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Paramount's studio's single most lucrative property, has generated more than $1 billion. It was a TV series until 1969, generateed at least six movies, two syndicated TV shows, an animated series, hundreds of books and comics, fan clubs, conventions, clot

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These two black athletes raised a great controversy in the 1968 Olympics, when they raised their fists in the "Black power" salute while receiving their medals. What were their names?

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Who is the creator of television's most popular dysfunctional family, The Simpsons ?

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In 1715 the English Parliament enacted a law requiring any group of twelve or more people gathered to disturb the peace to disperse within one hour. What was this law called?

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The programming language used to prepare documents for the World Wide Web is called HTML, which is the abbreviation for what phrase?

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According to Greek mythology, the ingenious inventor Daedalus designed an intricate maze with a monstrous animal at the center, that could kill the people unfortunate enough to arrive there. What was the name of the maze and the animal?

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Prohibition, the legal outlawing of alcoholic beverages, was in effect from 1920 to what year?

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Which 19th-century American publisher compiled the first standard reference work for quotations?

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In 1893, inspired by the view from atop Pikes Peak, Katharine Lee Bates, Massachusetts educator and author, wrote a song that begins, "O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain." What's the title of that song?

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What occupation was portrayed on the television screen by each of these actors: Bill Cosby, Robert Vaughn, Diana Rigg, Don Adams?

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Which rebellious Irish singer around 1990, tore up a photo of the Pope on Saturday Night Live?

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One of the three main acting stars of the 1969 film, Easy Rider also directed the film. Who was it?

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Whom did America's most famous widow, Jackie Kennedy, marry in 1968?

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What huge limestone mass lies on the southern coast of Spain?

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What's the next line of this poem by Mohammad Ali: "His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see"...?