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1. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?
'A Spoonful of Sugar
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Carbon dioxide
U.N.C.L.E
2. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?
White
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
China
Extras
3. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?
Shiva (the destroyer - of the Trimurti)
CTU
Lean on Me
Come by here
4. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Tomato(es)
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Benito Mussolini
5. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?
(The) House of Seven Gables
Motor Trend
Go Away Little Girl
The Hula Bowl
6. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?
The Maltese Falcon
Beverly Cleary
IMF
Mars
7. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring
Horse
About Schmidt
Eric Bogosian
Lazarus
8. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?
Ghost
Betty (Rubble)
Paradise Lost
Paul Newman
9. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?
Wiley Post
Odor Eaters (insoles)
IMF
George Deukmejian
10. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?
Pippa Passes (1909)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
E. B. White
De Beers
11. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala
Turkmenistan
The Lion King
Larry Nance
Six
12. Which company merged with Chevron?
Ohio and North Carolina
Texaco
Antawn Jamison
(the) Boston Tea Party
13. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Betty (Rubble)
Thelma and Louise
14. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?
IMF
Babette March
Windsor - Ontario
MMMBob
15. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?
The Stanley Cup
White
Louisana (Superdome)
Pulp Fiction
16. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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17. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?
Dharma & Greg
(an) e
Buffalo
George Deukmejian
18. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?
Aaron Copland
Burberry
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Kali
19. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?
Baltimore
Smerdyakov
Compaq
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
20. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?
Seven
Roger Maris
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
(The) Jordan (River)
21. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?
James Cagney
Buster Douglas
Aaron Copland
Kate & Allie
22. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?
Venus
India
Aladdin
Marcel Marceau
23. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?
Ski slopes
Cream
Night Court
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
24. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?
Polo
(The) Rolling Stones
Desiderata
Larry Nance
25. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?
Pete Seeger
Jim Jones
Come by here
The Frighteners
26. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?
Mashed potatoes
(Honda) Civic
Jenny McCarthy
Grenada
27. What kind of trust is a REIT?
Five
Oregon (or New Jersey)
Real estate (investment)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
28. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
Heloise
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
(tested positive for) marijuana
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?
Strawberries
Muhammad
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Montreal
31. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'
Czechoslovakia
Scoop
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
The Descent
32. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
The (Buffalo) Sabres
Pachyderm
Billy Martin
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?
Victory
The (Buffalo) Sabres
Extras
(The) House of Seven Gables
34. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?
Antonio Stradivarius
Ski slopes
Genesis
(the) giraffe
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?
Brazil
Judy Garland
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
In Cold Blood
37. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?
Pago Pago (American Samoa)
(Gerald)Ford
Solipsism
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
38. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...
Fraternite
Louisville - Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)
Gorilla
Renny Harlin
39. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas
Oregon (or New Jersey)
Aglet
Steven Biko
Rochelle - Rochelle
40. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
Ski slopes
Jamaica
Argentina
Kali
41. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?
30 Rock
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
(the) ear
Egypt
42. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?
(Hector) Berlioz
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Jim Jones
Thanksgiving
43. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?
Tsetse fly
Garo Yepremian
Kayak
Christopher Columbus
44. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?
Jive
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
(Hector) Berlioz
Muhammad
45. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?
Avocado(s)
Jessica Lange
Salt Lake City
China
46. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?
Delaware
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
The Satanic Verses
Sonic Youth
47. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?
Kitty Genovese
Oahu
Tomato(es)
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
48. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?
Ernesto
Mau Mau
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Mulan
49. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Tomato(es)
When a Man Loves a Woman
Sean Connery
Bucket
50. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?
In Cold Blood
(George) Clooney
(the) bishop
Silicon Valley