Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 --

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ FOOD & DRINK __________

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$800 ~ A Rusty Nail combines this potent potable & Drambuie
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$1000 ~ In Russia these buckwheat pancakes may be topped with smoked oysters & melted butter

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ COINS __________

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$400 ~ The West Indies island of Guadeloupe uses this as its basic unit of currency
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$500 ~ In 1961, this bronze coin, the lowest value in British currency at 1/4 of a penny, was withdrawn from circulation

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ LABOR UNIONS __________

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$200 ~ This government agency that corrects unfair labor practices has its own union, the NLRBU
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$400 ~ In December 1995 this Detroit-based union ended a 17-month strike at Caterpillar, Inc.
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$600 ~ When their union struck in August 1994 these workers' average salary was $1.2 million
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$800 ~ The United Rubber Workers is headquartered in this city
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$1000 ~ He took over leadership of the Teamsters when JImmy Hoffa went to jail in 1967, & led them until 1981

[Alex Trebek]

__________ SINGERS __________

Keith Richards & this singer once used the pseudonyms Wanker, Phelge when composing songs

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While a "Tracey Ullman Show" choreographer, she had 4 No. 1 hits, including "Forever Your Girl"

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From age 17 to 20, this lead singer of Eurythmics studied at London's Royal Academy of Music

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This "Vision of Love" singer's mother, Patricia, once sang with the New York City Opera

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After Led Zeppelin disbanded, Jimmy Page & this lead singer founded the Honeydrippers

[Alex Trebek]

__________ THE ELEMENTS __________

The Curies discovered polonium & this radioactive element in pitchblende

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Something plumose contains feathers; something plumbic contains this element

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When excited in a discharge tube, Argon glows blue and this noble gas glows orange

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Duralumin is an alloy of aluminum, copper, & these two similar-sounding elements, Mn & Mg

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This second-most abundant element in the earth's crust wasn't discovered until 1824

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

01) On 20 November, 1818, Simon Bolivar formally declared (Country, please) independent of Spain.
A) China
B) Hungary
C) Norway
D) Venezuela
E) Zambia

Who was Fernando Valenezuela

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

02) On this date in 1873, Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of (Country, please).
<Where’s my lunch?>
A) China
B) Hungary
C) Norway
D) Venezuela
E) Zambia

What is France

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

03) On this date in 1947, Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in (Location, please).

Who was Abby Westminster

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

04) On this date in 1959, Austria, Britain, Denmark,(Country, please), Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland met to create the European Free Trade Association.
A) China
B) Hungary
C) Norway
D) Venezuela
E) Zambia

What was Norway

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

05) On this date in 1967, the Census Clock at the Department of Commerce in (Location, please), went past 200 million.
A) Washington, DC
B) Cape Canaveral, Florida

What was Washington

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

06) On this date in 1969, the (PotUS, please) administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase out of the substance.

Who was Nixon

[beachball]

Fifth Generation wrote:

07) On this date in 1988, Egypt and (Country, please) announced that they would recognize the Palestinian state proclaimed by the Palestine National Council.
<crash!>
A) China
B) Hungary
C) Norway
D) Venezuela
E) Zambia

What was China