1. GAMES: What popular board game originally was called Lexiko?
2. MOVIES: Who was the female star of “Pulp Fiction”?
3. TELEVISION: In which television sitcom did the character Reverend Jim appear?
4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the common birthstone associated with the month of February?
5. HISTORY: Which two early American cities were linked by the Natchez Trace route?
6. MYTHOLOGY: What were the Hesperides?
7. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Morocco?
8. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which children’s author once said, “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them”?
9. AD SLOGANS: Which cosmetics company used the advertising slogan, “Maybe she’s born with it”?
10. PHOBIAS: What kind of fear is represented by the condition called “thalassophobia”?
Answers
1. Scrabble
2. Uma Thurman
3. “Taxi”
4. Amethyst
5. Nashville, Tenn. and Natchez, Miss.
6. Greek nymphs of the evening
7. Rabat
8. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
9. Maybelline
10. A fear of the sea
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