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1. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






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






3. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






4. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






5. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






6. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






7. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






8. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?






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






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






11. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?






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






13. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






14. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






15. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






16. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






17. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






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






19. First scheduled in-flight movie?






20. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






21. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






22. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






23. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






24. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






25. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






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






27. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






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






29. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?






30. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






31. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






32. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






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






34. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






35. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?






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






37. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






38. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






39. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






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






41. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






42. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






43. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?






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






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






46. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






47. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






48. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






49. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






50. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?