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1. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






2. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?






3. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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4. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






5. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






6. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






7. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?






8. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






9. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






10. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






11. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






12. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






13. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






14. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






15. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






16. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






17. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






18. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?






19. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






20. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






21. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






22. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






23. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






24. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






25. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






26. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






27. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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28. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






29. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






30. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






31. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






32. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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33. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






34. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






35. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






36. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






37. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






38. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






39. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






40. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






41. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






42. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






43. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






44. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






45. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






46. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






47. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






48. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






49. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






50. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






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