Some sample questions from this category:
* Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
* Who was the founder of the Rastafarians?
* Who holds the record for the longest survivor on a raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
* Which brothers were the founders of the World Guinness Book of Records?
* Who had the mysterious ticket from Northwest flight 305 from Oregon to Washington in 1971?
* Who was the inventor of the particle accelerator and Atomic hammer?
* Who was the owner of Clever Hans, the calculating horse?
* 'The Graduate' was a blockbuster movie in its {day;} it did great things for Dustin Hoffman, Mike Nichols, Katharine Ross and Simon and Garfunkel. The author never really shared the spotlight. Who was he?
* Speaking of 'The Graduate', everyone knows that Anne Bancroft played Mrs. Robinson. Who played Mr. Robinson?
* With the possible exception of 'Hawaii Five-O', the best tv theme belongs to 'Mission Impossible'. Who is the composer?
* Joe Louis once remarked about a fellow boxer: 'He can run, but he can't hide'. Who was the boxer that he was describing?
* Prior to Vega and Pinto, the Edsel was generally considered to be one of the worst cars of all time. Who was the car company that produced it?
* On the subject of cars, this manufacturer attempted to replace a traditional piston engine with a 'rotary' engine. It didn't catch on.
* One of the 'slogans' of the fifties was 'See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet'. Who popularized this on tv?
* Roy Clark did a great job singing 'Yesterday When I Was Young', but he wasn't the composer. Who was?
* 'The Summer of 42' made a movie star of Jennifer O'Neill - but didn't have the same impact on which male lead?
* Before it disappeared, a popular candy of the 50's wasTurkish taffy. Who put out the product?
* Which of the following was an actual person in the Old West?
* What was 'ironic' about Hamilton's fatal duel with Burr?
* Why was the 'Black Prince' so called?
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