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Smarddy Daily #15: the answers

Friday, July 31, 2026. The same seven questions everyone got that day, with the right answers and the fun facts from the recap.

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  1. Which group recorded the 1992 hit "Tennessee"?
    • Arrested Development ✓
    • Digable Planets
    • The Pharcyde
    • De La Soul
    Aside: Arrested Development made Tennessee sound like a place with excellent rhythm.
  2. Which actress played the lead role of Mia in the 2016 musical film La La Land?
    • Anne Hathaway
    • Amy Adams
    • Emma Stone ✓
    • Natalie Portman
    Fun fact: Emma Stone won the Best Actress Oscar for La La Land.
  3. In tennis, what is it called when a player wins a game without the opponent scoring a single point?
    • Bagel
    • Love game ✓
    • Ace game
    • Whitewash
    Aside: A love game is pure romance for one player and pure zero for the other.
  4. Which actress played Sandy in the 1978 musical film Grease?
    • Olivia Newton-John ✓
    • Stockard Channing
    • Didi Conn
    • Jamie Donnelly
    Fun fact: Olivia Newton-John initially worried she was too old to play high-schooler Sandy.
  5. Which orange bandicoot became Sony's mascot platformer star with his 1996 PlayStation debut?
    • Crash Bandicoot ✓
    • Spyro
    • Gex
    • Rayman
    Fun fact: Naughty Dog built Crash for Sony as a PlayStation mascot answer to Mario and Sonic.
  6. Which river, not the Mississippi, is actually the longest river in North America?
    • Missouri River ✓
    • Rio Grande
    • Colorado River
    • Ohio River
    Fun fact: The Missouri River is the longest river in the United States.
  7. In rugby union, a rolling maul is a maul that moves forward while the ball is kept off the ground, often used near which area?
    • The try line ✓
    • The halfway line only
    • The technical area
    • The sin bin

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