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1. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






2. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






3. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






4. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






5. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






6. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?






7. First scheduled in-flight movie?






8. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






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






10. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






11. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






12. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






13. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






14. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






15. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






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






17. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






18. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






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






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






21. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






22. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






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






24. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






25. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






26. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






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






28. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






29. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






30. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






31. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






32. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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33. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






34. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






35. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






36. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






37. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






38. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






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






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






41. First American film nudity?






42. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?






43. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?






44. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






46. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






47. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






48. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






49. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






50. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...