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Subject : trivia
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1. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






2. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






3. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






4. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






5. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






6. First New York Times movie review?






7. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






8. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






9. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






10. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?






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






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






13. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






14. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






15. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






16. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






17. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






18. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






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






20. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






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






22. 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?






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






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






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






26. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






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






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






29. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






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






31. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






32. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






33. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






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






35. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






36. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






37. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






38. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






39. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






40. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






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






42. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






43. 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?






44. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






45. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






46. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






47. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






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






49. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






50. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?