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The NEW Book Of Lists

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The NEW Book Of Lists game quiz
"In 2005, David Wallenchinsky and Amy Wallace updated/wrote "The New Book of Lists". All of the possible answers below are from that book. Can you determine who or why these items made the lists?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. One list lets us know about "8 Celebrity Couples Married Three Weeks or Less". Which famous couple leads this list?
    Britney Spears and Jason Alexander
    Gloria Swanson and Wallace Beery
    Drew Barrymore and Jeffrey Thomas
    Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker


2. We all know that Bogart didn't really say "Play it again, Sam", right? According to the list "8 Memorable Lines Erroneously Attributed To Film Stars", which one of the sayings was never said by the following actors?
    Actually, they're all wrong
    Jimmy Cagney - "You dirty rat."
    Johnny Weissmuller - "Me Tarzan, you Jane"
    Cary Grant - "Judy, Judy, Judy"


3. According to the list of "23 Early Names of Famous Music Groups" which group started out as "Polka Tulk"?
    Blondie
    Depeche Mode
    Talking Heads
    Black Sabbath


4. "Maximum Recorded Lifespan of 58 Animals" - At a recorded lifespan of 188 years which animal tops this list?
    Tortoise
    Human
    Lake Sturgeon
    Fin Whale


5. Myrtle Corbin is on the list of "9 People with Extra Limbs and Digits". What deformity put her there?
    She had two heads - the extra one could smile and grimace
    She had the body of a twin growing from between her legs
    She had an arm growing out of her abdomen and a leg growing out of her back
    She had a third leg with nine toes growing out of the middle of her body


6. According to the list "9 Body Parts You Didn't Know Had Names", which of the following isn't really a name for a part of your body?
    Glabella
    Ferrule
    Philtrum
    Canthus


7. Don't feel so good? Perhaps the list of "10 Afflictions and their Patron Saints" will come in handy. According to the Book of Lists, which saint may help with your toothache?
    St. Apollonia
    St. Fiacre
    St. Giles
    St. Vitus


8. Feel like a drink? The list of "12 Drinks Named after People" lets us know that the Bloody Mary was named after...?
    A folkloric ghost, witch, or child murderer who is said to appear in a mirror when summoned
    Typhoid Mary
    Queen Mary I of England
    Mary, Queen of Scots


9. The list titled "19 Little-Known Inventors of Common Things" is interesting but what's really worthy of note is the date these things came about. Can you select the answer with the correct chronological order (oldest to newest)?
    velcro, vacuum cleaner, parking meter, paper clip
    crown bottle cap, shopping cart, xerographic copier, microwave oven
    parking meter, pull-tab opener, laugh track, post-it notes
    flat-bottomed paper bag, zipper, parking meter, velcro


10. Last but not least, the list of "12 of the Oddest Items Found at London Transport's Lost Property Office" include which of the following items?
    All of them
    A skeleton
    A lawn mower
    Two human skulls in a bag


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