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1. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






2. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






3. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






4. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






5. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






6. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






7. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






8. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






9. How many band members were there in Green Day?






10. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






11. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






12. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






13. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






14. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






15. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






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






17. 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?






18. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






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






20. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






21. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






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






23. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






24. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






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






26. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






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






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






29. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






30. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






31. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






32. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






33. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






34. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






35. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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36. Which company merged with Verizon?






37. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






38. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






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






40. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






41. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






42. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






43. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






44. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






45. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






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






47. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






48. Who killed the literary character Polonius?






49. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






50. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'