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1. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






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






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






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






5. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






6. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






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






8. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






9. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






10. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






11. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






12. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






13. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






14. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






15. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






16. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






17. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






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






19. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






20. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






21. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






22. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






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






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






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






26. First New York Times movie review?






27. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






28. First three-strip Technicolor?






29. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






30. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






31. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






32. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






33. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






34. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






35. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






36. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






37. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?






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






39. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






40. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






41. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965






42. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






43. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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






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






46. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






47. First film shown on HBO?






48. Which company merged with NBC?






49. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?






50. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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