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1. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






3. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






4. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






5. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






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






7. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






8. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






9. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






10. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






11. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






12. What celebrated antiapartheid activist died in South African police custody in September 1977?






13. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






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






15. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






16. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






17. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






18. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






19. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






20. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






21. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






22. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






23. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






24. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






25. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






26. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






27. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






28. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






29. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






30. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






31. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






32. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






33. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






34. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






35. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






36. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






37. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






38. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






39. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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






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






42. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






43. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






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






45. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






46. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






48. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






49. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






50. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?







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