Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 --

Fifth Generation wrote:

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Who was Christopher Columbus?

Fifth Generation wrote:

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Who was William Clark?

Fifth Generation wrote:

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Who was James Cook?

John Charles Daly wrote:

__________ BOOKS & AUTHORS __________
TV's Captain Kirk, he reunites the Enterprise crew in a 1995 novel, "The Ashes of Eden"

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"Cosette", published in 1995, picks up where Victor Hugo left off in this 1862 classic about Jean Valjean

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In 1961 the first American edition of his "Tropic of Cancer" became a bestseller

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01) On 28 April, 1919, the (International Organization, please) was founded.
<The UN’s big sister.>

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02) On this date in 1789, a mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to (Location, please). The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift. <It sounds like a pirate’s hideaway.>

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03) On this date in 1896, the Addressograph was patented by (Personality, please).
A) Christopher Boyce
B) W.H. Carrier
C) J.S. Duncan
D) Claude Grahame-White
E) Douglas Leight
F) Dennis Tito

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04) On this date in 1910, first night air flight was performed by (Personality, please) in England.
A) Christopher Boyce
B) W.H. Carrier
C) J.S. Duncan
D) Claude Grahame-White
E) Douglas Leight
F) Dennis Tito

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05) On this date in 1914,(Personality, please) patented the design of his air conditioner.
A) Christopher Boyce
B) W.H. Carrier
C) J.S. Duncan
D) Claude Grahame-White
E) Douglas Leight
F) Dennis Tito

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06) On this date in 1930, the first organized night baseball game was played in (Community, please).
A) Santa Rosa, California
B) St. Petersburg, Florida
C) Maui, Hawaii
D) Independence, Kansas

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07) On this date in 1932, a yellow fever vaccine for (Species, please) was announced.

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08) On this date in 1937, the first animated-cartoon electric sign was displayed on a building on Broadway in New York City. It was created by (Personality, please).
<A real *bright* boy!>
A) Christopher Boyce
B) W.H. Carrier
C) J.S. Duncan
D) Claude Grahame-White
E) Douglas Leight
F) Dennis Tito

Fifth Generation wrote:

09) On this date in 1947, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that South American Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in (Country, please) and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
A) France
B) Iraq
C) Peru
D) South Africa
E) Yugoslavia

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10) On this date in 1957,(Personality, please) was seen on TV for the first time. He was the host of "_______Interviews."
<His recent passage at 92 was in the news. His son, Chris, was a past master of the news.>

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11) On this date in 1969, Charles de Gaulle resigned as president of (Country, s’il vous plait).
A) France
B) Iraq
C) Peru
D) South Africa
E) Yugoslavia

Fifth Generation wrote:

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Is that a roll-on?

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Z'at a bedroll?

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Did I use a rolling pin to make those sugar cookies?

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Does it say "Roll out the Barrel"?

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Do we call him "Jellyroll"?

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12) On this date in 1969, in (Community, please), Charles M. Schulz's Redwood Empire Ice Arena opened.
A) Santa Rosa, California
B) St. Petersburg, Florida
C) Maui, Hawaii
D) Independence, Kansas

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13) On this date in 1977,(Personality, please) was convicted of selling U.S. secrets.
A) Christopher Boyce
B) W.H. Carrier
C) J.S. Duncan
D) Claude Grahame-White
E) Douglas Leight
F) Dennis Tito

Fifth Generation wrote:

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Who is William Shatner?

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Que-es qui c'est "Les Miserables"?

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Was that James Michener?