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1. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






2. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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3. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






4. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






5. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






6. Which company merged with SBC?






7. What is a female donkey called?






8. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






9. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






10. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






11. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






12. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






13. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






14. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






15. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






16. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






17. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






18. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






19. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






20. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






21. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






22. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






23. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






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






25. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






26. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






27. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






28. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






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






30. First film shown on HBO?






31. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






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






33. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






34. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






35. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






36. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






37. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






38. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






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






40. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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41. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






42. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






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






44. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






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






47. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






48. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






49. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






50. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?