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1. Bobbleheads were originally known as Nodders for their perchance to nod their heads. In what country did bobbleheads originate?
2. The first recorded instance of bobbleheads being used to promote a sports team was in the 1920s by what team?
3. Major League Baseball has been instrumental in the popularity of the bobblehead. First in the 1960s the league released a series of figures commemorating four legends of the game. Then in 1999 one team ran a promotion that is credited with jump starting the current bobblehead mania. One of the players was given out during both promotions. Who was it?
4. Just about everyone these days seems to get made into a Bobblehead, even Supreme Court Justices. From William Rehnquist to Anthony Kennedy a number of justices have been created by the Green Bag, a law journal. Each has personal items with them. Which of these is NOT included with Antonin Scalia?
5. In 2003 Game Show Network unveiled one of the world's biggest bobblehead of what game show icon - as a promotional stunt?
6. In August 2004 minor league baseball teams held an event known as Bobblection Night in which the parks gave away bobbleheads of the two presidential candidates. What was the outcome of the mock election?
7. What rapper had a song called "Bobblehead" with the lyrics "...take it to the floor and act like a fool / shake it, shake it, shake it like a bobblehead..." ?
8. The inclusion of what with an Arnold Schwarzenegger bobblehead in 2004 prompted a lawsuit by the actor turned governor?
9. What television show had a episode where the cast travelled to an alternate dimension in which everyone was a bobblehead?
10. There is an actual disease named after bobbleheads.
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