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1. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






2. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






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






4. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






5. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






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






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






8. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






9. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






10. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






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






12. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






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






14. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






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






16. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






17. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?






18. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






19. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






20. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?






21. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






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






23. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






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






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






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






28. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






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






30. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






31. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






32. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






33. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






34. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






35. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






36. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






37. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






38. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






39. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






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






41. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?






42. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






43. First PG-13 rated film?






44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






45. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






46. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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47. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






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






49. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






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