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1. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






2. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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3. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?






4. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






5. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






6. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






7. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






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






9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






10. What are divided by Botts' dots?






11. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






12. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






13. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






14. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






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






16. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






17. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






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






19. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






20. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






21. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






22. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






23. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






24. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






25. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






26. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






27. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






28. First three-strip Technicolor?






29. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






30. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






31. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






32. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






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






34. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






35. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






36. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






37. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






38. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






39. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






40. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






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






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






43. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






44. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






45. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






46. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






47. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






48. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






49. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






50. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?