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






2. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






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






4. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






5. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






6. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






7. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






8. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






9. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






10. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






11. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






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






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






14. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






15. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






16. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






17. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






18. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






19. Who killed the literary character Laius?






20. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






21. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






22. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






23. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






24. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






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






26. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






27. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






28. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






29. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?






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






31. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






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






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






34. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






35. Which company merged with NBC?






36. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






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






38. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






39. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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40. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






41. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






42. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






43. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






44. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






45. Who published his last novel - A Passage toIndia - in 1924 - thought he lived 46 more years?






46. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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47. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






48. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






49. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






50. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?