1. In comics, who says “I yam what I yam, an ’ tha’s all I yam” ? 2. Who won three Emmys for a role in the I Spy television series ? 3. Midnight Cowboy was the Academy Awardwinning movie of 1969. What was unusual about its rating ? 4. What eastern city had the first streetlights in the American colonies ? 5. Does “krypton” exist ? 6. Who was president of the United States immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln’s presidency ? 7. What is the more common name for the pomelo fruit ? 8. Name the first partially reusable spacecraft flown in space. 9. What kind of baskets were first used by the inventor of the game of basketball, James Naismith ? Answers 1. Popeye 2. Bill Cosby 3. The picture was Xrated. It was the only X-rated movie to win an Academy Award. The movie no longer carries that rating. 4. Philadelphia, in 1757 5. Yes. It is a rare gas. 6. James Buchanan, 15 th president 7. Grapefruit 8. The space shuttle Columbia, in 1981. On its 28 th mission, Columbia broke up during re-entry in 2003, killing all seven of its crew. 9. Peach baskets were first used as goals, hence the name of the sport.
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