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What do the initials J. D. stand for in author J. D. Salinger's name?
A: Jerome David.

What now-famous comedienne had a small role as nightclub hostess Texas Guinan in the 1961 Warren Beatty-Natalie Wood film Splendor in the Grass?
A: Phyllis Diller.

Who designed the famous working-zipper album cover for the Rolling Stones' 1971 LP Sticky Fingers?
A: Pop artist Andy Warhol.

What automobile made the first U.S. cross-country journey in 1903?
A: A chauffeur-driven 1903 Winton Touring car. It left San Francisco on May 23, 1903 and arrived in New York City on July 26.

What Oscar-winning film featured a scene with an estimated 300,000 extras?
A: Gandhi. The scene in the 1982 film was a recreation of the Indian leader's massive funeral in New Delhi.

What was the total weight--to the closest pound-- of the septuplets born to Iowa parents Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey in 1997?
A: 20 pounds--or to be precise, 19 pounds 14 ounces.

What did 16-year-old Louis-Auguste, France's future King Louis XVI, write in his diary for the day of his wedding to Marie Antoinette in 1770?
A: He wrote just one word: "Nothing".

What was the highest price ever paid by the United States for a territorial acquisition?
A: $25 million--to Denmark in 1917 for what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

What are the only two films to have received Oscars for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing (Adaptation)?
A: It Happened One Night, in 1934, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, in 1975.

In 1974, what sport banned all lefties--except those who had already been playing--from competing in sanctioned matches in the U.S.?
A: Polo. The rule was imposed by the U.S. Polo Association to prevent collisions between lefties and righties.

In March 1981 students at an Allentown, Pennsylvania high school got into trouble for a money-making extracurricular venture. What was it?
A: They were manufacturing counterfeit $1 and $5 bills on the school's offset printing press.

What actress once gave her dimensions as 20-20-20.
A: Mia Farrow.

Who wrote, "A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother"?
A: Charles Schulz, in peanuts.

Who played Captain Hook and Mr. Darling opposite Jean Arthur in the 1950 Broadway production of Sir James M. Barrie's Peter Pan?
A: Boris Karloff.

Where is the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes?
A: In southwest Alaska--its name comes from the steam that rises from volcanic fissures.

What famous performer is heard in the background on Harry Belafonte's 1961 LP Midnight Special?
A: Bob Dylan, playing the harmonica.

In the 1989 film hit Field of Dreams, what major flub was made by actor Ray Liotta in portraying baseball great Shoeless Joe Jackson?
A: He batted righty--Jackson was a lefty.

What was the native tribe of Sacagawea, the Indian woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark on their historic 1804 journey of discovery?
A: Shoshone. She was captured by the Hidatsas and sold into marriage to French Canadian Trader/trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, who subsequently joined the Lewis and Clark expedition as a paid interpreter.

 

 

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