Also a street name in Athens, Georgia by RobinJRichards

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

LuskT
Giggity.


Quiz Description

Fear not- you can get these without ever having to have come to Athens (but it may help). IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, ONLY THEIR LAST NAME IS NEEDED (AND APPRECIATED).

Full Results:

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1 GoodmanDL 504 95 00
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2 LuskT 481 87 20
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3 WeikleB 467 79 20
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4 cprov77 446 70 00
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5 gregariouschinchilla 445 62 20
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6 WattsR 425 54 20
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7 quarterrican 409 45 20
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8 Vintsanity 281 37 00
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9 BClemens 236 29 20
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10 HoH 223 20 20
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11 JonesRW 116 12 00
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12 MikeFrisch 0 4 00
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Questions:

THIS ONE WORD NAMED ARTIST was the highlight of the Super Bowl XLI halftime show. The last song in the set was appropriate given the weather.

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Prince [Ave] [He played "Purple Rain" in the rain]

THIS APOSTLE is often referred to as the Patron Saint of India as his name is very popular there among Christians living there.

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Thomas [St]

THIS AMERICAN was the American half of a treaty that was negotiated in 1850 as the result of a wish to build a canal in Nicaragua.

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Clayton [St.] [Clayton-Bulwer Treaty]

THIS POLE was killed during the Siege of Savannah during the American Revolution. A fort named after him was the first masonry to fall to rifled cannon.

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Pulaski [St.]

THIS ROAD, according to a song, leads you towards "a funky little shack" "set way back in the middle of a field." (In reality, it does not. It takes you out towards the mall.).

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Atlanta Highway

THIS SIMPSON'S CHARACTER is managed by Homer after he discovered her in a redneck bar only to stop doing so after she sings the very obvious "Bunk with Me Tonight."

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Lumpkin [St.] [Lureen Lumpkin]

THIS IS THE LAST NAME of the rapper/screenwriter who unknowingly unleashed the phrase "Bye Felicia" upon the world (even though it took almost 20 years for it to really catch on).

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Jackson [St.] [O'Shea Jackson = Ice Cube]

THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER, the second official one in the US Navy, was scuttled after sustaining damage during thee Battle of the Coral Sea. Her replacement, name and all, is now a floating museum in Texas.

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Lexington [Rd.]

THIS OCEAN LINER was involved in collisions with a Royal Navy cruiser in 1911, a German U-boat in 1918 and the Nantucket Lightship in 1934. It's still a better record than her younger sisters.

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Olympic [Dr.]

Before the use of turpentine, the oil of THIS FLOWER was used as a paint solvent. It can also be used as a fragrance and a sedative.

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Lavender [Rd.]

Ron Burgundy's dog shares its name with THIS FICTIONAL TV CHARACTER whose job is identical to that of his owner.

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Baxter [St.]

Sgt Phil Esterhaus, a character on THIS 80s TV SERIES, always ended his meetings with the the phrase "Hey! Let's be careful out there."

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**Hill Street** Blues