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1. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






2. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






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






4. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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5. Who killed the literary character Laius?






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






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






8. Which company merged with SBC?






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






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






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






12. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?






13. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






14. Which company merged with BP?






15. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






16. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






17. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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18. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






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






20. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?






21. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






22. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






23. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






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






25. First three-strip Technicolor?






26. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






27. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






28. Which company merged with Viacom?






29. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






30. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






31. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






32. 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?






33. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






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






35. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






36. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






37. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






38. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






39. How many band members were there in Toto?






40. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?






41. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






42. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






43. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






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






45. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






46. First PG-13 rated film?






47. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






48. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






49. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






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