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Let's Try to Get This Strait
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A strait (or straits) is a narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water. These questions refer to straits all over the world.
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Bodies of Water
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Average
15 Q
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fritzer
Oct 15 05
1638 plays
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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree
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"Der apffel felt nicht weyt vom baum"--an old German proverb expressing "like parent, like child." This is a quiz about parents and their children who had great success in the same field of endeavor.
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Celebrity Families
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Tough
15 Q
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fritzer
Dec 11 04
1620 plays
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NFL: Retired Numbers
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It is a high honor for a pro football player to have his jersey number retired by his team, never to be worn again. These questions relate to those teams, numbers, and honorees.
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NFL Names & Numbers
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Average
15 Q
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fritzer
Mar 10 04
1854 plays
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What Game Was This?
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Every game and sport has its own unique terminology and jargon. Identify what activity I was most likely playing or watching when I said:
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Name the Sport
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Average
20 Q
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fritzer
Sep 03 02
2781 plays
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Not So Familiar Computing Terms
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You know all about CPU's and motherboards and inkjet nozzles and modems (you do, don't you?). This quiz has to do with more obscure terminolgy applied to computing hardware and software. I encountered all of these in the 3/2/04 issue of PC Magazine.
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General Computing
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Average
10 Q
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fritzer
Feb 14 04
5787 plays
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Is That Really Your Name?
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All kinds of people change their names for one reason or another: adoption, marriage, marquee value. Match the famous person with his or her seldom heard, but authentic, birth name. This is a long one. Be patient. Be challenged. Have a really good time.
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Birth and Stage Name
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Average
25 Q
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fritzer
Sep 24 01
2796 plays
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Company Towns
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Some American companies are closely identified with the cities in which they were founded or where their major facilities are. You'll see what I mean in these twenty questions.
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Corporations
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Tough
20 Q
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fritzer
Apr 15 02
1044 plays
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A Mountain Explodes
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May 18 is the anniversary of the explosive eruption of Mount Saint Helens. Let's remember this earthshaking event (literally) in U.S. history.
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Disasters
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Tough
10 Q
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fritzer
May 19 02
654 plays
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Musical Memories of the Class of '56
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Time has just flown by since my high school years, 1952-56. Out of those years came the first Rock 'n' Roll hits, silly love songs, corny specialty recordings, chart-topping hits by former big band singers--and wonderful memories!
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Music from 1956
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Tough
15 Q
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fritzer
Jun 13 06
567 plays
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Those Active Young Women of Song
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These women have songs named for them, and each is involved in some action. A couple songs are a century old; all are 1970's and earlier. If you think a 'Golden Oldie' is something from, say, last summer, you might want to skip this quiz.
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Mixed Lyrics
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Difficult
15 Q
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fritzer
Feb 18 04
972 plays
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That Sounds Awfully Mean
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Lyrics sometimes are not all that 'politically correct,' especially when heard out of context. Pick the name of the songs--all of them are at least forty years old--containing these cruel and sassy lines.
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1950s Music
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Tough
10 Q
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fritzer
May 28 01
1095 plays
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