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1. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






2. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






3. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






4. Who called his elephant Tantor?






5. First film of the 3-D boom?






6. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






7. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






8. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






9. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






10. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






11. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






12. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






13. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






14. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






15. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






16. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






17. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






18. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






19. Which company merged with Verizon?






20. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






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






22. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






23. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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






25. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






26. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






27. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






28. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






30. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






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






32. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






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






35. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






36. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






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






38. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






39. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






40. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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41. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






42. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






43. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






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






45. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






46. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






47. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






48. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






49. What song - Status Quo's biggest hit ever - was originally intended as the B-side of the long-forgotten 'Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe'






50. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?