Name 5 “third party” US Presidential candidates.
Ross Perot
Patrick Buchanan
Ralph Nader
John Anderson
Cynthia McKinney
Name five colors not in ROYGBIV
Raw umber
Burnt siena
Peach
Lavender
Fuchsia
Name 5 Russian classsical composers.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Prokofiev
Modest Mussorgsky
Peter Illych Tchaikovsky
Alexander Glazunov
Name 5 Canadian Poets.
McCrae
Leonard Cohen
Duncan Campbell Scott
Margaret Atwood
Al Purdy
Name five movies where the entire title is part or all of the proper name of a real person, with no other words. So, “Sherlock Holmes” is not allowed (not a real person) and nor is “The Buddy Holly Story” (Buddy Holly was a real person but “The” and “Story” were not part of his name.) “Reagan,” “Mick Jagger” and “Hank Aaron” would be permissible if those films existed.
Malcolm X
Michael Collins
Marjoe
Prefontaine
Cobb
Name five TV shows starring Harry Morgan (but no spinoffs).
Luke Cage
Spawn
Black Phantom
Cloak
Falcon
Dragnet
MAS*H
Hec Ramsey (from the old NBC Sunday Mystery Movie)
3rd Rock From the Sun
December Bride
Name 5 American citizens who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Buck
Hemingway
Steinbeck
Faulkner
Morrison
In the four major professional sports leagues in North America (MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA) there are five pairs of teams that have common nicknames. Name them
New York Giants (NFL) - SF Giants (MLB)
NY Rangers (NHL) - Texas Rangers (MLB)
St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) - Arizona Cardinals (NFL)
LA Kings (NHL) - Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Carolina Panthers (NFL) - Florida Panthers (NHL)
5 US Presidents who died in office.
Zachary Taylor
Abe Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
James Garfield
Warren Harding
Name 5 pop music duets consisting of a husband and his wife.
FDR
JFK
Harrison
Harding
Lincoln
Name 5 of the Magnificent 7 (Olympic Gymnasts)
How embarrassing is it that I know this from memory?
Kerri Strug
Amanda Borden
Jaycie Phelps
Dominique Moceanu
Dominique Dawes
Name 5 sacraments of the Catholic faith.
Baptism
Confirmation
Matrimony
Holy Orders
Extremunction
Okay, once again, name 5 husband and wife pop music duets.
Captain & Tennille
Nu Shooz
Timbuk3
The Weepies
Wild Strawberries
Next up: 5 television actors/actresses who’ve been the headline star in both a drama series and a comedy series
Carroll O’Connor
Dick Van Dyke
Andy Griffith
Ali McGraw
Ray Romano
easy one: Five states with double letters in the name
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Mississippi
Missouri
Name five National Hockey League teams who folded or moved since 1967.
Minnesota Northstars
Quebec Nordiques
Atlanta Flames
Hartford Whalers
California Golden Seals
Five American Idol Second Place finishers.
Crystal Bowersox
David Archeleta
Adam Lambert
Katharine McPhee
Bo Bice
Name Five Division I College Institutions that do not have ‘University’ in their name
With due deference, I assume we’re speaking of Football conferences, not basketball…
maybe not…
California Institute of Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Boston College
The Citadel
Virginia Military Institute
If the Citadel doesn’t count, The Air Force Academy
name five of the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, that is Cooperstown.