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15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, and with 3 Clues:

1. Who won a Best Actress Oscar for her work in "Two Women"?______________________
[Choices: Simone Signoret, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren ]

2. First Lady Jackie Kennedy popularized all of these fashion features except:______________________.
[Choices: High-heeled shoes, Big buttons, Bare arms, Oval neckline, Two-piece suit ]

3. In one of Janis Joplin's most famous songs, she asked The Lord to buy her a:___________________.
[Choices: Coonskin cap, Jaguar, Porsche, Corvette, Mercedes-Benz ]

4. In 1956, Sir Anthony Eden was discredited for using armed intervention in this place:_________________.
[Choices: Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Gold Coast, Falkland Islands, Suez Canal ]

5. What was the name of George Jetson's wife on TV's "The Jetsons"?____________________
[Choices: Jane, Jean, June, Jill, Joan ]

6. Which 1957 book was written by Ayn Rand?________________________
[Choices: The Wapshot Chronicle, Atlas Shrugged, On the Beach, A Choice of Enemies, The Fountain Overflows ]

7. "Fragile" is considered one of the best albums released by this British band:_________________.
[Choices: ABBA, Yes, The Hollies, Blind Faith, Wings ]

8. Who was the first President of "NOW", the National Organization of Women"?___________________
[Choices: Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan ]

9. Legendary stunt expert Yakima Canutt staged the famous race in this 1959 Oscar-winning movie:__________________.
[Choices: Bridge on the River Kwai, North by Northwest, Ben-Hur, Compulsion, The Defiant Ones ]

10. They boasted they sold "more cars than Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and Buick combined":____________________.
[Choices: Toyota, Tonka, Matchbox, Volkswagen, Volvo ]

11. Peter, Paul and Mary's last #1 hit was:_______________________.
[Choices: Blowin' in the Wind, Leaving on a Jet Plane, If I Had a Hammer, Wooly Bully, Puff the Magic Dragon ]

12. U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered the closing of ______________________ in 1963.
[Choices: Alcatraz Prison, Gracie Mansion in N.Y.C., All nuclear power plants, Andy Warhol's Factory, Guantanamo Naval Base ]

13. On the 1970's TV show "The Rockford Files", the name of Jim Rockford's father was:____________________.
[Choices: Goofy, Bucky, Skippy, Rocky, Harry ]

14. Mother Teresa spent most of her time working with the poor people of:__________________.
[Choices: Malaysia, Ohio, India, Thailand, China ]

15. From what city does The Grateful Dead hail?_______________________
[Choices: Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco ]






Answers:

1. Sophia Loren [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Women ]

2. High-heeled shoes [see https://www.maxwellscottbags.com/journa ... -jackie-o/ ]

3. Mercedes-Benz [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY ]

4. Suez Canal [see the section "Suez (1956)" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Eden ]

5. Jane [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons ]

6. Atlas Shrugged [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged ]

7. Yes [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_(Yes_album) ]

8. Betty Friedan [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Friedan ]

9. Ben-Hur [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Canutt ]

10. Matchbox [see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/ne ... -cars.html , which says 3 billion have been sold. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_(brand) ]

11. Leaving on a Jet Plane [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-7SnMnX78 ]

12. Alcatraz Prison [see the section "Final years" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_ ... nitentiary ]

13. Rocky [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockford_Files ]

14. India [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa ]

15. San Francisco [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead ]