DYNAMIC DUOS
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LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
100
One composed the music and the other wrote the lyrics which led to musical films like “Oklahoma”, “Carousel”, “South Pacific”, and “The King and I”. Who are they?
Who is Rodgers and Hammerstein?
100
A contractor in Chicago’s northwest suburbs and a part-time clown, this individual was arrested for 29 murder victims who were buried on his property.
Who is John Wayne Gacy?
100
What is the state capital located in the Pacific Ocean and the birthplace of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States?
What is Honolulu?
100
What is the disease that has to do with blood sugar? What is diabetes?
What is diabetes?
100
What is a movie with a scene of partners jumping off a cliff together?
What is “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid”?
200
What is the name of the actress who starred in most of the “Road Movies” with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
Who is Dorothy Lamour?
200
In 1967, a 50-foot steel sculpture was installed outside of the Civic Center Plaza at Washington Street and Dearborn. What is this structure?
What is the Chicago Picasso?
200
What is the state capital named after the 16th President of the United States?
What is Lincoln?
200
What is an ailment characterized by cloudy vision?
What are cataracts?
200
What is a movie with a scene where a boy gets his tongue stuck on a flag pole?
What is a “Christmas Story”?
300
This pair made at least ten films together starting in 1933. One performed backwards and the other forwards. Who are they?
Who is Astaire and Rodgers?
300
In 1934, who was shot by the FBI in the alley next to the Biograph Theater?
Who is John Dillinger?
300
What is the state capital that is home to Sutter’s Fort, which is famous for its association with a major gold rush beginning in 1848?
What is Sacramento?
300
What is the technical term for passing gas?
What is flatulence?
300
In which movie when a bell rings it’s a sign that an angel has earned its wings?
What is “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
400
Which duo had a No. 2 hit in Britain in 1975 with “Train of the Lonesome Pine” from the film “Way Out West” released in 1937?
Who are Laurel and Hardy?
400
In 1931, who was found guilty of evading $231,000 in income taxes and sentenced on October 24th by a Chicago federal court to 11 years in prison, and fined $50,000?
Who is Al Capone?
400
The capital shares its name with a famous German chancellor?
What is Bismarck?
400
What do you call it when you lose control of your bowels?
What is encopresis?
400
What is the movie that starred Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximillian Schell, William Shatner, Judy Garland and Marlena Dietrich?
What is “Judgement at Nuremburg”?
500
This due developed from Burlesque into movies through the 1940s and into the 1950s. Their comedy films were top office earners in 1942. In one film they also met Frankenstein but cross-talked him into submission. Who are they?
Who are Abbott and Costello?
500
What did the Field Museum purchase in 1997 that was the largest and the best preserved ever discovered?
What is Sue, a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
500
What is the northernmost state capital named after a U.S. President?
What is Madison?
500
What do you call the loss of control over your bladder?
What is enuresis?
500
What is the only movie where John Wayne was shot and killed?
What is the Shootist?
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