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1. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?
Barry Sanders
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Pakistan
Solipsism
2. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?
Grenada
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
St. Louis Cardinals
Leopard
3. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?
Charles Starkweather
Westworld (1973)
Judy Garland
Sri Lanka
4. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?
E. B. White
Dr. James Bedford
Extras
Ski slopes
5. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?
Muammar Qaddifi
Nauruan
Rene Descartes
3
6. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?
Pancreas
Beck (Odelay)
Lamar Alexander
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
7. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?
Silicon and oxygen
Grenada
Ohio and North Carolina
Buster Douglas
8. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?
Oedipus
Tongue
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Lady Marmalade
9. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?
Joanne Woodward
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Judy Garland
10. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?
Couscous
Earl Morrall
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Antawn Jamison
11. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Colombia
The gingerbread man
Steven Spielberg
12. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?
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13. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?
China
Avocado(s)
(Sperm) Whale
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
14. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?
Babette March
Rene Descartes
(The) dodo
Odor Eaters (insoles)
15. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?
Tiny Bubbles
Parrot
(the) Great Train Robbery
Ulysseys (1967)
16. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?
Turkey
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
(the) giraffe
Gorilla
17. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?
1606
Dentin
MCI
(Ford) Excursion
18. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?
Paul Newman
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Cape Hatteras
Jim Valvano
19. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?
Simon Legree
Darwin's
Laverne & Shirley
Rulon Gardner
20. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
(Pablo) Picasso
Genesis
(tested positive for) marijuana
Tsetse fly
21. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?
Five
MCI
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
20
22. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?
Heloise
Ali MacGraw
Peach(es)
Bob Dylan
23. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
The Robe (1953)
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
White
Oedipus
24. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Antonin Scalia
Pennsylvania
25. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters
40
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Please Mr. Postman
Beowulf
26. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'
Sir Walter Raleigh
E. B. White
Nuclear disarmament
SD-6
27. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?
Watermelon(s)
Sean Connery
Leopard
Pig
28. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?
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29. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?
Louisville - Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)
Home Improvement
Sonic Youth
Fontanelles
30. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?
Buster Douglas
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Mecca
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
31. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?
Dannii
Coruscant
Condoleezza Rice
Alsatians
32. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Real estate (investment)
V2 (rocket)s
Bling bling
33. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?
(the) Jack of diamonds
Venus
Almonds
Mexico
34. First use of Steadicam in film?
Guy Ritchie
The Frighteners
Bound for Glory (1976)
Gene Roddenberry
35. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)
Ulysseys (1967)
J. M. Barrie
K. d. lang
Texaco
36. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?
(the) Motorwagen
Buffalo
Black
Cocoon
37. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?
Jenny
White
Pink
Come by here
38. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?
The Descent
Nicaragua
Horse
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
39. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk
The Loco-motion
(the) World Cup (trophy)
9
Duran Duran
40. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?
Afghanistan
Ken Davitian
20
The Chrysler Building
41. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
James Cameron
Avocado(s)
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
Harold and Maude
42. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'
Czechoslovakia
A Room With a View (Forster)
Manhunter
She shot JR (Dallas)
43. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?
Philip Marlowe
Mau Mau
Ozone
Ione Skye
44. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?
Aurora australis
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Murray Gell-Mann
IMF
45. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?
Lemon(s)
Prince Valiant
Louie Louie
Desiderata
46. How many band members were there in Toto?
Milk Duds
6
Queen Anne's Lace
Murray Gell-Mann
47. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?
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48. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Finland
HP Lovecraft
49. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?
Frank Zappa
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Ione Skye
B. J. Armstrong
50. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?
Mahi mahi
Gordie Howe
Ernie
Capybara