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1. First American film nudity?






2. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






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

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4. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






5. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






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






7. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






8. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






9. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






10. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






11. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






12. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






13. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






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






15. First scheduled in-flight movie?






16. The Khmer words for 'city temple' give what building its name?






17. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






18. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






19. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






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






21. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






22. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






23. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






24. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






25. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






26. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






27. First use of Steadicam in film?






28. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






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






30. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






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






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






33. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






34. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






35. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






36. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






37. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






38. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






39. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






40. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






41. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






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






43. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






44. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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






46. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






47. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






48. According to his best seller - what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981






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






50. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet