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This actor, well known for appearances in films like Fargo and television like Curb You Enthusiasm, is also a legitimate firefighter who was in New York and raced to help during the 9/11 attacks
Who is Steve Buscemi?
You ain't _____ you ain't trying - Vince Lombardi
What is cheating?
In 1926, Carl Brigham created this college aptitude test that is taken by thousands of high schoolers every year.
What is the SAT?
Fun Fact: Carl Brigham also believed that the American education system was deteriorating due to racial mixing
A popular trivia show where contestants rush to buzz in and ask the questions that fit a displayed answer on the board.
What is Jeopardy?
This ancient numbering system is still used today to notate the order of Super Bowls
What are Roman Numerals?
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects sufferers ability to read, decode, and comprehend text. This is a learning disability that affects sufferers similarly, but for math and numbers
What is Dyscalcula?
"______ is King" - James Henry Hammond
What is Cotton?
Oberlin College broke the glass ceiling by becoming the first American university to admit this group of people in 1833
Who are women?
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What is "The Price is Right?"
Fun Fact: Terry Niece studied luxury catalogues extensively in order to memorize the price of items like the ones on the Price is Right
This irrational number is celebrated on the same day as a pastry that shares its name
What is a numerator?
In the twenty year old medieval point and click fantasy game "Old School Runescape", one can participate in this activity, where players fight through 63 waves of enemies before encountering TzTok-Jad, a large TzHaar monster.
What is "The Fight Caves"?
"Ask not what your _____ can do for you, but instead ask what can you do for your _______" - John F Kennedy
What is Country?
This Ivy League school had a dominant football team in the late 1800's, going undefeated 17 times between 1870-1899, including the 6-0 1878 squad that 28th US President Woodrow Wilson played for, directed, and according to his coach, "helped coach"
What is Princeton?
What is "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"?
This number is the only prime number that is even
What is two?
Ian Miller is a Canadian man who holds with record for the most times competing in separate Olympics with 10. In all ten Olympics spanning forty years, he competed in this kind of event
What is equestrian (horse)?
"No one can stop a ticking clock. But the... great ones, the great ones always find a way to _____ ___ ____" - Sonny Weaver Jr. Draft Day
What is "Slow it down"?
In 2019, a scandal arose in the news about certain elites, many of which worked in Hollywood, were paying large sums of money to an at the time unknown party to improve or sometimes guarantee admission into elite universities. The investigation into the scandal, and later the scandal itself would be named this
What is Varsity Blues?
In 1984, an ice cream truck driver named Michael Larson competed on this game show, famous for its cartoon whammy characters, where he avoided whammies on 45 consecutive spins and walked away with $110,000.
What is "Press Your Luck"?
Fun fact: Press your Luck producers accused Michael of cheating, but upon further review, determined his method of memorizing the boards patterns was not cheating and rightfully awarded Michael his money.
It is unlikely you will be "Back in a this" because "this" is actually a unit of measuring time equal to one one thousandth of a second
What is a jiffy?
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American author Michael H. Hart. In the top ten, Five are religious figures, two are scientists, one is an explorer, and two heavily involve paper, Cai Lun the purported Chinese inventor of paper itself, and this Brit who invented the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Fun fact: Michael Hart put Muhammad at the #1 slot, much to the chagrin of Americans at the time.
Time flies like arrow, _____ flies like banana
What is fruit?
In 1894, a fraternity attempted to unleash chlorine gas on a freshman banquet in an attempt to disrupt it as a hazing prank, but the gas was misdirected by accident and a cook named Henrietta Jackson was killed as a result at this Ivy League university
What is Cornell University?
This thirteen season American game show surprised random contestants entering a taxi an opportunity to earn money for answering trivia questions instead of paying for a ride.
What is "Cash Cab"?
This is the name for the line that separates the numerator from the denominator in a fraction
What is a vinculum?