Bust number 10 out when you find yourself surrounded by nerds at a cocktail party. I think it’s a damn good trivia question. Answers after the jump.

1. An amendment becomes a law when the legislatures of this fraction of the states ratify it.
2. What 15th century navigator discovered the sea route from Europe to India by the Cape of Good Hope?
3. This actor starred as Elvis in a 1979 TV movie, starred as an Elvis impersonator in a 2001 movie, and provided the voice of Elvis in Forrest Gump.
4. You can find two of this artists paintings of buxom gals bathing at the Barnes Foundation, and you can find another one, called the Large Bathers, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Who is the artist?
5. What is the 4th word of the US Constitution?
6. Who has the record for most career yards passing for the New Orleans Saints?
7. In France, they have some called Grande Vitesse. In Japan they are known as Shinkansen. What are they?
8. Scouts brother in To Kill a Mockingbird is Jeremy, whose nickname was what?
9. What was the name of the bar in the movie Road House?
10. In the early 1820s, America’s 14th President, the poet who wrote Song of Hiawatha, and the author of the House of the Seven Gables all became friends while attending Bowdoin College together. Who are they?

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1. What planet has a moon called Titan?
2. Whose arch nemesis is the Peculiar Purple Pie man (above)?
3. What 1991 chick flick’s tagline was: “The Secret of Life? The Secret of Life is in the Sauce.”
4. Actor Jack Lord is best known for this one sentence phrase he employed regularly in the 70s.
5. There are two eagles found in the US, bald eagles and what other kind of eagle?
6. Within one either way, 100 kilometers equals how many miles?
7. Who overthrew King Idris the First in 1969, and is still the leader of his country?
8. What do boll weevils like to feed on?
9. The Titans used to be known as the Oilers. What current AFC team used to be known as the Titans?
10. Of the 13 original colonies, which one was settled as a penal colony?

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1. What US policy was introduced in 1823 which stated that “The American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
2. Who won the Presidency with the slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler too?
3. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, published when he was 24?
4. The Bridal Chorus, better known as Here Comes the Bride is not heard at many Jewish weddings, perhaps because its composer was an avowed antisemite. Who is he?
5. 6 months after defeating Chuck Wepner in 1970, this boxer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Las Vegas.
6. You’ll find the adrenal glands directly above what organ?
7. Albert DeSalvo was born in 1931. What was he better known as?
8. Jay Berwanger won the first ever one of these awards.
9. Before departing in a hot air balloon, who does the Wizard leave in charge of Oz?
10. The play A Man for All Seasons is about this 16th century saint.

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Here’s a few doozies from last week:

1. Gloria Steinam famously said that a woman without a man is like a __________ w/o a bicycle.
2. Who was LBJ’s Vice President?
3. This former NL player, currently in the AL West recently became the 6th player ever to have 2,000 hits, 250 HRs, 1,000 runs scored, 1,000 RBIs and 250 SBs.
4. What was the first name of Samuel L. Jackson’s character on Pulp Fiction?
5. In what 1981 Terry Gilliam film would you find Sean Connery?
6. When hippies were screaming at George Wallace at a 1968 campaign stop, he famously said, “You’ve been screaming four letter words at me, well I’ve got two four letter words for you. _________ and __________.
7. What one word company got its name from two french words which together mean oily chalk?
8. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the same team in the 1971 and 1979 World Series. What team was it?
9. Why are Patricia Quinn’s lips famous?
10. This novelists posthumous works included Islands in the Stream and The Garden of Eden.

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In addition to the TB or Syphilis Round, here are some of biggest doozies from last week. Answers after the jump.

1. What EU nation has a capital of Riga?
2. Who composed the 1812 Overture?
3. This 94 year old, known as the Godfather of Fitness, was the orginal juiceman who attributed his long life to a motto of, “If it tastes good, spit it out.” Who was he?
4. Manny Ramirez has 20 career grand slams. The all time leader had 23, and was set by a man who also had a .340 career BA. Who was he?
5. English replaced Italian as one of the official languages of this island nation in 1934.
6. What country do the Canary Islands belong to?
7. In what famous arena does the Westminster Dog Show take place each year?
8. This type of dog has been named America’s most popular purebred by the American Kennel Club for 18 consecutive years.
9. This British philosopher and mathematician was a WWI pacifist, campaigned against Hitler, criticized Soviet totalitarianism and the US’s involvement in Vietnam.
10. Granite is composed mainly of feldspar and this transparent crystalline material.

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[QUIZZIN 8]

1. What country duo has the first names Kix and Ronnie?
2. A book written by this woman in 1961 is currently the #1 best seller on Amazon. What woman is it?
3. Fill in the blank: At one point during Woodstock, an announcement came over the PA which said, “We’ve been told that the brown_________ is bad.”
4. John Logie Baird and Alexander Zworkin were both pioneers in what field?
5. What casino with gold windows is connected to Treasure Island via an elevated tram?
6. What team had the best record in baseball when the players went on strike in 1994?
7. This black volcanic glass was used to make arrowheads by native americans, and is so sharp that it is still used to make surgical knives. What is it?
8. In 1598, Jacopo Peri composed what is considered by many to be the first ever what?
9. What language other than Egyptian hieroglyphics will you find on the Rosetta Stone?
10. You’ll find the 30th Street Station feature prominently in this 1985 film.

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1. In what state was Billy Bob Thornton born and raised?
2. Captain Cook came within 75 miles of it, but the first confirmed sighting of this was made in 1820 by Russian explorers Mikhail Lazarev and Fabian von Bellinghausen.
3. Burleigh Grimes was the last pitcher to legally do what?
4. At the Beginning of the Tempest, he tells his daughter Miranda he was once the Duke of Milan.
5. This town named after a person is known as the Switzerland of America and the Gateway to the Poconos.
6. In terms of sharks, only four are responsible for the vast majority of fatal bites. One is the great white, and one is the oceanic whitetip. What are the two others?
7. What extremely popular website was started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar?
8. After the US and Canada, what is the 3rd most populous English speaking country in North America?
9. This landlocked country was formerly known as Upper Peru.
10. Irritation of this nerve is known as hitting ones funny bone.

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1. It’s not just a type of fish, it’s also the name for the winds on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
2. The ratio of partial pressure of water vapor in a parcel of air to the saturated vapor pressure of water vapor at a prescribed temperature is known as what?
3. Whose memoir was called My Prison Without Bars?
4. Sheila Dixon governs a more populous city than any other current female mayor in the United States, a city of 635,000 people. What city does she govern?
5. This player, elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005, played the first 13 games of his career as a Phillie before being traded in 1981.
6. What South American country’s flag looks like Canada’s without the maple leaf and borders Ecuador.
7. On the day that he married Anne of Cleves, July 28th, 1540, Henry the VIII had this man put to death at the Tower of London.
8. What is 5.88 trillion miles better known as?
9. This mineral, mined in Death Valley since the 1880s, is found in many detergents and is also known as sodium tetraborate.
10. Fill in the blank: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are _________.

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