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1. Many cartoon characters created by Warner Brothers have lines which they use repeatedly. For example, Sylvester the cat says "Sufferin' succotash" and Tweety Bird says "I tought I taw a puddy tat" and Porky Pig says "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" Which WB character commonly asks, "What's up, doc?"
2. Students of journalism are taught to include "the five Ws and an H" in every story they write. The "five Ws" are what, when, where, who and why. What is the H?
3. The song "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" opens what Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical?
4. The abbreviation "WWJD" became popular in the US in the 1990s. For what does it stand?
5. From 1937 through 1954, American audiences gathered around their radios to hear the announcer ask, "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" To what famous radio drama were they listening?
6. The line has often been quoted: "What fools these mortals be". Who wrote it and in what work?
7. The turbulent story of Ike and Tina Turner was first turned into a memoir called "I, Tina" written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder. This book was then (loosely) turned into a 1993 biopic of Tina Turner's life. What was the name of this film?
8. In 1970, an Episcopal priest named Richard Nelson Bolles wrote a book called "What Color Is Your Parachute?" which has been revised and reissued every year since 1975. What is this book about?
9. The 1962 movie "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" was a sort of psychological-suspense film about homicidal little old ladies which gave rise to films such as "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) and "What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?" (1969). Which two Hollywood real-life-rival actresses co-starred?
10. The question "What hath God wrought?" is a quotation from the Old Testament Book of Numbers (23:23 KJV). For what purpose did Samuel F.B. Morse use it on 24 May 1844?
11. Jennie Garth and Amanda Bynes co-starred in a television sitcom which ran on the WB Television Network from 2002 to 2006. Garth played older sister Valerie Tyler and Bynes played her teenage younger sister Holly Tyler. What was the name of the series?
12. Which 19th century American poet, known for her short poems and eccentric capitalisation and punctuation, wrote a poem entitled "Life is what we make of it"?
13. The 19th century sea shanty "What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?" suggests several alternative means of dealing with the man too drunk from the night before to work in the morning. Which of these is/are among them?
14. The Christmas hymn or carol "What Child Is This?" has been popular since it was written in 1865 by William Chatterton Dix. He wrote the words (as part of a larger poem) but not the tune to which it was set. What familiar English folk tune provides the music for this piece?
15. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal starred (with a great many others) in 1972's "What's up, Doc?" This silly energetic comedy centered on four identical objects which fall into and out of the right hands repeatedly. What were they?
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