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All questions start with “I.”

1) What 10-part documentary series shown on VH1 featured regular appearances by Lionel Richie, Traci Lords, Andrew Dice Clay, and Soleil Moon Frye?
2) In 2006, Greg Vaughan replaced Fabio as the spokesman for what popular condiment, which comes in regular and Mediterranean blends?
3) What #1 Billboard single debuted during the opening credits of the film Stand Up and Be Counted and was eventually used in a commercial for the Oxygen network?
4) What tourism slogan, created in 1977, replaced “Fun City”?
5) In 1964, when he agreed that the French film The Lovers was not pornography, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined what 7-word pseudo-definition of obscenity?
6) What Cole Porter song, introduced in 1936, did Frank Sinatra first record on his album Songs for Swinging Lovers and eventually record as a duet with U2’s Bono?
7) The Google home page features two buttons under a search box: Google Search on the left, and what on the right?
8) What 1969 autobiographical memoir, which takes its name from the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem “Sympathy,” was followed by Gather Together in My Name, The Heart of a Woman, and All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes?
9) What new wave song, featured in the movie Valley Girl, has been featured in commercials for Burger King and Ritz Crackers?
10) What six-word spelling rule doesn’t cover exceptions such as science, weird, neighbor and weigh?

Average score, 17 teams: 7.24

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