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1. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






2. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






3. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






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






5. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






6. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






7. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






8. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?






9. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






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






11. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






12. How many band members were there in UB40?






13. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?






14. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






15. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






16. First film shown on HBO?






17. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






18. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






19. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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20. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






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






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






23. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






24. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






25. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






26. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






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






28. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






29. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






30. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






31. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






32. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






33. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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34. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






35. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






36. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






37. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






38. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






39. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






40. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






41. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






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

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43. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






44. First three-strip Technicolor?






45. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






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






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






48. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?

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49. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






50. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?







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