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1. “Heigh-Ho” is a song from which Walt Disney animated film? [half point]
2. Coho is a variety of what fish? [half point]
3. “HoJo” is a nickname for what chain of hotels and restaurants? [half point]
4. What European city has a fashionable district called Soho? From what does the similarly named SoHo district of New York City derive its name? [half point each]
5. What are Ho Hos made of, and what company makes them? [half point each]
6. Who is Wen Ho Lee, and of what was he accused in 1999 before being largely exonerated? [half point each]
7. What city was (under a different name) the capital of South Vietnam before Vietnam was reunited? [half point]
8. What city is the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania? [half point]
9. What large lake lies on the border between California and Nevada? [half point]
10. Which 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, also adapted into an opera and a 1952 film, is set during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart at the end of the 12th century? What mythical hero is also a significant character in the novel? [half point each]
11. Which Hawaiian singer, who died in 2007 at the age of 76, was famed for his 1966 hit “Tiny Bubbles”? [first and last name] [half point]
12. What form of alternative medicine, whose principles were first defined by Samuel Hahnemann some 200 years ago, rests upon the tenet that using tiny quantities of substances, heavily diluted in water, can effectively treat illness while reducing toxicity? [half point]
13. Who has thus far hosted the Academy Awards the most times? [half point]
14. Whose name became a metaphor for the sort of “rags to riches” tales he wove in 19th-century novels with titles such as Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder? [half point]
15. What’s a hosanna or (hosannah)? [half point]
16. Which seminal punk band released the compilation Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: The Anthology in 1999, taking the title from the opening to one of their songs? [half point]
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