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 Just a Normal College -- Answer 338: History & Government
 

b) Duke

The Durham university was renamed in 1924 following donations by the wealthy Duke family that created the Duke Power and Duke Energy companies.

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 Just a Normal College -- Question 338: History & Government
 

What university was founded in 1838 as Union Institute and chartered in 1852 as Normal College?

a) Clemson
b) Duke
c) Maryland
d) North Carolina

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 European Western -- Answer 337: Entertainment & Food
 

d) Spain

The Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson film was directed by Italian Sergio Leone and initially released under its Italian name, C'era una volta il West.

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 European Western -- Question 337: Entertainment & Food
 

In what country besides the U.S. was the 1968 movie Once Upon a Time in the West filmed?

a) France
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Spain

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 Halloween - Random Trivia Answers
 

  • A1) All Saint's Day. As the name implies, all Christian saints are honored each November 1. (Yes, it's also called All Hallows' Day.)
  • A2) Linus. In It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, he convinces Sally to stand vigil with him, but the only creature that appears is Snoopy.
  • A3) Peppermint Patty. York created the Peppermint Pattie in 1940, and Charles Schulz introduced the tomboy in 1966.
  • A4) Michael Myers. Tony Moran, Will Sandin, Don Shanks, George Wilbur, Dick Warlock, Brad Loree, Mikael Lindgren, Adam Gunn, Anders Ek, and Chris Durand have all played the Myers at various ages in the series.
  • A5) Jack Skellington. Chris Sarandon provided his speaking voice, while Danny Elfman did the singing.
  • A6) M&M's. After the Mars company turned down Steven Spielberg's offer, the Hershey Chocolate Company accepted, and Reese's Pieces sales boomed. Eight years later, peanut butter M&M's debuted unsuccessfully.
  • A7) Mounds. The coconut-filled concoction also differs from its sibling because it uses dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate.
  • A8) Good & Fruity. Hershey's stopped making the red-licorice candies recently, but they can still be found through the Internet.
  • A9) Reggie Jackson. The Reggie Bar, a simple chocolate-covered peanuts and caramel concoction, was introduced at Jackson's home debut with the Yankees, two years after he had complained, "If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me."
  • A10) Austria. The name is a contraction of the German word pfefferminze, although the American product is usually fruit-flavored.
  • A11) White. Traditionally, the bands are usually orange, yellow, and white, although a chocolate version with a brown section is also popular.
  • A12) Mentos. The Foo Fighters spoofed the candy's offbeat commercials by featuring Footos in their "Big Me" video.
  • A13) Blue. The doubly-dimpled discs have been churned out by Edward Dee's Ce De Candy Inc. since the 1950s.
  • A14) Orange cream. It is the most popular flavor, according to the Smarties web site.
  • A15) Carbon dioxide. The pops are created when the gas quickly escapes. (And no, Life cereal's Mikey, actor John Gilchrist, didn't die from mixing Pop Rocks and Coca Cola.)
  • A16) The Kit Cat Club. That would be the 18th-century London literary club, not the New York city nightclub.
  • A17) Tootsie Rolls. Hirshfield created the caramels in 1896, naming them for his 5-year-old daughter Clara's nickname.
  • A18) Snickers. The "Hungry. Grab a Snickers" slogan is reasonably accurate if unhealthy. A two-ounce Snickers bar contains 22% of the US RDA's recommended daily allotment of fat (a round 25% of the saturated kind).
  • A19) 3 Musketeers. After dropping down to a single flavor, the candy bars were advertised as being big enough for three friends to share.
  • A20) Charleston Chew. The Fox-Cross Candy Company created the long, chocolate-covered nougat bars but sold out to Nabisco, which has since passed them on to Tootsie Roll Industries.
  • A21) Tootsie Pops. The wise bird first appeared in the 1970, answering the question "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?" Mr. Owl took three licks before resorting to biting.
  • A22) $100,000 Bar. Nestle now calls them 100 Grand Bars for the rather pathetic reason that the company's first computers couldn't handle a leading dollar sign in product names.
  • A23) Baby Ruth. The Curtiss Candy Company couldn't strike a deal with the baseball slugger and apparently managed to avoid being sued by claiming the bar was named for Grover Cleveland's daughter.
  • A24) Butterfinger. From 1989 to 2001, Bart warned, "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!"
  • A25) Crispy rice. Nestle introduced the Crunch in 1938, nineteen years after the Swiss company started selling their plain chocolate bars in the U.S.
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