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1. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






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






3. Who called his elephant Tantor?






4. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






5. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






6. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






7. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?






8. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






9. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






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






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






12. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






13. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






14. Which company merged with SBC?






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






16. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






17. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






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

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19. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






20. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






21. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






22. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






23. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






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






25. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






26. What novel's events are kicked off when Countess Ellen Olenska is snubbed by New York society?






27. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






28. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






29. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?






30. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






31. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






32. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






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






34. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?






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






36. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






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






38. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






39. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






40. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






41. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






42. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






43. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






44. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






45. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






46. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






47. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






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






49. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






50. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?







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