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Quiz: James

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on June 3, 2008
Average score: 7.06/10 (16 teams)

1) The novel Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, published last week, continues the adventures of what famous hero?
2) Gerald Posner’s book Killing the Dream argues that James Earl Ray acted on his own when he assassinated who?
3) Six US presidents have been named James. Which two served consecutively?
4) In the Brady Bunch episode “Bobby’s Hero,” Bobby unsettles his parents when he starts to idolize who?
5) A 1991 techno song by the group L.A. Style declared that what musical icon “Is Dead”, though he didn’t actually die until 2006?
6) What song, the only Billboard hit for the band James, begins “The bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbors complain about the nosies above, but she only comes when she’s on top“?
7) In 2006, who became the first British artist since Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” to achieve a Billboard #1 single with his song “You’re Beautiful”?
8) When he wrote the book Pragmatism in 1907, which American philosopher established himself as a leading proponent of the theory of pragmatism?
9) The poem “Disobedience,” about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree, comes from the collection When We Were Very Young by what British author?
10) Who played a fictionalized version of reclusive author J.D. Salinger in the movie Field of Dreams?

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Quiz: I, Anonymous

1) Using a secret identity, Val Valentino hosted four specials on FOX revealing secrets of what profession?
2) Norma McCorvey is the real name of the plaintiff in what famous legal case?
3) What well-known Christmas poem, first published anonymously in 1823, begins with the line “‘Twas the night before Christmas”?
4) Comedian Murray Langston appeared on The Gong Show more than 150 times wearing a paper bag over his head and using what alias?
5) What book claiming to be the autobiography of a teenage drug addict took its name from the lyrics of a Jefferson Airplane song?
6) What is the most recent conflict represented by a soldier buried at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns?
7) When he wrote the novel Primary Colors, Joe Klein was a political columnist for what magazine?
8) One Victorian erotic novel published by Anonymous in 1901 claimed to be the autobiography of what kind of insect?
9) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay used the pseudonym Publius when they published what series of articles?
10) Anonymous Michigan band ? and the Mysterians had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with what song?

Average score, out of 22 teams: 5.77.

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