Tales from the Arabian Nights
Rounding the Bases
An Odd Cast of Characters
Seems Legit
Hirsute
200

In one of the Arabian Nights' most famous stories, a clever fisherman traps one of these in a bottle

a genie (or jinn)

200

The U.S. Navy officially began construction of its base at this Oahu locale on Nov. 11, 1909

Pearl Harbor

200

1998:
Jesus Quintana,
Walter Sobchak,
The Dude

The Big Lebowski

200

The founder of this bone manipulation practice, D. D. Palmer, claimed that he received his knowledge of it from a deceased physician in "the other world"

chiropractic 

200

Houston Rockets player James Harden is known by what follicular nickname?

The Beard

400

To avoid execution in the morning, this new wife of the king tells him 1,001 stories, one each night and always ending with a cliffhanger

Scheherazade

400

U.S. Army bases in this country include Camp Victory / al-Nasr & Camp Taji

Iraq

400

2013:
Finley,
Evanora,
Glinda

Oz the Great and Powerful

400

Brazilian medium, psychic surgeon, and now convicted criminal João Teixeira de Faria (aka John of God) was formerly featured on what American day time talk show?

The Oprah Winfrey Show

400

As part of his effort to modernize Russia, this "great" leader imposed a beard tax in 1698 to encourage Russian men to shave their traditional beards.  Those who didn't pay were forcibly shaven.

Peter the Great

600

Several of the stories are set in this city, capital of the Muslim world in 8th century & still a capital today

Baghdad

600

On Sept. 11, 2001 this plane secretly touched down at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base

Air Force One

600

The 1975 film:
Magenta,
Columbia,
Janet Weiss

Rocky Horror Picture Show

600

The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing claims the consumption of what household cleaning agent, which they call "miracle mineral solution/supplement" or "MMS", is a "sacrament"?

bleach

600

The term "sideburns" is a 19th-century corruption of what US Civil War general's name? 

(Ambrose) Burnside

800

These 2 words reveal the entrance to a hidden cave full of riches in "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves"

open sesame

800

This southern state has the most active military installations named after Confederate officers (four)

Virginia

800

1996:
Renton,
Spud,
Begbie

Trainspotting

800

Cansema, or black salve, which leaves lesions in the treatment area and has been labeled a fake cure by the FDA, has seen a resurgence in claims to treat which type of cancer?

skin cancer

800

On male (and some female) wild turkeys, a "beard" refers to what on their body?

a tuft of feathers growing from the center of their chest

1000

When he's an old man, this sailor tells a young porter 7 tales about his 7 marvelous adventures

Sinbad

1000

Fort Riley, Kansas was named after Major General Bennett Riley, who led the first military escort along this trail

the Santa Fe Trail

1000

2004:
Peter LaFleur,
Patches O'Houlihan,
Steve the Pirate

DodgeBall

1000

This metallic tonic, currently being touted as an immunity-booster, can actually turn the skin bluish-grey and impede the absorption of antibiotics when taken internally

colloidal silver

1000

Adherents of which two religions are permitted by the Indian armed forces to grow full beards?

Islam and Sikhism

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