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1. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






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






3. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






4. First three-strip Technicolor?






5. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






6. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






7. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






8. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






9. What's Cartman's first name on South Park






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






11. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






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






13. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






14. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






15. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






16. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






17. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






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






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






20. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






21. Who both married and directed Madonna?






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






23. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






24. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






25. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






26. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






27. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






28. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






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






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

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31. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






32. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






33. First use of Steadicam in film?






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






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






36. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






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






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






39. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






40. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






41. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






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






43. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






44. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






45. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






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






47. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






48. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






49. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






50. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?