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1. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






2. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






3. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






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






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

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






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






8. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






10. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






11. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






12. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






13. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






14. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






15. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






16. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






17. First 'Director's Cut'?

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18. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






19. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






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






21. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






22. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






23. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






24. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






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






26. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






27. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






28. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?






29. What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?






30. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






31. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






32. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






33. How many band members were there in UB40?






34. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






35. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






36. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






37. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






38. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






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






40. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






41. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






42. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






43. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






44. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






45. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






46. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






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






49. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






50. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'