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1. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?
Capybara
Croatia
Wiley Post
Hannibal
2. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?
Humbert Humbert
Benito Mussolini
Tupac Shakur
Topper
3. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?
By Love Possessed (1961)
Salt Lake City
Watermelon(s)
Mahi mahi
4. Which company merged with Citicorp?
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Dairy Queen
Tsetse fly
Travelers Group
5. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
Shrek 2
Inspiration (1915)
Thailand
Solipsism
6. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler
40
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Will & Grace
Cornea
7. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?
Switzerland
Walter Winchell
Chinese Democracy
(Ford) Excursion
8. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?
Underoos
London Bridge
Night Court
Happyness
9. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?
(the) Boston Tea Party
Everybody Hates
Ozone
Oahu
10. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...
Yellow (and key!)
Babette March
Polo
U.N.C.L.E
11. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?
Otto
Venus
Prince
Couscous
12. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?
Hydrogen and oxygen
Cape Hatteras
The Ritz (hotel)
CONTROL
13. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?
(a) clergyman
Montreal
Britney Spears
Utah
14. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?
Colonel Tom Parker
Mickey Finn
Heloise
Parrot
15. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Radar
(the) Motorwagen
Robert Scott
16. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?
20
Gene Roddenberry
The Cincinnati Reds
Cornea
17. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?
SD-6
Five
Fontanelles
Peach (also contains orange)
18. How many band members were there in Madness?
7
Jamaica
Jurassic Park
Body Count
19. First film with Dolby sound?
Brain Boitano
Palmer
Benito Mussolini
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
20. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'
Buffalo
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Geyser
A Room With a View (Forster)
21. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?
Cullinan
Montreal
The Artful Dodger
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
22. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?
Underoos
Scrooged
Sir Walter Raleigh
Cherries
23. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?
Ghost
Betty (Rubble)
Wendy
Otto
24. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)
Thrust
The Ritz (hotel)
K. d. lang
Muhammad
25. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
EMForster
NineInch Nails
Seven
Maya Angelou
26. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?
Sirhan Sirhan
Wiley Post
The gingerbread man
Buster Douglas
27. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?
3 2 1 Contact
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
North Korea
John Cassavets
28. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?
Montgomery - Alabama
TheName of The Rose
Salzburg
Omega
29. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?
Emeritus
Brazil
Marcel Marceau
Milk Duds
30. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Roger Bannister
Chantilly
Palm Sunday
Cullinan
31. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?
State quarters
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Michelle Wie
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
32. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?
V8 (juice)
The Tell-tale Heart
Cat
Candyman
33. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
Becky Sharp (1935)
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Frankenstein('s monster)
34. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?
EMForster
Bwana Devil (1952)
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Nevada
35. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?
Emma
Betty (Rubble)
(The) Marines
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
36. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?
Frank Zappa
Moby Dick
Martha Stewart
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
37. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
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38. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?
Compaq
Fig newtons
(The St. Louis) Blues
Israel
39. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier
Tsetse fly
O. J. Simpson
Oscar and Lucinda
Mars
40. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?
Venus
American Beauty
Teapot Dome
Upset
41. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?
(Sperm) Whale
Jamie Lynn
Jamaica Bay
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
42. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?
Cornea
Tammy Faye Bakker
Sweden
Condoleezza Rice
43. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?
Antonin Scalia
Hoop Dreams
Rochelle - Rochelle
Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Italian - 1524)
44. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
Pennsylvania
Mostly briefs
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Flowers for Algernon
45. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?
Jeremy Bentham
Pago Pago (American Samoa)
Spain
(Honda) Civic
46. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?
Judy Garland
Miles Davis
Oscar and Lucinda
Limp Bizkit
47. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?
Victory
Argentina
Pink
State quarters
48. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?
Maya Angelou
Becky Sharp (1935)
Watermelon(s)
Seal (played by a sea lion)
49. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?
Banana
Bound for Glory (1976)
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
B. J. Armstrong
50. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?
Liar Liar
The Tell-tale Heart
Babar
Carbon dioxide