CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #1 GEOGRAPHY:
1. Russia is the world's largest country in area.
2. Russia is the most populous country in the world.
3. Antarctica is considered a desert.
4. Alaska is the most recent state to gain statehood.
5. Canberra is the capital of Australia.
6. Thailand was formerly known as Siam.
7. Michigan is from the Indian word 'Michigana' which means 'large hand.'
8. London is larger in land area than Paris.
9. New York did not become the most populous U.S. city until the 1920s.
10. Disney's EPCOT is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #2 LITERATURE:
11. F. Scott Fitzgerald committed suicide.
12. Joseph Conrad, one the great English novelists, did not speak English fluently until his 20s.
13. While Carolyn Keene is listed as the author of the Nancy Drew books, Nancy was created by a man.
14. Ernest Hemingway's given name was Ernestine because his mother thought he was going to be a girl.
15. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was Harper Lee's only published novel.
16. Shakespeare wrote more comedies than tragedies.
17. Despite using the middle initial K, author J.K. Rowling was not given a middle name at birth.
18. Samuel Clemens took the pseudonym Mark Twain from a deceased riverboat captain who also used it as a pseudonym.
19. Vladimir Nabokov's original title for 'Lolita' was 'Liz' because of his fascination with a young Elizabeth Taylor.
20. It took Jules Verne exactly 80 days to write 'Around the World in 80 Days.'
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #3 SPORTS:
21. Martha Stewart does the catering for the New Jersey Devils hockey team.
22. LeBron James' first name is a mix of his grandfather's first name (Leroy) and his grandmother's maiden name (Brondell).
23. The telecast of Super Bowl I doesn't exist because the network recorded over it.
24. Manchester United has never finished below 3rd in the English Premier League.
25. UCLA has not won a national basketball championship since John Wooden retired.
26. Only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Walter Hagen have won more than 10 Major Champtionships.
27. The Cincinnati Redlegs shortened their name to Reds due to sensitivity toward Native Americans.
28. The Super Bowl originally started using Roman numerals as a humorous tribute to QB Roman Gabriel.
29. While with the Red Wings, Sergei Fedorov lost a bar fight to figure skater Viktor Petrenko.
30. The Olympic gold medal contains more silver than gold.
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #4 HISTORY:
31. George Washington had only one real tooth at his presidential inauguration.
32. A sister ship of the Titanic was supposed to be called the Gigantic but was changed to the Britannic as a result of the disaster.
33. President Harry S. Truman's middle initial does not stand for anything.
34. Adolf Hitler's father went by his mother's surname because he was an illegitimate child.
35. Due to a smoke allergy, Winston Churcill chewed cigars but never lit them.
36. Ronald Reagan required that his political speeches be written in the form of a movie script.
37. More American males died in the Civil War than in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined.
38. President Gerald Ford turned down not one but two NFL contracts.
39. Spain's constitution requires the Prime Minister to attend the Running of the Bulls.
40. The Wright brothers changed the term 'aeroplane' to 'airplane.'
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #5 MOVIES:
41. Batman's secret identity is Adam West.
42. Disney once produced an animated film called 'The Story of Menstruation.'
43. Tom Cruise was originally slated to play 'Salt' - the role that went to Angelina Jolie.
44. Danny Thomas was considered for the role of Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather.'
45. 'Gone with the Wind' did not make the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films.
46. The car Marion Crane drives in 'Psycho' is the Cleaver's car from 'Leave It to Beaver.'
47. Mia Farrow lived with a satanic cult to prepare for her role in 'Rosemary's Baby.'
48. An alien egg from the movie 'Aliens' is displayed at the Smithsonian.
49. Gene Kelly got his start in Hollywood as a dancing double for Fred Astaire.
50. The Russian title of 'Some Like It Hot' is 'Guys in Girdles.'
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #6 MUSIC:
51. Madonna claims to have been a virgin when she recorded 'Like a Virgin.'
52. Singer Pat Boone is a distant relative of frontiersman Daniel Boone.
53. Before being associated with music, the term 'rock and roll' was slang for sexual intercourse.
54. Frank Beard is the only member of ZZ Top who doesn't have a beard.
55. At age 9, Jack White had a guitar solo on Van Halen's '1984.'
56. The Rolling Stones have never had a #1 hit in the U.S.
57. A chauffeur inspired a Beatles' song when he told Paul McCartney, 'I've been working eight days a week.'
58. The Guess Who came up with their name after seeing the film 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.'
59. Kiss decided to wear makeup because of Ace Frehley's severe acne problem.
60. Only one member of the Beach Boys was actually a surfer.
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #7 SCIENCE:
61. Baby elephants are allergic to peanuts.
62. A woman sued Google because Google Maps captured her sunbathing naked.
63. JELL-O is made from animal bones and hides.
64. Egg rolls got their name because they were rolled to be the diameter of an egg.
65. Sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer was an Israeli sniper.
66. Poppy seeds can produce a positive result on drug tests.
67. Doing jumping jacks during a heart attack can cause the heart to stabilize.
68. Thomas Edison portrayed the Wizard of Oz in a production of the tale at the Menlo Park Community Theater.
69. Outdoor temperature can be calculated by counting cricket chirps.
70. A World Health Organization study concluded that natural blondes will not exist in 200 years.
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #8 TV:
71. Jerry is the only character to appear in every episode of 'Seinfeld.'
72. The French version of 'The Simpons' translates 'D'oh!' to 'T'oh!'.
73. The first five episodes of 'I Love Lucy' aired as 'I Love Lucille.'
74. ABC created an unsuccessful pilot of Richie Cunningham's Depression-era grandparents called 'Unhappy Days.'
75. All '24' cast members were required to get their hair trimmed every 5 days to maintain the illusion of 24 hours.
76. The sitcom M*A*S*H, set during the Korean War, lasted eight years longer than the Korean War.
77. The role of Niles on 'Frasier' was originally written as Nigella - a woman.
78. 'The Amazing Race' has traveled to all but seven countries in the world.
79. 'ER' was originally going to be a feature film directed by Steven Spielberg.
80. The illusionist Doug Henning wrote and sang the theme song for the 'Beverly Hillbillies.'
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #9 LANGUAGE:
81. Nothing rhymes with 'elbow.'
82. The German language has no word for 'nipple.'
83. 'Therein' contains 10 words without rearranging any letters.
84. 'e' is the most commonly used letter in English.
85. Plato first coined the word 'internet.'
86. A word whose meaning changes when it is capitalized is known as a capitonym.
87. Johannes Gutenberg, who introduced printing to Europe, was himself unable to read.
88. When used as a prefix in Irish surnames, 'O' means 'descendant of.'
89. The first recorded use of the expletive 'holy crap' was by a Benedictine monk.
90. A person who writes books about books is called a bibliographer.
CLICKABLY COLOSSAL CATEGORY #10 ANYTHING GOES.:
91. Chewing gum takes 7 years to pass though the digestive system.
92. Walt Disney's surname is an anglicized version of d'Isigny.
93. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was not officially observed in all 50 states until 2000.
94. Pac-Man has generated more than $2.5 billion - in quarters.
95. Initially, the board game 'Operation' was called 'Dissecting Daddy.'
96. Work stopped for several months on the Great Pyramid because workers formed what is considered the earliest union.
97. Harry Houdini is a stage name.
98. You can die if bitten by a rabid dog.
99. Sporcle was co-founded by 'Jeopardy' champ Ken Jennings.
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