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1. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
Colonel Tom Parker
(tested positive for) marijuana
The Tell-tale Heart
The Age ofInnocence
2. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?
Montreal
Red Dawn (1984)
'A Spoonful of Sugar
Roger Bannister
3. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?
Coal
Donner Pass
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Thrust
4. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?
The Cincinnati Reds
Couscous
Mitsubishi
Victory
5. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?
Jamaica Bay
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Fontanelles
Rat
6. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow
Field of Dreams
EMForster
MMMBob
Bonnie and Clyde
7. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
Stevie Wonder
Charles Starkweather
When a Man Loves a Woman
Sao Paulo
8. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?
Little Rock
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Utah
Romania
9. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?
Tsetse fly
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
(Albert) Einstein
Capri
10. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?
Everybody Hates
Dentin
When a Man Loves a Woman
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
11. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?
Wings (1927)
Dr. James Bedford
Ione Skye
5
12. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?
Martin Scorsese
Solipsism
Brian De Palma
Foo Fighters
13. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?
(The St. Louis) Blues
Silicon and oxygen
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Royal jelly
14. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?
Rulon Gardner
London Bridge
Stalingrad
(Sperm) Whale
15. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?
Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Italian - 1524)
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
Fig newtons
Austria
16. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?
Jack Kevorkian
The White Witch
Aliana
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
17. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Ian Fleming
William Tell
Pulp Fiction
18. Which company merged with Viacom?
Paramount
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
Smerdyakov
Sullivan Ordinance
19. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?
Red
Jim Jones
Naomi
Shel Silverstein
20. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?
30 Rock
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
TheAtlas (A)
J. K. Rowling
21. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?
Turkmenistan
The Others
Rocky Balboa
Brazil
22. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?
Thailand
Israel
The Frighteners
Pig
23. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
North America
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
Jive
Randy Quaid
24. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?
Almonds
Lillian Hellman
Cream
Jeremy Bentham
25. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?
The Tell-tale Heart
Grape(s)
Happyness
John Speke (English - 1856)
26. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?
Michelle Wie
The valley of the shadow of death
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Nuclear disarmament
27. First three-strip Technicolor?
Becky Sharp (1935)
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
When a Man Loves a Woman
Ian Fleming
28. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
Lady Marmalade
STP Motor Oil
Capybara
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
29. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton
Mashed potatoes
(Sperm) Whale
Elle
When a Man Loves a Woman
30. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?
1606
Chile
Sirhan Sirhan
Aliana
31. Who 'discovered' Alaska?
The Lion King
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
Alfred Hitchcock
James Cagney
32. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?
Steven Biko
Green
Paramount
(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
33. Who called his elephant Tantor?
Wales
Tarzan
Spain
Omega
34. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
MMMBob
Oscar and Lucinda
35. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury
When a Man Loves a Woman
Grenada
E. B. White
Cocoon
36. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?
Yellow
Sleeping Beauty
Bob Dylan
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
37. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?
Canada
John Speke (English - 1856)
Argentina
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
38. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond
J. M. Barrie
Orangutan
Teapot Dome
Go Away Little Girl
39. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?
Humbert Humbert
Haiti
Thanksgiving
The Artful Dodger
40. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for
U.N.C.L.E
1
EMForster
The Stanley Cup
41. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?
10
Mitsubishi
Coffee
Watermelon(s)
42. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
1
Mitsubishi
In Cold Blood
2
43. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
Wiley Post
The Canterville Ghost
Senegal
Beck (Odelay)
44. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
Banana
Lady Marmalade
Cat
45. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?
Renny Harlin
Atom Egoyan
Charles Lindbergh
Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants
46. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?
Wendy
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
20
5
47. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
(Dallas) Love Field
France
Italy
Dentin
48. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?
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49. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?
John F. Kennedy
Hips
O. J. Simpson
Scoop
50. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?
Bound for Glory (1976)
Rat
The Loco-motion
Richard Cory (himself)