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1. On the TV show The Simpsons, what is the Simpson's home address?
2. On The Simpsons, how many stickers is Moe's face covered by in the Duff calendar?
3. How many Takatoris are on-screen in the recently Americanized series Knight Hunters?   NEW
4. The Simpsons live at 742 Evergreen Terrace. Whilst this has been true for numerous episodes, another address has been given.  What is it?
5. In The Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns hires all the major league players for the nuclear power plant softball team, what are the names of all the teams the plant plays - in order - and their jersey colors (if available)?
6. What are the names of all the players on the all the squads, in order?
7. For the nuclear plant's players, what are the names of both the workers and MLB players?
8. On The Simpsons, what are the names are of all the boxers that Homer boxes against, and what are the nicknames he is given in his introduction in his fight against Drederick Tatum?
9. Is Kenny from South Park actually saying something in the opening credits?  And if he is, what's he saying?
10. What is the name of Dudley Doright's horse in the cartoon?   NEW
11. What state do The Simpsons live in?
12. What was printed on the bottom of Bullwinkle's left foot?
13. What color is Kenny McCormick's hair on South Park?
14. On the cartoon Quick Draw Mcgraw, what was the name of the dog that got doggie biscuits as a bribe for doing something, and then would go up in the air and come floating back to the ground?
15. What is the Flanders' home address on The Simpsons?
16. What is the name of the white dog that sometimes appeared in Scooby Doo cartoons?   NEW
17. What did Barney Rubble do for a living on The Flintstones?
18. Which is one of the only cartoons where the characters change their clothes every episode?
19. Why don't cartoon characters ever go to the bathroom?
20. What is the name of Marvin's space dog in the Marvin the Martian cartoons?   NEW

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1. What was the first traditional cartoon series to come out with a "babies" version, where the original characters were re-cast as younger versions?
2. How many episodes of Dragonballz have not been aired in the United States?
3. What does FAB stand for in the thunderbirds episodes?
4. In the cartoon of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Rocky was called Rocket J. Squirrel. What does the J stand for?
5. In the Muppet Babies episode that parodied Star Trek and Star Wars, did the dialogue below or something very similar take place?  Animal: "Me want control of universe."  Other Muppet Baby, as an aside: "And a cookie."  Animal: "And a cookie."?
6. What SPECIFICALLY caused the ping pong balls to drop on Captain Kangaroo's head?
7. In what episode of The Muppets did Waldorf and Statler have the following conversation:
       Waldorf:  "So..how'd ya like it?"
       Statler :  "Um...I slept through the whole thing."
       Waldorf:  "Well..ya didn't miss much."
8. What was the dog's name in The Little Rascals series?
9. On the TV show Saved by the Bell, how many girlfriends did Zach Morris have?   NEW

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1. How many pixels, exactly, are on a 25 inch TV screen?
2. How long will a 25" TV last if it is used every day for 8 hours every day?
3. When will SONY be releasing their 45" WEGA flat-screen television?
4. There used to be a late night radio talk show called Night Cap that aired out of Salt Lake City, Utah in the late 60's - early 70's. What was the name of the host and the station it aired on?
5. Which TV talk show host kept a wooden arrow and a rubber chicken in his desk?  Jack Parr, David Frost, Johnny Carson or Merv Griffin?
6. What was the first TV show?
7. What does ESPN stand for?   NEW

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1. Jeffrey P. Brookes, III was a character in an episode of Three's Company.  What was the actor's name who played this character?
2. What police television series did Lee Marvin play in?
3. Who was Columbo modeled after in real life?
4. On the television show M*A*S*H, did Radar O'Reilly's teddy bear have a name?  If so, what was its name?
5. What was the name of the ghost dog (a St. Bernard) in the TV show "Topper"?
6. How many different episodes of Iron Chef are there?
7. Name three, yes I said three, actors who played Darren on the TV show Bewitched?
8. On Gilligan's Island, if it was only a 3 hour tour, why was it the Skipper and Gilligan always wore the same clothes when the others had several clothing changes throughout the series?
9. I've been watching The Cosby Show on Nick at Nite and noticed in the later episodes that Bill Cosby seems to always were the same pin on his shirt. Can you tell me what that pin is?
10. Do you know if all Seinfeld episodes have been compiled on a DVD or video, and if this is available for sale? If not, is there talk by NBC about doing this?
11. On Magnum P.I., were Higgins and Robin Masters one in the same?   NEW
12. Do you know when or if Saturday Night Live has had Tobey Maguire as a host?  If they already have when will that rerun be on Comedy Central?
13. Who was the crazy pharmacist in the early Saturday Night Live shows that used to say, "I can handle it."?
14. How many times has Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke been shot from the beginning to end of the show?
15. How many bathrooms are there on the USSs Enterprise-D, on Star Trek?
16. How many episodes of Queer as Folk were made?   NEW
17. If you have ever watched Magnum P.I., then you know it. Do you believe that Higgins was Robin Masters?   NEW
18. In the 1960's television series My Mother the Car, who was the voice of the car?

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1. How many times in this century has New Years fallen in the same year as Christmas?
2. Why does the world run on a 12 hour clock?
3. February is the shortest month of the year. What is the second shortest month of the year and why is this so?
4. Why is Wednesday called hump day?
5. What month of the year do most conceptions take place?
6. Why are the months September through December all off in their meanings by 2: September-7; October-8; November-9; December-10?
7. Why is the month of February so short?
8. Has there ever been a blue moon?
9. What time is it on the North Pole?
10. How many seconds are in a year?   NEW
11. If the year 2000 B.C. is Before Christ, then what year was it to the people living in the year of 2000 B.C.?   NEW
12. In winter, which city sees the sun set later, Reno or Los Angeles?
13. Can you please tell me how many time zones the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses on its journey?

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1. How many countries were in the Axis powers of World War II?  Who were they?
2. How many countries were in the Allied Powers? Who were they?
3. What was the first country Italy conquered under Mussolini's rule?  How many countries did they conquer?
4. What was the first country Germany occupied in World War II?
5. The U.S. Civil War, or "War Between The States," was fought for what reason (What split the states)?
6. In reference to military servicemen, what do the initials "G.I." stand for?
7. Why can't women work on the battlefield in the Army?
8. What did Hitler's SS do as an act of propaganda, in Poland, just before attacking Poland?
9. Before WWII, Russia had a war where they lost all their ships in the Pacific, and their only Pacific port that did not freeze over in the winter.  What was the name of the country and when was the war?
10. What were the dates of the War of 1812 and who were the participants?
11. If and when did the Navy quit issuing "clothes-stops?"
12. What nationality were the first troops who fought the Viet Cong?
13. What lower-echelon units make up the 3rd Cavalry Division of the Paraguayan Army (for example, the 1st Infantry Division is made up of the 14th Cerro Cora Infantry Regiment, a special forces company, a cavalry squadron, an engineer company, a logistical support battalion, and a military police company)?
14. What organization has Paraguay contributed troops to for peacekeeping missions?
15. At the end of the Second World War, which European country, apart from Germany, was split into 4 zones of occupation?
16. In war movies they use the word "click" to measure distance. How far is a click?
17. During the First World War, where exactly was the Western Front?

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1. What were the names of the two largest battleships in history and who built them?
2. What is the deepest possible periscope depth for current U.S. submarines?
3. Who built the first tank? When?
4. Who built the first aircraft carrier? When?
5. What was the most decorated ship of WWII?
6. What is the designation, nickname, and range of the Canadian Forces new search and rescue helicopter?
7. What is the largest caliber hand gun that can be imported into the United States?
8. What is the RAH-66 Comanche?
9. What aircraft is used to train RAF pilots that will fly the C-130 Hercules?
10. What was the nickname of the M-79 grenade launcher?

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1. Who was the last U.S. General awarded the 5-star designation of "General of the Army"?
2. Who earned the nickname "Desert Fox"?  Why?
3. Who earned the nickname "Desert Lion"?  Why?
4. Do you know what Augustus II Elector of Saxony traded 68 troops for?  Do you know where to find more information about this subject?
5. Who was the first Army officer to command over Marines?

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1. What do these letters stand for (it's really simple):  o,t,t,f,f,s,s,e,n,t
2. What phrase is "6 = PW?"
3. What phrase is "1000 = W that a P is W?"
4. What phrase is "1000=W on a U?"
5. What phrase is "21=D on a D?"
6. What phrase is "7=B for SB?"
7. What is the longest known palindrome?
8. A well known phrase has had all its vowels removed and has been split into groups of three letters: MTL DMR TNS CTY. What is the phrase? All remaining letters are in the correct order.
9. Which phrase, when mimed, looks as though you are saying "I love you?"

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1. Which English words contain at least 3 "u"'s as the vowels in consecutive syllables?
2. What are the only three words in the English dictionary that begin with the letters "dw"?
3. What is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter?
4. What words in the English language cannot be rhymed with anything?
5. What is THE longest word in the world spelled without using vowels?
6. What is the longest word in the world?
7. What is the longest word in the English language using only vowels?
8. How many English words are derived from the Spanish language?
9. There is a common English word that is seven letters long.  Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word - from seven letters right on down to a single letter.  What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?
10. What is the shortest word in the English language with the letters a, b, c, d, e, and f?
11. I have been told that there are 3 words in the English language ending in the letters GRY.  One is angry, two is hungry.  What is the 3rd word?
12. What word in the English language has five tail letters in a row (tail letters being q, y, p, f, g, j, or z)?
13. What is the six letter word in English language that changes the meaning and pronunciation when you capitalize the first letter in the word? (2 people asked this)
14. Do you know of a common English word nine letters long that when you take a letter away its still a word?
15. What is the longest common one-syllable word in the English language?
16. What seven letter word has ten other words in it without rearranging any of the letters?
17. What is the longest word possibly created using only one row on a keyboard?
18. Is there one English word that uses all the vowels?
19. Which word in the English language changes pronunciation by adding two letters but does not change meaning?
20. Is there a word for the female equivalent of a 'Misogynist'? If not why?
21. There's a theory that claims everyone has an exact double somewhere in the world, but what's the name or word for your "exact double?"
22. What English word is pronounced the same with the last 4 letters removed?
23. What is the longest word in the dictionary where all the letters appear in alphabetical order?
24. What word or words have only 10 letters and 1 vowel?
25. Which word contains a block of four consecutive letters of the alphabet in forward order?
26. What is the ten letter word that begins with "B," ends with "R," and has four consecutive vowels?
27. There is a seven-letter word for shirt or blouse that, when you take every letter forward 13 letters alphabetically, becomes a seven-letter crime. What is the seven-letter word for shirt or blouse, and what is the seven-letter word for a crime?
28. What is the longest ever word in the English language?
29. Do you know that experience when you hear a word explained for the first time, and then for some reason you start to hear that word EVERYWHERE because your mind recognizes it? What is the word for that?
30. There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
31. Do you know a word ending with the letters MT?   NEW
32. Is there any other American word that ends in the same letter as does Missouri, that is pronounced with an “ah” sound?
33. What are three 7 letter words from the word Christmas?
34. What four letter word becomes its opposite when its vowels are switched?
35. Which word contains a block of four consecutive letters of the alphabet in forward order?  For example, calmness contains a block of three (lmn)?

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