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Which was 1910's baseball player "Shoeless Joe Jackson's southern home state?
South Carolina
How many bits are in a byte?
Eight
Which country originated opera?
Italy
What is both an amphibian and the first name of the leader of the 1994 Republican Revolution?
Newt
Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly portrayed what TV crime-fighting duo?
Cagney and Lacey
What Australian city staged the 2000 games where Sir Steven Redgrave became the first rower to win five consecutive Olympic gold medals?
Sydney
What common garden flowers are fed to chickens to give their skin an appealing golden color?
Marigolds
What game was invented when Winnie-the-Pooh accidentally dropped a fir cone off a bridge?
Poohsticks
Who is married to the Duchess of Cornwall?
Prince Charles
What newscaster signed off each night with "And that's the way it is"?
Walter Cronkite
What decade saw the launch of the PlayStation?
1990's
What flaming dessert was created at Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans in the 1950's?
Bananas Foster
Who co-founded the humor magazine Spy and later became editor of Vanity Fair?
Graydon Carter
What was the top of the Empire State Building originally designed for?
Docking airships
Who has not been in a long-term relationship with Brad Pitt?
Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jole, Gwyneth Paltrow, or Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
What type of tests were National League umpires ordered to undergo in 1911?
Eye tests
What alternative name for black cumin is also the name of a TV cook?
Nigella
What 2000 film starring George Clooney was inspired by Homer's Odyssey?
Brother, Where Art Thou?
What presidential candidate was dubbed a "maverick" for his often-unconventional approach?
John McCain
What symbol does Grumpy Care Bear have on his belly?
Rain cloud
What is the oldest major trophy for which North American athletes have competed since 1893?
Stanley Cup
What did Clive Sinclair call the world's first pocket calculator, launched in 1972?
Sinclair Executive
What does Charles Brown's dad do for a living?
Barber
What queen reportedly had herself rolled up in a rug and given as a gift to Julius Caesar?
Cleopatra
What superhero shares a name with a popular Black Sabbath song?
Iron Man
What is Canada's popular winter ice sport that is not hockey?
surfing
What tool did Charles Moncke invent?
The monkey wrench
Of "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time," What is the only song not performed in English?
La Bamba
In 2009, a 15-year-old from Iowa won $50,000 for doing what with her thumbs?
Texting
The father of what actress was the first Westerner ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk?
Uma Thurman
What is the end opposite the nose called on a snowboard?
tail
What is the only dog rated above the Basset Hound for its sense of smell?
Bloodhound
What sport is the focus of Bill Murray's 1999 book Cinderella Story?
Golf
What Wrigley's gum was the first item ever to have its bar code scanned?
Juicy Fruit
Who sang "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "The One That You Love," and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Air Supply
What does this Morse code say?
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