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1. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






2. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






3. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






4. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






5. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






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






7. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






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






9. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






10. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






11. 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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12. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






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






14. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






15. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






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






17. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






18. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






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






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






21. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






22. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






23. What magazine gives out the 'Golden Calipers' to its Car of the Year winner?






24. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






25. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






26. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






27. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






28. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






29. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






30. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






31. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






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






33. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






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






35. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






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






37. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






38. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






39. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?






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






41. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






42. First film shown on HBO?






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






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






45. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






46. Which company merged with NBC?






47. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






48. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






49. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






50. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?