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1. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






2. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






3. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






4. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






5. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






6. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






7. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






8. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






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






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






11. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






12. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






13. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






14. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






15. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






16. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






17. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






18. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






19. What is a female donkey called?






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






21. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






22. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






23. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






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






25. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






26. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






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






28. How many band members were there in Green Day?






29. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






30. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






31. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






32. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






33. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






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






35. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






36. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






37. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






38. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






39. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






40. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






41. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






42. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






43. Which company merged with Verizon?






44. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






45. Which company merged with NBC?






46. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






47. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






48. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






49. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






50. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965