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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
France
Gordie Howe
Fahrenheit 451
Richard Nixon and George W. Bush
2. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
Strawberries
Ambrose Bierce
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
Mau Mau
3. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...
Kali
7
Shiva (the destroyer - of the Trimurti)
Muammar Qaddifi
4. Who both married and directed Geena Davis
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
James Cagney
Antonin Scalia
Renny Harlin
5. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'
MASH
Bunker Hill
Red Dawn (1984)
Tupac Shakur
6. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?
Jamie Lynn
Jenny
The Age ofInnocence
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
7. Who 'discovered' Brazil?
The Mona Lisa
HP Lovecraft
A-ha
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
8. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Peru
Curly Howard
(the)Indianapolis Colts
9. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?
Eddie Matthews
Hannah
Desiderata
Rome
10. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Curly Howard
Bling bling
4
11. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?
Bound for Glory (1976)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
KITT('s) (Knight Rider)
By Love Possessed (1961)
12. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?
Ulysseys (1967)
Teddy Roosevelt
Pakistan
Grenada
13. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?
Theodore
Randy Quaid
(Pablo) Picasso
Texaco
14. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?
Body Count
Texaco
(George) Clooney
Coffee
15. First 'Director's Cut'?
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16. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
CTU
Frank Zappa
Roger Bannister
17. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?
Jive
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Balthasar (Magi)
Limp Bizkit
18. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?
St. Louis Cardinals
Koran
Eddie Matthews
Philip Marlowe
19. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?
John Cassavets
Home Improvement
Michelle Wie
Ernie
20. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?
Sirhan Sirhan
Ali MacGraw
Hong Kong
Country (West Point motto)
21. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?
Mitsubishi
Philadelphia
The Ritz (hotel)
Steven Spielberg
22. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?
Marcel Marceau
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
The Tell-tale Heart
Compaq
23. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Prince
Cameroon
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
24. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Eris (Discord)
Ski slopes
(The St. Louis) Blues
25. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
The Weekly World News
Tiny Bubbles
Theodore
26. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?
Clownfish
Boxing
Oort cloud
Austria
27. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?
Vincente Minnelli
NineInch Nails
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
Benito Mussolini
28. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?
Seven
J. K. Rowling
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
Texaco
29. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?
The Three Musketeers
Charles Lindbergh
Jack the Ripper
Spain
30. What is a female donkey called?
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Cape Hatteras
Hannibal
Cocoon
31. First American film nudity?
1
Inspiration (1915)
20
D. H. Lawrence
32. What is frozen to make dry ice?
Wendy
Eric
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Carbon dioxide
33. What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?
Cameroon
Subaru
By choice - man!
Prince
34. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?
Robert Scott
Hamlet
North Korea
The Ewings (Dallas)
35. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore
When a Man Loves a Woman
Spinal Tap
Snape
(Honda) Civic
36. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?
Texas and New Mexico
A Fistfull of Dollars
Ozone
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
37. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
Gorilla
Antawn Jamison
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
E. B. White
38. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?
Eric Bogosian
Shrek 2
Brent Spiner
Heaven's Gate (1980)
39. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
(The St. Louis) Blues
Watermelon(s)
Old Time Rock and Roll
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
40. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
The Mini (Cooper)
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
41. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
Balthasar (Magi)
Scrat
Rat
42. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond
Dharma & Greg
Field of Dreams
Egypt
Go Away Little Girl
43. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?
Tammy Faye Bakker
Emeritus
The (Dodge/Plymouth) Neon
TheName of The Rose
44. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?
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45. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?
Michigan
Elvis Costello
Earl Morrall
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
46. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?
Yes
Delaware
The Ewings (Dallas)
40
47. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
Billy Martin
(Ford) Excursion
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
48. How many band members were there in Toto?
Cocoon
Joanne Woodward
6
The Ewings (Dallas)
49. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?
Mary Decker (Slaney)
Go Away Little Girl
Basalt
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
50. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Sullivan Ordinance
Ernesto
State quarters