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Trivia Challenge

  1. On June 6, 1944, was Operation Overlord, which was the code name for what?
  2. Where do boba pearls come from?
  3. Recently, in County Dublin about 200 people swam in retro swimsuits and blond wigs in a cancer charity event having what film star namesake?
  4. On June 7 is the Belmont Stakes; what is a stakes race?
  5. In what year was the first credit card: 1950, 1959 or 1966?
  6. Reportedly, in 1994 the most costly antique teddy bear (1905) was sold; it had been taken everywhere by Colonel Bob Henderson, even to what landing?
  7. On June 8, 1966, which two American sports leagues announced their merger?
  8. What is another word for sprinkles?
  9. In filmmaking, what have padding-stuffed half coconut shells been used for?
  10. June 9 is National Donald Duck Day; what is his middle name: Dewey, Fauntleroy or Jasper?
  11. Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for portraying Mammy in what 1939 film?
  12. How are fluffernutter, po’ boy and Reuben similar?
  13. On June 10, 1935, what group with a 12-step program was founded in Akron, Ohio?
  14. Which state has the most Spanish speaking people: California, Florida or Texas?
  15. What are HDL and LDL varieties of?
  16. Where would you find Della Street, Paul Drake and District Attorney Hamilton Burger?
  17. On June 11 in what city was the Great Broad Street Riot of 1837?
  18. Carrot has lots of what vitamin?
  19. The name of what Korean vegetable dish includes a name?
  20. On June 12, 1827, Johanna Spyri was born; she was the Swiss author of what classic children’s book subtitled “Her Years of Wandering and Learning”?
  1. D-Day or the Battle of Normandy (“D” describes the first day of a large military endeavor.)
  2. Tapioca
  3. Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn’s Mater Paddle for the Mater Hospital Foundation)
  4. When at least a part of a horse race’s prize is put up by the horses’ owners
  5. 1950 (Diners Club card)
  6. D-Day
  7. National Football League and American Football League
  8. Jimmies
  9. Horse hoof sounds
  10. Fauntleroy
  11. “Gone With the Wind”
  12. They are types of sandwich.
  13. Alcoholics Anonymous
  14. California
  15. Cholesterol
  16. The TV series “Perry Mason” (inspired by Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels)
  17. Boston (an altercation between English and Irish; per the 1838 Boston Almanac, it started “between an engine company returning from a fire, and an Irish funeral procession.”)
  18. A
  19. Kimchi
  20. “Heidi”

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