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1. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






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






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






4. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






5. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?






6. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






7. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?






8. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






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






10. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?






11. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






12. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






13. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






14. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






15. Which company merged with BP?






16. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






17. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






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






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






20. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






21. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






22. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






24. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






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






26. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






27. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






28. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






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






30. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






31. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






32. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






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






35. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






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






37. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






38. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






39. Which company merged with SBC?






40. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






41. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






42. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






43. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






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






45. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






46. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






47. 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?






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






49. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






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