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Who is Gerry Rafferty?This musical group had a hit about a famous battle of June, 1815.
Who are Abba? Waterloo?What was deemed the most important ball of the 20th century? Social, not spherical. Heheheh
I don't know about the 20th century, but for the 19th century it must have been What was the Vanderbilt ball? This team won the recent Stanley Cup.
Who are the Pittsburgh Penguins? This great hockey player, "Mr. Hockey" recently passed away.
Who is Gordie Howe?On December 1, 1955, this woman refused to give up her seat on a bus and was arrested.
Who is Rosa Parks. I was looking for Truman Capote's Black and White Ball. But the judges will accept Mrs Vanderbilt's ball that gave us The Four Hundred.
What is the Howe Hat Trick?
Gordie Howe hat-trick is named for a player who scores a goal, gets an assist and gets in a fight all in one game! :)Who was the first NHL player to reach the 500 goal milestone?
Who is Maurice Richard?This one-time goaltender is the coach for the Colorado Avalanche.
Who is Patrick Roy?Microsoft just announced the takeover of this business networking site.
What is LinkedIn?On June 15, 1215, King John signed this important document in English history.
What is the Magna Carta.What is the collective noun for stingrays?
(Collective noun? Autocorrect?) What is a fever?
Pioneered by Dashiell Hammett, American crime fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s is referred to as this genre of fiction.
What is hard-boiled detective?This famous golf tournament opens on June 16, 2016, in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
What is the US Open?This novel by Jojo Moyes is now a movie currently in theatres.
Sarah wrote: "(Collective noun? Autocorrect?) What is a fever?
Pioneered by Dashiell Hammett, American crime fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s is referred to as this genre of fiction."
Yeah, I didn't notice it for awhile.
What is "Me Before You"?Having met the author of this book, Lincoln supposedly referred to her as, "the little woman who brought on this great war."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?Highest mountain in Vermont.
What is Mt. Mansfield?"The Great Stone Face," located in the White Mountains of this state, collapsed in 2003.
What is New Hampshire?This baseball announcer is retiring after 67 years as a broadcaster.
Who is Vin Scully?This NFL team relocated from Houston to Tennessee in 1997
Who are the Titans, formerly the Oilers?These two MLB teams switched leagues, one from the American to the National in 1998, and more recently one from the National to the American.
Who are the Milwaukee Brewers and the Houston Astros?This is known as 'The First State' because it ratified the Constitution first.
What is Delaware?Which state is the smallest by area in the 50 US states?
What is Rhode Island?This number of steps is frequently mentioned in connection with 221B Baker Street.
What is 17?This is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail.
What is the Ouroboros?The smallest country in the world in size.
What is the Vatican City?What was the setting for most of the movie "Angels and Demons" based on the book by Dan Brown
What is the Vatican, followed by CERN in Switzerland?ROY G. BIV
what is an acronym for the colours of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violetColonel Rosa Klebb was one of the main antagonists in this James Bond film
What is "From Russia, With Love"?On June 25, 1950, this invasion began a 3 year conflict that still has repercussions.
What is the Korean War.What might have been the first really shocking, unexpected death of a major character on a very popular TV show? (And wasn't anyone's bad dream)
Who is Henry Blake?This painting in Milan was protected by sandbags during WWII.
What is Da Vinci's Last Supper?This Canadian writer of the caribbean experience in Canada died this week.
Who is Austin Clarke?This is the only state with one syllable in its name, and touches only one other state.
What is Maine?Paul McCartney wrote this theme to a James Bond movie.
What is "Live and Let Die"?This 1991 film won the "Big 5" of the Oscars, including Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Picture.
What is The Silence of the Lambs? (one of my fave books and movies)Before his death in 1932, he donated over $100 million, including $50 million to the University of Rochester
Who is George Eastman?What company did Pickford, Chaplin and Fairbanks form?
What is United Artists?Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, KILLER ANGELS, describes this battle.
What is Gettysburg?Who supposedly said "“Because, if I can only find out, I will send a barrel of this wonderful whiskey to every general in the army.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?What special significance does July 1st mean to Canadians?
What is the celebration of Constitution Day, 1867, in which Canada became a nation?The Canadian Corps played an important in this battle that started on July 1, 1916.
What is Beaumont-Hamel where the 1st Newfoundland Regiment were nearly wiped out?This "Hills" actress was half of the couple referred to as "Speidi"
Who is Heidi Montag?This is the only state in the U.S. with an active diamond mine.
What is Arkansas?A Hungarian professor designed the prototype of this puzzle in 1974; by the 1980s, it was a sensation.
What is the Rubik's Cube?This Hungarian national dish is a stew made out of potatoes, beef, pork and paprika.
What is Goulash?This British pudding, made with suet and dried fruit (usually currants and/or raisins) is often served with custard.
What is plum or 'Christmas' pudding?This meringue dessert, popular in Australia and New Zealand, is named for a famous dancer.
I might be wrong but isn't the suet/currant pudding, spotted dick?What is pavlova?
This honey is from New Zealand and is said to have lots of health benefits.
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