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1. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Foo Fighters
Philip Marlowe
Kali
2. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?
The Boston Celtics (21)
The Lion King
The Chrysler Building
Cream
3. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
Color blindness
Betty (Rubble)
(Songs in) A Minor
4. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)
The Boston Celtics (21)
K. d. lang
(tested positive for) marijuana
Subaru
5. Who 'discovered' Alaska?
Kate & Allie
State quarters
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
6. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
I've fallen and I can't get up
Theodore
7. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?
Llama
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Miles Davis
Louisana (Superdome)
8. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?
Colombia
Snape
Llama
Jack Russell
9. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
Vivendi
Larry Nance
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Pachyderm
10. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Rene Descartes
Pago Pago (American Samoa)
Bicycle(s)
Dollar
11. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
IMF
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Italy
Jerusalem
12. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?
Angkor Wat
40
Mitosis
North Korea
13. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Pearl Harbor
Motor Trend
Stevie Wonder
14. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
Ian Fleming
Spellbound
Pegasus
Tsetse fly
15. What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?
Extras
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Mitch
16. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
2
In Cold Blood
Banana
Alfred Hitchcock
17. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
Cat
Oedipus
Orange(s)
Howard Hughes
18. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?
Sleeping Beauty
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Czechoslovakia
Eve
19. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?
The Three Musketeers
Federico Fellini
2
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
20. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?
Pakistan
Somewhere in Time
B. J. Armstrong
Topper
21. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'
Nuclear disarmament
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Chrysler Building
(The) Marines
22. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?
Thailand
Ben Hogan
Clownfish
HP Lovecraft
23. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
Brazil
The Cincinnati Reds
Ben Hogan
24. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?
North Korea
Hannibal
Lamar Alexander
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
25. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
(George) Clooney
(Adolf) Hitler
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
26. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
James Cagney
Little Rock
Milk Duds
27. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Nauruan
Little Rock
The Weekly World News
28. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?
Paul Newman
Cameroon
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Terminal velocity
29. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?
Motor Trend
Nauruan
Bound for Glory (1976)
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
30. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)
Kali
Orange
J. M. Barrie
Hong Kong
31. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
Lillian Hellman
Spellbound
Bambi
I'm a Believer
32. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?
Cocoon
George Wilson
Alsatians
The White Witch
33. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
Angkor Wat
Parrot
Geyser
34. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?
Bambi
Nevada
38th Parallel
Renny Harlin
35. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Elle
Antawn Jamison
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
36. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?
Jenny
Chinese Democracy
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Kate & Allie
37. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Wales
Curly Howard
V8 (juice)
38. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?
Dentin
Field of Dreams
Body Count
Austria
39. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?
Boxing
Dollar
3 2 1 Contact
Roger Maris
40. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
Muhammad
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Frighteners
41. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?
Ian Fleming
Polo
'A Spoonful of Sugar
George Deukmejian
42. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
Bob Dylan
Nevada
(her) hair
43. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?
Bunker Hill
The Mona Lisa
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Sweden
44. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?
Beverly Cleary
Rat
The Others
Parking meters
45. How many band members were there in Toto?
6
J. K. Rowling
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Extras
46. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?
(Ford) Excursion
The Little Mermaid
Tupac Shakur
Sugar Ray Leonard
47. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?
Ashlee
Somalia
I'm a Believer
Eris (Discord)
48. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?
Dentin
Lord of the Flies
(Adolf) Hitler
Turkey
49. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?
Koran
Lemon(s)
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
(Songs in) A Minor
50. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?
Cameroon
Hoop Dreams
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Tammy Faye Bakker