mighty fine trivia by James Callan

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Quiz: Mayors

1) Who is the mayor of Springfield, hometown to the Simpsons?
2) Who was mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit?
3) What epic novel and long-running musical center around the hidden past of the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer?
4) In a 1989 movie, Da Mayor gives Mookie this piece of advice: “Always” what?
5) Mayor McCheese was dropped from McDonald’s advertising campaigns because of a 1973 lawsuit that found him too similar to what Sid & Marty Krofft character?
6) What British new wave group had their biggest US hit with the 1989 single “Mayor of Simpleton”?
7) Rudy Giuliani would become the first former mayor in the White House since 1923, when what former mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts, became president?
8) Mayor Richard Wilkins III was a memorable villain on what television series?
9) In 1910, Emil Seidel became the first Socialist mayor of a major US city. What city was it?
10) Who was mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988?
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Quiz: Cops & Robbers

1) (multiple choice) The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre clinched Al Capone’s victory over which rival gangster: Pretty Boy Floyd, Bugs Moran, Abe Sarkis, or Dutch Schultz?
2) On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation by which US President?
3) Who was shot not long after seeing the movie Manhattan Melodrama?
4) What wild west lawman was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979, the year it was created?
5) What 1970s bank robber was pardoned by Bill Clinton on his final day in office?
6) What NBA player is a reserve police officer for the city of Miami Beach, Florida?
7) Which Steven Spielberg film is based on the autobiography of Frank Abagnale?
8) Which US president was a former New York City police commissioner?
9) Local labor leader Dave Beck was convicted in 1957 of stealing $1900 from the coffers when he was president of what union?
10) Who was the Seattle police chief during the WTO protests?

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