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Questions swiped from http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2002/01/thestation/index2.html#questions and http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/Psychology/car_conf/questions.htm
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What is “Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade”?
What is cold fusion?
Until “Batman” opened a few weeks later, this Spielberg-Lucas film
held the one-day gross record with $11.2 mil.
Chemists B. Stanley Pons and Martin
Fleischman claimed to have devised a room
temperature version of this.
Who was Carl Bernstein?
This Watergate chronicler reviewed his childhood in the book
“Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir.”
What is Japan?
In March 1989 the US agreed to help build
this nation’s FSX fighter jet.
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Who was Maureen Reagan?
She revealed in her book, “First Father, First Daughter,” that
she had been a victim of marital abuse.
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What is a microphone?
What is artists and repertoire?
From the Greek for “small voice,” it’s a studio device that
converts sound waves into analog signals.
The A&R people at a record label oversee
this.
Who is a manager?
A person with this title is in charge of an
entertainer’s business affairs; Col. Parker was
the King’s.
What is Public Domain?
Abbreviated “PD,” it’s the term for works not protected by copyright.
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What are royalties?
It’s the “kingly” name given to the shares
paid to a composer out of the proceeds from the performance or
sale of a work.
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What is “Sleuth”?
What is “Come Back, Little
Sheba”?
In this 1972 film based on a play, Michael
Caine’s last words are “Tell them it was only a
bloody game.”
At the end of this 1952 film, Burt Lancaster tells Shirley Booth,
“It’s good to be home.”
What is “The Fly”?
At the end of this 1986 film, Geena Davis is
pregnant with a mutant baby.
What is “North by Northwest”
Near the end of this 1959 film, Martin
Landau falls off Mount Rushmore.
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What is “The Grapes of Wrath”?
“We’ll go on forever, Pa, ‘cause we’re the
people” is the last line of this 1940 John Ford
film.
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Where is The Dominican Republic?
Who is Livan Hernandez?
The Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa is one of
many major leaguers to hail from San Pedro de Macoris in this country.
Just two years after defecting from Cuba,
this Florida Marlin was named MVP of both the
NLCS and the World Series.
Who was Roberto Clemente?
The first Hispanic elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame, this Pirates slugger died in
a 1972 plane crash.
Who is Fernando Valenzuela?
Thanks to Jerry Reuss’ strained calf muscle,
this Mexican hurler got his first start on
opening day of the 1981 season.
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What is The United States?
In 1957 a team from Mexico became the
first from outside this country to win the
Little League World Series.
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What is the basilar membrane?
What are the hammer, anvil,
stirrup (or malleus, incus, and stapes)?
The hair cells responsible for hearing line this membrane in
the cochlea.
These three bones connected to the eardrum are the
smallest bones in the human body.
What is the optic nerve?
The blind spot of the retina has no receptors
because this nerve exits the eye at that
location.
What is the iris?
When we say that people have blue eyes, brown eyes, or green eyes, we refer to the
color of this structure surrounding the pupil.
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What are rods and cones?
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