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1. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






2. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






3. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






4. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






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






6. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






7. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






8. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






9. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?






10. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






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






12. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






13. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






14. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






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






16. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






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






18. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






19. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






20. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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






22. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






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






24. First 'Director's Cut'?

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25. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






26. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






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






28. What is a female donkey called?






29. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






30. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






31. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






32. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






33. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






34. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






35. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






36. What kind of trust is a REIT?






37. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






38. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






39. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






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






41. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






42. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






43. Which company merged with Citicorp?






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






45. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?






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






47. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






48. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






49. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






50. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?