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1. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






3. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






4. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






5. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






6. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






7. First film in CinemaScope?






8. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






9. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






10. First computer graphics in film?






11. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?






12. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






13. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






14. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






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






16. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






17. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






18. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






19. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






20. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






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






22. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






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






24. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






25. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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26. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?






27. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






28. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






29. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






30. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






31. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






32. 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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33. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






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






35. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






36. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






37. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?






38. First studio film with a black director?






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






40. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






41. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






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






43. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






44. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






45. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






46. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






47. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






48. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






49. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






50. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?