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  1. Who said, “you can have it in any color, as long as it’s black”?

A. Coco Chanel
B. Henry Ford
C. Harvey Firestone

A

B. Henry Ford, about the Model T

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  1. What is the capital of Germany?

A. Bonn
B. Munich
C. Berlin

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C. Berlin today. It was Bonn during the Cold War, when Berlin was still divided by the Wall.

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  1. It was recently announced that what city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city to host both summer & winter games?

A. Beijing
B. Berlin
C. Mexico City

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A. Beijing

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  1. Hillary Clinton recently told reporters she didn’t want to second-guess Pres..Obama, so they’d have to wait till she was elected to find out her position on what issue?

A. Iran nuclear deal
B. Revisions to Obamacare
C. Keystone oil pipeline

A

C. Keystone

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  1. Who played Louis DePalma in the Me-TV series “Taxi”?

A. Judd Hirsch
B. Tony Danza
C. Danny DeVito

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C. Danny DeVito

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  1. What does obtuse mean?

A. Hard headed
B. Insensitive or slow
C. Without a sense of humor

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B. Slow to understand

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  1. What state in the U.S. has the most toll roads?

A. New York
B. California
C. Florida

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C. Florida

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  1. If it’s 11 pm EDT in New York, what time is it in Paris?

A. 4 am
B. 5 am
C. 6 am

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B. 5 am

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  1. Who wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac?

A. Richard Henry Wright
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Samuel Jonson

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B. Benjamin Franklin

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  1. In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some private companies could be exempt from federal healthcare guidelines requiring contraceptive coverage. What company brought the suit that got that ruling?

A. Walmart
B. Hobby Lobby
C. Chick Fil-A

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B. Hobby Lobby

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  1. What cereal did “even Mikey like”?

A. Rice Krispies
B. Raisin bran
C. Life

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C. Life

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  1. Who is Bo Bergdahl?

A. Second place finisher in 2014 Indy 500 disqualified for unauthorized equipment
B. Winner of baseball’s 2014 Cy Young award
C. U.S. Serviceman exchanged for top Al Qaeda fighters now being charged with desertion

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C.

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  1. A piece of debris suspected of being from missing Malaysia airlines flight 370 washed ashore on Reunion island in the Indian Ocean. What nation owns Reunion Island?

A. France
B. Australia
C. Madagascar

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A. France, which is where the “flapper on” was taken for examination

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  1. On the Me TV series Happy Days, what is the last name of Richie’s family?

A. Potts
B. Taylor
C. Cunningham

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C. Cunningham

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  1. For the first time ever, a new U.S. Navy ship will be commissioned in Buffalo. It will be named after a famous ship already at Buffalo and Erie County naval and military Park. What is that ship?

A. USS the Sullivans
B. USS Little Rock
C. USS Niagara

A

B. The Little Rock, which was decommissioned after serving in World War II and later as a guided missile cruiser in the 1960s and 1970s.

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  1. Gin is made from

A. Juniper
B. Cacti
C. Corn

A

A.

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  1. This famous writer quit as a postmaster in Mississippi because he was tired of being “at the beckon call of every scoundrel with two cents” to spend on a stamp. Was he .,,

A. Ernest Hemingway
B. F Scott Fitzgerald
C. William Faulkner

A

C. Faulkner. He resigned in 1923 as postmaster at the University of Mississippi.

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  1. There has been an unfortunate aftermath to the recent Rolling Stones concert in Buffalo. What is it?

A. Mick Jagger tweeted that he’d gotten food poisoning from beef on weck.
B. Some local stage hands had their pay checks bounce.
C. The Hyatt Regency is suing the Stones for damages to 18 hotel rooms.

A

B. According to the Buffalo news, about 100 of the 204 stagehands who set up and broke down the concert had their checks bounce.

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  1. Which of the following Star Trek actors did NOT appear on Mission impossible?

A. George Takei
B. William Shatner
C. DeForest Kelley

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C. DeForest Kelly

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  1. A screed is ….

A. Mesh barrier
B. Long-winded diatribe
C. Tadpole’s tail

A

B. Diatribe

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