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1. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?
Ernesto
HL Mencken
Dracula
Thrust
2. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?
Romania
10
Arkansas
Orangutan
3. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?
Dentin
O. J. Simpson
Do The Right Thing
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
4. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?
Baden-Baden
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Portland( - OR)
5. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?
Pink
Black
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
G. E. Smith
6. First Best Picture Oscar?
Federico Fellini
Wings (1927)
The Weekly World News
Pete Seeger
7. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?
Vivendi
Genesis
By choice - man!
Truly - Madly - Deeply
8. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?
Mitsubishi
(an) e
V8 (juice)
(the) World Cup (trophy)
9. Who killed the literary character Grendel?
New Zealand
Beowulf
1606
Stalingrad
10. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin
Harold and Maude
Darwin's
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
6
11. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown
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12. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
Wales
A-ha
Terminal velocity
13. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?
(Albert) Einstein
Afghanistan
Christopher Columbus
Bicycle(s)
14. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
Seven
U.N.C.L.E
Aglet
Topper (1937)
15. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?
Italy
Hips
Senegal
The Mona Lisa
16. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?
Lemon(s)
Bank One
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Deer
17. First classic film to be 'colorized'?
Topper (1937)
HL Mencken
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
18. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
Lord of the Flies
Louisana (Superdome)
Hugo Chavez
Thailand
19. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?
Desiderata
Hindenburg (explosion)
Blue
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?
Sonic Youth
Oort cloud
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
China
21. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?
(Ford) Excursion
Blue
Jack Russell
Pink
22. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?
James Cagney
Ernesto
XTC
(Sperm) Whale
23. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?
Candyman
Small intestine(s)
Desiderata
(the) Jack of diamonds
24. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Antonin Scalia
Boxing
A Christmas Carol
Marcel Marceau
25. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name
Colonel Tom Parker
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
The Pope
Strawberries
26. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?
Emma
Westward Ho!
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
XTC
27. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
Pakistan
Earl Morrall
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)
28. First computer graphics in film?
Mars
Pancreas
Westworld (1973)
Condoleezza Rice
29. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?
Nicaragua
The gingerbread man
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
Upset
30. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?
10
Paramount
Jorge Luis Borges
Aaron Copland
31. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?
Steven Spielberg
Mecca
John Cassavets
Joanne Woodward
32. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?
Panama
Royal jelly
Color blindness
Fish
33. First New York Times movie review?
Pippa Passes (1909)
(a) ginny (or jenny)
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
34. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
Grape(s)
Silicon and oxygen
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
35. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
3 2 1 Contact
Model railroad
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
Babar
36. Who both married and directed Madonna?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Model railroad
Guy Ritchie
37. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?
Cape Hatteras
The Ewings (Dallas)
Beetle Juice
Judiciary
38. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?
Tsetse fly
Laverne & Shirley
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Real estate (investment)
39. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?
(The) Marines
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Paramount
40. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?
Lulu
Ohio and North Carolina
Brain Boitano
Sleeping Beauty
41. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?
Mars
The Hula Bowl
Germany
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
42. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?
Mia Farrow
Dairy Queen
Peach(es)
Thailand
43. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?
(Dallas) Love Field
Montgomery - Alabama
Edsel
Jim Calhoun
44. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?
Lamar Alexander
Salt Lake City
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Gene Roddenberry
45. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?
Desiderata
Prince Valiant
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Mecca
46. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?
Utah
Frank Zamboni
China
Color blindness
47. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?
Times Square
(the) bishop
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
Orange(s)
48. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?
Altamount
Jenny McCarthy
Leopard
(Songs in) A Minor
49. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
George Wilson
Hips
Robert De Niro
50. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?
A-ha
Rene Descartes
Lulu
Dairy Queen