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1. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?
Rat
Charles Starkweather
Cocoon
4
2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?
Nicaragua
Richard Cory (himself)
Baltimore
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
3. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
Ohio and North Carolina
Tiger Woods
Lady Marmalade
Llama
4. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?
Couscous
(the) ear
Capybara
SD-6
5. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Scoop
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
Eric Bogosian
6. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
Peach(es)
STP Motor Oil
Sean Connery
7. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
The Artful Dodger
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
Mahi mahi
Stevie Wonder
8. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
MASH
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
Pegasus
(Albert) Einstein
9. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?
4
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Beverly Cleary
Tiger Woods
10. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'
Paramount
Hugo Chavez
30 Rock
Baltimore
11. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?
Llama
The Tell-tale Heart
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
The Others
12. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?
A Christmas Carol
Victory
Green
Seal (played by a sea lion)
13. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?
Finland
Randy Quaid
The Age ofInnocence
Limp Bizkit
14. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...
Theodore
Lady Marmalade
Banana
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
15. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
Vincente Minnelli
The Chrysler Building
Geyser
Brain Boitano
16. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?
Motor Trend
Blue
LeBron James
Paul Newman
17. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?
Romania
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Bunker Hill
Ernie
18. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
Palmer
(the) Jack of diamonds
IMDb
Bambi
19. What is frozen to make dry ice?
(Songs in) A Minor
Carbon dioxide
John F. Kennedy
Mia Farrow
20. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?
'A Spoonful of Sugar
Orange
Terminal velocity
Ski slopes
21. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?
Spinal Tap
Roberto Rossellini
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Humbert Humbert
22. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?
Tomato(es)
Nicaragua
Jamaica
'A Spoonful of Sugar
23. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?
Roger Vadim
Benito Mussolini
Wales
Sirhan Sirhan
24. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?
Douglas
'A Spoonful of Sugar
St. Louis Cardinals
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
25. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?
James Cagney
Mexico
Venus
Roberto Rossellini
26. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Temple prostitute
Teddy Roosevelt
Oahu
27. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?
Sao Paulo
North Korea
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Colonel Harland Sanders
28. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?
Draw
Hannah
Sonic Youth
James Cook (English - 1770)
29. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
The Stanley Cup
Darwin's
(the) Jack of diamonds
Babette March
30. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?
John Cassavets
Ganesh
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Rebecca
31. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?
Beck (Odelay)
Seven
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
Antawn Jamison
32. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?
Underoos
Lord of the Flies
Spinal Tap
Robert Scott
33. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?
Burberry
Aladdin
Home Improvement
Polo
34. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?
Flowers for Algernon
Tongue
Wales
Martin Scorsese
35. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?
(a) clergyman
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
De Beers
Condoleezza Rice
36. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?
CTU
Eve
Cameroon
Sally Ride
37. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?
White
Billy Martin
State quarters
Happyness
38. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?
Jamie Lynn
Pancreas
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Harold and Maude
39. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?
John F. Kennedy
Donner Pass
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)
40. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?
Aladdin
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Oort cloud
Mitosis
41. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
Polo
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
Jenny McCarthy
Lady Marmalade
42. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
Real estate (investment)
She shot JR (Dallas)
Limp Bizkit
Babette March
43. Which artist had the double album Being There?
Nicaragua
Humbert Humbert
What's Up - Doc?
Wilco
44. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?
Babette March
India
Gypsy Rose Lee
Ellery Queen
45. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?
Becky Sharp (1935)
St. Louis Cardinals
Inspiration (1915)
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
46. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?
Ozone
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Christopher Columbus
When a Man Loves a Woman
47. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?
Wales
Llama
Hercules
30 Rock
48. 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
Shel Silverstein
Spinal Tap
Paradise Lost
Stalingrad
49. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?
Nevada
Jack Russell
The Cincinnati Reds
Nauruan
50. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?
Pippa Passes (1909)
Senegal
Atom Egoyan
London Bridge