1. Submit your entry by end of day July 4 via Google survey
2. Use your brain, not your smartphone
3. DROP one question and take zero points
4. SHEEP one question and take points for the most common answer in that round
5. Wrong answers = SHEEP (most common answer) + 5 points
6. Letter required only when letters are provided
8. There are two bonus questions worth -3 points each. No penalty for wrong answers
9. REPLY or PM with any questions or corrections
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1. ACTING! – Name the U.S. president who signed one of the following acts into law
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B. Indian Removal Act (1830)
C. Homestead Act (1862)
D. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
E. Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
F. Antiquities Act (1906)
G. Federal Reserve Act (1913)
H. Immigration Act (1924)
I. National Labor Relations Act (1935)
J. Federal-Aid Highway Act (1956)
K. Anti-Drug Abuse Act (1988)
L. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009)
3. BEFORE AND AFTER - Each answer is composed of two parts linked by a word or part of a word. Note: there are 2 triples [e.g., Dandeli(on) (edge) of Seventeen] and a few of these work homophonically [e.g., Kate (Spade/spayed) or neutered]
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– Indian curry dish popular in Goa + Motor neuron affliction
– Illicit recording + Tolkien Elf + Seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico
– San Jacinto battle cry + Spike Lee musical drama (1990)
– Capital of a Canadian territory + Roman Polanksi maritime thriller (1962)
– Leading action camera maker + Lactobacillus and other “good” gut stuff
– 1973 Charlton Heston sci-fi thriller + CBS sitcom cancelled in 1971 during the so-called “rural purge”
– Archaeological treasure trove in Syria sacked by ISIS + Gore Vidal title character who undergoes a clinical sex-change
– Long Lennon-McCartney ballad (1968) + Australian actress who played Hedda Hopper in Feud: Bette and Joan
– 1957 Delmer Daves Western based on an Elmore Leonard short story + One of the 5 basic tastes, aka savory
– Beginner’s typing technique + What Peter Piper picked
– World’s largest bay + Provenance of Ed Sheeran title ‘Girl’ + Iconic Ray-ban style
5. “PIN” THINGS – Identify any one of the things depicted below whose name begins with “PIN”
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Clarification: I'm looking for an album title with the same name as the artist or band, no variation
7. BONUS – For -3 points, name the year that album was released
8. I WANT MY ATV – From the definitions below, name the thing whose name contains the letters A T & V (IN ANY ORDER)
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– The human or animal form of a Hindu god on earth
– An activity or pursuit apart from one’s principal occupation
– Multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel and specializing primarily in generic drugs
– Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
– One of The Two Gentlemen of Verona
– Seen here, the flag of this country in Oceania
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– Where you’d go to view Raphael’s fresco, Scuola di Atene
– Capital of an African island nation
– To disembowel; to deprive of vital content or force
– Online business with the trademarked branding shown here
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10. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES – Name the country where you’d find any of the World Heritage Sites listed below
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B. Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site
C. Historic City of Sucre
D. Iguazu National Park (2 possible answers –name either country)
E. Kronborg Castle
F. Ajanta and Elephanta Caves
G. Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
H. Medieval City of Rhodes
I. Tikal National Park
J. Persepolis
K. Costiera Amalfitana
L. Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration
12. BONUS – For -3 points, give the atomic number of that element