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1. How many band members were there in Slipknot?
CTU
Larry Nance
40
9
2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Westworld (1973)
New Zealand
Mashed potatoes
India
3. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)
O. J. Simpson
Brazil
Wilco
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
4. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
Strawberries
The Dome of the Rock
Body Count
TheAtlas (A)
5. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Roger Vadim
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
The Fantastic Four
6. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?
Oort cloud
Silicon and oxygen
Horse
Otto
7. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
Douglas
Seven
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
Sir Walter Raleigh
8. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?
Palmer
Inspiration (1915)
Emeritus
Otto
9. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?
Stalingrad
The Lion King
Beck (Odelay)
Thelma and Louise
10. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?
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11. First film of the 3-D boom?
Portland( - OR)
George Deukmejian
(Songs in) A Minor
Bwana Devil (1952)
12. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Somalia
Wendy
Carbon dioxide
13. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?
Radar
Aliana
Candyman
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
14. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?
Koran
3 2 1 Contact
(The) Rolling Stones
Fish
15. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
China
10
Marcel Marceau
16. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk
U.N.C.L.E
Moby Dick
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Loco-motion
17. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Somalia
Jessica Lange
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
18. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?
30 Rock
40
Brian De Palma
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
19. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?
Ione Skye
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Ken Davitian
Bonnie and Clyde
20. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?
Murray Gell-Mann
(the) Boston Tea Party
St. Louis Cardinals
Muhammad
21. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney
HL Mencken
Norma Jean
Laverne & Shirley
Mostly briefs
22. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?
Martin Scorsese
Billy Martin
Mitsubishi
Solipsism
23. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?
Geyser
Hannah
Condoleezza Rice
Humbert Humbert
24. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?
Brent Spiner
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Steven Spielberg
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
25. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?
Cullinan
Judy Garland
Mashed potatoes
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
26. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?
1606
Howard Hughes
Haiti
The Weekly World News
27. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?
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28. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Pearl Harbor
Laverne & Shirley
Gypsy Rose Lee
29. How many band members were there in Madness?
Plum(s)
Dollar
Rome
7
30. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?
Hannah
Teddy Roosevelt
Can-Can
Maya Angelou
31. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?
(Dallas) Love Field
(a) clergyman
Oedipus
Compaq
32. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?
Babar
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
CTU
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
33. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Humbert Humbert
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
Baden-Baden
34. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'
New York - New York
Tomato(es)
James Cameron
Venice
35. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?
(the) Republican Party
Otto
Salzburg
Gorilla
36. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
Brent Spiner
Jerusalem
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
North America
37. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)
Mau Mau
B. J. Armstrong
Hamlet
(street) lanes
38. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Sean Connery
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
The Maltese Falcon
IMF
39. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
(the) New York Mets
Balthasar (Magi)
40. First classic film to be 'colorized'?
Topper (1937)
Pocahontas
Somewhere in Time
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
41. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
Real estate (investment)
James Cameron
Victory
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
42. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?
(the) ear
Shrek 2
Ukraine
Teapot Dome
43. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?
V8 (juice)
Philip Marlowe
Maya Angelou
Liar Liar
44. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
Gorilla
Sao Paulo
Joanne Woodward
Brian De Palma
45. What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Subaru
Mia Farrow
China
46. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?
(her) hair
Fahrenheit 451
Peach(es)
Odor Eaters (insoles)
47. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?
Small intestine(s)
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
Solipsism
Judy Garland
48. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
The Fantastic Four
Uruguay
Philip Marlowe
49. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?
Westworld (1973)
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Compaq
Ozone
50. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?
Ukraine
Utah
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
Jim Valvano