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1. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






2. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






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






4. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






5. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






6. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






7. First film with Dolby sound?






8. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






9. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






10. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






11. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






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






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






14. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






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






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






17. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?

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18. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






19. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






20. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






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






22. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






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






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






25. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






26. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






27. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






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






29. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






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






31. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?






32. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






33. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






34. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






35. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






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






37. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






38. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






39. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






40. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






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






42. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






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






44. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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






46. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






47. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






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






49. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






50. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?