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1. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






2. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






3. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965






4. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






5. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






6. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






7. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






8. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






9. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






10. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






11. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






12. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






13. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






14. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






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






16. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






17. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






18. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






19. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






20. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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21. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






22. What are divided by Botts' dots?






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






24. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






25. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






26. First scheduled in-flight movie?






27. Who both married and directed Madonna?






28. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






29. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






30. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






31. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






32. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






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






34. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






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






36. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






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






38. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






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






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






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






42. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






43. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






44. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






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






46. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






47. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






48. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






49. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






50. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?







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