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1. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






2. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






3. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






4. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






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






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






7. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






8. First 'Director's Cut'?

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






10. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






11. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






12. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






13. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






14. First all-sound film?






15. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






16. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






17. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






18. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






19. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






20. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






21. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






22. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






23. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






24. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






25. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






26. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






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






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






29. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






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






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






32. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






33. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






34. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






35. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






36. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






37. Which company merged with Citicorp?






38. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






39. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






40. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






41. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?






42. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






43. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?






44. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






45. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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46. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






47. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






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






49. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






50. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?