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1. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






2. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






3. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






4. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






5. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






6. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






7. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






8. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






9. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






10. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






11. 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?






12. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






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






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






15. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






16. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






17. Which company merged with BP?






18. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






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






20. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






21. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






22. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






23. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






24. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






25. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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26. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






27. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






28. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?






29. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






30. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






31. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






33. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






34. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






35. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






36. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






37. First use of the 'f-word'?






38. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?

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39. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






40. First all-sound film?






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






42. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






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






44. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






45. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

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46. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






47. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






48. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






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






50. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?