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1. How many band members were there in UB40?






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






3. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






4. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






5. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






6. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






7. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






8. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






9. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






10. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






11. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






12. Who called his elephant Tantor?






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






14. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






15. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?






16. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?






17. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






18. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






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






20. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






21. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






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






23. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






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






25. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






26. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






27. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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28. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






29. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






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






31. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?






32. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






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






35. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






36. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






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






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






39. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

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40. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






41. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






42. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






43. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






44. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






45. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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46. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






47. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






48. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






49. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






50. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?