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A 1944 black comedy from Frank Capra starring Cary Grant.
"Arsenic and Old Lace"
What animals were Dachshunds dogs originally bred to hunt?
Badgers
What's the name of the largest area of the human brain?
Cerebrum
Named for a characture in a popular TV show, what was a 1990s slang term for very short cutoff jeans?
Daisy Dukes
Anvil, hammer and stirrup are all bones in which part of your body?
Ear
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Western Orthodox Church, the Anglican Church and a number of Protestant churches, it is considered to start on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, which can be any time between 27 November and 3 December
Advent
Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b on which street?
Baker
In music what term is used to describe 3 or more notes played simultaneously?
Chord
Of whom did Tom Jones ask 'Why? Why? Why?'
Delilah
What word is a brief commemorative inscription on a tomb, and a short piece of poetry or prose lauding a deceased person?
Epitaph
Although Johann Bayer categorised it as a single star, named Rigil Kentaurus, from the ancient Arabic name meaning foot of the Centaur, it has since been discovered to be a three-star system
Alpha Centauri
Which male vocal range is pitched between tenor and bass?
Baritone
What is the name given to the dish of fruit stewed or preserved in syrup?
Compote
The name of which river appears in the title of a famous waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger?
Danube
What is the expulsion of evil spirits from persons or places through ritual methods?
Exorcism
You may know that this name is from an Afrikaans word meaning earth pig.
Aardvark
Only two elements stay a liquid at room temperature - mercury and what other?
Bromine
Which 1980 comedy movie about a golf course starred Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, and a troublesome dancing gopher?
Caddyshack
Rearrange the letters of COWHAND LIVES WEST to find the title of a 1990 film that won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Dances with Wolves
What term describes the gravitational boundary which encloses a black hole?
Event horizon
One of the pioneer companies in the arcade (and later home) video games industry.
Atari
Which sport is also referred to as pugilism?
Boxing
Which of the following words is not only a pale green color, but also a type of pottery glaze?
Celadon
Larkspur is the common name of plants that belong to the family Ranunculus. What is the scientific name of the plant?
Delphinium
Which muppet has red fur, is three and a half years old, and speaks in a high-pitched squeaky voice?
Elmo