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Answering off the top of my head:
1. What TV show set each of its six seasons exactly twenty years in the past?
GAAH! This seems like it should be easy, but it’s not. My first thought was That ’70s Show, but I think they hovered in 1979 for a couple of years. Happy Days? No. I say again: Gaah! (A few days later, my brain spits out The Wonder Years. Yay, brain.)
2. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job, flying the mail?
Given his plane’s name, I’m going with St. Louis.
3. Where would you find a Zeiss projector?
In a camera? In a movie theater? I know Zeiss lenses are high-quality optics for cameras, but the projector part is throwing me.
4. In what 1945 novel does the “Battle of the Windmill” represent the Battle of Stalingrad?
No idea. Some novel that compares WWII to Don Quixote, I reckon.
5. What Asian nation was actually named for a region of Africa?
6. What organization was founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania?
Alcoholics Anonymous?
7. Name one of the recent Oscar-winning films that shares the unusual distinction shared by these movies: Batman Returns, Billy Madison, Fight Club, Five Corners, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mary Poppins, A Prairie Home Companion, and Toy Story 2.
I saw Batman Returns and Toy Story 2 and immediately thought “sequels that outgrossed the original movie!” Then realized that none of the rest of these movies are sequels, so Return of the King would only be a correct answer by chance. (Later addition: I’m going with Happy Feet. I’ll explain later.)
This is a horrible week for me, and the temptation to google cheat is strong–but I’ll forbear.