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QUESTION # 1HOLIDAYS

WHAT PROTEST EVENT HAS BEEN HELD BY THE UNITED

AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND ON THANKSGIVING

SINCE 1970?

ANSWER # 1

QUESTION # 2TV

2-PARTER

WHAT TWO MUSICALS DID NBC PRESENT LIVE IN

DECEMBER 2013 AND 2014, RESPECTIVELY?

ANSWER # 2

QUESTION # 3SCIENCE

WHAT FAMOUS ENGLISHMAN'S EXPERIMENTS WITH FREEZING MEAT IN 1626 ARE THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF

HIS DEATH?

ANSWER # 3

SIR FRANCIS BACON

QUESTION # 4BUSINESS5-PARTER

WHICH FIVE COMPANIES TOPPED

THE FORTUNE 500 FOR 2015?

ANSWER # 4

• WALMART • EXXON MOBIL • CHEVRON

• BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY • APPLE

QUESTION # 5WORLD CAPITALS

WHAT CITY DID ABUJA REPLACE AS THE

CAPITAL OF NIGERIA?

ANSWER # 5

LAGOS

QUESTION # 6

NAME THE YEAR

1989

1951

1968

1936

1960

2011

QUESTION # 7U.S. STATES

"OLD FOLKS AT HOME" IS WHAT STATE’S OFFICIAL

SONG?

ANSWER # 7

QUESTION # 8FOOTBALL5-PARTER

WHO ARE CURRENTLY WHO ARE CURRENTLY THE FIVE HEAVIEST THE FIVE HEAVIEST

PLAYERS IN THE NFL?PLAYERS IN THE NFL?

ANSWER # 8

• T.J. BARNEST.J. BARNES (364 LBS) (364 LBS)

• JOHN JENKINSJOHN JENKINS (359 LBS) (359 LBS)

• TRENTON BROWN TRENTON BROWN (355 LBS)(355 LBS)

• TERRANCE KNIGHTONTERRANCE KNIGHTON (354 LBS) (354 LBS)

• DANIEL MCCULLERS DANIEL MCCULLERS (352 LBS)(352 LBS)  

QUESTION # 9MOVIES

WHAT ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIE WAS BASED ON THE

TRUE STORY OF CHRISTOPHER EMMANUEL

BALESTRERO?

ANSWER # 9

QUESTION # 10 MUSIC

3-PARTER

NAME THE COVER ARTIST, SONG TITLE AND ORIGNAL

ARTIST FOR THE FOLLOWING SONG

ANSWER # 10

ORIGINAL: DORIS TROY

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QUESTION # 11TV

SHOWN IN THE U.S. ON PBS AND A&E, WHAT BRITISH TV

DETECTIVE HAD THE FIRST NAME OF ENDEAVOUR?

ANSWER # 11

QUESTION # 12ANIMALS2-PARTER

WHAT TWO ANIMALS ARE ON THE AUSTRALIAN

COAT OF ARMS?

ANSWER # 12

QUESTION # 13MUSIC

WHAT SONG’S TITLE WAS INSPIRED BY BRENDA ANN

SPENCER’S EXPLANATION FOR WHY SHE COMMITTED A

SCHOOL SHOOTING IN 1979?

ANSWER # 13

QUESTION # 14MOVIES

4-PARTER

WHICH FOUR ACTRESSES PORTRAYED THE MAIN

CHARACTERS IN SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS AND ITS

SEQUEL?

ANSWER # 14

oALEXIS BLEDELoBLAKE LIVELY

oAMERICA FERRARAoAMBER TAMBLYN

QUESTION # 15U.S. PRESIDENTS

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO WEAR LONG TROUSERS RATHER THAN

KNEE BREECHES TO HIS INAUGURATION?

ANSWER # 15

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

QUESTION # 16

NAME THE U.S. CITY

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN

QUESTION # 17MONEY

THE BAHT IS THE MONETARY UNIT OF WHICH COUNTRY?

ANSWER # 17

THAILAND

QUESTION # 186,4,2

• 1969 NOBEL PRIZEWINNER FOR LITERATURE

• MOST FAMOUS PLAY ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH, TITLED EN ATTENDANT

GODOT• SAME NAME AS THE MAIN

CHARACTER IN QUANTUM LEAP

ANSWER # 18

SAMUEL BECKETT

QUESTION # 19WORLD HISTORY

WHAT WWII SKIRMISH IN NEW GUINEA IN 1942 WAS THE 1ST AIR-SEA BATTLE IN HISTORY?

ANSWER # 19

BATTLE OF CORAL SEA

QUESTION # 20BET UP TO 15 POINTS

OLYMPICS

IN 1988, WHO BECAME THE 1ST AFRICAN-

AMERICAN TO MEDAL IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS?

ANSWER # 20

DEBI THOMAS

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TIEBREAKER

HOW MANY U.S. PASSPORTS WERE ISSUED FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR 2015?

ANSWER

15,556,216