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1. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






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






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






4. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






5. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






6. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






7. How many band members were there in Toto?






8. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






9. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






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






11. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






12. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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

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






15. First computer graphics in film?






16. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






17. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






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






19. First American film nudity?






20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?






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






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






23. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






24. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






25. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






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






28. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






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






30. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






31. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






32. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






33. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






34. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






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






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






37. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






38. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






39. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






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






41. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






42. How many band members were there in Madness?






43. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?






44. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






45. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






46. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






47. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






48. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






49. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






50. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?







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