The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

TRIVIA - MIXED BAG

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1. This pale buddy comedy, which starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, inspired a nowcommon idiom about the things people want to accomplish before death.

2. Despite suggestion­s to the contrary, of the 8,000 species of this arthropod, not one comes with 100 legs.

3. Revolution­ary filesharin­g service Napster debuted and Exxon and Mobil became ExxonMobil in what year?

4. This comedian was a smash hit whenever he appeared on The Tonight Show, but only appeared when there was a guest host because the regular host didn’t like his closing “Sledge-O-Matic” routine.

5. Name the late television host who was also the most famous person from Corning, Iowa.

6. Only Donald Trump can, at least until January 2021, bestow this medal – the highest civilian award in the United States.

7. This comic was born Yacov Maza, but he Anglicized his name and built a rock-solid career in the Catskills and the Ed Sullivan Show, until he was banned for giving Ed the finger. Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia

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