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Baseball managers: The person with the most all-time victories as a manager of a major league team almost 3800 managed for over 50 years -most famously, from 1901-1950 with the Philadelphia A's. Who was he?

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Abbreviations: a. NAFTA b. SCUBA

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Can you name a common four letter word which reads the same upside down as right-side up?

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December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first flight, in what North Carolina town?

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In the early 1980's, Disney Studios' Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg created a new division, Touchstone Pictures, to produce more adult-oriented films. Their first effort, in 1984, was a big hit. What was the title of this film with a wet theme?

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What company, producer of products worn primarily by men, was founded by men named Bradley, Voorhies, and Day?

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It was originally constructed in 1190 as a fortress to protect Paris from Viking raids, became royal residence in the 1300's, and was first opened to the public in 1793, during the French Revolution. Today almost 5 million people visit each year. What is

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What was the title of the 1990 fantasy directed by Tim Burton about a young man with multi-bladed appendages, and who played the lead role?

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The name of which South African city was derived from the phrase South West Township?

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BONUS: The word "taught" is the past-participle of the word "teach." And "wrought" (as in, "What hath God wrought") is the past participle of what common verb?

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Can you name three Jane Austin novels which have been turned into films?

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The name for this material used in clothing comes to us from the French, who named the material after another country in Europe. What is the name for this material?

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The 1985 film, The Jewel of the Nile , was the sequel to what movie, and who were the two main stars?

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When in 1870-1900, American inventor Ives McGaffey and British inventor Hubert Cecil Booth turned an air pump backwards and attached an electric motor, they created a machine called an aspirator. Today virtually every home owns one. What is it?

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This actress, a regular on the popular TV hit show, Friends, has a hairdo which has spawned millions of look-alikes around the world. What is her name?