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- What southwestern state hosts an annual
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- festival named after the fire ant?Texas
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- What style magazine changed its image in
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- 1988 by a large "HG" on its cover?"House & Garden"
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- What superhero turned 50 in the '80s?Superman
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- What aggressive red-headed comic reporter got
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- hitched in the '80s?Brenda Starr
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- What politician golfed a round in 1980 with
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- 1988 "Playboy" pic Paula Parkinson?Dan Quayle
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- Whose workout videos brought $350 each in
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- 1985 on the Moscow black market?Jane Fonda's
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- What kind of whale co-starred in "Star Trek
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- IV"?A humpback whale
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- What car claimed to be "The Heartbeat
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- of America" in 1988?Chevrolet
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- What well-rounded magazine celebrated its
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- 100th birthday in 1988?"National Geographic"
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- What board game and TV show proved a picture
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- is worth a thousand words, and big bucks?WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
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- What pilot had a cameo role as a bartender in
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- the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff"?Chuck Yeager
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- What "Happy Days" star directed what "Happy
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- Days" actor in the 1982 movie "Night Shift"?Ron Howard directed Henry Winkler
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- What three letters were used to designate
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- Russian contestants in the 1988 Olympics?URS
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- Who played test pilot Chuck Yeager and wife
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- Glennis in the movie "The Right Stuff"?Sam Shepard and Barbara Hershey
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- What past-president's seventh book is called
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- "1999: Victory Without War"?Richard Nixon's
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- Whose autobiography is titled "It Wasn't All
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- Velvet"?Mel Torme's
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- What former test pilot wrote "Press On:
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- Further Adventures in the Good Life"?Chuck Yeager
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- What vocal wizard titled his 1988 book
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- "That's Not All Folks!"?Mel Blanc
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- What Duke is the author of "The Duke of
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- Flatbush"?Duke Snider
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- What movie features a DeLorean with the
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- license plate "OUTATIME"?"Back to the Future"
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- How many Friday the 13ths are there in 1989?Two
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- What 1980 video added footage to take
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- viewers "inside the dazzling mothership"?"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
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- How many "Friday the 13th" movies were
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- released during the '80s?Seven
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- Who is the "me" in the book "Elvis and Me"?Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
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- What soprano simply titled her
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- autobiography "Beverly"?Beverly Sills
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- Who wrote the book "Frank Sinatra, My
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- Father"?Nancy Sinatra
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- What ex-speaker wrote "Man of the House"?Tip O'Neill
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- What basketball star's autobiography is
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- aptly titled "Giant Steps"?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's
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- What sex star said of pornography in "Out of
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- Bondage": "I was one of its victims"?Linda Lovelace
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- Who was the fourth James Bond?Timothy Dalton
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- What sequel did Paul Newman star in, 25
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- years after he hustled in the original?"The Color of Money"
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- What father and son actors played father and
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- son in "Wall Street"?Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen
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- What endangered sea animal is Jimmy Buffet
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- a spokesman for?The manatee
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- What New York City restaurant has stored
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- the wines of Richard Nixon and Ivan Boesky?"21"
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- What state put Sam Nunn in the Senate?Georgia
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- What wheeler-dealer wrote "The Art of the
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- Deal"?Donald Trump
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- What auto exec proceeded to "Talking
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- Straight" after his autobiography?Lee Iacocca
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- What TV star's book "Keeping Secrets" focuses
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- on the problems of children of alcoholics?Suzanne Somers'
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- Who is "The Duke" in David Nyhan's 1988 book
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- of that name?Michael Dukakis
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- What actress wrote the autobiography "Call Me
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- Anna"?Patty Duke
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- What politician's autobiography is titled
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- "Looking Forward"?George Bush's
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- What madam brought "business management
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- methods to the world's oldest profession"?Sydney Biddle Barrows
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- What's the "full metal jacket" in the title
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- of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 movie?A bullet
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- What was the average market price of a
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- cadaver's head in 1987 - $50, $150, or $1500?One hundred and fifty dollars
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- What landmark U.S. tourist attraction does
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- David Stevens paint on a grain of rice?The Statue of Liberty
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- What prolific novelist noted: "I don't have
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- to quess what happened in the West, I know"?Louis L'Amour
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- What newspaper averaged 2,000 letters to
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- the editor daily, in 1986?"Pravda"
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- Who rehashes her triumphs and tragedies
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- in the book "Who's Sorry Now"?Connie Francis
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- What country's bookworms bought 12,900
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- copies of "Little Black Sambo" in 1986?The U.S.
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- What newspaper was second in circulation
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- only to the "Wall Street Journal" in 1987?"USA Today"
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- What was unusual about the coral snake
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- on display at the Houston Zoo in 1984?It was made of rubber
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- What cat calendar cartoonist created
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- "The Biggest Tongue in Tunisia"?B. Kliban
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- How many scratch and sniff perfume ads
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- will "Elle" magazine allow per issue?Two
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- What U.S. politician had 200,000 names in his
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- 1980 contributor file?Ronald Reagan
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- Who did Jim Bakker refer to in announcing,
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- "She knew all the tricks of the trade"?Jessica Hahn
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- What country ranked third in automobile
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- production in 1986?West Germany
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- What western state's Great Basin became the
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- U.S.'s 49th national park in 1987?Nevada's
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- What Scottish lake was the target of 1987's
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- Operation Deepscan?Loch Ness
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- What knighted actor titled his autobiography
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- "Blessings in Disguise"?Alec Guinness
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- What magazine staged a three-day "celebration
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- of war" in Columbia, Missouri, in 1980?"Soldier of Fortune"
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- What Watergate figure's wife penned the 1987
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- novel "Washington Wives"?John Dean's
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- What former Yippie's answer to the drug
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- crisis was the book "Steal This Urine Test"?Abbie Hoffman's
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- What former White Houser testifies in his
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- 1987 book "Taking the Stand"?Oliver North
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- What newspaper was the subject of the book
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- titled "The Making of McPaper"?"USA Today"
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- What journalist penned the expose "Veil: The
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- Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-87"?Bob Woodward
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- What Jay McInerney novel has been called "the
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- modern 'Catcher in the Rye'"?"Bright Lights, Big City"
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- What comedian penned the book "America on Six
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- Rubles a Day"?Yakov Smirnoff
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- What jam and jelly brand gave the world
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- GOOBER GRAPE?SMUCKERS
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- What country had 53 destroyers in July, 1988,
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- to protect its home islands?Japan
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- What bridge term did a real estate magnate
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- use to title a tell-all bestseller?Trump
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- What holiday saw the purchase of 17 percent
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- of all ties sold in the U.S. in 1987?Father's Day
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- What horror writer remarked: "People ask me
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- what scares me. Everything scares me"?Stephen King
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- What northern California industry sprouted
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- one new business a month in the 80's?The wine industry
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- What edition of "Webster's New Collegiate
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- Dictionary" came out in 1983?The ninth
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- Who painted "Irises", which fetched a record
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- $53.9 million at a 1987 auction?Vincent Van Gogh
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- What stately airline was bought by
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- Continental in the '80s?Texas Air
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- What country's President Zia perished in
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- a 1988 plane crash?Pakistan's
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- What popster was stung for $1 million in
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- buying Barbra Streisand's modest Malibu pad?Sting
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- Who's the only former Beatle listed in the
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- 1988 British "Who's Who"?Paul McCartney
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- What does federal law prohibit you from
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- tampering with in an airplane restroom?The smoke detector
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- Which of Michael Jackson's pets ate his
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- beloved cockatoo?His python
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- What moral leader admits in his autobiography
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- that his father was an agnostic bootlegger?Jerry Falwell
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- Who's the most popular songstress to bust out
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- of Locust Ridge Hollow, Tennessee?Dolly Parton
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- What publication listing airline departure
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- times do insiders refer to as "O.A.G."?"Official Airline Guide"
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- Whose first babysitter was Auntie Sluggo?Mr. Bill's
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- What country had eight citizens killed by
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- vending machines between 1981 and 1987?The U.S.
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- What do the cartoon strip characters "Mother
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- Goose and Grimm" live in?A shoe
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- What 1986 Pat Conroy novel begins with the
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- line: "My wound is geography"?"The Prince of Tides"
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- What was the bestselling toy of the 1988
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- Christmas season?NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
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- What continent still boasted five "Playboy"
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- Clubs after the last one in America closed?Asia
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- How do you spell John Sununu's name?J-O-H-N S-U-N-U-N-U
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- What U.S. brand first marketed "dry" beer?MICHELOB
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- What mountain range is Mount St. Helens a
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- part of?The Cascades
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- What did New York City's Assistant Chief of
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- Police blame the 1988 rise in homicides on?Crack
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- What member of Fleetwood Mac contributed her
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- recipe for dip to "Rock n' Roll Cuisine"?Stevie Nicks
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- What are the letters TNT short for in the
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- cable TV world?Turner Network Television
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- What country saw the birth of "dry" beer?Japan
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- What New York City building do Andrew Lloyd
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- Weber and Steven Spielberg have condos in?Trump Tower
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- What group does Tom Metzger say promotes
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- "non-Semitic, European white pride"?The Skinheads
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- How many years below the average is the life
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- expectancy of a U.S. president?Three
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- What's the most rejected entry submitted
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- to the "Guinness Book of World Records"?Longest paper clip chain
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- What midwest state saw 27 of its 33 state
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- senators vote to allow the blind to hunt?Wisconsin
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- What does Tommy Smothers say to eat to
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- improve eyesight to get good with a yo-yo?Carrots
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- What do the letters "W.A.R." stand for on a
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- Skinhead's tattoo?White Aryan Resistance
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- What monument's roof in India was the model
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- for the top of Bob Dylan's Malibu pad?The Taj Mahal
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- What two one-word titles were good to
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- prolific pen-man Stephen King in 1987?"It" and "Misery"
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- What was wrapped around Nastassia Kinski's
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- nude body for a popular poster by Avedon?A snake
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- What high-tech company sponsored Graham
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- Nash's tours for a bite of publicity?Apple Computer
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- What recording medium suffered the most
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- drastic sales decline in the '80s?Records
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- What language's history was the subject of an
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- acclaimed PBS series and a book?English's
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- What event was previewed in "Life"'s "Special
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- Issue" in 1984?The Summer Olympics
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- What conflict was commemorated in "Life"'s
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- "Special Issue" in 1985?World War II
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- What word came into '80s vogue as hot Latin
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- dance music and scorching condiment?Salsa
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- What affliction led Ted Kennedy, Jr. to form
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- the Facing the Challenge program?Cancer
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- What GM car was the "Official Car of the 1988
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- Olympic Team"?Buick
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- What do the Russian words "Pervaya ledi"
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- mean?First Lady
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- What music format did the Denon company help pioneer?Compact discs
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- What presidential library found a home in
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- Yorba Linda, California?Richard Nixon's
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- What workers began calling themselves
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- "environment superintendents" in the '80s?Janitors
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- What state had 15 more U.S. Congressmen in
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- 1988 than in 1954?California
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- What News weekly boasted that it was "The spirit
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- of our time"?"Time" magazine
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- What rock mag copped the national award for
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- "Reporting Excellence" in 1987?"Rolling Stone"
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