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QUIZ 8 START DATE April 10th, ENTRIES BY April 16th

HOSTED BY Erica America

1. Why was the slope of a line given the variable "m"?
2. Name two places of higher learning mentioned in the musical "Rent."
3. Who owns the largest menagerie of rubber ducks, and how many are in it?
4. Who inspired the name of the Kids in the Hall?
5. How did Pete Townshend come up with the synthesizer music for "Baba O'Riley"?
6. What instrument's name is derived from a foreign phrase meaning "high wood"?
7. In what year did Canada premiere its Maple Leaf flag design?
8. How did seltzer water get its name?
9. Name two musicians with verbs as names.
10. Whose mother invented White Out (white correction fluid)?
11. What is Australia's sheep-per-capita?
12. What play features transvestites and Mormons?
13. What disease does "Blue Roses" have?
14. What medal was GI Joe the pigeon awarded?
15. What was the last team to win back-to-back World Cup championships?
16. Which American actor worked as a lion tamer at the age of 18?
17. How did the women of Emain Macha stop Cu Chulainn?
18. What venue spawned Blondie and Talking Heads, and what does the club's full name mean?
19. Who is Alberto Fedrigotti (two answers here), and who created him?
20. "Gerrymander" comes from two words. What are they?
21. How many smoots long is the Harvard Bridge?
22. Which famous Italian writer was Boccaccio's best friend?
23. Which saint hung her cape on a sunbeam?
24. Who built a grotto (based on a Wagnerian opera) in his home?
25. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon: Connect Kevin Bacon and John Cusack.
26. How can you tell if you're on a New York City BMT/IND subway train as opposed to an IRT train, besides the route number/letter?
27. What is the term for murder of a prophet?
28. Who is the patron saint of syphilis sufferers?
29. What's the term for being one stroke under par?
30. What is a buckyball?
31. What is the hottest kind of pepper, according to the Scoville scale?
32. As of February 2003, how many moons does Neptune have?
33. What does the red beanie mean in the game of Eschaton?
34. Who was a favorite of James I and was also known for his fabulous legs? (Don't be surprised if you encounter a lot of erotica in your search. Heh.)
35. Name three knights who achieved the Grail. (Accounts vary from one to three knights. I still want three.)
36. What town is the original home of K'Nex?
37. What is the German title of "SpongeBob SquarePants"?
38. How many points does a team generally start off with in a standard play game of darts?
39. If an iceberg is less than 1 meter (3 feet) above water and less than 5 meters (16 feet) in length, what is it called?
40. Who's your daddy?



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