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"This quiz has a mixture of questions from a range of fields."


1. Basketball's Eddie Gottlieb Trophy for outstanding rookie of the regular season was awarded in 1959 to _____________
____________.
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


2. America's Interstate Highway System was established by this US president, name him.
    Answer: (First and Last Name, Not His Title)


3. On March 16, 1926, this scientist launched the first successful liquid fuel rocket. Name him.
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


4. The revolving star-like part on a cowboy's spur is called a __________.
    Answer: (One Word)


5. In a fit of depression, the famous artist Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his body. What part?
    Answer: (One Word)


6. Name the actor who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 and also fought a 6-round fight with a heavyweight boxing champion?
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


7. What was the name of the woman who was hanged for her alleged part in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


8. Which BBC television series features the characters Richard De Vere and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton?
    Answer: (Four Words)


9. Which actor played Officer Roger Murtaugh in the 'Lethal Weapon' movie series?
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


10. Name the British car manufacturer that produced The Kitten.
    Answer: (One Word)


11. Fictional detective Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout, has a hobby of growing a particular type of flower. For what type of flower does Wolfe have a passion?
    Answer: (One Word, Generic or Overall Name)


12. In fifth century Ireland, the Druids used a 25-letter alphabet to carve inscriptions on wooden or stone objects. What was the name of this alphabet?
    Answer: (One Word)


13. To mail a letter first class in the United States in 1948, it would cost ________ cents.
    Answer: (A Number)


14. Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess from whom all emperors were descended. Name the first emperor who was supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C.E.
    Answer: (First Name Only, Not the Formal Japanese Name)


15. Name the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and the Belmont Stakes in the same year. This honor is better known as the Triple Crown.
    Answer: (Two Words)


16. What do the initials A.C. stand for in A.C. Spark Plug?
    Answer: (First and Last Name)


17. The Parliament of Sweden is referred to as _________.
    Answer: (One Word)


18. Who said 'Most of any government's troubles come from trying to uphold the blunders it makes.'?
    Answer: (Two Words)


19. Windhoek is the capital of what African country?
    Answer: (One Word)


20. Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend?
    Answer: (Title and First Name)


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