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1. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?
Dr. James Bedford
Gene Roddenberry
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Plum(s)
2. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?
Norma Jean
John F. Kennedy
Cream
Sally Ride
3. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?
TheName of The Rose
(Songs in) A Minor
Nevada
Mitosis
4. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?
Chile
Stevie Wonder
The Descent
Antawn Jamison
5. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?
Intercourse
Seven
Croatia
(Pablo) Picasso
6. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Ione Skye
Pachyderm
Ozone
7. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?
Coffee
(Hector) Berlioz
Maya Angelou
Rochelle - Rochelle
8. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?
Deer
CONTROL
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
The valley of the shadow of death
9. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?
Racecar
Aurora australis
Pete Seeger
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
10. What magazine gives out the 'Golden Calipers' to its Car of the Year winner?
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
Tammy Faye Bakker
Motor Trend
The Bridge over the River Kwai
11. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet
The gingerbread man
Bringing up Baby (1938)
Dharma & Greg
Romeo and Juliet
12. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?
Foo Fighters
V2 (rocket)s
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)
13. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'
London Bridge
Simon Legree
(a) Yo-yo
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
14. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond
Go Away Little Girl
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Christina Aguilera
Orangutan
15. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
Peach (also contains orange)
Mashed potatoes
16. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
Small intestine(s)
TheAtlas (A)
Padre
Ellery Queen
17. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?
In Cold Blood
Jamaica Bay
Ione Skye
(The St. Louis) Blues
18. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)
Paradise Lost
Westworld (1973)
H. G. Wells
Carrie Underwood
19. Who both married and directed Madonna?
Italy
Intercourse
The Little Mermaid
Guy Ritchie
20. How many band members were there in Green Day?
Haiti
Smerdyakov
Earl Morrall
3
21. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Pearl Harbor
Sean Connery
Spinal Tap
22. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Mickey Finn
HL Mencken
Ulysseys (1967)
23. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
Thailand
Delaware
Elle
(Albert) Einstein
24. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?
Moby Dick
Cornea
Lamar Alexander
Field of Dreams
25. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?
Trapped in the Closet
Can-Can
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
Jerusalem
26. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
The Hula Bowl
Judiciary
V8 (juice)
27. First film with Dolby sound?
Black
Condoleezza Rice
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Polo
28. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?
Lean on Me
The Tell-tale Heart
Orange
Padre
29. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?
Babette March
Pocahontas
Yes
Roger Bannister
30. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...
Shiva (the destroyer - of the Trimurti)
(her) hair
Lillian Hellman
George Deukmejian
31. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
Baltimore
(George) Clooney
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Flowers for Algernon
32. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Brazil
Chantilly
State quarters
India
33. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Baden-Baden
Cullinan
Scrat
Hannah
34. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?
Spinal Tap
Orange
Royal jelly
Louisville - Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)
35. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?
Snape
Mecca
Mexico
Kayak
36. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?
Barry Sanders
Cornea
Mau Mau
Nicky
37. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?
Topper
Edith Head
STP Motor Oil
Pippa Passes (1909)
38. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
What's Up - Doc?
The Loco-motion
Happyness
Flowers for Algernon
39. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?
Louisville - Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
The Chrysler Building
Do The Right Thing
40. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Windsor - Ontario
Aramis
(Pablo) Picasso
Hope & Faith
41. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Loco-motion
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
The Canterville Ghost
42. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?
SD-6
Billy Martin
10
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
43. What's Cartman's first name on South Park
Cornea
Eric
When a Man Loves a Woman
Silicon and oxygen
44. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?
Ghost
Edith Head
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Bank One
45. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?
Judy Garland
Buster Douglas
Thrust
Color blindness
46. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?
Rome
Limp Bizkit
Britney Spears
New Zealand
47. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
Fish
(the) Boston Tea Party
Babette March
Tiny Bubbles
48. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?
Ganesh
The Lion King
Ken Davitian
Oort cloud
49. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
Norma Jean
Tupac Shakur
Beetle Juice
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
50. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?
Limp Bizkit
The Ring
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
38th Parallel