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1. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?
Hannibal
Becky Sharp (1935)
John Cassavets
The Cincinnati Reds
2. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?
Elvis Costello
Stalingrad
New Zealand
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
3. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
Cocoon
Field of Dreams
Tammy Faye Bakker
4. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?
Rebecca
Dollar
Switzerland
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
5. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?
Fraternite
Afghanistan
McDonnell Douglas
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
6. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?
Joel Cohen
Pear(s)
Rome
Brain Boitano
7. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
Flowers for Algernon
Marcel Marceau
6
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
8. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
Jerusalem
Montreal
Coffee
Sirhan Sirhan
9. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?
Ali MacGraw
Topper
Llama
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
10. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?
Trapped in the Closet
Stalingrad
Pancreas
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
11. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?
The Boston Celtics (21)
Palm Sunday
Spain
Judy Garland
12. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Bicycle(s)
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
Hydrogen and oxygen
(The) House of Seven Gables
13. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Tongue
Terminal velocity
Extras
14. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Hope & Faith
Ulysseys (1967)
Watermelon(s)
Mary Decker (Slaney)
15. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
The Dome of the Rock
IMDb
30 Rock
Hercules
16. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Argentina
Marcel Marceau
Pachyderm
George Deukmejian
17. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
Buster Douglas
Charles Lindbergh
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
18. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?
Judy Garland
LeBron James
Ohio and North Carolina
Oregon (or New Jersey)
19. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?
A-ha
Darwin's
Sao Paulo
2
20. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas
Lulu
Oregon (or New Jersey)
The White Witch
Joanne Woodward
21. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?
Louisville - Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)
Peach(es)
Rochelle - Rochelle
Horse
22. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?
Bling bling
Bucket
Deer
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
23. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?
By choice - man!
Egypt
Eeyore
Capri
24. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
Mel Brooks
Eris (Discord)
Joanne Woodward
2
25. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?
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26. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Smerdyakov
Mashed potatoes
James Cook (English - 1770)
27. First Best Picture Oscar?
Yellow (and key!)
Tsetse fly
Jean-Luc Goddard
Wings (1927)
28. What magazine gives out the 'Golden Calipers' to its Car of the Year winner?
Fahrenheit 451
Motor Trend
Almonds
Peach (also contains orange)
29. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?
Desiderata
You Keep Me Hangin' On
(The) Marines
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
30. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
Geyser
Green
Michelle Wie
31. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?
The Ritz (hotel)
Mulan
(the) ear
Muammar Qaddifi
32. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?
Colombia
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
33. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?
Roberto Rossellini
20
Dentin
The Descent
34. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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35. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?
Mia Farrow
Maya Angelou
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
Mickey Finn
36. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?
Douglas
White
Antonin Scalia
Walter Winchell
37. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Roger Maris
Llama
Ulysseys (1967)
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
38. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?
The Maltese Falcon
Lady Marmalade
Underoos
The Artful Dodger
39. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?
Couscous
Jamie Lynn
Jack Kevorkian
J. M. Barrie
40. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?
(PE)6-5000
The Maltese Falcon
Blue
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
41. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?
Jamaica
Croatia
(the) bishop
(PE)6-5000
42. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?
Small intestine(s)
Color blindness
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Louie Louie
43. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?
Cherries
Banana
Rochelle - Rochelle
Vincente Minnelli
44. First film shown on HBO?
Thanksgiving
Lemon(s)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Blue
45. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Capri
Cullinan
Hugo Chavez
Lulu
46. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?
HL Mencken
6
Dracula
Eric Bogosian
47. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?
Peach(es)
Switzerland
The Pope
Oscar and Lucinda
48. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
Pennsylvania
The valley of the shadow of death
Edsel
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
49. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala
Venice
The Lion King
Simon Legree
Rene Descartes
50. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
Naomi
Eric Bogosian
Angkor Wat