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1. According to his best seller - what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981






2. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






3. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






4. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






5. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






6. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






7. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






8. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






9. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






10. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






11. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






12. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






13. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






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






15. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?






16. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






17. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






18. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






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

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20. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






21. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






22. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






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






24. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






25. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






26. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






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






28. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






29. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






30. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






31. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






32. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






33. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






34. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






35. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






36. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






37. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






38. According to 'Michael - Row the Boat Ashore -' where is Michael rowing?






39. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






40. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






41. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






42. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






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






44. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






45. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






46. 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?






47. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






48. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






49. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






50. How many band members were there in Toto?