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






2. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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3. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






4. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






5. Which company merged with Boeing?






6. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






7. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






8. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






9. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






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






11. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






12. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






13. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






14. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






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






16. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






17. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






18. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






19. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






20. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






21. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






22. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






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






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






25. First American film nudity?






26. Who both married and directed Madonna?






27. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






28. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






29. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






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






31. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?






32. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






33. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






34. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






35. 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?






36. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






37. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






38. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






39. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






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 color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






42. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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43. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






44. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






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






46. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






47. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






48. First studio film with a black director?






49. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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50. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer