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1. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






2. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






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






4. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






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






6. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






7. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






8. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






9. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






11. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






12. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






13. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






14. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






15. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






16. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






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






18. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






19. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






20. Which company merged with Viacom?






21. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






22. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






23. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






24. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






25. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






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






27. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






28. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






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






30. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






31. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






32. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






33. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






34. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






35. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






36. First film with Dolby sound?






37. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






38. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






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






40. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






41. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






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






43. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






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






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






46. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






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






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






49. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






50. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...