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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. He played Sonny Crawford in the 1972 film "The Last Picture Show":_____________________.
[Choices: Jeff Bridges, Timothy Hutton, Beau Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Randy Quaid ]

2. Her short haircut nearly to the scalp sparked a fashion trend in 1966:___________________.
[Choices: Barbra Streisand, Twiggy, Jane Fonda, Mia Farrow, Liz Taylor ]

3. "Easy Come, Easy Go" was a big hit for this teen idol:______________________.
[Choices: Donny Osmond, Ricky Nelson, David Cassidy, Davy Jones, Bobby Sherman ]

4. In 1974, the American ___________________ Society moved its headquarters from Ohio to Louisiana.
[Choices: Automobile, Sewing, Rose, Rug, Genealogical ]

5. From 1956 to 1968, he was the emcee of the TV game show "To Tell the Truth":__________________________.
[Choices: Bud Collyer, John Daly, Billy Sol Estes, Sparky Anderson, Win Elliot ]

6. In 1947, Bell Labs researchers successfully built and tested the world's first:______________________.
[Choices: Wireless microphone, Hearing aid, Transistor, Microprocessor, Television tube ]

7. Teen idol Fabian had a hit song in 1959 with this "animal" song:____________________.
[Choices: The Bird of Paradise, Alley Cat, Hungry Like the Wolf, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Tiger ]

8. British Honduras was officially renamed _________________ in 1973.
[Choices: Suriname, Croatia, Belize, Paraguay, Honduras ]

9. In which 1959 film did the tiny country of Grand Fenwick declare war on the U.S.?______________________
[Choices: Room at the Top, The 400 Blows, Sunrise at Campobello, The Mouse that Roared, The Five Pennies ]

10. This experimental novel by Julio Cortazar was published in Spanish in 1963:_______________________.
[Choices: Red Rover, Tag, Hide and Seek, Hopscotch, Leap Frog ]

11. Who was known to play the guitar with his teeth and behind his head?______________________
[Choices: Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Peter Frampton, Jimi Hendrix ]

12. Who said, "I'm not going to be the first American President who loses a war"?_________________________
[Choices: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon ]

13. What 1972 TV show was cancelled because of objections from religious groups?_______________________
[Choices: The Smothers Brothers, Bridget Loves Bernie, The Flying Nun, My Mother the Car, F Troop ]

14. This ski resort made history in 1949 by introducing the world's first double chair lift:__________________________.
[Choices: Jackson Hole, Okeechobee, Yawgoo Valley, Lake Placid, Squaw Valley ]

15. The Moody Blues recorded a 1968 single titled "__________________ Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)".
[Choices: Friday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday ]






Answers:

1. Timothy Bottoms [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show (tricky Choices, including two Bridges and two Timothy's) ]

2. Mia Farrow [see https://www.vogue.com/article/mia-farro ... ve-letters (tricky Choices, putting Twiggy ahead of Mia Farrow - see https://www.pinterest.ca/cb5448/twiggy-hair/ ]

3. Bobby Sherman [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqty94GA9-g ]

4. Rose [see https://www.parkofroses.org/about/history/ and https://ca.linkedin.com/company/american-rose-society ]

5. Bud Collyer [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBEv2c4uhT0 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Collyer and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth ]

6. Transistor [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor ]

7. Tiger [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC7vwx2FtDw ]

8. Belize [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Honduras ]

9. The Mouse that Roared [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse ... ared_(film) ]

10. Hopscotch [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_(Cortazar_novel) ]

11. Jimi Hendrix [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiR36mDzqVI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw9JQC8nhhY ]

12. Richard Nixon [This Answer was WRONG. I pre-called the right answer (Lyndon Johnson), but as it was not one of the Choices, I quickly said "OK, then Nixon" so we all got the 1000 Points for this Question. However, for accuracy, see https://www.americanforeignrelations.co ... etnam.html ]

13. Bridget Loves Bernie [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Loves_Bernie ]

14. Squaw Valley [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw_Valley_Ski_Resort ]

15. Tuesday [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM8JjT-97i8 ]