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1. What are divided by Botts' dots?






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






3. What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?






4. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






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






6. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






7. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






8. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






9. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






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

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11. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






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






13. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






14. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






15. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






16. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






17. First film of the 3-D boom?






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






19. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






20. Which company merged with Viacom?






21. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






22. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






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






24. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






25. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






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






27. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






28. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






29. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






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






31. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






32. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






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






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






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






36. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






37. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






38. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






39. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






40. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






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






42. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






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






44. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






45. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






46. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






47. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






48. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






49. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






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







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