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1. In the later years of John Humphrey Noyes’ 19th century Perfectionist commune, Noyes once suggested that the proper Christian way to “conquer shame” was to:

A) Completely cover your body in public;

B) Grow a full beard (men) and shave your head (women);

C) Have sex onstage in front of an audience;

D) All of the above.

 

2. Allowed to grow unchecked for 100 years, a single acre of kudzu will expand to cover this many acres:

A) 100;

B) 5,250;

C) 350;

D) 1,230.

 

3. Thomas Midgley Jr. “had more impact on the atmosphere than any single organism in earth history” by inventing:

A) Boston baked beans;

B) Chlorofluorocarbons;

C) Leaded gasoline;

D) Two of the above.

 

4. How many nails were used in the construction of Howard Hughes' immense wooden seaplane, the H-4 Hercules?

A) None

B) 150,000

C) 750,000

D) More than two million

 

5. What is the approximate number of beers served at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium on June 4, 1974, when 25,134 fans (including many nondrinkers and children) showed up for Ten-Cent Beer Night, which some regard as the worst sports promotion of all time:

A) 129,000;

B) 45,000;

C) 21,400;

D) 60,000.

 

6.Why was Jimi Hendrix fired from his gig as opening act for the Monkees’ 1967 tour?

A) A conservative group complained that his act was too sexually suggestive

B) He wouldn’t change the words to “Purple Haze”

C) He was caught smoking marijuana on the tour plane

D) He wasn’t fired—he quit

 

 

 

 

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