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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






2. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






3. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






4. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






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






6. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?






7. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






8. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






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






10. What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?






11. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






12. Which company merged with Boeing?






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






14. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






15. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






16. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






17. First scheduled in-flight movie?






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






19. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






20. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






21. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






22. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






23. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






24. First use of Steadicam in film?






25. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






26. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






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






28. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






29. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






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






31. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






32. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






33. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






34. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






35. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






36. First scheduled in-flight movie?






37. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






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






39. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






40. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






41. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






42. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






43. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






44. Who called his elephant Tantor?






45. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






46. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






47. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






48. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






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






50. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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