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1. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






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






3. What kind of trust is a REIT?






4. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






5. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






6. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






7. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






8. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






9. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






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






11. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






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






13. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






14. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






15. How many band members were there in Toto?






16. Which company merged with Verizon?






17. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






18. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






19. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






20. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






21. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






22. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






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






24. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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25. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






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






27. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






28. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






29. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






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






31. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






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






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






34. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






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






36. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






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






38. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






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






40. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






41. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






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






43. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






44. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






45. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






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






47. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






48. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






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






50. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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