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1. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






2. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






3. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






4. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






5. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






6. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






7. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






8. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






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






10. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






11. Which company merged with NBC?






12. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






13. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






14. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






15. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






16. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






17. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






18. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






19. What is frozen to make dry ice?






20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






21. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






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






23. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






24. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






25. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






26. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






27. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






28. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






29. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






30. First New York Times movie review?






31. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






32. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






33. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






34. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






35. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






36. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






37. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






38. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






39. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






40. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






41. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






42. First PG-13 rated film?






43. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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44. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






45. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






46. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






47. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






48. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






49. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






50. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?







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