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Who is Punxsutawney Phil?This Canadian chanteuse recently lost her brother and her husband to cancer.
Who is Celine Dion?This British boxer became world champion recently after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. He has since been stripped of one of the belts (IBF).
Who is Tyson Fury?Ludendorff referred to this date as the "black day of the German Army" in WWI.
What is the Battle of Amiens (August 8 1918)?This lead guitarist for the band The Eagles sadly died this week
Who was Glen Frey? (sad!)This boat and her sisters take visitors out to see Niagara Falls.
What is the Maid of the Mist?Purple, green and gold are the colors usually associated with this Mardi Gras confection.
What is a King's Cake?January 26 is the birthday of the NHL's #99, "The Great One".
Who is The Great One - Wayne Gretzy. These two teams face each other in the upcoming Superbowl 50
Who are the Denver Broncos & Carolina Panthers.
Mara wrote: "Who are the Denver Broncos & Carolina Panthers."New question???
Ron wrote: "Mara wrote: "Who are the Denver Broncos & Carolina Panthers."New question???"
This hard rock band lead guitarist turned 61 on Jan. 26th
Who is "Eddie Van Halen"What is the NY Times best selling book of 2015 (combined print and ebook editions)?
What is Scandalous Behavior by Stuart Woods?This book, by Thomas Hardy, was made into a movie starring Carey Mulligan in 2015.
What is "Far From the Madding Crowd"?Colin Firth portrayed this monarch in "The King's Speech."
Who is King George VI?What is the name of the virus spreading through Latin and South America?
What is the Zika virus?This national monument was featured in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
What is Devils Tower, Wyoming?Who wrote the musical score for Close Encounters? (and Star Wars)
Who is John Williams?On January 30, 1933, this individual became Chancellor of Germany.
Who is Adolf Hitler?Which treaty was signed March 3rd, 1918?
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?This iindividual was sent across Germany in a sealed railway car to Russia to help engineer a revolution.
Who is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov aka Lenin?He wrote 'The Hunt For Red October'
who are the teams playing in Superbowl 50?Which tennis player has won the Australian Open the most times?
Who is Novak Djokovic?The 2016 Olympics will be held in this city.
Where is Rio de Janeiro? Which virus is linked to babies being born with underdeveloped brains?
What is the Zika virus?This former star of TV show 'Friends' will be joining the show 'Top Gear'
Who is Matt Le Blanc?This meringue dessert was named after a Russian ballerina.
What is Pavlova?Who won the Iowa caucuses for the Republicans?
What is Ted Cruz?This cascade figured in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem."
What is the Reichenbach Falls?The actor Andrew Scott plays this character in the BBC reinterpretation of Sherlock
Who is Jim Moriarty?Superbowl 50 will be held in this city.
What is Santa Clara, CA?This player will possibly play his last game in Superbowl 50.
Who is Peyton Manning? (I don't think it will be)Who played James Bond in the film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'?
Who is George Lazenby?This national memorial was significant in the film, "North by Northwest."
What is Mount Rushmore?Which actor portrayed 'Apollo Creed' in the first Rocky movie?
Who is Carl Weathers?This Netflix series set in a women's prison will begin its 4th season in the spring of 2016.
What is 'orange Is The New Black'?This beautiful actress is the star of 'Scandal'
Who is Kerry Washington?Who was on the sidelines during Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech" telling him to "tell them about the dream"?
Who is Mahalia Jackson?Today (Feb. 9) is known as Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday in most of the U.S., however, for the Pennsylvania Dutch, it is known for this particular type of donut.
What are 'fasnachts' or fried doughnuts. In the UK, Australia, Ireland, and Canada, Shrove Tuesday is also known as what day?
What is Pancake Day?This US town has a famous Pancake Day race with a town in England.
What is Liberal, Kansas?This American rock star's 1968 London home (in Mayfair) has been opened to the public.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?This business executive and former TV host just won the New Hampshire primary for the Republicans
What is Donald Trump?On this day (Feb. 10) in 2006 a new tomb was announced in this historical area in Egypt.
What is the 'Valley of the Kings'?Which actress starred in 'Valley of the Dolls' and was later killed by Charles Manson?
Who is Sharon Tate?The current Chinese New Year celebrates this animal.
What is the Monkey?This 60s band had a hit with "Daydream Believer"
Who are The Monkees? The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in this city.
What is Chicago?This 70s band had a huge hit in 1972 with "Saturday ... In the Park"
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