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1. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






2. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






3. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






4. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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5. Which company merged with NBC?






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






7. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?

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8. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






9. What is a female donkey called?






10. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






11. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






12. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






13. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






14. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






15. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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

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17. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






18. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






19. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






20. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






21. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






22. Which company merged with NBC?






23. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






24. 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






25. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






26. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






27. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






28. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






29. First three-strip Technicolor?






30. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






31. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






32. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?






33. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






34. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






35. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






36. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






37. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






38. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






39. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






40. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






41. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






42. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






43. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






44. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






45. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






46. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






47. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






48. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






49. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






50. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?