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What kind of animal was Geoffrey, the longtime mascot of the currently-defunct retailer Toys "R" Us?
giraffe
The original flavors of Pop Tarts, which hit store shelves in 1964, were Apple Currant, Blueberry ,Cinnamon Sugar, and what other flavor?
Strawberry
Celebrated on May 8th, V-E Day commemorates the 1945 surrender of Germany to the Allies in which war?`
World War II
What’s the piece of Plexiglass behind a basketball net that’s particularly useful for making a layup called?
Backboard
Humans are defined as being vertebrates because of the presence of a verterbral column, also known as a spine or what “B” word?
Backbone
In 1903, Mary Anderson received a patent for an invention that cleaned precipitation and debris. Her initial version was controlled by a handle inside a vehicle
Windshield wipers
"Bet You Can't Eat Just One" slogan for what brand of salty snacks?
Lay's Potato Chips
What acronym stands for radio detection and ranging?
RADAR
Greg Lemond, who won the Tour de France three times in the late 1980s, was the first cyclist to appear on the cover which American sports magazine?
Sports Illustrated
Common in athletes, ACL surgery reconstructs or replaces a ligament located in what joint of the body?
knee
What structure notorious for its 3.97 degree tilt is the freestanding bell tower of a cathedral in its namesake Italian town? The structure's tilt comes from the soft ground of its unstable foundation.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
What candy, which is produced in Austria and Connecticut, has a name that is an abbreviation for the German word for peppermint?
PEZ
Known as "stabilisers" in British English, what is the two-word term in American English for the parallel set of wheels that are often used to assist young learners how to ride a bike?
Training wheels
What NBA "Zen Master" professional sports coach was born in Deer Lodge, Montana? This man later became iconic during coaching stints in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Phil Jackson
Semper fidelis, Latin for “always faithful,” was adopted as the motto of which U.S. military service in 1883?
Marine Corps
For those interested in formality, you probably prefer the term "parking enforcement officer" or PEO. But the rest of us can thank The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" for the popularization of what other term for people who inspect but hardly ever dust off parking meters?
Maids
Created in the 1980s to represent all the difficulties of getting a pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less, The Noid is a red-suited villain who appears in advertising for what restaurant chain?
Domino's
Founded in 1922 by a retired, uh, agricultural professional, what insurance company didn't adopt their "Like a Good Neighbor" slogan until 1971?
State Farm
In baseball shorthand, it's a strikeout. On the periodic table, it's potassium. In a text, it can be a quick response to, like, whatever. What's that letter?
K
Although the term was initially coined on the London Stock Exchange in the 18th century for a stockbroker who defaulted on his debts, it's now commonly used to refer to office-holders headed out the door.
Lame duck
Somnambulism is the fancy medical word for which sleep disorder where you partake in a specific physical activity while you’re asleep?
Sleepwalking
Also the owner of brands such as Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farms, what company produces approximately 20% of America's beef, pork, and chicken, according to the company's website?
Tyson
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Oprah Winfrey
If you're using a "broom" to guide the "rock" to the "house," what winter team sport are you playing?
Curling
While it's long been considered vestigial, recent studies suggest that what internal body part's role might be to assist the immune system by acting as a “safe house” for helpful gut bacteria?
Appendix
The largest living species of tortoise in the world is native to what island group in the Pacific Ocean?
Galapagos
What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story?"
Ovaltine
What two-word activity, often associated with Catholicism, can also refer to a desperate, last minute American football pass that attempts to save the game?
Hail Mary
What “D” word refers to the minimum depth of water a boat needs to float? But can also be used to refer to the event when a pro sports league selects amateur players.
Draft
Philly's Mutter Museum is the place to see thousands of medical oddities, including pieces of the brain of what Nobel laureate who died in 1955?
Albert Einstein
What is the name of the esteemed U.S. military cemetery directly across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. which was founded during the Civil War to hold the deceased from the nation's conflicts?
Arlington National Cemetery
What famous cereal mascot’s first and middle names are “Horatio Magellan,” helms a ship called The Guppy, and sports a Napoleon-style hat?
Cap’N Crunch
Mammals and birds experience a unique phase of sleep characterized by random quick motion in the eyes accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
REM
What four-time Olympic gold medalist, considered "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history" during his lifetime
Jesse Owens
Astronomical distances are often described in what timely measurement, with one unit roughly equivalent to 5.88 trillion miles?
Light Year
A major potential in efforts to engineer environmental sustainability are attempts to breed bacteria that can eat what polymer-based materials that are difficult to recycle?
Plastic
Seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and dill pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun is how McDonald's describes what limited-availability menu item?
McRib
Although often misattributed as a French invention owing to its name and history, what macabre beheading-device was actually first used in Ireland in 1307, over 450 years before it was first used in France?
Guillotine
Arguably the second-most popular in the world after soccer, what lucky sport has defensive positions named gully, silly mid-off, and deep mid wicket?
Cricket
On December 1st, 1959, a dozen nations around the world signed a treaty declaring which chilly continent a no-military zone that would be used mainly for scientific research?
Antarctica
What is the spooky name for the single light left illuminated onstage in an empty and otherwise dark theatre?
Ghost Light
What famous drink was introduced as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina in 1893 at a drugstore? The product was renamed five years later after the Greek "p" word for "digestion."
Pepsi Cola
What six-letter hairstyle is popularly associated with the semi-ironic phrase "business in front, party in the back"?
Mullet
What since-relocated baseball team did Babe Ruth coach for a year after retiring?
Dodgers
Portland, Oregon holds a strange record likely to go without contest. In 2000, researchers in the city earned the title for creating what first-of-its-kind bioluminescent animal? Although they inserted jellyfish glow genes into a whole barrel of them, only one came out with the unique ability.
Monkey