Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.

-1. The American Dialect Society named “truthiness” as its 2005 Word of the Year. What political satirist is credited with popularizing the word?
-2. What 1995 cop drama movie is famous for pairing two Hollywood heavyweights, Pacino and DeNiro?
-3. If it looks like a jellyfish and swims like a jellyfish, it might be an underwater colony of creatures known as… what?
-4. What knobby little tuber, resembling a ginger root, tastes like a cross between a radish and a potato?
-5. During the Civil War, what waste product did the Confederates mine for saltpeter to use to make gunpowder?
-6. Which basketball franchise, with eight years of consecutive NBA championships, holds the longest streak of consecutive championships in United States’ pro sports history?
-7. According to the Bible, whose jealous brothers sold him to a spice caravan?
-8. Whorl, arch, and loop are the three basic patterns for what?
-9. Name the Russian mystic who was shot three times, stabbed, poisoned, clubbed, and finally died by drowning.
-10. What household item has a support wire, mica disc, exhaust tube, ring contact, stem press, and base?

9. Rasputin

2. Heat

Great starts, ladies!

8. Fingerprints?

4. Jerusalem artichoke

10. a water nozzle?

Rushes and michele Rose

Cue, what is it about you and water? Try again.

6. Boston Celtics

Absolutely!

7. Joseph

Great answer, Sherlock! I also like your new quote. Good point to make.

5. guano

Correct!

3. Jellyfish!

I couldn't resist Pandora.

Yes, but what else?

10. fire extinguisher?

Good guess, but nope. It's smaller than a fire extinguisher.

Hmmmm...smaller than a fire extinguisher huh. The only thing that I can think of that has a support wire is a bra but they don't have exhaust tubes that I know of.

3. Man o' War

1. Stephen Colbert

10. A coffee press? I think it may be called French Press.

Cue, the great mysteries of bras are best left to the women.

Gail and Bob (#1), good answers!

Bob, good guess for #10, but the answer is smaller than a French press.

10. Barometer?

Another good guess, but nope. I'm sure something will pop over your head soon.