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WORLD OF RELIGION
PUTTING THE "T" IN TV
100

It's got the strongest gravity of any planet, nearly 2 1/2 times ours

Jupiter

100

Tom Felton said Rupert Grint was fined 2,500 pounds (going to charity) over the 1st 2 films in this series for laughing mid-scene

Harry Potter
100

Olympic medley swimming events have these 4 strokes in one race

Butterfly, Breaststroke, Freestyle, backstroke

100

The Mahayana branch of this religion is more recent than the Theravada & includes the concept of adherents becoming Bodhisattvas

Buddhism

100

Emeril Lagasse & Wolfgang Puck have served as judges on this competition that's been cooking since 2006

Top Chef

200

The greenhouse effect, not just proximity to the sun, makes it the hottest of the planets

Venus

200

You can see Matt LeBlanc try to hide real laughter as Joey ducks behind a panicked Ross, in search of a ring on this sitcom

Friends

200

This 18-year-old from Louisville won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal in 1960

Muhammad Ali

200

Kept at Chartres Cathedral in France, the "Sancta Camisa" is a garment said to have been worn by this woman in childbirth

The Virgin Mary

200

From 1993 to 2001, Chuck Norris was Walker, this

Texas Ranger

300

Mostly hydrogen & helium, it has the lowest average density of any planet in the solar system & would float in a really big tub

Saturn

300

On "SNL", Heidi Gardner could not take Mikey Day's makeup when he & Ryan Gosling played this animated MTV duo

Beavis and Butthead

300

Denmark's Ellen Osiier foiled many of her opponents in 1924 to become the 1st woman to win a gold medal in this sport

Fencing

300

Ganesha, the Hindu god of beginnings, is traditionally depicted with the head of this animal, symbolizing breaking through obstacles

An Elephant

300

Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa & Po were the big 4 on this BBC kids' show that opened with a creepy baby face in the rising sun

Teletubbies

400

It has the most eccentric orbit of any planet, varying between 29 million & 43 million miles

Mercury

400

Jack Nicholson, who may or may not have been under the influence, cracks up while talking about Venusians to Dennis Hopper in this film

Easy Rider

400

During the opening ceremony's parade of nations, this country traditionally goes first

Greece

400

From the Arabic for "struggle", this word can mean a personal effort against sin, or a holy war in defense of Islam

Jihad

400

It preceded "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" in the title of a sci-fi series

Terminator

500

It not only has an odd axis of rotation, it's also the coldest planet, with temps approaching -400 Fahrenheit

Uranus

500

After Tim Conway's ad-lib story about Siamese elephants, Vicki Lawrence broke this show's cast w/ "Sure that little (bleep) is through?"

The Carol Brunett Show

500

Reminiscent of witches, it's the bowl-like structure that holds the flame in the host stadium; Torino's was placed 190 feet up

The Olympic Cauldron

500

The building of the Golden Temple in Amritsar was launched around 1604 by Arjan, the fifth guru of this religion

Sikhism

500

Its 8th & last season finale ended with its characters ringing in January 1, 1980

That 70s show

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