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1. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






2. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






3. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






4. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






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






6. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






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






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






9. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






10. First Best Picture Oscar?






11. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






12. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






13. First computer graphics in film?






14. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






15. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






16. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






17. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






18. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






19. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






20. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






21. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






22. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






23. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






24. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






25. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






26. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






27. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






28. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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






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






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






32. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






33. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






34. First studio film with a black director?






35. First three-strip Technicolor?






36. Which company merged with BP?






37. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






38. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






39. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






40. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






41. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






42. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






43. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






44. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






45. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






46. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






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






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






49. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






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