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1. Who killed the literary character Laius?
(George) Clooney
Oedipus
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
Black
2. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?
George Wilson
(Hector) Berlioz
Harold and Maude
By Love Possessed (1961)
3. What TV series is about this show: FYI?
Murphy Brown
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
The Hula Bowl
Becky Sharp (1935)
4. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?
Fahrenheit 451
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
Gomer Pyle
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
5. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
North America
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
New York - New York
Alfred Hitchcock
6. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?
Mulan
Cape Hatteras
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
7. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?
The Robe (1953)
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
Beverly Cleary
The Age ofInnocence
8. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?
Ukraine
Condoleezza Rice
Ernie
Wendy
9. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer
Pakistan
Thelma and Louise
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Oscar and Lucinda
10. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?
Terminal velocity
(the) Jack of diamonds
Antonio Stradivarius
Radar
11. What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?
Dollar
Terminal velocity
Theodore Roosevelt
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
12. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Brain Boitano
TheAtlas (A)
Argentina
A Fistfull of Dollars
13. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?
Odor Eaters (insoles)
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
20
The Frighteners
14. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?
(the) Motorwagen
Mickey Finn
Cape Hatteras
State quarters
15. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?
The Stanley Cup
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Rochelle - Rochelle
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
16. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?
Elle
Thelma and Louise
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Plum(s)
17. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?
Beverly Cleary
Bicycle(s)
Humbert Humbert
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
18. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?
Westworld (1973)
Charles Lindbergh
4
The Three Musketeers
19. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?
Bringing up Baby (1938)
De Beers
Salzburg
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
20. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?
Bucket
Home Improvement
China
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
21. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
Frank Zappa
Flowers for Algernon
Uruguay
Sonic Youth
22. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Strawberries
Aglet
Thelma and Louise
23. 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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24. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?
Pig
Five
Compaq
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
25. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?
TheName of The Rose
China
Guy Ritchie
(the) World Cup (trophy)
26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?
Senegal
Oregon (or New Jersey)
Ken Davitian
D. H. Lawrence
27. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?
Alsatians
North Korea
Lord of the Flies
Mostly briefs
28. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?
Mickey Finn
Basalt
Czechoslovakia
Subaru
29. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?
The Stanley Cup
Simon Legree
(Honda) Civic
Fish
30. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?
Night Court
Beverly Cleary
(Honda) Civic
(Pablo) Picasso
31. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?
By Love Possessed (1961)
Theodore Roosevelt
Mia Farrow
The Three Musketeers
32. According to 'Michael - Row the Boat Ashore -' where is Michael rowing?
Shrek 2
Jessica Lange
Jamaica Bay
(The) Jordan (River)
33. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
(The) Jordan (River)
Kitty Genovese
In Cold Blood
34. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
Thailand
Dr. James Bedford
The Bridge over the River Kwai
35. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?
Ellery Queen
Eugene Onegin
Lights of New York (1928)
Sean Connery
36. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?
Cat
HP Lovecraft
Angkor Wat
Little Rock
37. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?
The Chrysler Building
Judy Garland
Martin Landau
Alfred Hitchcock
38. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?
Delaware
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
Czechoslovakia
(Dallas) Love Field
39. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
1
Seven
Bound for Glory (1976)
40. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?
Jeremy Bentham
(George) Clooney
The Frighteners
Amos 'n' Andy
41. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas
Hannah
Oregon (or New Jersey)
Rochelle - Rochelle
J. K. Rowling
42. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?
Mulan
Mars
Lord of the Flies
(the) evacuation of Saigon
43. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?
Pancreas
(Honda) Civic
The (Dodge/Plymouth) Neon
Real estate (investment)
44. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?
The valley of the shadow of death
Richard Cory (himself)
TheName of The Rose
Murray Gell-Mann
45. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier
The Fantastic Four
Mel Brooks
Oscar and Lucinda
Do The Right Thing
46. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
Scoop
Louisana (Superdome)
3
47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?
Algeria
Pear(s)
(the) World Cup (trophy)
Your Girlfriend
48. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
Brian De Palma
'Tusk' (by Fleetwood Mac)
De Beers
49. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?
(Dallas) Love Field
Orange
Limp Bizkit
Lemon(s)
50. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?
Baden-Baden
Mia Farrow
(The) Rolling Stones
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)