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1. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?
Llama
Dracula
Richard Cory (himself)
Ashlee
2. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?
Judiciary
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Charles Lindbergh
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?
Coffee
Compaq
Emeritus
Philip Marlowe
4. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?
Tiger Woods
Czechoslovakia
Liar Liar
Capri
5. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Martha Stewart
Llama
Ohio and North Carolina
6. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...
Real estate (investment)
Panama
EMForster
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
7. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
The Frighteners
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
8. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow
Nicaragua
Marcel Marceau
(a) clergyman
Bonnie and Clyde
9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?
Cameroon
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
Oedipus
10. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?
Trapped in the Closet
Sao Paulo
Nicky
Five
11. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'
(Adolf) Hitler
Murmur
Sleeping Beauty
Lazarus
12. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?
Underoos
B. J. Armstrong
Alsatians
Pearl Harbor
13. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?
Steven Spielberg
(Songs in) A Minor
Judy Garland
Underoos
14. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?
Brent Spiner
Horse
Aladdin
Shel Silverstein
15. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
Kali
Utah
Bambi
Smerdyakov
16. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?
Snape
Charles Lindbergh
LeBron James
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
17. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
Thrust
Montgomery - Alabama
France
Atom Egoyan
18. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Melville
Scrat
(The St. Louis) Blues
19. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
Red
Duran Duran
5
Will & Grace
20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?
Pete Seeger
Eric
Nicaragua
Farting
21. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?
Cameroon
John Cassavets
Somalia
Jack Kevorkian
22. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?
MASH
Silicon Valley
Cat
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
23. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?
By choice - man!
Sir Walter Raleigh
Richard Nixon and George W. Bush
Naomi
24. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?
Uruguay
Atom Egoyan
Tammy Faye Bakker
London Bridge
25. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
4
Come by here
Chinese Democracy
Orange(s)
26. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?
Canada
Coruscant
Red Dawn (1984)
Peach(es)
27. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?
Michelle Wie
Tiny Bubbles
Guy Ritchie
Angkor Wat
28. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?
The Age ofInnocence
Nuclear disarmament
Mahi mahi
The Dick Van Dyke Show
29. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!
Canada
Ants
James Cagney
(George) Clooney
30. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell
Kate & Allie
When a Man Loves a Woman
Geyser
Joel Cohen
31. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?
Tsetse fly
Dracula
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Ernie
32. First film in CinemaScope?
Sonic Youth
Thailand
The Robe (1953)
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
33. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Motor Trend
Grenada
Marcel Marceau
The White Witch
34. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?
Louie Louie
Eris (Discord)
Hamlet
Federico Fellini
35. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?
John F. Kennedy
Humbert Humbert
Martin Landau
(the) bishop
36. What kind of trust is a REIT?
Real estate (investment)
It Happened One Night (1934)
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Ian Fleming
37. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
Peach(es)
Roswell( - NM)
Roberto Rossellini
38. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)
White
2
J. K. Rowling
Peach (also contains orange)
39. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?
Colombia
Genesis
Queen Anne's Lace
Jack Russell
40. First scheduled in-flight movie?
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
By Love Possessed (1961)
J. K. Rowling
STP Motor Oil
41. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?
Intercourse
(PE)6-5000
White
Lulu
42. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover
Ione Skye
Spinal Tap
Thrust
Christopher Columbus
43. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?
Color blindness
30 Rock
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
Roger Vadim
44. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
Dr. James Bedford
Pearl Harbor
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
(the) Jack of diamonds
45. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?
Kenneth Branagh
Alfred Hitchcock
William Tell
Argentina
46. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Cullinan
Baltimore
Beowulf
Douglas
47. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Benito Mussolini
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
48. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
Angkor Wat
The valley of the shadow of death
Salzburg
Edsel
49. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Mexico
Queen Anne's Lace
The Pope
50. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?
Texas and New Mexico
Montreal
(her) hair
Geyser