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1. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






2. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






3. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






4. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






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






6. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






7. First computer graphics in film?






8. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






9. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






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






11. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






12. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






13. First use of the 'f-word'?






14. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






15. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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16. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






17. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






18. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






19. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






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






21. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






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






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






24. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






25. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






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






27. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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28. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






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






30. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






31. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






32. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






33. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






34. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






35. Which company merged with Verizon?






36. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






37. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






38. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






39. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






40. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?






41. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






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






43. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






44. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






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






46. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






47. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






48. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?






49. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






50. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?