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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






2. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






3. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






4. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






5. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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6. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






7. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






8. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






9. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






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






11. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






12. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






13. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






14. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






15. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






16. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?






17. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?






18. First 'Director's Cut'?

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19. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






20. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






21. First use of Steadicam in film?






22. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






23. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






24. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






25. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






27. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






28. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






29. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






30. First all-sound film?






31. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






32. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






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






34. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






35. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






36. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






37. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






38. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






39. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






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






41. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






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






43. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






44. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?






45. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






46. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






47. First American film nudity?






48. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






49. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






50. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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