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






2. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






3. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






4. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






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






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






7. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






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






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






10. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






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






12. Which company merged with Chevron?






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






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






15. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






16. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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17. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






18. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






19. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






20. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






21. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






22. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






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






24. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?






25. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






26. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






27. What kind of trust is a REIT?






28. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






29. 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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30. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






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






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






33. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






34. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






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






37. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






38. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






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






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






41. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






42. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






43. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






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






45. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






46. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






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






48. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






49. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?






50. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?