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






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






3. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






4. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






5. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






6. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






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






8. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






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






10. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






11. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






12. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?






13. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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






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






16. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






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






18. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






19. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






20. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






21. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






22. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






23. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






24. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






25. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






26. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






27. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






28. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






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






30. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






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






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






33. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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34. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






35. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






36. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






37. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






38. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






39. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






40. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






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






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






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






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






45. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






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






47. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






48. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






49. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






50. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?