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QUESTION # 1HOLIDAYS
WHAT PROTEST EVENT HAS BEEN HELD BY THE UNITED
AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND ON THANKSGIVING
SINCE 1970?
ANSWER # 1
QUESTION # 2TV
2-PARTER
WHAT TWO MUSICALS DID NBC PRESENT LIVE IN
DECEMBER 2013 AND 2014, RESPECTIVELY?
ANSWER # 2
QUESTION # 3SCIENCE
WHAT FAMOUS ENGLISHMAN'S EXPERIMENTS WITH FREEZING MEAT IN 1626 ARE THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF
HIS DEATH?
ANSWER # 3
SIR FRANCIS BACON
QUESTION # 4BUSINESS5-PARTER
WHICH FIVE COMPANIES TOPPED
THE FORTUNE 500 FOR 2015?
ANSWER # 4
• WALMART • EXXON MOBIL • CHEVRON
• BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY • APPLE
QUESTION # 5WORLD CAPITALS
WHAT CITY DID ABUJA REPLACE AS THE
CAPITAL OF NIGERIA?
ANSWER # 5
LAGOS
QUESTION # 6
NAME THE YEAR
1989
1951
1968
1936
1960
2011
QUESTION # 7U.S. STATES
"OLD FOLKS AT HOME" IS WHAT STATE’S OFFICIAL
SONG?
ANSWER # 7
QUESTION # 8FOOTBALL5-PARTER
WHO ARE CURRENTLY WHO ARE CURRENTLY THE FIVE HEAVIEST THE FIVE HEAVIEST
PLAYERS IN THE NFL?PLAYERS IN THE NFL?
ANSWER # 8
• T.J. BARNEST.J. BARNES (364 LBS) (364 LBS)
• JOHN JENKINSJOHN JENKINS (359 LBS) (359 LBS)
• TRENTON BROWN TRENTON BROWN (355 LBS)(355 LBS)
• TERRANCE KNIGHTONTERRANCE KNIGHTON (354 LBS) (354 LBS)
• DANIEL MCCULLERS DANIEL MCCULLERS (352 LBS)(352 LBS)
QUESTION # 9MOVIES
WHAT ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIE WAS BASED ON THE
TRUE STORY OF CHRISTOPHER EMMANUEL
BALESTRERO?
ANSWER # 9
QUESTION # 10 MUSIC
3-PARTER
NAME THE COVER ARTIST, SONG TITLE AND ORIGNAL
ARTIST FOR THE FOLLOWING SONG
ANSWER # 10
ORIGINAL: DORIS TROY
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QUESTION # 11TV
SHOWN IN THE U.S. ON PBS AND A&E, WHAT BRITISH TV
DETECTIVE HAD THE FIRST NAME OF ENDEAVOUR?
ANSWER # 11
QUESTION # 12ANIMALS2-PARTER
WHAT TWO ANIMALS ARE ON THE AUSTRALIAN
COAT OF ARMS?
ANSWER # 12
QUESTION # 13MUSIC
WHAT SONG’S TITLE WAS INSPIRED BY BRENDA ANN
SPENCER’S EXPLANATION FOR WHY SHE COMMITTED A
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN 1979?
ANSWER # 13
QUESTION # 14MOVIES
4-PARTER
WHICH FOUR ACTRESSES PORTRAYED THE MAIN
CHARACTERS IN SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS AND ITS
SEQUEL?
ANSWER # 14
oALEXIS BLEDELoBLAKE LIVELY
oAMERICA FERRARAoAMBER TAMBLYN
QUESTION # 15U.S. PRESIDENTS
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO WEAR LONG TROUSERS RATHER THAN
KNEE BREECHES TO HIS INAUGURATION?
ANSWER # 15
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
QUESTION # 16
NAME THE U.S. CITY
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
QUESTION # 17MONEY
THE BAHT IS THE MONETARY UNIT OF WHICH COUNTRY?
ANSWER # 17
THAILAND
QUESTION # 186,4,2
• 1969 NOBEL PRIZEWINNER FOR LITERATURE
• MOST FAMOUS PLAY ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH, TITLED EN ATTENDANT
GODOT• SAME NAME AS THE MAIN
CHARACTER IN QUANTUM LEAP
ANSWER # 18
SAMUEL BECKETT
QUESTION # 19WORLD HISTORY
WHAT WWII SKIRMISH IN NEW GUINEA IN 1942 WAS THE 1ST AIR-SEA BATTLE IN HISTORY?
ANSWER # 19
BATTLE OF CORAL SEA
QUESTION # 20BET UP TO 15 POINTS
OLYMPICS
IN 1988, WHO BECAME THE 1ST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN TO MEDAL IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS?
ANSWER # 20
DEBI THOMAS
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TIEBREAKER
HOW MANY U.S. PASSPORTS WERE ISSUED FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 2015?
ANSWER
15,556,216