1.  Though not known as an art collector, Rock superstar Bruce Springsteen does have a black velvet portrait of himself hanging on the wall of his New Jersey home. How much did he pay for the painting?

 

     2. How many of the eight U.S. presidents since 1960 have been born or made their home in a Sunbelt state?

a)      Three

b)     Five

c)      Six

d)     All of them

 

     3. Les Paul’s first prototype of a solid-body electric guitar, known derisively as “the Log,” was hard to handle on stage. Not only was it awkward and unbalanced, but it weighed:

a)      8 pounds

b)     12 pounds

c)      20 pounds

d)     43 pounds

 

     4. With a top speed of 70 miles per hour, the fabled Dixie Chopper Jet lawn mower could mow an entire football field in:

a)      14 minutes

b)     23 minutes

c)      39 minutes

d)     60 minutes

 

     5. Fabled sex researcher Alfred Kinsey was a meticulous record keeper. How many times did he and his wife, Clara, have sex during the first months after their 1921 marriage?

 

a)      Zero

b)     Once

c)      12 times

d)     101 times