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1. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






2. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






3. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






4. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






5. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






6. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






7. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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8. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






9. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






10. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






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






12. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






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






14. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






15. What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?






16. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






17. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






18. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






19. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






20. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






21. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






22. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






23. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






24. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?






25. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






27. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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28. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






29. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






30. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






31. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






32. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






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






34. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






35. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






36. First use of Steadicam in film?






37. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






38. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






39. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






40. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






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






42. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






43. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






44. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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45. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






46. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






47. Who called his elephant Tantor?






48. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






49. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






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