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1. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






2. Which company merged with Chevron?






3. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






4. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






5. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






6. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






7. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






8. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






9. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






10. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






12. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






13. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






14. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






15. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






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






17. What is frozen to make dry ice?






18. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






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






20. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






21. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






22. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






23. Which company merged with Boeing?






24. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






25. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






26. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






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






28. First scheduled in-flight movie?






29. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






30. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






31. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






32. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






33. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






34. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






35. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






36. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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37. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






38. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






39. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






40. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






41. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






42. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






43. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






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






45. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






46. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






47. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






48. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






49. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






50. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?