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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. Which game show host would award cash for items in people's purses and pockets?_____________________________
[Choices: Allen Ludden, Vince Lombardi, Alex Trebek, Monty Hall, Bob Barker ]

2. Silly Putty was developed by General Electric researchers as a substitute for:________________________.
[Choices: Plastic, Nylon, Rubber, Glue, Vinyl ]

3. The Carpenters sang in a 1973 hit that "I'm on the top of the world looking __________________________."
[Choices: For answers to life, At the shining stars, Down on creation, At people eating lunch, Over my shoulder ]

4. This "Dallas" veteran starred in the Broadway opening of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof":__________________________.
[Choices: Howard Keel, Jim Davis, Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy ]

5. John Carpenter made all of these movies except:_____________________________.
[Choices: Halloween, Starman, Friday the 13th, The Fog, Christine ]

6. Robert Graves' novels about this Roman Emperor were made into a mini-series in the 70's:________________________.
[Choices: Constantine, Julius Caesar, Tiefly, Vespasian, Claudius ]

7. This musical group first got together in Philadelphia in the late 1960's:_________________________.
[Choices: Peaches & Herb, Three Dog Night, Hall & Oates, Doobie Brothers, Pointer Sisters ]

8. U.S. athletes refused their silver medals in 1972 after a disputed loss to the USSR in:_________________________.
[Choices: Swimming, Soccer, Track, Basketball, Gymnastics ]

9. Which character was seen on both "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV"?_______________________
[Choices: Ed Grimley, Mr. Robinson, Master Thespian, Fernando Lamas, Lisa Loopner ]

10. In 1973, he gave the heave-ho to Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox:_______________________.
[Choices: John Mitchell, G. Gordon Liddy, Dan Rather, George McGovern, Richard Nixon ]

11. The 1970 Oscar-winning film "Ryan's Daughter" is set in:_______________________.
[Choices: Minnesota, Ireland, Australia, Greece, Italy ]

12. Charles Berlitz's nonfiction study of the ___________________________ was a bestseller in 1975.
[Choices: Bermuda Triangle, Roswell UFO incident, Amityville Horror, Titanic, Hearst Castle ]

13. Who had a hit song in 1971 with "If"?____________________________
[Choices: Average White Band; Earth, Wind and Fire; Bread; Donovan; The Commodores ]

14. The West Coast Mecca for hippies in the 1960's was:___________________________.
[Choices: Silicon Valley, Downtown Burbank, Hollywood, Watts, Haight-Ashbury ]

15. Which medical series began with the intro, "Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity"?_______________________
[Choices: Dr. Kildare, The Doctors, Medical Center, Ben Casey, Marcus Welby M.D. ]







Answers:

1. Monty Hall [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Make_a_Deal and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall ]

2. Rubber [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty ]

3. Down on Creation [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUMAmI5YcBQ ]

4. Barbara Bel Geddes [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bel_Geddes ]

5. Friday the 13th [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carp ... ilmography , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter , and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_th ... (franchise) ]

6. Claudius [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius ]

7. Hall & Oates [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_&_Oates ]

8. Basketball [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Olym ... ball_Final ]

9. Ed Grimley [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Grimley ]

10. Richard Nixon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Cox ]

11. Ireland [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan's_Daughter ]

12. Bermuda Triangle [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bermu ... ngle_(book) ]

13. Bread [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwyT1qoaB98 ]

14. Haight-Ashbury [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haight-Ashbury ]

15. Ben Casey [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juN1mgR3VBQ . Some wags have added "Nabisco" to the sequence (see the logo at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco ). ]