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Talent agent Wally Amos is known as the founder of what cookie brand?
Famous Amos
The Superbowl is the annual championship game of which professional sport?
football
What is the covering on the end of a shoelace called?
an aglet
If you happen to be in Washington, DC on July 4th, at what national landmark can you catch the fireworks celebration?
The Washington Mall. In addition to fireworks, there is a parade along Constitution Ave., as well as a concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol called "A Capitol Fourth".
Actor Steve Carell plays what memorable character in the popular tv series, "The Office".
Michael Scott
What is it called when changes direction after passing through a lens?
Refraction
After whom is Pennsylvania named?
William Penn
What is the longest river in Canada-
Mackenzie- Churchill- Athabasca
Mackenzie
What poem penned by Katherine Lee Bates is now a song that paints a picture of the visual splendor of the United States?
"America the Beautiful". The music was written by Samuel A. Ward, the music director at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, for a different hymn. Bates and Ward never met. The poem, written in 1893, and the music composed in 1882, were first combined into America the Beautiful and published in 1910.
The 1988 movie, "Mystic Pizza", launched the career of what "Pretty Woman"?
Julia Roberts
What bite-sized chicken product did Robert C. Baker invent in 1963?
Chicken Nuggets.
Who starred in the 1977 disco movie, "Saturday Night Fever?"
John Travolta
What was Charles Dickens' final novel?
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Boston Massacre caused a riot that led to the greater rebellion that culminated with the Revolutionary War. What founding Father defended the British in court for killing 5 men during the Boston Massacre?
John Adams. He was a patriot, but he was also a lawyer.
Whitney Houston went to the top of the music charts in 1992 with which Dolly Parton song?
"I Will Always Love You"
What literary prize did Gwendolyn Brooks win in 1950, becoming the first black author to do so?
The Pulitzer Prize
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The Murrawarri Republic is located in what nation?
Australia
Who made the "midnight ride" in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem?
Paul Revere
Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry star as a mother and daughter in what popular Netflix series?
Ginny & Georgia
What do Gremlin, Spitfire, Roadmaster, and Viper have in common?
They are all car names
In the game of baseball, how many strikes makes an out?
3
What is the largest moon in our solar system?
Ganymede- The massive, icy moon orbits Jupiter.
Who was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence?
* Extra points if you tell me his age, too.
Benjamin Franklin. There were 56 signers. Franklin was 70. The youngest was Edward Rutledge, he was 26.
What is the name of Elvis Presley's Memphis home?
Graceland