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This game show, which aired on all 4 networks, won the first ever primetime Emmy for best show (at the time called “Most Popular Television Program”).

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fryeThis town/island in Maine is a summer resort town complete with a post office, a town hall, and a fire house, but during the winter everyone leaves, thus making it’s official population zero.

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coolidge

3 Presidents died on the 4th of July (Jefferson, Adams and Monroe), but only one was born on the 4th of July. Which President was it?

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What is the dark area between the two bands of a double rainbow called?

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oyster

What Irish writer famously said, “He was a bold man who ate the first oyster”?

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In 1960, George Steinbrenner (above, shaking hands with Jerry Lucas) became owner of this ABL team, the first pro sports team he ever owned. He lost a lot of money when the team (and league) folded in 1962.

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conky1Who played Conky repairman Johnny Wilson on Pee Wee’s Playhouse?

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charleshall

In 1968, University of San Fran grad student Charles Hall invented this, which he called the “Pleasure Pit”.

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donsThis film, shot in 1996 and released in 2001, starred Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Kevin Connolly, and is not allowed to be released in the US or Canada.

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adidasWhat is the name of the ball Adidas made for the World Cup, a word which means “rejoice” in Zulu?

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Picture 2What is the oldest brewery in North America, founded in 1786?

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shippenWho did Philadelphia socialite Peggy Shippen marry when she was 18 years old?

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scultptureA sculpture of this man has been under construction in the Black Hills since 1948, and is still far from completion. Who is the man being honored?

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1942The Flyers recently became only the 4th pro team in the the four major North American Sports Leagues to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs. Who was the first team to do so, doing it in 1942?

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