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1. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?
Alsatians
Silicon and oxygen
Lord of the Flies
Victory
2. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?
The Hula Bowl
Radar
Algeria
Clownfish
3. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?
Rocky Balboa
Delaware
Guy Ritchie
Gypsy Rose Lee
4. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?
Vivendi
Prince Valiant
Darwin's
Chile
5. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?
Topper
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Country (West Point motto)
Texas and New Mexico
6. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?
Lamar Alexander
Happyness
Martin Landau
Alsatians
7. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?
Humbert Humbert
Mitosis
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
The Dome of the Rock
8. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?
Yellow (and key!)
Lemon(s)
The Fantastic Four
Ghost
9. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Sirhan Sirhan
Oort cloud
The Ring
10. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
G. E. Smith
Paradise Lost
Deer
11. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?
(Honda) Civic
Wings (1927)
Argentina
Spinal Tap
12. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...
Extras
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
The Three Musketeers
13. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?
Chile
Silicon and oxygen
Hips
Charles Lindbergh
14. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?
Iran
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Grape(s)
HP Lovecraft
15. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?
Little Rock
K. d. lang
U.N.C.L.E
The Frighteners
16. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?
V2 (rocket)s
Old Time Rock and Roll
Somewhere in Time
Aramis
17. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?
Windsor - Ontario
Duran Duran
Mitsubishi
Afghanistan
18. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?
Basalt
Small intestine(s)
What's Up - Doc?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
19. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?
Romania
Guy Ritchie
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
Tammy Faye Bakker
20. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Kate & Allie
Dentin
China
21. First film with Dolby sound?
Kayak
Philip Marlowe
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Yes
22. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?
Palmer
Model railroad
Turkmenistan
Sir Walter Raleigh
23. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?
Koran
Wales
Sao Paulo
Bank One
24. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?
Rulon Gardner
Jim Calhoun
Come by here
Czechoslovakia
25. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
Egypt
Kali
26. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?
Smerdyakov
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Michelle Wie
Colonel Tom Parker
27. First classic film to be 'colorized'?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
Westworld (1973)
Topper (1937)
Garo Yepremian
28. Who killed the literary character Aslan?
Capybara
North Korea
New Zealand
The White Witch
29. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'
Christopher Columbus
K. d. lang
Victoria Falls
Bunker Hill
30. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?
Switzerland
Humbert Humbert
Chantilly
Teapot Dome
31. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?
Barry Sanders
The Canterville Ghost
(the) ear
Elvis Costello
32. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000
Tiger Woods
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Real estate (investment)
(The St. Louis) Blues
33. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?
Peru
Lord of the Flies
Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants
Cat
34. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?
Venice
Heloise
Extras
Leopard
35. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?
In Cold Blood
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
IMF
Leopard
36. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?
Spain
Will & Grace
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
STP Motor Oil
37. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?
The Boston Celtics (21)
(the) ear
Wales
Dr. James Bedford
38. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?
Farting
Spain
Hannah
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
39. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?
Clownfish
Uruguay
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Stanley Cup
40. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?
Draw
Peach (also contains orange)
Roberto Rossellini
(Sperm) Whale
41. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?
Polo
Joel Cohen
Nevada
Five
42. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?
Texaco
Jack Russell
LeBron James
Ohio and North Carolina
43. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?
(The) House of Seven Gables
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Upset
Ian Fleming
44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?
Turkmenistan
Barry Sanders
Orange(s)
Please Mr. Postman
45. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
(The) Rolling Stones
Benito Mussolini
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
The Descent
46. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Come by here
Burberry
Baltimore
47. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
TheAtlas (A)
Thrust
LeBron James
Pegasus
48. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
The Dome of the Rock
Frankenstein('s monster)
Edsel
Louisville (Kentucky)
49. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?
Afghanistan
1
Richard Cory (himself)
Charles Starkweather
50. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?
Watermelon(s)
Plum(s)
Curly Howard
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)