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1. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






2. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






3. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






5. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






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






7. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






8. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






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






10. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






11. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






12. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?






13. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






14. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






15. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






16. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






17. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






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






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






20. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






21. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






22. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






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






24. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






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






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






27. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






28. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






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






30. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






31. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






32. Who both married and directed Madonna?






33. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






34. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






35. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






36. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






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






38. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






39. First scheduled in-flight movie?






40. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






41. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






42. 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?






43. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






44. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






45. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






46. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






47. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






48. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?






49. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






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