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Mixed Hourly

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   Humanities
1. The word scacchic is a relatively rare word. To what does it refer? Consider kings, queens, bishops, rooks and knights to help you decide.

  severe back pain
  chess
  a computer glitch
  penguins

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   World
2. In Paris they're called "pommes frites"; what are they called in Chicago?

  Hair curlers
  French fries
  Apple fritters
  Meat pounders

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   World
3. Which 19th century British prime minister, known to friends as 'Dizzy', was born into a Sephardic Jewish family and baptised into the Anglican church at the age of 12?

  Benjamin Disraeli
  Arthur Balfour
  William Ewart Gladstone
  Julius Vogel

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   Television
4. What spooky TV comedy first appeared in 1964 featuring a married couple, Gomez and Morticia, with their children, Puggsley and Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Cousin Itt?

  All in the Family
  Bewitched
  The Addams Family
  The Brady Bunch

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   Entertainment
5. What legendary cartoon character, created in 1919, appeared in "Feline Follies", with Charlie Chaplin in 1923, and returned in the 1960s with a bag of tricks, avoiding his eternal enemy, the Professor?

  Garfield
  Felix the Cat
  Alf
  Tom and Jerry

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   Sci / Tech
6. Which of the following stars is it impossible for the moon to occlude (cover up) as seen from Earth? (I'll bet your dog can figure this one out.)

  Sirius
  Antares
  Regulus
  Spica

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   Humanities
7. Daddy and Mum always allow me to use their credit cards, yacht and Mum's diamonds. Today, Daddy said the stock market plummeted and he lost all his investments. I don't know what that means, but I still want a Jag for my birthday. Daddy said no, and dropped the term "conspicuous consumption" on me. What does this term mean?

  Buying a 1.49 million dollar watch at Sotheby's
  Eating too much caviar
  Spending money to display economic power
  Allowing Germany to take your monkey

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   Television
8. Which US sitcom featured a sea captain haunting his former residence that was rented by a young widow and her children?

  The Captain & The Kids
  The Ghost & Mrs Mayer
  The Ghost & Mrs Muir
  The Captain & Mrs Tennille

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   Movies
9. What horror/comedy movie from 1988 featured clowns that terrorized a small town by kidnapping people and then wrapping the remains in cocoons that were made out of cotton candy?

  Escape from Klown Ship
  Muscle Klown Kar
  Killer Klown March
  Killer Klowns From Outer Space

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   Humanities
10. I recently came across a word that means "to fake your own death". Do you know what that word is?

  pseudocide
  shamocide
  egocide
  idocide

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