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






2. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






3. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






4. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






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






6. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






7. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






8. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?






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

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10. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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12. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






13. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






14. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






15. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






16. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






17. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?






18. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






19. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






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






21. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






22. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






23. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






24. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






25. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






26. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






27. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






28. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






29. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






30. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






31. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






32. First all-sound film?






33. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






34. The Khmer words for 'city temple' give what building its name?






35. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






36. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






37. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






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






39. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






40. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






41. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






42. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






43. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






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






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






46. First film in CinemaScope?






47. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






48. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






49. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






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