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1. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






2. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






3. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






4. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






5. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






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






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






8. First scheduled in-flight movie?






9. First American film nudity?






10. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






11. 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






12. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






13. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






14. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






15. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






16. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






17. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






18. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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19. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






20. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






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






22. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?






23. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






24. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






25. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?






26. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






27. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






28. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






29. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






30. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






31. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






32. First all-sound film?






33. Which company merged with Boeing?






34. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






35. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






36. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






37. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






38. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






39. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






40. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






41. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






42. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






43. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






44. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






45. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






46. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






47. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






48. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






49. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






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







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