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1. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






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






3. What's Cartman's first name on South Park






4. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






5. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






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






7. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






8. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






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






10. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






11. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






12. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






13. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






14. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






15. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






16. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






17. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






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






19. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?






20. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






21. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






22. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






23. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






25. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






26. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






27. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






28. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






29. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






30. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






31. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






32. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






34. 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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35. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






36. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






37. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






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






39. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






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






41. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






42. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






43. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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44. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






45. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






46. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






47. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






48. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






49. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






50. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?







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