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






2. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






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






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






5. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






6. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






7. First use of the 'f-word'?






8. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






9. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






10. 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?






11. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






12. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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13. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






14. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






15. First computer graphics in film?






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






17. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






18. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






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






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






21. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






22. 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?






23. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






25. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






26. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






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






28. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






29. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






30. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






31. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






32. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






33. Which company merged with Verizon?






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






35. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






36. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?






37. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






38. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






39. Which company merged with BP?






40. First use of the 'f-word'?






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






42. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






43. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






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






45. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






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






47. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?






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






49. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






50. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?