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1. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






2. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






3. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






4. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






5. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






6. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






7. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






8. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






9. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






10. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






11. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






12. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






13. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






14. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






15. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






16. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






17. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






18. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






19. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






20. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






21. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






22. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






23. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






24. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






25. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






26. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






27. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






28. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






29. Which company merged with BP?






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






31. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






32. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






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






34. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?






35. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






36. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






37. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






38. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






39. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






40. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?






41. What celebrated antiapartheid activist died in South African police custody in September 1977?






42. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






43. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






44. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?






45. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






46. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






47. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






48. Which company merged with NBC?






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

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50. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?