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1. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






2. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






3. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






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






5. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






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






7. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






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






9. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






10. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






11. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






12. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






13. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






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






15. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






16. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






17. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






18. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






19. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






20. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






21. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






22. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






23. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






24. What are divided by Botts' dots?






25. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






26. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






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






28. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






29. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






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






31. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






32. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






33. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






34. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






35. How many band members were there in Toto?






36. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






37. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






38. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






39. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






40. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






41. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






42. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






43. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






44. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






45. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?






46. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






47. Which company merged with BP?






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






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

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50. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






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