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Answer: "amoebas are very small"

A line from the 13 minute composition, "A Very Cellular Song", it is a reflection on the process of mitosis as expressed by an amoeba, a single celled animal. It was released in 1968 (the song, not the amoeba) on "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" album.

Answer: Dominoes

As in most dominoes games, the goal is to match pips on dominoes, making chains until one player has used all his or her tiles. Mexican Train begins at a central "hub", from which each player begins his or her own personal train. Each player is given a set number of tiles with which to begin, and when no match can be made, draws additional tiles from a "boneyard". An additional public train (the Mexican Train) can be started by any player, and played on by any other player.

Answer: Elizabethan card game

A card game utilizing a system of betting, and trump cards, in which a player attempts to take three or five tricks, or stop another player from doing so. The first play is to the left of the dealer, and each consecutive play is on the previous card, until all cards are played, or a player has the necessary number of tricks won.

The game is reputed to have been a favorite of James VI of Scotland. The earliest known rules are circa 1576.

Answer: Night of the Living Dead

"Night of the Living Dead", released in 1968, developed the template for future zombie movies. The movie is notable also for the casting of a black actor, Duane Jones, for a role initially written as a white trucker, whose speech pattern was stereotypically crude and rough. Jones felt he should speak as normal conversation, which also negated the stereotypical black typecasting.

Answer: Not a brother to Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo or Gummo

Karl Marx had no Hollywood connections, nor did he appear with any of the Marx Brothers onstage. He is responsible, however, for theories of society, politics and economics, and how class struggles are responsible for societal development.

Answer: Brooke McEldowney

"9 Chickweed Lane" follows the lives of the women of the Burber family, and the various people with whom they interact. Although basically a comic strip, it is equally as intelligent as it is humorous, actively jabbing at attitudes and perceptions, sometimes causing chuckles, sometimes drawing blood. Brooke McEldowney also brings to life "Pibgorn", a rather sensual and sexual comic strip revolving around a fairy (Pibgorn) and mostly her succubus friend, Drusilla.

Answer: SeaBees

The Seabees motto, "Construimus, Batuimus" translates to "We Build, We Fight." Their name comes from the initials "CB", for "Construction Battalion". SeaBees were charged with building whatever was needed in support of military operations during World War II. The Broadway musical, "South Pacific", included SeaBees.

Answer: Ile Tromelin

Ile Tromelin is a flat island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. In 1761, a French slave ship foundered near the island. Many of the sailors, and most of the cargo of slaves drowned, but a few sailors and slaves did make it to the island. The sailors eventually were able to build a boat, and left the island, leaving the slaves to die.

Some of these castaways managed to survive, and in 1776 eight women and one boy were finally rescued.

Answer: Luther Burbank

If you like French fries, or baked potatoes, Burbank is the plant hybridist to thank. He developed the russet potato, the most popular variety grown in the USA.

Answer: O Fortuna

In 1936, composer Carl Orff took 24 poems from the "Carmina Burana", a collection of 254 poems and texts dating primarily to the 11th and 12th centuries, and set them to music. The most well-known of these is "O Fortuna", essentially a lament to the changing fortunes of fate.

It has been referred to as "the most overused piece of music in film history", having appeared in movies, video games, commercials, and as part of the Driver's introduction at NASCAR's Daytona 500 race, since 2013.