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1. Who called his elephant Tantor?






2. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






3. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






4. First three-strip Technicolor?






5. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






6. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






7. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






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






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






10. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






11. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






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






13. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






14. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






15. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






16. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






17. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






18. First use of Steadicam in film?






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






20. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






21. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






22. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






23. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






24. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






25. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






26. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






27. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






28. First computer graphics in film?






29. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






30. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






31. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






32. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






33. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






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

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35. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






36. Who both married and directed Madonna?






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






38. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






39. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






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






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






42. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






43. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






44. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






45. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






46. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






48. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






49. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






50. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?