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1. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






2. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






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






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






5. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






6. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






7. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






8. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?






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






10. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






11. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






12. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






13. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






14. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






15. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






16. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






17. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?






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






19. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






20. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






21. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






22. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






23. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






24. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






25. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






26. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






27. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






28. First scheduled in-flight movie?






29. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






30. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






31. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






32. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






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






34. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






35. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






36. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






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






38. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?






39. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






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






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






42. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






43. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






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






45. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






46. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






47. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






48. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






49. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






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