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#2 & #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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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 ______ & _______ ? 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) _____ & ______ 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, & 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 ______ & _______ ?
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) _____ & ______ 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, & 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.