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1. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






2. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






3. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






4. First film in CinemaScope?






5. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






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






7. First film with Dolby sound?






8. According to 'Michael - Row the Boat Ashore -' where is Michael rowing?






9. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






10. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






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






12. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






13. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






14. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






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






16. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






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






18. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






19. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






20. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






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






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


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






24. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






25. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






26. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






27. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?


28. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






29. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






30. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






31. 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?






32. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






33. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






34. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






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






36. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






37. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






38. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






39. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?






40. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






41. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






42. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






43. How many band members were there in Madness?






44. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






46. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






47. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






48. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






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






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