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1. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?
(the) World Cup (trophy)
De Beers
(a) ginny (or jenny)
The Learning Tree (1969)
2. First film with Dolby sound?
Oahu
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Mexico
Shel Silverstein
3. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?
Lord of the Flies
Tupac Shakur
The Hula Bowl
Gordie Howe
4. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?
Bonnie and Clyde
Altamount
(Dallas) Love Field
France
5. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
Mickey Finn
Charles Lindbergh
Omega
2
6. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?
Body Count
Color blindness
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Black
7. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?
(Honda) Civic
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Teapot Dome
Times Square
8. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
Lady Marmalade
Ben Hogan
Roberto Rossellini
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
9. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?
Grenada
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Ernesto
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
10. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?
Beverly Cleary
Roberto Rossellini
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
11. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?
Clownfish
Montreal
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Jack the Ripper
12. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?
Yes
Switzerland
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
(Honda) Civic
13. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?
IMF
A Room With a View (Forster)
Victoria Falls
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
14. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?
(a) clergyman
A Room With a View (Forster)
Finland
It Happened One Night (1934)
15. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Thelma and Louise
Brian De Palma
Avocado(s)
Marcel Marceau
16. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'
Randy Quaid
MMMBob
Ants
(the) ear
17. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
Old Time Rock and Roll
K. d. lang
Garo Yepremian
The Others
18. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?
The Sixth Sense
Teapot Dome
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
(Ford) Excursion
19. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
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20. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?
The Ritz (hotel)
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
Afghanistan
Eve
21. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Parking meters
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Stalingrad
22. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?
Gomer Pyle
Robert De Niro
Genesis
China
23. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?
In Cold Blood
Ernie
Betty (Rubble)
(the) New York Mets
24. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
(the) New York Mets
James Cameron
Renny Harlin
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
25. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Altamount
Czechoslovakia
Color blindness
26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?
Bob Dylan
Hercules
The Lion King
Bambi
27. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
Body Count
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
Christopher Columbus
28. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
Algeria
Gomer Pyle
State quarters
29. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
A Room With a View (Forster)
Dannii
IMDb
Wendy
30. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?
Pig
Times Square
Paradise Lost
Pink
31. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?
Sugar Ray Leonard
(an) e
(The) Rolling Stones
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
32. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?
Farting
Robert De Niro
The Dome of the Rock
6
33. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?
Britney Spears
Jenny McCarthy
Douglas
Dentin
34. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?
Rat
China
The Artful Dodger
It Happened One Night (1934)
35. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?
Algeria
When a Man Loves a Woman
(Songs in) A Minor
Horse
36. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?
Babar
(Gerald)Ford
Muhammad
Mel Brooks
37. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?
Watermelon(s)
Ozone
M. C. Hammer
Marcel Marceau
38. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?
Jamie Lynn
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Inspiration (1915)
(The) Rolling Stones
39. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?
Geyser
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
Miles Davis
Mitosis
40. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?
Liar Liar
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
Colonel Harland Sanders
Martin Landau
41. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?
William Tell
Chile
Jurassic Park
Darwin's
42. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?
Randy Quaid
S(ain)t Louis
Delaware
Ken Davitian
43. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
Pegasus
Blue
The Fantastic Four
Theodore
44. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?
Mahi mahi
William Tell
Pocahontas
Condoleezza Rice
45. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?
Kenneth Branagh
4
Mia Farrow
Judy Garland
46. Which artist had the double album Being There?
The Ewings (Dallas)
Wilco
Pig
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
47. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?
The Boston Celtics (21)
KITT('s) (Knight Rider)
When a Man Loves a Woman
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
48. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown
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49. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
Geyser
Eric Bogosian
Turkmenistan
The Weekly World News
50. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?
Scrooged
Mashed potatoes
The Robe (1953)
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)