The Best of Cinema
His Name Is My Name Too
Famous Iowans
Higher or Lower
Taymon Thoughts
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Most Oscar wins by a director at 40. Spielberg is second with 32

William Wyler

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Hi, my name is Tom! This famous Tom leads the NFL in all time passing yards at 89,214. 

Tom Brady

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"Whoa, take 'er easy there, Pilgrim" or you might miss this famous on screen cowboy from Winterset

John Wayne 
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Average male Corgi - 25lbs

Higher - 27.5lbs

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Pokemon no. 143 description: 

This gluttonous Pokémon eats constantly, apart from when it’s asleep. It devours nearly 900 pounds of food per day.

Snorlax 

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The highest rated film on IMDB as voted by users at 9.3

The Shawshank Redemption

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Howdy, my name is James! This more famous James starred in classics like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and It's A Wonderful Life 

James Stewart

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"I can't carry the ring, but I can carry you!" says Sam to Frodo, played by this Cedar Rapids resident 

Elijah Wood 

2

Average savings by switching to Geico - 14%

Higher - 15%

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One of the all time longest running TV series at 53 seasons long created by Jim Henson. 

Sesame Street 

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There is a three way tie for most Oscars won by a single film at 11: LOTR: Return of the King, Ben Hur, and this 1997 hit

Titanic 

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Hi I'm Parker! While I might be a fat corgi by day, by night, this is the real name of the man behind Spiderman. 

Peter Parker
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As 31st president of the United States from 1929-1933, he was born in West Branch Iowa just outside of Iowa City. 

Herbert Hoover

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Number of chips in a 14.5oz bag of Doritos - 200

Lower - 180 

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Despite all being owned by one country, these animals are often loaned to other counties on 10yr contracts for nearly $1 million dollars a year. Funds go toward conservation efforts. 

Pandas

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Coming in at $2.92 billion dollars, this 2009 hit is the highest grossing film of all time. 

Avatar

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Hi my name is Carl! While many thought Henry Ford invented the first car, I created the first one in Germany in 1885.

Carl Benz 

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From Corning Iowa, the host of NBC's The Tonight Show from 1962-1992

Johnny Carson

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The North Tower or the South Tower 

The North Tower (1368ft vs 1362ft) 

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Despite being a free game, this title is one of the all time highest grossing video games at $26 billion dollars. All of it's revenue has come from "microtransactions" such as character and weapon skins or season passes 

Fortnite 

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Coming in at $1.69 billion dollars, this is the highest grossing Disney animated film at the box office, surpassing the Frozen films by nearly $250 million. 

Inside Out 2

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Hi I'm George! I too was named after a president and in the early 20th century, I helped developed alternated crops to cotton to prevent soil depletion. 

George Washington Carver

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Before it was even recognized as a state, this man born to the Iowa territory would become a showman at 23, portraying a cattleman, a cowboy, a frontier man, and a combatant in Indian Wars. He also served in the Civil War and am a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor

William Frederick Cody 

"Buffalo Bill" 

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A 1st edition copy of War and Peace - 1250 pages 
Lower - 1225 pages 
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What is the quadractic formula? 


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