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1. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






2. What is frozen to make dry ice?






3. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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4. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






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






6. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






7. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






8. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






9. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






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






11. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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12. First computer graphics in film?






13. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






14. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






15. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






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






18. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






19. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






20. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






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






22. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






23. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






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






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






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






27. Who called his elephant Tantor?






28. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






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






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






31. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






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






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






34. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






35. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






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






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






38. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






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






40. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






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






42. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






43. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






44. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






45. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






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






47. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






48. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






49. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






50. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?