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“Question number five. An actor best known for portraying a comic book superhero, Nine Years His Junior, who was the real life Player X, portrayed by Michael Cera in the film Molly’s Game.
Toby Maguire
Question number six. Featuring a 29-year-old Jason Earls playing a teen, what Disney Channel show starred Miley Cyrus as a teen pop star living a double life?
Hannah Montana
Question number seven. What EGOT entertainer became the only woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director with the film Yentl? She also portrayed the titular 17-year-old character despite being 41 at the time of filming.
Barbara Streisand
“Yes, big time. But can you believe she’s the only woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director?
No, that part’s total garbage.
I kept like double checking to make sure I wasn’t wrong.
As you should.”
“Question number one, what Grease actor, who portrayed a teen while actually being 33, also played First Lady Abby Bartlett on the West Wing?
Stockard Channing
Question number two, playing a 15-year-old at 29, Gabrielle Carteris played high schooler Andrea Zuckerman in what TV show that followed twins Brandon and Brenda, adjusting to a new city after moving from Minneapolis?”
Beverly Hills 90210
“Portraying a 16-year-old at 27 in his most iconic role several decades prior, the Barry actor with a series of children’s books is?
Henry Winkler.”
“Question number four. The film trilogy that features a time traveling DeLorean, as well as a lead actor actually being older than the actors portraying his parents is
Back to the Future.”
“Question number eight. The Oscar-winning actor who played a dreamboat bad boy nine years younger than his age at the time in the teen drama show My So-Called Life is.”
Jared Leto
“the Intern is a 2015 movie about a retiree who returns to work to fend off boredom. What two high-powered actors played the retiree and his boss?”
Robert deniro
Anne Hathaway
GEOGRAPHY
Representing progress because it has difficulty moving backward, the flightless emu appears on the coat of arms of which country?
Australia
ANYTHING GOES
Which of these phrases, Italian for “to the tooth,” describes pasta that is cooked to a firm consistency?
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Al dente
ANIMALS & NATURE
Often thought to be blind because it uses echolocation, which animal has keener eyesight than many humans do?
Bat
MONEY & NUMBERS
One of the wealthiest women in the world, MacKenzie Scott became a 4 percent stakeholder in Amazon following her 2019 divorce from whom?
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Jeff Bezos
SCIENCE & TECH
With a name inspired by a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Chillah is the mascot for which app?
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Snapchat
ARTS & CULTURE
After five previous nominations and losses for the best director Oscar, Martin Scorsese finally the award for his work on which film?
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The Departed
In 07
BIOGRAPHIES
At age 16 which illusionist taught a course on magic at New York University, a decade before making the Statue of Liberty “disappear”?
David copperfield
Silk Road connected
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Which term refers to the 4,000-mile trade route that connected China to the Roman Empire, named for a good primarily sent westward?
ARTS & CULTURE
Referring to a J.M. Barrie character, which of the following is a pop psychology term for an adult who has trouble growing up?
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Peter Pan syndrome
BIOGRAPHIES
During World War I, which performer gave seminars to U.S. soldiers on how to escape from sinking ships and shackles?
Harry Houdini
ANIMALS & NATURE
With an average gestation period of about 660 days, which animal has the longest pregnancy of all mammals?
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Elephant
ANYTHING GOES
At Princess Diana’s funeral, which artist performed a version of this song with new lyrics referencing “England’s rose”?
Elton John
“Candle in the Wind”
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Who crossed the Atlantic on a carbon-friendly sailboat to deliver her “How Dare You” climate activism speech to the UN in 2019?
Greta Thunberg
MONEY & NUMBERS
In 2012 Canadian authorities discovered that thieves had stolen more than 500,000 gallons of which substance, worth $18 million (Canadian)?
Maple syrup
SCIENCE & TECH
1976 rollout of which space shuttle, the first produced by NASA?
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Enterprise
Cast members of Star Trek attended the