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1. MOVIES- I am a Scottish actor who, among many other roles, portrayed a brilliant cannibalistic serial killer created by author Thomas Harris.

From Quiz Trivial Decathlon

Answer: Brian Cox

That's right, Brian Cox, born June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland is the only man from that country to play the psychiatrist with a taste for human flesh, Hannibal Lecter. He appeared in Michael Mann's criminally underrated 1986 film 'Manhunter', based on Harris's novel 'Red Dragon' which was later remade under that title in a 2002 version starring Edward Norton and one Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937 in Margam, Wales and garnered his first and only Oscar for his role as the deranged doctor in 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991). Sir Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland and will always be the ONLY James Bond in my humble opinion. William John 'Liam' Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Cox has been prolific of late, appearing in films such as 'Red Eye', 'Match Point' and 'The Ringer' (all 2005). He has also brought some memorable villains to the big screen, most notably in 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'Troy' and 'X-Men 2'.

From Quiz General Ideas

Answer: The names of the host cities all started with the same letter

Mexico City, Munich, Montreal and Moscow were the hosts in chronological order. Montreal and Moscow suffered boycotts, Munich had to deal with a terrorist attack, and obviously Mexico and Montreal are not on the same continent as Munich and Moscow.

From Quiz Strange Questions for Strange Times

Answer: Orange Juice

I was hanging out with a friend, and he all of the sudden yelled, "There's orange juice in Mountain Dew!" Sure enough, there it was, staring me in the face! It was like, the third thing mentioned.

From Quiz Hodgepodge of Whatzit #1

Answer: Lansing, Michigan

The Lansing, MI Playboy Club closed its doors in 1988. The last International Playboy Club to close was in Manila (1991).

From Quiz Oh, Yea...I Knew That!

Answer: Bruce

Mr. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 30, 1941 and grew up in Casper, Wyoming. Casper, Wyoming was the point of convergence for all of the major westward trails during the 1800's - Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, Bridger Trail, Bozeman Trail, and Pony Express Trail.

From Quiz Mixed Questions on Various Things

Answer: Cyclopes

Very interesting on how they add an 'e' before the last 's' in Cyclops to plural it. This is a very odd plural word. This is how the plural is formed in Greek.

From Quiz A Little Bit of Everything 3

Answer: 1926

The first standardized Kiosk (K1) actually appeared in 1921. However it was white and had a totally different design than the one everybody knows. That one (the K2) was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, an architect renowned for his churches. He did however also design Battersea Power Station, still one of the most recognizable landmarks of London. It has to be said however, that only very few K2s were actually made. It's really the K6, which Scott re-designed with an eye to mass production and which was introduced in 1936 that firmly embedded the design as a symbol of England. And it was not until 1968 that a totally new design was adopted.

From Quiz Are You Smart - Or Not?

Answer: Czech

The word "robota" has several meanings including: forced labor, work, forced workers, or slave.

From Quiz A Little Bit of Everything 2

Answer: Up to 30.000

Together with bees, dragonflies have the largest eyes in the insect world. They allow these insects almost 360° vision without moving their head. Each of the facets contains receptors for different spectrums. And each facet points in one specific direction, giving them great capabilities to detect movement.

From Quiz More Mixed Trivia

Answer: Terminus

The city was founded in 1837 as Terminus. The town was the termination of a new railroad line. In 1842, the city was renamed Marthasville after the governor's daughter. (Can you imagine the 1996 Marthasville Olympic Games?) In 1845, the name Atlanta was adopted. The Chattahoochee River flows through Atlanta and has great jogging paths on the north side.

From Quiz Super Mixed Trivia IV

Answer: Winning the Medal of Honor

A native of Winston-Salem, Lawrence Joel became the first African-American since the Spanish-American War to not receive the Medal of Honor posthumously. A medic in the US Army during the Vietnam War, Joel risked his life to tend to injured comrades, despite being wounded himself. President Lyndon Johnson presented Joel the Medal of Honor in 1967. After his death in 1984, Joel was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The arena, Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, is home to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team and honors Joel and all veterans from Forsyth County. The arena was officially dedicated on August 28, 1989.(Thanks to ljvm.com and arlingtoncemetery.net for additional information.)

From Quiz Random Trivia 2

Answer: Tallahassee

Tallahasse, Florida was made the capitol because it was half way between Saint Augustine and Pensacola, the two largest cities in Florida at the time. Tallahassee is the home to Florida State University and Florida A & M University.

From Quiz Trivia Extreme 3

Answer: Trombone

Bill never really had any formal lessons in playing the trombone - everything he learned was acquired from his father.

From Quiz The Titanically Tough Ten

Answer: Anonymous

This quote came from an unnamed Cuban guerrilla fighting in Africa during the 1970's. It was not unusual for revolutionaries to go and fight in countries other than their own.

From Quiz Super Mixed Trivia II

Answer: John Glenn

Adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the Lewis Research Center was established as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory for NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in 1941. By the time it was renamed in honor of former center director George W. Lewis, who died in 1948, the center had taken on research on other forms of aerospace and aeronautical propulsion. On March 1, 1999, the center was renamed Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, in honor of both Lewis and Ohio native John Glenn. The center continues its work in propulsion research and also leads the space program's research on microgravity science, aircraft instrumentation and deicing. The center also holds the distinction of being the first NASA research branch to win an Emmy Award, for its work with Ku band communications satellites. (Thanks to the Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field website for historical information on the research center.)

From Quiz A Challenging Quiz

Answer: Hiccups

Hiccups can be caused by many different factors, notable amongst which are stress, eating too fast and drunkenness, but in most cases they stop after a few minutes or so.

From Quiz Mixed Bag

Answer: Lay protectors of monastic houses

Monophysites and Manichaeans held heretical beliefs in the first thousand years of Christianity, the latter the followers of 4th Century Mani, who taught that all material creation was the work of the Devil. Flagellants were quasi-heretical, in the latter Middle Ages seeking to expiate their sins by self-flagellation. (Anyone for Masochism?!)

From Quiz Utterly Random III

Answer: It no longer existed

The flight engineer for the mission to the Mir Space Station was Sergei Krikalev (or Krikalyev), and the country was of course the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which no longer existed when he returned on March 25 1992. ['Europe - A History' by Norman Davies]

From Quiz Fun Facts

Answer: Sarah Josepha Hale

It's from the poem "Mary's Lamb". How many of you knew that was the actual title and not "Mary Had a Little Lamb"? She was also very instrumental in getting Abraham Lincoln to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

From Quiz Nothing is Hard 19

Answer: city; western

Palembang is a city in western Indonesia. It is the capital of South Sumatra Province and is a port on the Musi River which is the biggest and longest river in South Sumatra. It divides Palembang into two parts: Seberang Ulu (Upper side) and Seberang Ilir (Lower Side).

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 16

Answer: Shawwal

There are twelve months in the Islamic calendar. They are (in order from first to last): Muharram, Safar, Rabii-ul-Awwal, Rabii-ul-Thani, Jamadi Al Ula, Jamadi Al Thaniya, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul-Qadah, Dhul-Hijjah.

From Quiz Mixed Stuff 2

Answer: Lung Cancer

Born as James Cleveland Owens, he got the name Jesse because on his first day of school, his teacher introduced him as Jesse. Somehow the name stuck! He died in 1980.

From Quiz More About Everything

Answer: New York

The religion was first started in New York. It then moved to Illinois. After that, it went to Utah where it is still centered today.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Trivia

Answer: 25,000

From Quiz Just Some More Trivia ...

Answer: 1,000,000

According to 'National Geographic's web site, this is exponentially a true number.

From Quiz A Conglomeration of Information

Answer: Hannibal Lector & Hannibal Lecter & Lector & Lecter

Hello, Clarice!

From Quiz Random Useless Trivia 2

Answer: Milking & milking

from the Twelve Days of Christmas

From Quiz A Little About a Lot

Answer: Divorce

From Quiz General Mix47

Answer: Jacquard

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