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1. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






2. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






3. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






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






5. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






6. 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?






7. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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8. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






9. Which company merged with Chevron?






10. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






11. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?






12. 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?






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






14. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






15. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






16. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






17. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






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






19. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






20. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






21. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






22. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






23. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






24. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?






25. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






26. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






27. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






28. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






29. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






30. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






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






32. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






33. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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34. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






35. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






36. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






37. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






38. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






39. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






40. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






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






42. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






43. First Best Picture Oscar?






44. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






45. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






46. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






47. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






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






49. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






50. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?