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1. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






2. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






3. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






4. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






5. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






6. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






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






8. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






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






10. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






11. First three-strip Technicolor?






12. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






13. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






14. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






15. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






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






17. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






18. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






19. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






20. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?






21. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






22. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






23. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






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






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






26. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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27. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






28. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






29. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






30. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






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






32. Which company merged with Citicorp?






33. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






34. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






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






36. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






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






38. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






39. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






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






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






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






43. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






44. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






45. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






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






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






48. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






49. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






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