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1. Those Disney fellas sure know how to make a movie, and all of the Disney classics are shown around the world. But it's less widely known about the little "Easter eggs" thrown into Disney films: adult jokes that kids don't understand. In which Disney film does a controversial three-letter word appear both during the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and after Simba plops down into the dust?
2. John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton are US presidents famous for their love affairs while in office, but one president surpassed their liaisons with a sex scandal of his own. His affair with Carrie Fulton Phillips was quite well-known to his wife Florence and the rest of the Republican Party, who paid off Phillips not to reveal her alleged sexual relationships in a White House closet. Eventually, he died of a mysterious heart disease, suspected by conspiracy theorists as a poisoning from his jealous wife. Who was this 20th century president that possibly fathered an illegitimate child in the White House?
3. Coming up with names of characters in a book can be a difficult task for authors, especially if names are intended to be symbolic or meaningful. Not so for Lieutenant Scheisskopf, whose name is German for a rather colorful meaning. What war novel features Scheisskopf, along with Colonel Cathcart, Major Major Major Major, and Milo Minderbinder?
4. When Bobby Henderson protested the teaching of intelligent design in Kansas schools in 2005, he created a new satirical religion that indicated his disdain. The religion centers around the "Flying Spaghetti Monster", which is modeled off of a plate of spaghetti and meatballs. What is the name of this "religion"?
5. Marine organisms often have evolutionary adaptations to get oxygen while underwater, and several species of animals can manage to get air while breathing through the cloaca. While dragonflies and sea cucumbers are skilled in this regard, perhaps the most famous animal that can respirate through its excretory chamber is this one, especially the species found in the Fitzroy River. What animal can receive more than 60% of its oxygen through the cloaca, which is necessary because its large shell prevents the diaphragm from expanding?
6. Super Bowls are supposed to be famous for what happens before and after the halftime show, but Super Bowl XXXVIII will live in infamy for what happened between Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson at the end of their duet. Timberlake grabbed her costume and pulled off a piece, revealing something that certainly shouldn't have been shown on national TV. What did he refer to the incident as, after the fact?
7. Art has taken many styles through history, with Classical Greek and Roman art, Renaissance art, Impressionism, Cubism, etc. But in all of these schools, an artist has taken the style and painted a recurring motif: women who aren't fully clothed, for one reason or another. Which of these famous works of art isn't noted for controversy because of, well, nakedness?
8. It's probably not a piece of trivia that you should tell a child, but it's still interesting that the smallest cell in the human body only exists in about 50% of the world's population. What is the smallest cell, whose flagellum tail is far longer than its head?
9. Roman Emperor for seven years, this man who served from 211 to 217 AD granted citizenship to all freed Romans and decreased the amount of money in Roman coins. But his death is one of the most embarrassing in history: while standing on the road taking care of some "business", Julius Martialis stabbed him to death, and the emperor died instantly. Who was this emperor, most famous for his namesake "baths" outside of Rome, which survive today?
10. Some people, depending on their country of origin, consider various sports to be a waste of time or foolish. For instance, Beaver, Oklahoma is the center to a competition that many would regard as inane or disgusting. "Dried-in-the-Sun King" is the mascot for this contest of strong men and strong wills, who compete each year to see who can throw what type of object the farthest?
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