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1. 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?






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






3. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






4. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






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






6. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






7. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






8. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






9. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






10. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






11. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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12. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






13. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






14. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






15. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?






16. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






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






18. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






19. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






20. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






21. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






22. Which company merged with NBC?






23. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






24. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






25. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






26. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






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






28. What song - Status Quo's biggest hit ever - was originally intended as the B-side of the long-forgotten 'Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe'






29. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






30. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






31. How many band members were there in Green Day?






32. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






33. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






34. First use of Steadicam in film?






35. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






36. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






37. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






38. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






39. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






40. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






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






42. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






43. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






44. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






45. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






46. Who both married and directed Madonna?






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






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






49. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






50. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...