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1. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?
Pear(s)
Sullivan Ordinance
20
Sirhan Sirhan
2. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?
Rulon Gardner
Babar
De Beers
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
3. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?
Jenny
Betty (Rubble)
The Three Musketeers
Wales
4. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?
Small intestine(s)
Ellery Queen
'A Spoonful of Sugar
Ski slopes
5. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?
What's Up - Doc?
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Wendy
Peru
6. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?
Tomato(es)
Larry Nance
Coruscant
Vincente Minnelli
7. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?
Jack Kevorkian
Westward Ho!
Elvis Costello
Coal
8. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?
(Songs in) A Minor
Bob Dylan
Sally Ride
James Cook (English - 1770)
9. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?
Pippa Passes (1909)
Jamaica Bay
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
Fig newtons
10. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?
Louie Louie
Afghanistan
Parking meters
Heaven's Gate (1980)
11. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?
Ian Fleming
(her) hair
Sonic Youth
Will & Grace
12. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?
O. J. Simpson
Ernie
Apocalypse Now
Deer
13. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?
Fontanelles
Croatia
Richard Cory (himself)
Parking meters
14. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?
Tarzan
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Pig
George Deukmejian
15. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?
Genesis
Pear(s)
(Sperm) Whale
U.N.C.L.E
16. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?
Peach(es)
Shrek 2
I'll Be There
Gomer Pyle
17. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?
Charles Lindbergh
Hannah
Mexico
Gypsy Rose Lee
18. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
(the) Great Train Robbery
H. G. Wells
Pancreas
19. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?
London Bridge
Cullinan
Windsor - Ontario
Foo Fighters
20. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?
Yes
Rene Descartes
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
CTU
21. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?
John Speke (English - 1856)
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
Home Improvement
Mickey Finn
22. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...
Jack Kevorkian
Edith Head
Theodore
(Albert) Einstein
23. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'
Cameroon
Rochelle - Rochelle
Rebecca
Teapot Dome
24. Which company merged with SBC?
Five
Color blindness
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
25. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
The Others
Jive
26. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
North Korea
Oscar and Lucinda
Your Girlfriend
27. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Angkor Wat
Aladdin
Baltimore
28. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?
Liar Liar
Body Count
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Chinese Democracy
29. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?
George Deukmejian
Mecca
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Humbert Humbert
30. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?
Ernesto
Moby Dick
Bling bling
Germany
31. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?
When a Man Loves a Woman
Inspiration (1915)
Elle
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
32. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?
Watermelon(s)
Shel Silverstein
V8 (juice)
Colonel Harland Sanders
33. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?
Ski slopes
Trapped in the Closet
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Chaminade
34. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'
Cape Hatteras
(The) dodo
Happyness
Nuclear disarmament
35. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?
Joel Cohen
New Zealand
Come by here
Geyser
36. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Montreal
Jerusalem
Humbert Humbert
37. First classic film to be 'colorized'?
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
Topper (1937)
Delaware
Thrust
38. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
A Fistfull of Dollars
IMDb
Ashlee
Home Improvement
39. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?
Country (West Point motto)
The Boston Celtics (21)
Sonic Youth
Mary Decker (Slaney)
40. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Desiderata
Joanne Woodward
Body Count
41. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?
Yes
Windsor - Ontario
Rulon Gardner
J. K. Rowling
42. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
TheAtlas (A)
Baden-Baden
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
43. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Mahi mahi
Banana
India
44. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?
Richard Cory (himself)
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Salzburg
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
45. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?
Robert Scott
Bob Dylan
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Home Improvement
46. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?
KITT('s) (Knight Rider)
Condoleezza Rice
Steven Biko
V8 (juice)
47. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?
Louie Louie
Subaru
Sirhan Sirhan
Paul Newman
48. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?
What's Up - Doc?
Antonio Stradivarius
Nicaragua
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
49. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Nuclear disarmament
Westward Ho!
Chile
50. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?
Scrooged
The Three Musketeers
Peach (also contains orange)
Babar