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- 2. COMPANIES - Enjoying 80% market share in the U.S., what charcoal brand’s product was first produced from wood scraps by the Ford Motor Company?
- 5. MOVIES - In what movie musical does Sacha Baron Cohen’s character sing The Contest, Helena Bonham Carter sing The Worst Pies in London, and Alan Rickman sing Pretty Woman?
- 9. PRESIDENTS - In 1998, congress wished what former president a happy 87th birthday by renaming Washington National Airport in his honor?
- 11. SPORTS - Also known as the three-meter or ten-foot line, what name is given to the line that backcourt players must jump from behind to legally hit the ball over the net in volleyball?
- 14. CRIME & PUNISHMENT - Bernie Madoff was convicted of 11 felonies for running what type of fraudulent investment operation?
- 17. WORDS - What word for a high school or university grade level comes from the Greek for “wise fool”?
- 18. LYRICS - "I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please" is the opening line to what 2008 No. 1 hit?
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- 1. VIDEO GAMES - What duo will you play with if you pick the New York Knicks in the 1993 arcade video game NBA Jam?
- 3. TELEVISION - Although not mentioned by name, who was the only Brady child individually referenced in the classic theme song to The Brady Bunch?
- 4. BOOKS - Which novel in the Harry Potter series has the highest word count?
- 6. HEALTH - The name of what infectious disease comes from the Italian meaning “bad air”?
- 7. CITIES - Mancunians or Mancs are terms used for residents of what third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom?
- 8. ART - Formerly home to the tsars, the Winter Palace is the principal building of what Russian museum?
- 10. QUOTES - Before she became a saint in the Catholic Church, what nun said, “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.”?
- 12. HISTORY - Most scholars agree Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World on a coastline that is now part of what country?
- 13. GEOGRAPHY - Also high on the global list, what is the largest island in Asia?
- 15. CARS - Also a main focus of a book about automobile safety published in 1965, what Chevy model did Car and Driver dub “The Poor Man’s Porsche” when the car’s Monza Spyder edition was released in 1963?
- 16. ALCOHOL - What bar tool is used like a pestle to mash fruit, herbs, or spices in the bottom of a glass to release their flavor, such as mint for a mojito?