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Question: How much did the first Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball weigh?

Answer: 700 pounds

100

The cake is named for the Black Forest region in the Southwestern part of which European country?


Answer: Germany

100

Indiana produces over 20% of this popular U.S. snack supply.

popcorn

100

Question: What game, meaning “to build” in Swahili, was created by British game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s?

Answer: Jenga.

100

A majority of adults have how many permanent teeth? 

Answer: 32

200

Question: How many light bulbs covered the first Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball?


Answer: 100

200

The all-time best-selling candy bar in the USA was introduced in 1930 by the M&Ms Mars company. Can you identify this nutty, chocolate and caramel confection?


Answer: Snickers

200

Indiana is home to the world's largest single-day sporting event; what is the event?

the Indianapolis 500.

200

Question: Which song by Toni Basil became a huge cheerleading anthem in 1982?

Answer: “Mickey.”

200

According to Instacart, what the most disliked food in America? 

Answer: Anchovies

300

Question: The Dutch believe that eating what on New Year’s Day will bring good luck?

Answer: Donuts

300

What year was the first Krispy Kreme store opened?


Answer: 1937

While Vernon Carter Rudolph, the creator of Krispy Kreme, bought his first doughnut shop in 1933, and while this was where he acquired the recipe for the famous original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut, he did not open a shop called Krispy Kreme until 1937.
300

This popular sport was "born" in Indiana

Baseball Birthplace: 

  • The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne in 1871.
300

Question: What are the three rules for taking care of mogwai in Gremlins?

Answer: Keep them out of sunlight, don’t get them wet and don’t feed them after midnight!
300

The line, “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries” is from what 1975 movie? 

Answer: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”

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Question: On average, how many babies are born each Jan. 1 in the United States?

Answer: 10,312

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Which two candy bars were being advertised when the announcer said, "Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't?"



Answer: Mounds and Almond Joy

The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company began producing Mounds, with its dark chocolate coating, in 1920. The milk chocolate covered Almond Joy did not come into being until 1946. I am unable to determine which is the bigger seller, Mounds or Almond Joy. Please mail me if you know. (Mounds is better no matter what the sales figure show - that dark chocolate ...).
400

True or False; there is a town in Indiana called "Santa Claus"

  • True: Santa Claus, Indiana: This town receives thousands of letters for Santa annually and answers them all.
400

Question: What are Marv and Harry called in Home Alone?

Answer: The Wet Bandits.

400

Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea? 

Answer: Ketchup

500

Question: How many people watch the Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball drop each year?

Answer: About one billion

500

Where would you go for a Double Chocolate Chip Cake(this may not be available in all areas)?


Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken

500

The famous lasagna-loving cat hails from Indiana.

Garfield

500

Question: What was the highest-grossing movie of the 1980s?

Answer: E.T.

500

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which state has the shortest one-way commute to work? 

Answer: South Dakota