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






2. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






3. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






4. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






5. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






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






7. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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8. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






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






10. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






11. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






12. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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13. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






14. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






15. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






16. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






17. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






18. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






19. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






20. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






21. First film of the 3-D boom?






22. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






23. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






24. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






25. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






26. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






27. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






28. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






29. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






30. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






31. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






32. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






33. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






34. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






35. First American film nudity?






36. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






37. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






38. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






39. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






40. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






41. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






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






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






44. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






45. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






46. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






47. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






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






49. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






50. Who 'discovered' Brazil?