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1. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






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






3. First film shown on HBO?






4. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






5. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






6. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






7. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






8. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






9. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






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






11. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






12. How many band members were there in UB40?






13. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






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






15. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet






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






17. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






18. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






19. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






20. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






21. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






22. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






23. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






24. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






25. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






26. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?






27. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






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






29. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






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






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






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






33. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






34. Which company merged with NBC?






35. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






36. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






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






38. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






39. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






40. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






41. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






42. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






43. Who published his last novel - A Passage toIndia - in 1924 - thought he lived 46 more years?






44. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






45. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






46. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






47. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






48. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






49. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






50. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'