Norton 1st, Emperor of what?

5

Each star on the US flag has how many points?

Go West

Newspaper editor Horace Greeley famously advised young men to do what "and grow up with the country" in an 1865 editorial?

Stars

White dwarfs, red giants, and blue stragglers are all types of what?

Mayflower

What moderately famous ship, a Dutch cargo fluyt, set sail from Plymouth, England on Sep 16, 1620, with 102 passengers and 40 crew?

Go Fish

In what card game does a player ask his opponent for one of his or her cards of a particular rank, drawing a card from the pool if the opponent has none?

Pacific

Covering about 46% of the earth's surface, what is the largest of the oceans?

Luxury Tax

Sometimes called a competitive balance tax, what is the name for the financial penalty that large market baseball/basketball teams such as the Yankees or the Knicks must pay for spending more than a particular threshold?