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(Music) Dave Mathews of the Dave Mathews Band has inspired countless college students to wear khakis and sandals and take up the hackey-sack. His band is from Virginia, but in what country was Dave Mathews born and raised?

Happy Birthday, Sir Thomas Sean Connery!

Did you know Sir Connery is 80 today? For 80 great facts on our favorite knight, check out this article from The Independent.


Here are my personal top fifteen:

1. His first bed was the bottom drawer of the family wardrobe.
2. He writes poetry (but won't let anyone see it).
3. He left school at the age of 12 – three years after taking up smoking.
4. He once worked as a nude model for art students.
5. In 1953 he entered Mr Universe, coming third in the tall men category.
6. His first acting role was in the male chorus of South Pacific at the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
7. He passed on the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings allegedly because he had difficulty understanding the novels.
8. He turned down $5.5 M to play 007 in Live and Let Die.
9. After the Navy he trained as a French polisher, working on the finishes for pianos and coffins.
10. In 1993 he appeared on US TV to deny news agency reports that he was dead.
11. He grew up in a tenement in Edinburgh with no hot water or electricity.
12. As 007, his hair was always a wig.
13. Steven Seagal once broke Sean's wrist during a martial arts lesson.
14. Of the six actors to play the role of Bond, he is the only one to serve in the Navy like Bond himself.
15. He was considered for the part of Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965).

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(Food and Drink) Basic Aioli is a sauce of oil seasoned with what?

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(Movies) This was the first Pixar film to receive a rating higher than a G. (It received a — gasp — PG rating)?

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(Money Matters) Which country has Dong as its currency?

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(History) What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?