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Name the American comedian who had a mock "feud" with fellow comedian Jack Benny, which started in 1937 and continued for years on each's radio shows.

FRED ALLEN

When it was erected in 1923, the famous "Hollywood" sign in Hollywood, California, originally included what four letters, which were removed from the end in 1949 (due to deterioration).

LAND

This feast on the Christian liturgical calendar, symbolically related to the Jewish festival of Shavuot, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, fifty days after Christ's resurrection (Easter).

PENTECOST

Name the television personality and MTV host who is currently dating pop singer and Jessica Simpson ex Nick Lachey, and has also been linked to baseball star Derek Jeter off and on since late 2003.

VANESSA MINNILLO

This first name is shared by the former lead singer of the Talking Heads musical group, a baseball star with the nickname 'Big Papi", and a brand of sunflower seeds.

DAVID

This position, which is considered the head of the Church of England, and nominal head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, is currently held by a man named Rowan Williams.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

In Greek mythology, this muse was the muse of epic poetry (and the muse of Homer), and the oldest and wisest of the nine muses (thus chief muse).

CALLIOPE

Please name (first names only) three of the four children of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

ANDREW, ANNE, CHARLES, EDWARD

This public radio program, produced and hosted by Ira Glass since its founding in 1995, is credited with launching the careers of, among others, author Sarah Vowell and essayist David Sedaris.

THIS AMERICAN LIFE

Name the person who topped Yahoo's list of most-searched names in 2006, and has topped that annual list four of the last five years.

BRITNEY SPEARS

Name the character portrayed on screen at one time by the actors John Shea, Michael Rosenbaum, Kevin Spacey, and Gene Hackman.

LEX LUTHOR

Recently, a member of the Australian children's entertainment group The Wiggles announced that he was leaving the band, due to health issues. This member, who is named Greg and is the band's co-founder and lead singer, wore what color of shirt (each member of the group being distinguished by a trademark color)?

YELLOW

What is the best known university whose home is in Pasadena, California?

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

This website, which was founded in February of 2005 by three former PayPal employees and acquired by Google in October of the following year, was named Timemagazine's invention of the year in 2006.

YOUTUBE

The best known and biggest selling games created by video game development company Rockstar Games are this award-winning and critically acclaimed series of games.

GRAND THEFT AUTO

Name the philosophical principle which states "entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily," advocating that, all other things being equal, one should choose the simplest explanation.

OCCAM'S RAZOR

This Italian man was born in 1899 near Naples and, after studying shoemaking for a year, emigrated to the US in 1914, where he eventually became shoemaker to the Hollywood stars. After returning to Italy, he began the shoes and luxury consumer goods company which bears his name and thrives to this day.

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

What is the name of the five-month-old daughter of Anna Nicole Smith and an as of yet to-be-determined father?

DANNIELYNN

is the logo of what mainline Christian Protestant denomination?

UNITED METHODIST

Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, and Sukkot all fall in which month on the Jewish calendar?

TISHRI

This holy city of Islam is home to the site believed by Muslims to be the spot from which Muhammad ascended to heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel, and contains the Dome of the Rock.

JERUSALEM

Fill in the blank in the following quote, taken from a recent voice mail left by the actor Alec Baldwin to his eleven-year-old daughter, Ireland : You are a rude, thoughtless little _, OK?.

PIG

Since 1916, what holiday has been celebrated in the United States on June 14?

FLAG DAY

Prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth (now Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, held what surname?

MOUNTBATTEN

Rat, Pig, Zebra, and Goat are central characters in what popular American comic strip, which also occasionally features the strip's cartoonist himself, Stephan Pastis, self-reflexively?

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Identify the man, widely considered the father of Developmental Psychology and the of study of cognitive development in children, who wrote The Origin of Intelligence in Children.

JEAN PIAGET

Universities in Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, and Baltimore are named after this man, a Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

IGNATIUS LOYOLA

A story from the Hebrew Bible, viewed as one that shows God's mercies and forgiveness, and involving what prophet and what animal, is read during the afternoon service on Yom Kippur?

JONAH AND THE WHALE

This Canadian brewery is North America's oldest, founded in Montreal in 1786, and today is the country's second-largest measured by market share.

MOLSON

In addition to the six federal service academies (West Point, Annapolis, et al.), this institute of higher learning is the only other where all students are military cadets pursuing undergraduate degrees, and it is the oldest state-sponsored military college in the United States.

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE

Of the four traditional all-male four-year colleges remaining in the United States, this Atlanta college is the largest, with over 3,000 undergraduates.

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

Identify the U.S. Army officer rank which comes between First Lieutenant and Major, and has a pair of silver bars as its rank insignia.

CAPTAIN

In the lexicon of personal ad acronyms and abbreviations, what does WLTM stand for?

WOULD LIKE TO MEET

The liberal arts women's colleges known collectively as the Seven Sisters are located in what three states?

MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

What is the desired outcome of the Orthodox Jewish practice known as shidduch?

MARRIAGE

This Philadelphia newspaper has the largest circulation in the city, and the tenth largest in the country.

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Where would a woman typically wear an item known as an "espadrille"?

FOOT

What do the letters in the name of the specialized police unit known as SWAT stand for?

SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS

Who is Kim Kardashian's step-dad?

BRUCE JENNER

Everybody knows that the largest mall in the United States in total area is the Mall of America in Minnesota, but the largest in gross leasable area is actually located in this Philadelphia suburb, named after Frederick II (b. Berlin, January 24, 1712).

KING OF PRUSSIA

Supermodel Rachel Hunter is a native of what country?

NEW ZEALAND

This American fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, founded in 1969 and now published by Time Inc., was the first monthly magazine which specifically targeted African-American women between the ages of 18 and 49.

ESSENCE

The original Nike Air Jordan basketball shoes, introduced in 1984, were what two colors -- a color scheme which ran afoul of NBA uniform rules at the time?

RED AND BLACK

Name the comedian who in the early 1960s released the hit albums The Button-Down Mind and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!.

BOB NEWHART

The type of internal cobusion engine known as a Hemi engine is most closely associated with what auto company, who has trademarked the term (though they did not actually invent it, nor were the first to produce it)?

CHRYSLER

Former NCAA football placekicker Hnida, Olympic swimmer Hoff, television and film star Holmes, and a well-known network news anchor all share what first name?

KATIE

This photograph appeared on the cover of what magazine?

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

The five books of the Torah or Pentateuch (and the first five books of the Old Testament), are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and what?

NUMBERS

This emoticon is most closely associated with a song whose title and refrain mention what type of sandwich?

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY

In England, the members of this religious order of the Roman Catholic Church are referred to as "Blackfriars".

DOMINICANS

What is the most popular tourist attraction in the French town of Marne-la-Vallée?

DISNEYLAND PARIS

Who currently has the job which was held by Diana Vreeland from 1963 to 1971, and by Grace Mirabella from 1971 to 1988?

ANNA WINTOUR

Name the former Harvard psychologist who coined the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

TIMOTHY LEARY

The Murciélago is a car model produced by what European automobile manufacturer?

LAMBORGHINI

Sixdegrees.org, a charity website that uses (in its words) "social networking with a social conscience," was started by what celebrity?

KEVIN BACON

Zimbabwean law student Chelsy Davy is best known for being the former girlfriend of whom?

HRH PRINCE HENRY OF WALES

Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food is a cookbook and parents guide written by the wife of whom?

JERRY SEINFELD

A company founded by Ole Evinrude in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1907, remains today a market leader in the manufacture and sale of what?

BOAT MOTORS

What is the breed of dog in this photograph?

CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL

Twin sisters Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer and Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips were, under pseudonyms, rivals in what occupation?

ADVICE COLUMNISTS

Identify the Jewish holiday, also known as the Feast of Weeks, which falls on the sixth of Sivan, and commemorates the receipt of the Torah by Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

SHAVUOT

In 1878, publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer purchased one newspaper, and merged it with another local newspaper, creating a newspaper that remains today its city's daily newspaper? Identify this newspaper (the one which still exists today).

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Athina Hélène Roussel, born January 29, 1985, is best known for being the granddaughter of whom?

ARISTOTLE ONASSIS

This man was the first African American to be named Time magazine's man of the year.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Normal schools, a mostly antiquated term, was used to describe institutions created to train students for what field?

TEACHING

What is the name of the amusement park and carnival ride these kids are riding?

TILT-A-WHIRL

The title character of Dave Sim's Cerebus, a comic book which ran for 300 issues over 26 years ending in 2004, was what animal?

AARDVARK

An official part of the regalia worn by the Pope is the Annulus Piscatoris (Ring of the Fisherman), which was first mentioned in a letter by Pope Clement IV in 1265, and which features an image of what apostle in a boat?

ST. PETER

Acura is the luxury car division of the Honda Motor Company, and Lexus is the luxury division of the Toyota Motor Corporation. What is the luxury division of the Nissan Motor Co.?

INFINITI

The standards by which most gemological organizations grade and certify diamonds are the Four C's of carat, color, cut, and what?

CLARITY

This makeup brand, which produces celebutante Kim Kardashian's favorite mascara (Great Lash), was originally created in 1915 by New York chemist T.L. Williams, with a name that was a portmanteau of the names of Williams's sister and a petroleum-based lubricant.

MAYBELLINE

What word completes this randomly sorted series: envy, lust, pride, wrath, sloth, gluttony, _?

AVARICE

Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, and Jude Law are the last six recipients of what honor?

PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE

Rear-hinged doors, coach doors, or freestyle doors are referred to in the custom-car trade (and likely more commonly overall) as what -- a term which, for obvious reasons, is avoided by the automobile manufacturers themselves?

SUICIDE DOORS

What is the first name of the finger-biting baby in this video screenshot?

CHARLIE

The first line of the English language version of the Canadian national anthem, O Canada, is "Oh, Canada." What is the second line?

OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND

Per a law enacted in 1982, citizens of this nation cannot give their children names which "can cause offense or can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it, or names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name," which would demonstrably not include names such as Mats, Gunnar, and Elin.

SWEDEN

Identify the perfume brand pictured here, which was created originally in 1926 by a nobleman from the Russian imperial territory of Georgia.

PRINCE MATCHABELLI

Dave Coverly, Al Jaffee, Bill Amend, Mike Luckovitch have all won prestigious awards recently for excellence in what profession?

CARTOONIST

The characters Abercrombie and Fitch are the neighborhood garbage collectors in what comic strip, which debuted in 1954 and also features Trixie as the title characters' baby daughter, their son Chip, and fraternal twins Dot and Ditto, along with the neighbors Thirsty and Irma Thurston?

HI AND LOIS

Identify the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and long-time columnist for the Miami Herald who has defined a sense of humor as "a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge."

DAVE BARRY

Among all the animals in the Bible, only the serpent (Genesis 3) and Balaam's ass (Numbers 22) share what peculiar characteristic?

ABILITY TO SPEAK

Elliott and Goulding were the respective last names of what famous radio comedy team?

BOB AND RAY

Identify this evil director of human resources.

CATBERT

"Life depends on a silken thread" is the motto of the Caterpillar Club, an informal association of people who have successfully done what?

BAILED OUT OF AN AIRCRAFT

When Disneyland first opened in Anaheim, California, in 1955, it was divided into five themed areas, or "lands": Main Street U.S.A., Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, and what?

TOMORROWLAND

The Marvel Comics superhero team The Fantastic Four consisted of The Thing, Invisible Girl, The Human Torch, and whom?

MR. FANTASTIC

Jerry Lewis is the current Abbot of what organization, which has been led by previous Abbots Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, and Alan King.

NEW YORK FRIARS CLUB

This particular type of hand-built purse, from Hermès, is named after what singer and actress, the former wife of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg (and mother of singer/actress Charlotte Gainsbourg)?

JANE BIRKIN

In 1963, a company called Marketing Evaluations, Inc., first developed a well-known measurement for the general familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity, or television show. This metric denoted by what term?

Q SCORE

What is the square dance call, the term a corruption of the French for "back-to-back," which instructs partners to pass each other on right shoulders and then circle back-to-back, returning to the original position by passing left shoulders?

DO-SI-DO

Food from what fast food restaurant is being consumed in this photograph?

CARL'S JR./HARDEE'S

Clara Barton, Malcolm Forbes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Woodrow Wilson, and Robert Wood Johnson II are all members of what U.S. state's Hall of Fame?

NEW JERSEY

Although it had been in existence since the 1920s, this product was not patented in the U.S. until 1952, with patent #2,620,061, the abstract of which notes that the product's "lateral displacement is achieved by providing a thrust member attached to the lid which, on opening the lid, presses laterally against the uppermost article in the container thus displacing it from its central position and over the container edge."

PEZ DISPENSER

Wohelo, the watchword of Camp Fire USA (formerly Camp Fire Girls) meant to reflect the principles of the group, is a portmanteau created by the organization's founder from what three words?

WORK, HEALTH, LOVE

Harold Starr is the publisher of the Herald-Star, the daily newspaper for what fictional Minnesota town?

LAKE WOBEGON

What is the first book in the standard twenty-seven book canon of the Christian New Testament?

MATTHEW

While Clark Kent (Superman) works for the fictional Daily Planet, what is the name of the newspaper that employs news photographer Peter Parker (Spider-Man)?

DAILY BUGLE

Blog Early, Blog Often is the catchphrase of what social networking website, which was bought by AOL in March of 2008 for $850 million (and sold by AOL, two years later, reportedly for less than $10 million)?

BEBO

A circumstance which produced a result known as the Inverted Jenny is important in its relation to what hobby?

PHILATELY/STAMP COLLECTING