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1. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






2. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






3. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






4. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






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






6. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






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






8. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






9. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






10. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






11. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






12. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






13. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






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






15. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






16. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






17. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






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






19. Which company merged with NBC?






20. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






21. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






22. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






23. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






24. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






25. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






26. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






27. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






28. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






29. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?






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






31. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






32. Which company merged with Citicorp?






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






34. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






35. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






36. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






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






38. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






39. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






40. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






41. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






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

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43. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






44. What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?






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

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46. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






47. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






48. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






49. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






50. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?