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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






2. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?






3. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






4. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






5. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?






6. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






7. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






8. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






9. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






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






11. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?






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






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






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






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






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






17. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






18. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






19. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






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






21. What are divided by Botts' dots?






22. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






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






24. What is a female donkey called?






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






26. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






28. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






29. What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?






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






31. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






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






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






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






35. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






36. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






37. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






38. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






39. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






40. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






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






42. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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






44. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






45. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






46. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?






47. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






48. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






49. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






50. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?