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Questions and answers
Questions and answers
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Auto racing
Bobby Unsers4-second refueling in 1976 indy 500 set record for this.
Pit stop
This rear deck air deflector helps improve tire traction.
Spoiler
Auto pioneer who set 1 mile speed record of 91 MPH in 1904.
Henry Ford
N.H.R.A. regulates these racing cars.
Hot rods
In 1977, she reached 252 MPH, then the world's dragster record.
Shirley Muldouney
Disney
Bela Lugosi posed for chernobog, the dark god, in this 1940 "concer feature".
Fantasia
Cruella de vil wanted a coat out of them.
101 Dalmations
The 1977 Helen Reddy musical that could have been called "Elliott".
Pete's dragon
with Jose Carioca and panchito, he was the third "Caballero".
Donald Duck
Pinocchio's boss at the puppet show.
Stromboli
Ships
the fatal quest of the "Pequod".
Moby Dick
He captained "The golden kind".
Sir Francis Drake
of this "ship", Longfellow said, "sail on, O union, strong and great".
Ship of State
Japan surrendered aboard this U.S. battleship.
U.S.S. Missouri
Bible facts
He performed a burnt offering with some of the animals he saved.
Noah
Both testaments warn against the attitude "Eat and drink" now, for
tomorrow this will happen.
We die
It was where people first spoke different languages.
Babel
Not just by this "but by every word....of the Lord, both man live".
Bread alone
the biblically polite way of saying fathered.
Begot
Alice in Wonderland
Alice thought the white rabbit was normal until he whipped this out of his pocket.
pocket watch
to have room to do the lobster quadrille, clear these spineless creatures off the shore.
Jellyfish
The character exactly 3 inches high who smoked a hookah.
Caterpillar
The mock turtle said 2 of its 4 branches were "ambition" and "distraction".
Arithmetic
Alice joined the tea party at his house.
March Hare
Starry Songs
Perry Como sang,"catch a falling star and put it.....".
In your pocket
"Are the stars out tonight, I can't tell if its cloudy or....." this.
Bright
Its when "peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars".
Age of Aquarius
The Everly brothers were "through with counting the stars above" in this song.
Bye Bye Love
Medical Terms
A brain bruise.
Concussion
Health insurance financed by Social Security trust funds.
Medicare
The common name for the chronic disease involving a lack of insulin.
Diabetes
Discovery of a mold on cantaloupe led to mass production of this drug.
Penicillin
High blood pressure medication, minoxidil, is now preventing or reversing this.
Baldness
Auto History
An electric spark by the piston ignites air and this.
Fuel
Syrup, sawdust, and tennis balls preceded air as filling for these.
Tires
"Synchromesh" allows you to do this, either up or down.
Shift
the two standard gauges calibrated in miles in a U.S. car.
Speedometer and odometer
Ethylene-glycol fluid containing rust inhibitors and lubricants.
Antifreeze
"J" words
It may be named for one of Popey's pals, or for the initials of "General Purpose".
Jeep
In 1975, it was the bee gees' way of "talkin".
Jive
"If you shut your mug, I'll fill up...."this with "Good ol' mountain dew".
Jug
Flotsam's "friend"
Jetsam
To place side by side as in an unexpected combination of clors or ideas.
Juxtapose
Sports facts
The only team that can score points in volleyball.
Serving team
English Boxer Jack Broughton, the inventor of the boxing glove, is
commemorated in this regal resting place.
Westminster Abbey
Finishing her channel swim in 1926, Gertrude Ederle was met on the beach
by an immigration officer demanding this.
passport
The year of the first world series telecast, which featured dodger
rookie Jackie Robinson.
1947
Of all his achievements, this pediatrician is proudest of his 1924
Olympic gold medal for rowing.
DR. Benjamin Spock
Soap Operas
CBS-TV's "the bold and beautiful" is a spin off from this soap.
The young and the restless
Kathryn Leigh Scott published a scrapboood about her life on this 60's gothic soap.
Dark Shadows
The first name of Brady on "Days of our lives" and a Buchanan on "one life to live".
Bo
Among his roles in soaps were Jeb Hampton, Mike Gallagher, and Scotty Baldwin.
Kin Shriner
Holidays
This state observes march 2 as its independence day and as Sam Houston's birthday.
Texas
The first U.S. federal holiday of the year.
New Years Day
Memorial days symbolic flower.
Poppy
The 8-day Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication of the temple.
Hanukkah
Flag day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross lived.
Pennsylvania
Potent Potables
His name on Brady means its over 5 years old.
Napoleon
Zodiac
The "crabby" sign of the Zodiac.
Cancer
This sign's symbol resembles the Roman numeral 2.
Gemini
Lovely Libra ladies are traditionally ruled by this planet.
Venus
Besides the sun, the two most important signs in any natural chart.
Moon and ascendant
Rated "Ex"
Latin for "banishment," which is what it means.
Exile
One can be "my brother flushed my homework down the toilet".
Excuse
A cold stethoscope on a warm body.
Examination
Desinister a body.
Exhume
Half of the breathing process.
Exhaling
Animal world
Hangeng upside down, they come in 2 and 3 toed varieties.
Sloths
Beavers slap these on the water to warn of danger.
Tails
It can dart its 22-inch tongue into a hill 160 times a minute.
Anteater
These most successful vertebrates survived 150 million years ago.
Dinosaurs
Alaska The Indians called the Inuit people "Eskimos" meaning "Eaters of ....."this.
Raw meat
Chewing gum
It was first produced in 1928, and manufacturers blew their wad making it.
bubble gum
"Chewing gum king" who captured 70% of the gum market.
William Wrigley
These central American Indians chewed a crude form of gum over 1000 years ago.
Mayan Indians
A World War Two morale booster for Filipinos was gum printed with this famous promise.
I Shall Return
A primary part of gum base, its the natural gum of the sapodilla tree.
Chicle
The Bible
Completes the phrase,"The Lord is my Shephard"
I shall not want
Immanuel Velilcovsky claimed to have found evidence in Egypt of these
ten biblical events.
10 Plagues
Mount Megeddo is the prophesied site of this last earthly battle.
Armageddon
Saul of Tarsus was struck blind while on the rode to this city.
Damascus
At two words the bible's shortest verse.
Jesus wept
Alaska
Close to half of Alaska's population lives in this city.
Anchorage
Vitus Bering, a dane, was working for this country when he discovered Alaska.
Russia
From 1879 to 1884 this branch of the military ruled Russia.
Navy
Over 90% of Alaska's oil is found near this Arctic Bay.
Prudhoe Bay
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A neighbor of Uranus, it's only about 1/2 as dense as Earth.
What is Neptune?
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Sport fishing varieties of these were once made of bamboo.
Fishing rods
Of dry flies, wet flies or spinners the one that floats in water.
Dry flies
This caviar-laying fish holds the worlds freshwater weight record.
Sturgeon
To protect the line from underwater obstacles, piano wires are used as this.
Leaders
Type of fishing done by towing bait behind a moving boat.
Trolling
Poland
After World War 2 less than 20 percent of the buildings in this capital were inhabitable.
Warsaw
After fighting this war, Thaddeus Kosciuszko tried to unite Poland.
American Revolution
Re-establishing a free Poland was one of his 14 points in 1918.
Woodrow Wilson
Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel.
Coal
After 1572, The Poles used this method to select a King.
Election
Sports people
Clint Benedict of the 1929 Montreal Maroons was the first hockey
goalie to wear one of these.
Face mask
The 1969 Redskins were the last team he coached.
Vince Lombardi
His syndicated column and radio program were called "On the line".
Bob Considine
Jack Dempsey's famous 4 words when asked how he lost a fight.
I forgot to duck.
Automobiles
In 1804, Oliver Evans built a passenger vehicle in the U.S. powered by this.
Steam
Business week did not predict the impact this country's auto industry
would have on the U.S.
Japan
Starts with "L"
Choirs and hay are kept in them
Lofts
The archangel that led the angels to revolt.
Lucifer
Type of beer stored for sedmination before use.
Lager
Bible Facts
He preformed a burnt offering with some of the animals he saved.
Noah
It was here that people first spoke different languages.
Babel
The biblically polite way to say farthered.
Begot
Presidential
He chose not to run for re-election in 1952
Harry Truman
Presidents often stay there, part of a public park in Fredrick County, MD.
Camp David
When told that he had died Dorothy Parker asked "How can you tell?"
Calvin Coolidge
Utah
The governors mansion is located in this city.
Salt Lake City
They called the land "Desert" meaning honeybee.
Mormons
Feature shared by the capitol building and a duracell battery.
copper top
100-sqaure-mile region where speed records are set.
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah was denied statehood while this was in practice.
Polygamy
Animal Facts
These insects "Wood" eat your house
Termites
The Double-Crested Basilick, this type of reptile, can run across water.
Lizard
At 3 pounds the human brain weighs about 1/3 as much as this land mammals.
Elephant
Appropriately named, this bird sews leaves together to make a nest.
Tailorbird
Some of these tiny arachnids live in the air tubes of honey bees.
Mites
The Human Body
The rectus abdominis, pectorals major and the heart are these.
Muscles
The eyes projection screen.
Retina
Substance that gives erythrocytes their red color.
Hemoglobin
The thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal are these type of gland.
Endocrine glands
Pop Singers
His 1984 hit was "Some men have all the luck".
Rod Stewart
Her career reached "Fever" pitch in 1958.
Peggy Lee
Barbara Streisand had Top-10 hits with Neil Diamond, Donna Summers, and him.
Barry Gibb
His 1971 Grammy was for "When you're hot, you're hot".
Jerry Reed
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HUMAN BODY
One hundred quadrillion synapses are in this organ.
What is the brain.
FASHION
Original word for pants.
Pantaloons
Original dresses for this dance were grass skirts
Hula
Part of body you'd wear an epaulet on
Shoulder
POETRY
For Byron, "She walks in beauty like.." this
The night
3 chief types are syllabic, stress, and foot-verse
Meter
Of haiku, limerick, and sonnet, this has the most lines
Sonnet
SHAKESPEAR
Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet were all this at the end of
the plays
Dead
His big line is "Beware the ides of March," not "Forsooth"
Soothsayer
He yells, "Blow winds... and crack your cheeks... rage ...blow"
King Lear
After England, this country is the setting for the most Shakespeare plays
Italy
Henry VIII ends with wife 2 giving birth to her
Elizabeth
PRESIDENTS
South Vietnam fell during this president's administration.
Gerald Ford
Of Grant, Garfield, or Mckinley, the first president to use a telephone.
James A. Garfield
PEOPLE OF MYTH
Janitor is derived from this roman god of doorways.
Janus
He held up the sky, not the earth.
Atlas
Prometheus stole this for man.
Fire
CANDY
Jagged sheet candy, of cashews, almonds, or peanuts
Brittle
This Peppermint candy is pulled, twisted, and bent, but don't lean on it.
Candy Cane
IN THE BIBLE
Jesus said that looking at a woman lustfully is committing this
Adultery
Moses' brother and sister
Miriam and Aaron
Disputed strip of land where Sampson once brought down the house
Gaza
Following gospels, it's the fifth book of the New Testament
Acts
Salome performed this, not in the Bible, but in a strauss opera
Dance of the 7 veils