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1. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






2. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






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






4. First scheduled in-flight movie?






5. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






6. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






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






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






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






10. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






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






12. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






13. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






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






15. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






16. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






17. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






18. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?






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






20. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






21. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






22. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






23. What song - Status Quo's biggest hit ever - was originally intended as the B-side of the long-forgotten 'Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe'






24. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






25. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






26. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






27. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






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






29. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






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






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






32. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






33. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






34. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






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






36. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






37. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






38. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






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






40. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






41. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






42. What is frozen to make dry ice?






43. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






44. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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45. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






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






47. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






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






49. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






50. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?