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1. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






2. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






3. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






4. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






5. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






6. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






7. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






8. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






9. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






10. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






11. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






12. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?

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






14. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






15. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






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






17. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






18. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






19. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






20. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






21. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






22. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






23. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






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






25. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






26. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






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






28. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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29. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






30. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






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






32. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






33. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






34. First use of Steadicam in film?






35. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






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






37. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






38. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






39. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






40. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






41. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






42. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






43. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






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






45. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






46. How many band members were there in Toto?






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

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48. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






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






50. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?