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1. The name of which fast social event was trademarked by a Los Angeles rabbi who began hosting the events at a coffee shop in 1998?
2. Tracy Chapman won the Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1989 for her melancholy debut single. What "fast" item was she singing about in the song?
3. "E-ZPass" and "AutoPass" are some of the names used for electronic toll collection systems around the world. Which chilly nation first introduced this technology back in the mid 1980s as a method to get drivers quickly through toll booths?
4. The winner of the 100 metre race at the Olympics is traditionally considered the fastest man on earth. At the 1908 London games, Reggie Walker became the first non-American to win the race. Which African nation, which at the time was under British colonial rule, did he represent?
5. Faster than the speed of light? Maybe. Which theoretical particle, whose name comes from the Greek word for speedy or swift, is postulated to travel faster than light and have an imaginary mass?
6. The Russian word for "quickly" has been mentioned as the possible source for which word that means a small restaurant, in France?
7. Future Academy Award winners Sean Penn, Forest Whitaker, and Nicolas Cage were among the cast members in which 1982 teen comedy?
8. "F.A.S.T." is an acronym to remember the signs of a stroke. Face-drooping, Arm weakness, and Speech difficulty are indicators of a stroke. What "T" word is of vital importance with regard to the treatment of strokes?
9. Which marsupial has the fastest gestation period of all mammals - about two weeks?
10. Subtitled "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal", which 2001 book by investigative journalist Eric Schlosser explored the health and environmental risks of the American food industry?
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