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1. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
TheAtlas (A)
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Apocalypse Now
2. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring
Renny Harlin
About Schmidt
Hugo Chavez
Chile
3. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?
Mel Brooks
Five
John Speke (English - 1856)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?
Clownfish
American Beauty
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
5. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?
Aaron Copland
Montgomery - Alabama
Alfred Hitchcock
The Satanic Verses
6. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?
Pennsylvania
Aladdin
Antonin Scalia
The Mini (Cooper)
7. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?
Mia Farrow
Thailand
(the) evacuation of Saigon
St. Louis Cardinals
8. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?
Boxing
CONTROL
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Peach (also contains orange)
9. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Beetle Juice
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
Otto
10. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
Bambi
Hannibal
Paramount
Grenada
11. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?
Clownfish
Kayak
Nicaragua
The Sparrow
12. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?
The Loco-motion
The gingerbread man
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
By choice - man!
13. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?
(the) Jack of diamonds
She shot JR (Dallas)
Paradise Lost
Chinese Democracy
14. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover
Spinal Tap
Wales
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
The Little Mermaid
15. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?
Pete Seeger
Ernesto
Prince Valiant
The Descent
16. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?
Ozone
Oahu
H. G. Wells
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
17. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Curly Howard
Harold and Maude
Pear(s)
18. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?
Nicaragua
Philip Marlowe
Grape(s)
(The) dodo
19. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?
5
The Dome of the Rock
Randy Quaid
Vivendi
20. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
21. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?
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22. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?
HP Lovecraft
(Honda) Civic
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
Hope & Faith
23. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?
Louisana (Superdome)
Ellery Queen
(Pablo) Picasso
Jamaica
24. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?
1
Oort cloud
Iran
(the) Jack of diamonds
25. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?
Naomi
Jim Jones
Louisana (Superdome)
Grape(s)
26. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
(the) Jack of diamonds
Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)
The Stanley Cup
27. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?
Green
Fish
China
Becky Sharp (1935)
28. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?
(Smoot-Hawley) Tariff (Act of 1930 - raised tariffs to promote US industry - backfired)
SD-6
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Teapot Dome
29. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?
Westworld (1973)
Canada
Westward Ho!
The Robe (1953)
30. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?
Jenny
I'll Be There
Lean on Me
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
31. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Egypt
By Love Possessed (1961)
Racecar
32. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?
The Loco-motion
Ashlee
Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)
Cat
33. How many band members were there in Madness?
7
Betty (Rubble)
Ione Skye
Night Court
34. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?
'A Spoonful of Sugar
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
Hannibal
35. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?
The Boston Celtics (21)
20
Intercourse
The Dome of the Rock
36. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
3 2 1 Contact
E. B. White
The Cincinnati Reds
IMDb
37. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
Judy Garland
Basalt
James Cameron
Tiger Woods
38. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?
Beverly Cleary
Inspiration (1915)
Orange
(Smoot-Hawley) Tariff (Act of 1930 - raised tariffs to promote US industry - backfired)
39. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Nicaragua
Teddy Roosevelt
40. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?
Kayak
Hugo Chavez
Palau
Lillian Hellman
41. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?
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42. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?
Baltimore
Intercourse
Pear(s)
Wilco
43. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Hope & Faith
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
Jive
Bringing up Baby (1938)
44. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters
Please Mr. Postman
Beck (Odelay)
Bicycle(s)
Afghanistan
45. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?
Nicaragua
Humbert Humbert
The Boston Celtics (21)
New York - New York
46. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?
Lillian Hellman
Chinese Democracy
Wings (1927)
Thrust
47. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?
Bank One
Mexico
The Dick Van Dyke Show
North America
48. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?
(the) Republican Party
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
(the)Indianapolis Colts
49. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
(the) New York Mets
The Ritz (hotel)
Steven Biko
50. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?
Hoop Dreams
London Bridge
Thailand
Ants