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1. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






2. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






3. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?

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4. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






5. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






6. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






7. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






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






9. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






10. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






11. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






12. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






13. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






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






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






16. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






17. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






18. Which artist had the double album Being There?






19. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






20. Who killed the literary character Polonius?






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






22. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






23. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






24. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






25. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






26. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






27. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






28. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






29. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






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






31. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






32. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






33. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






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






35. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






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






37. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?






38. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






39. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






40. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






41. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






42. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






43. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






44. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






45. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






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






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






48. What is a female donkey called?






49. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






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