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1. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






2. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






3. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






4. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






5. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






6. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






7. First PG-13 rated film?






8. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?






9. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






10. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






11. First film in CinemaScope?






12. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






13. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






14. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






15. Who both married and directed Madonna?






16. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






17. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






18. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






19. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






20. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






21. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






22. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






23. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






24. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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25. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






26. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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27. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






28. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






29. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






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






31. Which company merged with NBC?






32. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






33. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






34. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






35. Which company merged with BP?






36. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






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






38. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






39. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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40. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






41. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






42. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






43. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

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44. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






45. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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46. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






47. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






48. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






49. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






50. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?







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