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1. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?
Silicon Valley
Nauruan
Jean-Luc Goddard
Theodore Roosevelt
2. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?
Ashlee
Clownfish
The Sparrow
When a Man Loves a Woman
3. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!
Grenada
Lean on Me
Ants
Theodore
4. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?
(tested positive for) marijuana
Portland( - OR)
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
V8 (juice)
5. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?
Peach (also contains orange)
V2 (rocket)s
MASH
Radar
6. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Brain Boitano
Trapped in the Closet
Peru
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
7. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?
George Wilson
Steven Spielberg
Orange(s)
20
8. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name
Czechoslovakia
Ernie
Colonel Tom Parker
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
9. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
Nevada
Jim Valvano
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
10. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson
Jenny McCarthy
LeBron James
Rulon Gardner
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
11. Who killed the literary character Grendel?
Lord of the Flies
Desiderata
Beowulf
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
12. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
New York - New York
Jessica Lange
13. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?
J. M. Barrie
China
Manhunter
Ione Skye
14. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
4
V8 (juice)
Sullivan Ordinance
15. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?
Koran
The Lion King
Murray Gell-Mann
Genesis
16. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?
XTC
Oort cloud
Trapped in the Closet
George Wilson
17. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?
American Beauty
Westward Ho!
Model railroad
Boxing
18. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?
White
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Silicon Valley
A Christmas Carol
19. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?
Leopard
Coal
Christina Aguilera
Rochelle - Rochelle
20. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?
The Descent
Oscar and Lucinda
(her) hair
The Fantastic Four
21. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?
Scoop
Renny Harlin
Mars
(The St. Louis) Blues
22. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'
Robert Scott
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Hope & Faith
Baltimore
23. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?
George Deukmejian
Body Count
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Beck (Odelay)
24. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'
Nicaragua
Little Rock
Hope & Faith
Lights of New York (1928)
25. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?
Jessica Lange
Mia Farrow
Nicaragua
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
26. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?
Mau Mau
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Gomer Pyle
Israel
27. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?
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28. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?
Altamount
Howard Hughes
Ski slopes
Model railroad
29. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Mashed potatoes
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Muhammad
Babar
30. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?
Blue
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Canada
HL Mencken
31. What's Cartman's first name on South Park
Eric
Jurassic Park
Lulu
Koran
32. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?
Can-Can
Christina Aguilera
New York - New York
Sir Walter Raleigh
33. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Bucket
Parking meters
The Tell-tale Heart
34. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?
The valley of the shadow of death
The Mini (Cooper)
3 2 1 Contact
North America
35. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?
Jamaica
Victory
Rome
Aurora australis
36. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000
Clownfish
Tiger Woods
Mia Farrow
Charles Lindbergh
37. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?
Hugo Chavez
Brazil
Sugar Ray Leonard
Gomer Pyle
38. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?
Bambi
The Robe (1953)
Teapot Dome
Chaminade
39. 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?
Six
The (Buffalo) Sabres
Lean on Me
Miles Davis
40. First 'Director's Cut'?
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41. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?
IMF
Roberto Rossellini
The Ring
Eric Bogosian
42. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell
Kate & Allie
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Manhunter
Gomer Pyle
43. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton
Victory
Laverne & Shirley
Texaco
When a Man Loves a Woman
44. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?
Little Rock
George Deukmejian
Pippa Passes (1909)
MMMBob
45. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?
Ohio and North Carolina
Baden-Baden
Mitch
Lord of the Flies
46. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?
(Hector) Berlioz
Eric
Bling bling
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
47. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?
Dollar
Trapped in the Closet
Israel
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
48. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
Can-Can
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Seven
30 Rock
49. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
HL Mencken
Paramount
Martha Stewart
50. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
Orange(s)
Judy Garland
Charles Starkweather
The Boston Celtics (21)