Emily Dickinson
Anne Sexton
Emma Lazarus
Julia Ward Howe
Patti Smith
Name five non-heavyweight boxing champions (current or former).
Emily Dickinson
Anne Sexton
Emma Lazarus
Julia Ward Howe
Patti Smith
Name five non-heavyweight boxing champions (current or former).
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Roberto Duran
Héctor Camacho
Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler
Yep, guess when I still cared about boxing.
Name 5 Posters you hope will return to posting.
Exy
NinetyWt
pepperlandgirl
Santo Rugger
me
Name 5 landlocked countries.
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Switzerland
Austria
Mongolia
Bolivia
Nepal
Name 5 famous explorers
Columbus
da Gama
Pizzaro
Magellan
Marco Polo
Name 5 cheeses not invented in continental Europe.
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Stilton
Cheddar
Colby
Monterey Jack
Paneer
Name 5 brands of doll other than Barbie or her direct knockoffs.
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
G.I. Joe
Stretch Armstrong
Rainbow Brite
Monchichi
My Buddy
...clearly, I was last aware of dolls around the same time What Exit? was last following boxing.
Name five culinary spices native to North America.
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Vanilla
Chili powder
Salvia
Chipotle
Cocoa powder
Name 5 Egyptian rulers.
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
Anwar Sadat
Hosni Mubarak
Cleopatra
Rameses II
Tutankhamun
Name 5 U.S. Vice Presidents who never ran for President.
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Elbridge Gerry (Madison)
Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln)
Andrew Johnson (Lincoln)
Charles W. Fairbanks (T. Roosevelt)
Dick Cheney (G.W. Bush)
Name five movies about politics.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Wag the Dog
The Manchurian Candidate
JFK
All the President's Men
Name five foods native to the Americas
Last edited by Sarahfeena; 22 Jan 2011 at 01:00 AM.
corn (maize)
potatoes
tomatoes
turkey
sweet potatoes
Name five rock bands named for a member other than the lead singer.
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Well, you got us there. Want to try another category...?
Van Halen
J. Geils Band
Santana
Lynch Mob
Echo and the Bunnymen
(sorry, I threw that out without thinking very hard about it and it turned out pretty difficult)
Name 5 fictional serial killers.
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Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lechter
Leatherface
Jigsaw
The Joker
Norman Bates
Name 5 real serial killers
H.H. Holmes
Jack the Ripper
Ed Gein
Ted Bundy
Jeffrey Dahmer
Name 5 non-Abrahamic religions
Hinduism
Shinto
Zoroastrianism
Asatru
Baha'i
Name 5 nations that have ceased to exist in the past 100 years.
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USSR
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Austria-Hungary (dissolved after WWI)
East Germany.
Name 5 members of the Desert Storm coalition
Yugoslavia
USSR
DDR
Czechoslovakia
Biafra
US
UK
Canada
Pakistan
Greece
Name 5 alloys that do not contain iron
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Bronze
Brass
Pewter
Sterling silver
White gold
Name 5 examples of prehistoric architecture
Stonehenge
Avebury
Macchu Picchu
the Ka'aba
the Great Pyramid at Giza
(I don't know if the last two count, but it's the best I could do)
Name 5 astronauts who died while on missions.
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Ed White
Virgil "Gus" Grisson
Roger Chaffee
Christa McAuliffe
Dick Scobee
Name Five Nobel Prize winning scientists.
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
Linus Pauling
Enrico Fermi
Ernst Schrodinger
Name five defunct automobile companies.
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Ha!
Hummer
Oldsmobile
Plymouth
Pontiac
Saturn
Name five Eighties comedy albums.
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"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
Without Googling, I'm sure at least one of these will be from the wrong decade. Nonetheless, here goes:
Eddie Murphy, Raw
Richard Pryor, Live On The Sunset Strip
Bill Cosby, Himself
Rodney Dangerfield, I Don't Get No Respect
Andrew Dice Clay, The Day The Laughter Died
ETA: Crap, a self fact-check reveals that the Clay album was 1990. Oh well.
Name 5 U.S. States whose name is not Spanish or Native American in origin.
Last edited by OneCentStamp; 24 Jan 2011 at 11:12 PM.
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Virginia
Maryland
New Hampshire
New York
Washington
Name 5 US National Parks
Lucille Clifton
Emily Dickinson
Maya Angelou
Nikki Giovanni
Sylvia Plath
Name five headache medicines.
Last edited by Marsilia; 25 Jan 2011 at 01:35 AM. Reason: The stronger the better!
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
Bayer aspirin
Tylenol
Advil
Aspergum
Alka Selzer
Name 5 countries that share the same island land mass with another country.
Last edited by Hatshepsut; 25 Jan 2011 at 03:56 AM.
YellowstoneOriginally posted by Sarahfeena
Everglades
Grand Canyon
Zion Canyon
Redwood
Haiti/Dominican Republic
Indonesia/Papua New Guinea
Ireland/Great Britain
Name 5 authors whose first published novel was adapted into film (and the names of the novels).
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Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Name five battles that did not involve US forces.
Arbela
Theropylae
Waterloo
Cannae
Lexington & Concord
Name five entertainers who have been knighted by the British royal family.
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You, sir, are a smartass.Lexington & Concord
Judi Dench
Helen Mirren
Richard Attenborough
Rex Harrison
Alec Guinness
Name 5 Central American Countries.
Guatemala
El Salvador
Belize
Honduras
Costa Rica
Name 5 Mediterranean islands
Sicily
Corsica
Sardina
Crete
Pharos
Name five endangered or extinct island species
Galapagos tortoise
Borneo pygmy elephant
Dodo (Mauritius)
Komodo Dragon
Moa (New Zealand)
Name five hybrid animals. (e.g. liger)
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Tigon Tiger-Lion
Wolphin Orca-Dolphin
Geep Goat-Sheep
Zonkey Zebra-donkey
Cama Canel-Llama
Name 5 Sauropods.
Last edited by What Exit?; 25 Jan 2011 at 11:57 AM.
Apatosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Diplodocus
Camarasaurus
Supersaurus
Name 5 non-homo sapiens homonids
Homo habilis
Homo floresiensis a.k.a. The Hobbit
oreopithecus a.k.a. The Cookie Monster
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus afarensis a.k.a. Lucy
List five native North American species by their binomial name.
Acer saccharum i.e. sugar maple
Branta canadensis i.e. Canada Goose
Haliaeetus leucocephalus i.e. Bald Eagle
Meleagris gallopavo i.e. turkey
Bison bison i.e. American Bison
...these are getting hard!
Name five vitamins by their chemical name (e.g. Vitamin C = ascorbate).
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Are you sure y'all can do this without Google, as requested by the OP? Because I sure couldn't - I need help to get 5 items for nearly all of the listed categories.
I bow to the superior intellect of other posters.
That, or years of reading cereal boxes have finally paid off!
Ascorbate
Niacin
Riboflavin
Folic Acid
Thiamin
Name five cities in Indonesia
nm
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 25 Jan 2011 at 08:50 PM.
At last! An easy one!
Jakarta
Surabaya
Bogor
Bandung
Medan
Name five currencies no longer in circulation
I only answer the ones I know though. There are so many I cannot answer.
Australian £
Deutsch Mark
Irish £
₣ (French Franc)
Greek Drachma.
Name 5 Australian birds (it is Australia Day).
German Mark
French Franc
Italian Lire
Spanish Peseta
Greek Drachma
Name five Buddy Holly songs.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
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More likely he was composing his answers when you posted and didn't see someone else had gotten that one.Do you have me on ignore?!
Five Australian birds:
Weebill
Emu
Cockatiel
Australian robin (that still counts, right?)
Lyrebird
Buddy Holly songs:
That'll Be the Day
Peggy Sue
Girl On My Mind
Oh, Boy!
Maybe Baby
Name 5 types of bread
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
Rye
Whole Wheat
Sour Dough
Bagel
Semolina
Name 5 types of Pasta
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