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Subject : trivia
Instructions:
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1. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






2. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






3. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






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






5. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






6. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






7. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






8. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






9. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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10. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






11. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






12. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






13. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






14. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






15. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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16. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






17. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






18. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






19. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






20. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






21. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






22. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






23. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






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






25. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






26. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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27. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






28. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






29. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






30. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






31. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






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






33. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






34. How many band members were there in Toto?






35. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






36. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






37. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






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






39. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






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






41. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






42. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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






44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






45. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






46. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






47. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






48. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






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






50. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?