1. George Carlin released 2 comedy albums in 1972. The arguably more famous Class Clown (featuring the "7 Words You Can Never Say..." routine) was released later in the year, but was not nominated for a Grammy. The earlier released but less famous album was not only nominated, but won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album of 1972. Name that album.
2. What saxophonist for the E Street Band is being leaned on by Bruce Springsteen on the cover of the 1975 album Born to Run? All that is visible of him on the front of the album are parts of his shirt and pants.
3. What innovation in sportswear was developed in 1936 by Leslie Lind (although they didn't become really popular until after World War II)?
4. What actress won a Daytime Emmy in 1995 for playing Kendall, the long-lost daughter of Erica Kane on All My Children? Her win created a bit of All About Eve-style controversy, since that year Susan Lucci would notch her 15th nomination-without-a-win for playing Erica Kane.
5. What composer is depicted on an Austrian-minted 1 euro coin?
6. Designated in 1949, what is the state bird of New Mexico?
7. Adopted in 1949, what is the state animal of South Dakota?
8. Debuted in 1949, what was the first "Road Runner and Coyote" Looney Tunes cartoon?
9. What poet, in 1848, wrote "And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days", in the prelude to the first part of The Vision of Sir Launfal?
10. Which European capital city was the site of an earthquake that killed an estimated 50,000 people on All Saints Day, 1755?
11. Who is the credited author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the 1927 novel made into the 1948 John Huston-directed film starring Humphrey Bogart?
12. What tennis player defeated Charles Pasarell in the first round at Wimbledon in 1969, in a classic match lasting more than 5 hours and played over 2 days?
13. Named for the first president of the National Hockey League, what trophy is given to the Rookie of the Year in the NHL?
14. The Catatumbo River rises in Colombia and flows northeast into what lake?
15. Older daughter Ally and younger twins Geoffrey and Michael were the children of what sitcom couple?
16. Name the Swedish poet who refused the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1918, and was honored with the Prize posthumously in 1931. His poetry collections include Vildmarks-och kärleksvisor [Songs of the Wilderness and of Love] (1895); Fridolins visor [Fridolin's Song] (1898); and Flora och Bellona [Flora and Bellona] (1918).
17. Zion Canyon—in Zion National Park in Utah—was carved by what river?
18. The supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis muscles are the 4 muscles that make up what?
19. What comic strip—which debuted in 2001 and is drawn by Jef Millett—is set at Bryson Elementary School?
20. For 4 years—from 1988 through 1991—John Suter finished the Iditarod Sled Dog Race using a team of what breed of dog?
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