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Below are 10 random questions involving math, sports, history, etc. Once you open this thread and read the questions you should answer them asap to the best of your knowledge (no google please). It shouldnt take more than 5 minutes to do this and there is no partial credit.

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1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ & _______ ?


4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?


5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) _____ & ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?


8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) ______ won a highschool, college, & nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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Yikes, I was expecting this to be more popular.... does it need more gimmies?

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does it need more gimmies?

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no, it needs to be less like school.

your post sucks ass.

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Beats me...I M dumb.

1) <font color="white"> Marlon Brando </font> gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) <font color="white"> Poe </font> is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between <font color="white">1965 </font> &amp; <font color="white"> 1967 </font> ?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between <font color="white">Green Bay </font> &amp; <font color="white"> Kansas City </font> ?

4) The capital of Honduras is <font color="white"> hell if I know...Honduras? </font> ?


5) <font color="white"> an IPO </font> (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) <font color="white"> Patton </font> &amp; <font color="white"> Rommel </font> were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw <font color="white"> tomatoes </font> at each other?


8) <font color="white"> ??? </font> lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) <font color="white"> Magic Johnson </font> won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) <font color="white"> Drunken idiocy </font> is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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Hey, Mad Libs! I haven't done those in about twenty years.



1) <font color="red">Mia Johnson</font> gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) <font color="red">Joey</font> is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between <font color="red">Chipotle</font> &amp; <font color="red">Kentucky Fried Chicken</font> ?


4) The capital of Honduras is <font color="red">Hogwarts</font> ?


5) <font color="red">69</font> (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) <font color="red">Mat Sklansky</font> &amp; <font color="red">perverts</font> were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw <font color="red">sharts</font> at each other?


8) <font color="red">TheSaltCracka</font> lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) <font color="red">Alizee</font> won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) <font color="red">SIIHP</font> is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?


Meh. That's the problem with Mad Libs. Only a couple of them end up being funny.

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1) I don't know
2) I don't know offhand.
3) Green Bay and KC.
4) I don't know offhand.
5) Ask Bison.
6) Hell if I know.
7) Tomatoes.
8) Che Guevara?
9) Magic.
10) Empty band or something like that.

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Hey, Mad Libs! I haven't done those in about twenty years.



1) <font color="red">Mia Johnson</font> gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) <font color="red">Joey</font> is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between <font color="red">Chipotle</font> &amp; <font color="red">Kentucky Fried Chicken</font> ?


4) The capital of Honduras is <font color="red">Hogwarts</font> ?


5) <font color="red">69</font> (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) <font color="red">Mat Sklansky</font> &amp; <font color="red">perverts</font> were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw <font color="red">sharts</font> at each other?


8) <font color="red">TheSaltCracka</font> lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) <font color="red">Alizee</font> won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) <font color="red">SIIHP</font> is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?


Meh. That's the problem with Mad Libs. Only a couple of them end up being funny.

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easily potd.

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Batista

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fine, i'll try...

1. your question isn't specific enough, but i think the answer is judi dench
2. mark twain
3. GB &amp; i have no idea
4. i used to know that
5. a goodolplex has more screens showing the same movie
6. no clue
7. tomatoes
8. che guevara isn't right, but it's the first name i thought of
9. magic johnson
10. to sing badly

do i win?

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1) Anthony Hopkins gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay &amp; Kansas City ?


4) The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa ?


5) [googolplex is a 1 with a googol zeroes following it[/b](short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?


8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) ______ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) without orchrestra is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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Without googling or looking at other posts in thread.

1. Judi Dench
2. Robert Frost
3. Green Bay Packers &amp; Kansas City Chiefs
4. No idea.
5. one million zeroes
6. eek.
7. Tomatoes
8. again, no idea.
9. Magic Johnson
10. Singing(?)

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6. Rommel and Patton?
9. Magic Johnson?

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6. Rommel and Patton?

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It's Rommel and Montgomery.

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Rommel &amp; Montgomery

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5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

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i'm dumb because this is the only one i think i know:
a googol is a 1 with 100 zeros behind it
a googolplex is 1 with a googol zeros behind it.
at least i think that's right.

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Top individual score is 4, collectively its ~6/10 answered.

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1) Marlon Brando gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) O Henry is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between Green Bay&amp; Kansas City ?


4) The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (sp?) ?


5) A googolplex is a googol squared(short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) Rommell&amp; Montgomery were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes at each other?


8) Batista lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) Tim Duncan won a high school, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) sing along is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

Posted without seeing the other answers...

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1) Brando gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) Hawthorne is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between Pckers &amp; Chiefs?


4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?


5) 1000 zeros and a million zeroes, respectively(short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw tomatoes at each other?


8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) ______ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?

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Hmmmm. Tom Hanks.

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2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?

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Damn. Benjamin Franklin, he did everything else.

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3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ &amp; _______ ?

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Green Bay Packers and KC Chiefs


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4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?

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[censored]. It's something crazy like Tagiculupala.

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5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?

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A hundred zeros I believe.

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6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.

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I have no idea what this is. Napolean and McArthur. I figure if I go different eras I have a better chance at getting one right.

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7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?

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Tomatoes

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8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.

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No Idea. Mr. Estefan.

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9) ______ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.

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Magic Johnson

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10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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Tone Deaf

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#2 &amp; #10 havent been answered, but #10 has been very close to answered

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wow, I knew 2. These questions sucked

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I know zero of these.

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#2 &amp; #10 havent been answered, but #10 has been very close to answered

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As for #10, the word is derived from Kara (empty, as in the empty hand of Kara-te), and Oke. Now, since I don't know specifically what Oke means, it must mean empty band or orchestra. I'm lost if that's wrong.

Is #2 Emily Dickinson? The name just popped in my head, sounded right...

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#2 - steven king (gotta love the shawshank redemption)

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1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film? No clue.


2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story? Poe?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ &amp; _______ ? Green Bay and KC.


4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ? no clue


5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex? no clue


6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein. Rommel and Patton?


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other? tomatoes


8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power. Batista


9) ______ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career. no clue


10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese? sing along?

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As for #10, the word is derived from Kara (empty, as in the empty hand of Kara-te), and Oke. Now, since I don't know specifically what Oke means, it must mean empty band or orchestra. I'm lost if that's wrong.


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Yeah, I believe it's empty orchestra. Either that, or "drunk girl thinks she's Madonna."

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Okay, I haven't looked at the responses yet, and I'm sure I"ll suck.

1) _____ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?
Tatum O'Neal

2) _____ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?
Hemingway?

3) The first Super Bowl was held between ______ &amp; _______ ?
Green Bay Packers and K.C. Chiefs

4) The capital of Honduras is ______ ?
Quito

5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?
Googol is 1 followed by 100 zeroes, googolplex is a movie theater with 1 followed by 100 zeroes worth of screens

6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.
Patton and Rommel

7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw _____ at each other?
Peppers?

8) _______ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.
IKE did, but no one outside of the CIA knows it.

9) ______ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.
Wilt Chamberlain

10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?
Empty Word

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Quito is the capital of Ecuador.

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Lansing is the capital of Michigan.

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2) O Henry or Poe
3) Green Bay &amp; someone
4) Tegucigalpa
7) Tomatoes
9) Magic

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1) Danny Devito gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film.


2) John Hancock is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story.


3) The first Super Bowl was held between one goalpost &amp; the other .


4) The capital of Honduras is overcrowded .


5) Plex (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex.


6) El &amp; Alamein were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw insults at each other.

8) Mr. Hand lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) Some really tall dude won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) Karaoke is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese.


How'd I do?

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Definitely.

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1) I've heard this before, I think it's Brando
2) Twain? Bah I dunno
3) Packers &amp; Chiefs
4) Teguchigalpa, don't ask me how I know
5) googol is 1 + 100 zeros, googoolplex is something like 100x that
6) El Alamein is where the Brit general Montgomery defeated Rommel, in Africa.
7) Dont they throw tomatos?
8) Its a common Spanish last name... crap.
9) Wow this is a good question. Dunno.
10) I think it's empty chorus

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2. I should know this....steinbeck?
3. green bay and ... washington?!?
5. googolplex is googol squared
7. tomatoes
8. batista
9. kareem abdul-jabbar

the rest I have no clue

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1) Anthony Hopkins
2) Washington Irving
3) Green bay packers &amp; Kansas City chiefs
4) Tegucigalpa
5) 1 followed by 10^100 zeroes is a googolplex a googol has 100 zeroes
after the 1
6) Montgomery and Rommel
7) Tomatoes
8) Fulgencio Batista
9) Magic Johnson
10) Empty Orchestra

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1) __Anthony Hopkins___ gave the shortest performance to win a leading Oscar for a film?


2) __JamesFenimore Cooper___ is considered to be the first American writer to have a sucessful short story?


3) The first Super Bowl was held between Chiefs____ &amp; ____Packers___ ?


4) The capital of Honduras is _Honduras_____ ?


5) ________ (short answer) is the difference between a googol and a googolplex?


6) _____ &amp; ______ were the two Generals who fought at the Battle of El Alamein.


7) Each year in Buñol, Spain participants in the traditional food fight throw ___tomatos__ at each other?


8) __Batista_____ lead Cuba before the current leader, Castro, came into power.


9) __Larry Bird____ won a highschool, college, &amp; nba championship all within 4 years of his career.


10) ______ is the meaning of the word "karaoke" in Japanese?

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i get a 0

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what he said

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gawd, i knew number 7... thanks for making me feel dumb