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1. On July 26th, 2005, the United States launched its first shuttle mission in two-and-a-half years. What was the name of this shuttle?
2. By winning the 2005 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong completed a string of how many consecutive victories?
3. A scene in the movie "Wedding Crashers" has created controversy that reached the floors of Congress. What do the characters do that has stirred such controversy?
4. "TV Guide" announced that in October, 2005 it would be changing the format of its 52-year old digest-sized magazine by increasing it to a full-size national magazine with just two editions. Who appeared on the first TV Guide cover on April 3rd, 1953?
5. On July 27th, 2005, what city set the one-day record in India for the most rainfall at 37.1 inches?
6. A 2005 documentary features 100 comedians who tell a variation of the same lewd joke: A father approaches a talent agent and promises him that his family's act will wow him. The father then proceeds to tell the agent about the specifics of the act, a variation which each comedian makes up, a series of unspeakable acts, one more outlandishly perverted than the next. When the agent asks the father what he calls the act, he proudly responds with the title of this film. What is the title of the film?
7. Several American newspapers decided not to run a Doonesbury comic strip that featured President George Bush calling one of his staff a "turd blossom". Which staff member was he referring to?
8. Wade Boggs was one of only two players (along with Ryne Sandberg) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. He played for 3 major league teams in his career. Which of these teams did he NOT play for?
9. Mel Gibson announced his follow-up to his hit film "The Passion of the Christ". It's entitled "Apocalypto" and will be another historical epic performed in an ancient language. In what language will the film be spoken?
10. In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev created the traditional periodic table of elements as most of us know it today. This is being challenged by University of Oxford professor Philip Stewart who received intense media coverage for a newly designed table shaped like what?
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