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1. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?
Darwin's
Tupac Shakur
2
Italy
2. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?
(The) Jordan (River)
Mitosis
Gorilla
(the) World Cup (trophy)
3. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
2
Somewhere in Time
Nicaragua
Dharma & Greg
4. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?
Mars
Mitosis
Eeyore
Boxing
5. Who killed the literary character Polonius?
Thailand
Hamlet
Beck (Odelay)
Paramount
6. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?
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7. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
Sally Ride
The Sixth Sense
Joanne Woodward
8. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
Tammy Faye Bakker
Eric
9. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'
Bling bling
Ken Davitian
Little Rock
Otto
10. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?
1
Mahi mahi
Parrot
Theodore Roosevelt
11. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?
Montgomery - Alabama
Jamie Lynn
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Martin Landau
12. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
Almonds
The Ring
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
13. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?
Maya Angelou
Five
J. M. Barrie
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
14. 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?
Model railroad
Stalingrad
Emeritus
India
15. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?
Grape(s)
Pocahontas
MMMBob
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
16. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?
Victory
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Somewhere in Time
Bicycle(s)
17. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?
Mitsubishi
Hoop Dreams
Sweden
20
18. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)
Ian Fleming
K. d. lang
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Jenny McCarthy
19. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?
Pulp Fiction
Laverne & Shirley
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
Montreal
20. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?
Victory
Sullivan Ordinance
Wings (1927)
Extras
21. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
20
Jean-Luc Goddard
Condoleezza Rice
22. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?
Jamaica Bay
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Chinese Democracy
Hamlet
23. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!
M. C. Hammer
CONTROL
Ants
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
24. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?
Draw
Turkey
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
5
25. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
Palm Sunday
Wales
Maya Angelou
26. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?
D. H. Lawrence
Six
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
The Chrysler Building
27. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Bicycle(s)
Five
28. Who both married and directed Madonna?
Guy Ritchie
The Chrysler Building
Scrat
Venice
29. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?
MASH
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Horse
Italy
30. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?
I've fallen and I can't get up
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Aliana
Scrooged
31. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?
Kenneth Branagh
Horse
Colombia
Jim Valvano
32. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover
Spinal Tap
Maya Angelou
Bicycle(s)
Eric
33. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?
Scrooged
Yellow (and key!)
Fraternite
(a) ginny (or jenny)
34. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
Orange(s)
Jim Lovell
Somewhere in Time
(George) Clooney
35. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?
The (Buffalo) Sabres
10
Dr. James Bedford
Manhunter
36. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?
Colonel Tom Parker
(Sperm) Whale
Upset
Jim Calhoun
37. 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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38. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?
Delaware
Almonds
Do The Right Thing
Mashed potatoes
39. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?
Benito Mussolini
Buster Douglas
Llama
Palmer
40. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Germany
Richard Nixon and George W. Bush
Christina Aguilera
41. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
IMDb
Bicycle(s)
Grenada
Victoria Falls
42. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
(The) House of Seven Gables
Marcel Marceau
Five
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
43. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Brain Boitano
Jamie Lynn
(The) Rolling Stones
Martin Landau
44. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?
The Cincinnati Reds
Harold and Maude
The Robe (1953)
(an) e
45. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?
Peach(es)
Norma Jean
Croatia
Cat
46. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?
Ghost
Ione Skye
Horse
Parrot
47. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?
Balthasar (Magi)
CONTROL
Rocky Balboa
Rochelle - Rochelle
48. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)
Humbert Humbert
Aaron Copland
H. G. Wells
Judy Garland
49. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?
Racecar
Jive
Old Time Rock and Roll
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
50. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?
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