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1. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






2. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






3. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






4. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






5. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






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






7. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






8. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






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






10. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






11. Which company merged with Chevron?






12. First American film nudity?






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






14. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






15. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






16. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






17. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






18. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






19. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






20. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






21. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






22. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






23. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






24. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






25. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






26. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






27. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






28. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






29. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?






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






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






32. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






33. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






34. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






35. First all-sound film?






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






37. 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?






38. Who called his elephant Tantor?






39. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?






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






41. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






42. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






43. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






44. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






45. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






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






47. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






48. Which company merged with BP?






49. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






50. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?







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