THE BEST "OF" LITERATURE
TV CHARACTERS NAMED FOR THEIR ACTORS
FACTS OF LANGUAGE
HISTORIC COMMON BONDS
TOY PATENTS
TALL PEOPLE
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2001 YA COMING OF AGE STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF FOUR FRIENDS AND A MAGICAL PAIR OF JEANS
WHAT IS THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS?
200
HE HELMED HIS OWN SITCOM FROM 2001 TO 2007 WITH A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF HIMSELF, HIS WIFE ANGIE, AND KIDS CARMEN AND MAX
WHO IS GEORGE LOPEZ?
200
THIS LANGUAGE OF A NORTH ATLANTIC ISLAND NATION HAS CHANGED SO LITTLE OVER THE LAST MILLENNIUM THAT THEIR THOUSAND YEAR OLD SAGAS ARE READ THE SAME WAY TODAY
WHAT IS ICELANDIC?
200
MADISON, MONROE, CARTER
WHAT ARE PRESIDENTS NAMED JAMES?
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SEEN HERE, THE CONTROLLER FOR THIS CONSOLE; WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH GENERATION
WHAT IS PLAYSTATION?
200
AT 6 FEET 4 INCHES, HE WAS OUR TALLEST U.S. PRESIDENT
WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
400
SEEN HERE, THE REAL-LIFE BUILDING THAT INSPIRED THIS NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TALE
WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES?
400
SEEN HERE, THIS FORMER GUITARIST FOR THE GRASSROOTS PORTRAYS HIMSELF ON 'THE OFFICE'
WHO IS CREED BRATTON?
400
KHMER, THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN PRIMARILY IN THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION, HAS THE MOST LETTERS OF ANY OTHER ALPHABET IN THE WORLD--74!
WHAT IS CAMBODIA?
400
LATVIA, KAZAKHSTAN, BELARUS
WHAT ARE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS?
400
THIS ALLITERATIVE TOY FOR WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE
WHAT IS A SUPER SOAKER?
400
THIS WRESTLER AND ACTOR SEEN HER MOST DEFINITELY LIVED UP TO HIS NICKNAME
WHO IS ANDRE THE GIANT?
600
THIS TITLE "HONOR" FROM AN 1895 WAR NOVEL REFERS TO A WOUND, HENCE THE COLOR IN THE NAME
WHAT IS THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE?
600
TONY BANTA WAS PLAYED BY THIS SIMILARLY NAMED ACTOR ON 'TAXI'
WHO IS TONY DANZA?
600
THIS ENGLISH WORD ORIGINATED AS A CONTRACTION OF THE PHRASE 'GOD BE WITH YE'
WHAT IS GOODBYE?
600
UTAH, OMAHA, JUNO
WHAT ARE D-DAY BEACHES?
600
PRETEND YOU'RE OUT TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH THIS TOY FROM THE DAYS OF YORE
WHAT IS A VIEW-MASTER?
600
THIS HOST OF 'DRAG RACE' IS 6 FOOT 4, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AFRO AND THE HIGH HEELS
WHO IS RUPAUL?
800
THIS 1985 COLOMBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL CENTERS AROUND FLORENTINO AND FERMINA, WHOSE YOUTHFUL LOVE BLOSSOMS INTO A SECRET RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA?
800
LAST NAME OF ANDY ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW; HINT: IT'S NOT GRIFFITH
WHAT IS TAYLOR?
800
THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR THESE CONTRAPTIONS FOUND AT AMUSEMENT PARKS TRANSLATES LITERALLY TO 'AMERICAN MOUNTAINS'
WHAT ARE ROLLER COASTERS?
800
HOWARD, PARR, OF ARAGON
WHAT ARE WIVES OF HENRY VIII NAMED CATHERINE?
800
BECOME A MASTER CHEF WITH THIS TOY
WHAT IS AN EASY-BAKE OVEN?
800
THE LATE SEVEN-FOOT TALL ACTOR PETER MAYHEW FAMOUSLY DONNED THE FURRY COSTUME OF THIS CHARACTER IN STAR WARS
WHO IS CHEWBACCA?
1000
THE TITLE OF THIS PICARESQUE CULT CLASSIC NOVEL BY JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE IS TAKEN FROM AN ESSAY BY JONATHAN SWIFT
WHAT IS A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES?
1000
THIS ACTOR SEEN HERE PORTRAYS A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF HIMSELF ON 'DON'T TRUST THE B---- IN APARTMENT 23'
WHO IS JAMES VAN DER BEEK?
1000
THESE SOUTH AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE AND INSTEAD STORED INFORMATION ON SYSTEMS OF TIED ROPE
WHO ARE THE INCA?
1000
JOHNSON, MAY, CAMERON
WHAT ARE PRIME MINISTERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM?
1000
TEN-LETTER NAME FOR THE SMALL CHARACTERS CREATED BY LEGO IN THE PATENT SEEN HERE
WHAT IS A MINIFIGURE?
1000
THIS 8 FOOT 11 INCH MAN IS SEEN HERE NEXT TO HIS FATHER
WHO IS ROBERT WADLOW?
1200
BIBLICAL ANALYSIS AND MEDIEVAL CULTURE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MURDER MYSTERY IN THIS 1983 NOVEL BY UMBERTO ECO
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROSE?
1200
STAGE NAME FOR THE LATE COMIC WHO PLAYED BERNIE MCCULLOUGH IN AN EARLY 2000s SITCOM
WHO IS BERNIE MAC?
1200
THIS ARTIFACT FOUND IN 1899 WAS ORIGINALLY A GOVERNMENTAL DECREE, BUT HAS BEEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHAT IS THE ROSETTA STONE?
1200
TARQIN THE ELDER, ROMULUS, NUMA POMPILIUS
WHAT ARE KINGS OF ROME?
1200
SEEN HERE, A REALLY EARLY PATENT FOR THESE
WHAT ARE ROLLER SKATES?
1200
DO LONG LEGS MAKE YOU RUN FASTER? THIS FASTEST SPRINTER OF ALL TIME STANDS AT A WHOPPING SIX FOOT FIVE INCHES
WHO IS USAIN BOLT?
1400
PERHAPS CONNOISSEURS OF WHEATIES WOULD KNOW THE NAME OF THIS VONNEGUT NOVEL WHICH CENTERS AROUND KILGORE TROUT
WHAT IS BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS?
1400
SEEN HERE, THE REAL-LIFE BROTHERS JOE, MATT & ANDY LAWRENCE PLAY FICTIONAL BROTHERS JOE, MATT & ANDY ROMAN ON THIS 90s SERIES
WHAT IS BROTHERLY LOVE?
1400
AROUND 15-20% OF THE WORLD'S NAMED LANGUAGES EXIST HERE, THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ISLAND BY AREA
WHAT IS NEW GUINEA?
1400
CROATIA, FINLAND, THAILAND
WHAT ARE (SUPPORTING) AXIS POWERS (OF WWII)?
1400
PERHAPS YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'M SURE THE TOY IN THE PATENT SEEN HERE KNOWS FOR CERTAIN
WHAT IS A MAGIC 8-BALL?
1400
SHE'S WON FIVE GRAND SLAM TENNIS TITLES--AND IS SIX FEET TWO INCHES TALL!
WHO IS MARIA SHARAPOVA?