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- What plea did Bess Myerson enter at her 1988
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- trial for shoplifting?Guilty
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- What's TV weatherman Willard Scott's favorite
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- meal of the day?Breakfast
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- Whose death had millions singing: "Imagine
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- there's no heaven ..."?John Lennon's
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- What late great TV comedian had a Brooklyn
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- bus station named for him?Jackie Gleason
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- Who sat beside Michael Jackson at his 1987
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- Tokyo press conference?Bubbles the chimp
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- What percentage of profits from Paul Newman's
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- saucy food empire goes to charity?One hundred percent
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- Who started a 1988 hunger strike to protest
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- the use of pesticides on grapes?Cesar Chavez
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- What brand of beer did glamor boy Mark Harmon
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- agree to plug?COORS
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- What executive's 1987 salary averaged $143 a
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- minute?Lee Iacocca's
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- Who was the first Russian to appear on the
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- cover of "Life" in the 1980s?Mikhail Gorbachev
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- What late Hollywood star's used oak bed
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- brought in high bids at a 1987 auction?Rock Hudson's
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- What Democrat's 1988 primary campaign was
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- supported by singer Paul Simon?Paul Simon's
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- What 1988 beauty title was taken by a
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- titillating Thai named Porntip Nakhirunkanok?Miss Universe
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- What presidential hopeful named three of his
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- children Yusef, Jacqueline and Santita?Jesse Jackson
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- What British car company once employed future
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- comedian Jay Leno as a mechanic?Rolls-Royce
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- What member of Hollywood's "Black Pack" was
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- nicknamed "Money"?Eddie Murphy
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- What widow did Raisa Gorbachev quote John
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- Lennon's song "Woman" to at a peace confab?Yoko Ono
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- What rebel rocker stole Melissa Gilbert from
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- pretty boy Rob Lowe in 1987?Billy Idol
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- What puck pusher's wife cried when hearing
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- she'd been compared with Yoko Ono?Wayne Gretzky's
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- What Bible thumper labelled pornographers
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- "the scum on an otherwise tranquil pond"?Jimmy Swaggart
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- What horror writer confessed that he always
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- leaves the light on in hotel bathrooms?Stephen King
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- What was Martin Scorsese studying to become
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- before he was bitten with the desire to direct movies?A priest
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- Who allegedly accused Lia Belli of having
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- an affair with Zsa Zsa Gabor?Melvin Belli
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- What's the first name of Oliver North's wife?Betsy
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- What presidential hopeful attended college at
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- North Carolina A&T?Jesse Jackson
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- What country does Donald Trump's wife Ivana
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- hail from?Czechoslovakia
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- What seven-year-old girl often practiced with
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- eight-year-old Boris Becker?Steffi Graf
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- What 1988 presidential hopeful claimed his
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- favorite recipe was turkey tetrazzini?Michael Dukakis
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- Who had a hand in "Lady" and "Three Times a
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- Lady"?Lionel Ritchie
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- Which Chicago clergyman grabbed the most
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- political headlines of the decade?Jesse Jackson
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- What president entered the world in Milton,
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- Massachusetts?George Bush
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- What's Matthias Rust's favorite landing
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- strip?Red Square
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- Who sent roses to Kim Carnes in 1981?Bette Davis
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- What did actor James Hayden die of after
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- playing a heroin addict on Broadway?A heroin overdose
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- What former presidential candidate did Italy
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- hire to cover the 1988 Democratic Convention?Gary Hart
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- What color was Nancy Reagan's coat at her
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- husband's first inaugural parade?Red
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- What screen star did Malcolm Forbes present
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- with a purple Harley in 1987?Elizabeth Taylor
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- What Motowner was shot to death on April
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- Fool's Day?Marvin Gaye
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- What university did Brooke Shields graduate
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- from in 1987?Princeton
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- Who did New Jersey missy Suzette Charles
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- replace as a title-holder in Atlantic City?Vanessa Williams
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- What presidential hopeful pushed his Dodge
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- Aspen's accelerator with size 10-D shoes?Michael Dukakis
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- What late pianist's driver's license brought
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- $4,100 at a 1988 auction?Liberace's
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- Who was elected mayor of Palm Springs the
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- year Cher won an Oscar for Best Actress?Sonny Bono
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- What work by Handel was played while Chris
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- Evert walked down the aisle in 1988?"Water Music"
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- What name did Charles and Diana say Prince
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- Henry would be called around the palace?Harry
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- Whose marriage to a blond 12 years his junior
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- made world headlines in 1981?Prince Charles'
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- What architect, who spearheaded the design of
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- Nazi concentration camps, died in 1981?Albert Speer
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- How do you spell the last name of the star of
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- "The Terminator" and "Conan the Barbarian"?S-c-h-w-a-r-z-e-n-e-g-g-e-r
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- How many birthday candles did Michael Jackson
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- blow out on August 29, 1988?Thirty
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- What U.S. law enforcer did colleagues dub "No
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- Problems Ed"?Ed Meese
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- What comedian and moviemaker said: "Showing
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- up is 80 percent of life"?Woody Allen
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- Whose Manhattan triplex boasts 29 handcarved
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- marble columns in the living room?Donald Trump's
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- What macho author declared that marriage "all
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- comes down to who does the dishes"?Norman Mailer
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- What British royal sagely noted: "I have a
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- brain the size of a pea"?Princess Diana
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- What 1988 offense saw Joan Kennedy placed on
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- one year's probation?Drunk driving
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- What feminist writer eschewed a bra for
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- bandaids on her 50th birthday?Gloria Steinem
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- Who relaxes while he sweats in his yacht's
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- bulletproof sauna?Donald Trump
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- Who pleaded: "Why shouldn't people who love
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- God be successful"?Jim Bakker
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- What magazine did feminist sexpert Shere Hite
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- pose for in 1971?"Playboy"
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- What did Cher say was "the only grounds for
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- divorce in California"?Marriage
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- What former Democratic presidential contender
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- spent 1987 studying Buddhism in Japan?Jerry Brown
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- What designer's handbags filled five shelves
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- at Imelda Marcos's palace?Aldo Gucci's
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- What South African cleric did the high-minded
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- Jerry Falwell brand a "phoney"?Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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- What 5-foot-4-inch author died in 1984?Truman Capote
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- What is Sally Ride's scientific calling?Physicist
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- What American went horseback riding with
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- Queen Elizabeth in June, 1982?Ronald Reagan
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- Who is Britain's best-known former
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- kindergarten teacher?Diana, Princess of Wales
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- What religious leader visited dying AIDS
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- patients while barnstorming the U.S. in 1987?Pope John Paul II
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- What album did Bruce Springsteen say
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- encouraged the "need for community"?"Born in the U.S.A."
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- How many guitars does Chuck Berry tote around
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- on tour?One
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- Who had the sides of his custom Chrysler
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- station wagon decorated with piano keys?Liberace
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- Who has "taken us right up there where we
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- belong" according to Quincy Jones?Michael Jackson
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- What radio humorist admitted to owning 17
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- pairs of red socks?Garrison Keillor
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- Who founded the Sundance Institute to fund
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- do-good independent films?Robert Redford
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- What Asian language did Michael Dukakis
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- learn?Korean
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- What credit card did Candice Bergen and Ray
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- Charles endorse in the 1980s?AMERICAN EXPRESS
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- What is Clint Eastwood's favorite kind of
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- music?Jazz
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- What college renamed its assembly center
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- for late basketball star Pete Maravich?Louisiana State University
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- What actress told "Time magazine": "I want
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- to prove that spirituality is profitable"?Shirley MacLaine
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- What British royal's jewels raised
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- $50 million for AIDS at a 1987 auction?The Duchess of Windsor's
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- What former Velvet Undergrounder resurfaced
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- in a "Rock Against Drugs" TV message?Lou Reed
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- Who's pictured ankle-deep in water playing
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- with a toy yacht in "AMERICAN EXPRESS" ads?Dennis Conner
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- What rocker is jumping over the headline in
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- "Life"'s "Year in Pictures '85" issue?Bruce Springsteen
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- What pint-sized popster made a historic
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- flight to Johannesburg in February, 1985?Paul Simon
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- What kiss-and-tell "Playboy" poser appeared
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- on Geraldo Rivera's first TV show of 1988?Jessica Hahn
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- What unlikely color did Sylvester Stallone
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- paint his Malibu pad in 1988?Pink
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- What female athlete's gleaming smile lit up
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- "Life"'s 1984 "Year in Pictures" cover?Mary Lou Retton's
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- What Canadian province was Madonna's mother
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- born in?Quebec
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- What New York City realtor advised: "A little
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- hyperbole never hurts"?Donald Trump
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- What monosyllabic thespian did Donald Trump
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- call "a diamond in the rough"?Sylvester Stallone
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- What screen star entered the world as Thomas
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- Mapother IV?Tom Cruise
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- What Republican's 1988 primary campaign was
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- endorsed by 34 former NFL footballers?Jack Kemp's
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- What guy gabbed: "My brother was the athlete.
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- I was always in training to be mayor"?Ed Koch
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- Who admitted to being controversial author
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- Shere Hite's publicist, Diana Gregory?Shere Hite
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- Which of The Mamas and the Papas had the
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- best-selling book of memoirs?John Phillips
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- What kidnap victim tells her side of the
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- story in the book "Every Secret Thing"?Patty Hearst
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- What age did Bill Cosby write about reaching,
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- in the book "Time Flies"?Fifty
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- What rock star's life did Albert Goldman
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- chronicle in a controversial 1988 biography?John Lennon's
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- What chief executive officer followed up a
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- bestseller with "Talking Straight"?Lee Iacocca
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- What TV talker penned "Tell it to the King"?Larry King
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- What Italian tenor is pictured on 1987 U.S.
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- stamps?Enrico Caruso
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- What color clothes does Tom Wolfe like best?White
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- Who penned "The Making of 'The African
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- Queen'" more than 35 years after it was made?Katharine Hepburn
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- What world leader's 1987 tome was subtitled
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- "New Thinking for Our Country and the World"?Mikhail Gorbachev's
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- What TV babbler burbled: "I didn't get ahead
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- by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!"?Barbara Walters
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- What soprano said she was "the Beatles of
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- opera"?Beverly Sills
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- What sexy rocker did Madonna dub "The Midget"?Prince
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- Who puffed on a pipe constantly during
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- the Iran-Contra hearings?Rear Admiral John Poindexter
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- Who asked for permission to build a mission
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- near Chernobyl in 1987?Mother Theresa
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- What animal fell on and killed Reagan
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- Commerce Secretary Malcolm Balridge?A horse
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- What former Nazi finally did himself in by
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- strangulation with an electrical cord?Rudolf Hess
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- What veteran evangelist took to the hospital
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- with a bite from a brown recluse spider?Billy Graham
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- What Soviet power plant's ex-director is busy
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- spending 10 years in a labor camp?The Chernobyl nuclear power plant's
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- Who sang nursery rhymes during a 1987 57-hour
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- rescue from an abandoned well shaft?Jessica McClure
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- What group did the AFL-CIO vote back into
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- their fold in 1987 after a 30-year absence?The Teamsters
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- What prospective Supreme Court justice had
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- his hopes dashed by a vote of 58-42?Robert Bork
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- Who was Ed Meese's top pick when a new
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- Supreme Court justice was needed in 1987?Douglas Ginsberg
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- What European country's president claimed he
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- tried to stop U.S. arms sales to Iran?France's
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- What black entertainer admitted to owning six
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- Nehru jackets?Sammy Davis Jr.
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- What billionaire silver-lover said in 1980:
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- "A billion dollars isn't what it used to be"?Nelson Bunker Hunt
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- Who earned a paltry 49 electoral votes in a
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- presidential election?Jimmy Carter
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- What headmistress told Scarsdale, New York
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- police in 1980: "I shot him. I did it"?Jean Harris
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