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1. First film with Dolby sound?
XTC
Seven
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
(tested positive for) marijuana
2. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?
Mecca
Solipsism
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
Lean on Me
3. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Nicaragua
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
4. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters
Please Mr. Postman
The White Witch
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
5. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Roger Maris
France
6. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?
Nuclear disarmament
(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Ernie
Hips
7. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?
Couscous
(Honda) Civic
Will & Grace
Pictures of Matchstick Men
8. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
MASH
Limp Bizkit
9. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?
Jamaica
Strawberries
Nicaragua
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
10. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?
Israel
Hong Kong
Wales
Babette March
11. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
(Sperm) Whale
Babette March
Aglet
Buster Douglas
12. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Judy Garland
Israel
Trapped in the Closet
13. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?
Geyser
The Fantastic Four
Strawberries
Pennsylvania
14. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?
Brazil
Ali MacGraw
(The) Rolling Stones
Little Rock
15. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?
Wings (1927)
Spain
William Tell
Bling bling
16. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?
St. Louis Cardinals
Palm Sunday
Liar Liar
Green
17. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?
Mickey Finn
Christina Aguilera
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Eric
18. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
6
Salt Lake City
19. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Sonic Youth
Nevada
Finland
20. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?
Seal (played by a sea lion)
Afghanistan
Guy Ritchie
Hong Kong
21. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Kitty Genovese
Lord of the Flies
(Gerald)Ford
22. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Mashed potatoes
Michelle Wie
Bambi
23. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?
The Sparrow
XTC
Dollar
Israel
24. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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25. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?
(the) Boston Tea Party
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Judiciary
Portland( - OR)
26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?
SD-6
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Kevorkian
Austria
27. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?
Gene Roddenberry
Green
Dracula
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
28. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?
Moby Dick
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
Come by here
Altamount
29. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?
Solipsism
Silicon and oxygen
Louisville (Kentucky)
D. H. Lawrence
30. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?
The gingerbread man
Aurora australis
Louisville (Kentucky)
Ashlee
31. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?
Condoleezza Rice
Mahi mahi
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
(a) Yo-yo
32. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?
Vincente Minnelli
Fig newtons
The Lion King
Bunker Hill
33. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?
Benito Mussolini
1606
Paul Newman
Real estate (investment)
34. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?
Christina Aguilera
Mia Farrow
Becky Sharp (1935)
Britney Spears
35. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?
Rulon Gardner
Eris (Discord)
(the) giraffe
Night Court
36. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Candyman
Moby Dick
Genesis
37. First studio film with a black director?
The Learning Tree (1969)
Colonel Harland Sanders
Antawn Jamison
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
38. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
Joanne Woodward
The Hula Bowl
Fig newtons
3
39. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
Racecar
MMMBob
Jerusalem
Portland( - OR)
40. First film with Dolby sound?
Eddie Matthews
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
(George Bernard) Shaw
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
41. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?
Candyman
Pennsylvania
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Smerdyakov
42. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Utah
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
Bucket
Candyman
43. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?
Hamlet
Solipsism
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
Naomi
44. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?
Palau
Emma
Leopard
Ulysseys (1967)
45. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
Baden-Baden
Federico Fellini
Sweden
46. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?
Peach(es)
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Montgomery - Alabama
Philip Marlowe
47. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?
Richard Cory (himself)
Night Court
G. E. Smith
North America
48. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Jerusalem
Fig newtons
Louisville (Kentucky)
49. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
Nuclear disarmament
Carrie Underwood
Lazarus
50. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?
Ali MacGraw
Barry Sanders
The Mona Lisa
Rocky Balboa