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1. Richard Harris had a pop hit in 1968 with a song titled "MacArthur _____". What word goes in the blank?
2. The 1990-1991 television show investigating the brutal murder of Laura Palmer had two of these in its title.
(Note: You will also need to rearrange the letters to get this answer.)
3. An Australian cartoonist is named Bill ___. What word completes his name, which sounds as if he is not watertight?
4. Sybil _____ was an English witch, astrologer, psychic, and occult author of many books. What was her last name, which is also one of the national emblems of Wales?
5. Russ Meyer was an American motion picture director and photographer whose nickname was "The King of ___". What word fills in the blank (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more ...)?
6. To pass the time on a car trip, my brothers and I sometimes sang a song about bottles hanging on the wall. With what substance were these bottles traditionally filled?
7. Henrik Ibsen's play about a character based on a fabled 18th century Norwegian huntsman, with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, is called "_____ Gynt". What is his anti-hero's first name?
8. What surname is shared by an early rockabilly pioneer and one of the founding members of the rock band 'America'? (Their name does NOT suggest a family history of voyeurism, but it does suggest that a game played with children which involves covering one's eyes might be popular in the family.)
9. Television's "Friends" often met at a coffee shop whose name included a word that can also be used to refer to a fringe benefit. What word is it?
10. In 1981, Simon and Garfunkel performed a reunion concert at an outdoor venue in New York City that attracted an audience estimated at 750,000 people. The recording of the event was released as "The Concert in Central _____". What word completes the title of the album?
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