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






2. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






3. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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






5. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






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






7. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






8. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






9. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






10. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






11. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






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






13. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






14. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






15. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






16. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






17. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






18. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






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






20. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






21. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






22. What novel's events are kicked off when Countess Ellen Olenska is snubbed by New York society?






23. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






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






25. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






26. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






27. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






28. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






29. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






30. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






31. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






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






33. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






34. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






35. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






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






37. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






38. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






39. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






40. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






41. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






42. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






43. What's Cartman's first name on South Park






44. 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?






45. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






46. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






47. Which company merged with NBC?






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






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






50. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?