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1. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






2. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






3. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






4. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






5. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






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






7. First use of the 'f-word'?






8. 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?






9. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






10. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






11. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






12. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






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






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






15. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






16. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






17. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






18. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






19. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






20. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






21. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






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






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






24. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






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






26. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






27. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






28. 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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29. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






30. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






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






32. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






33. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






34. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






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






36. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






37. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






38. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






39. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






40. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






41. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






42. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






43. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






44. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






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






46. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






47. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet






48. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






49. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






50. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?