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1. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?
The Age ofInnocence
Orange(s)
(the) World Cup (trophy)
A-ha
2. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?
Ukraine
Argentina
Trapped in the Closet
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
3. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
A-ha
Lulu
Bucket
4. How many band members were there in Slipknot?
Hannibal
Cocoon
State quarters
9
5. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?
Avocado(s)
Thailand
Gorilla
Baltimore
6. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?
Eve
Rome
Kornfield Kounty
Curly Howard
7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?
Mulan
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
Egypt
Little Rock
8. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?
Nicky
(the) Jack of diamonds
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
9. Who 'discovered' Brazil?
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
MMMBob
The valley of the shadow of death
Walter Winchell
10. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Seal (played by a sea lion)
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Baltimore
11. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?
Manhunter
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
Rome
John F. Kennedy
12. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?
Paradise Lost
Tupac Shakur
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
13. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?
'Tusk' (by Fleetwood Mac)
IMDb
Romania
Lillian Hellman
14. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?
The Boston Celtics (21)
M. C. Hammer
Mitosis
Mel Brooks
15. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?
Orangutan
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Victory
Oort cloud
16. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
Atom Egoyan
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
Small intestine(s)
17. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
3 2 1 Contact
Atom Egoyan
Marcel Marceau
18. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?
Hercules
Pig
Paul Newman
The Dome of the Rock
19. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
Times Square
Seven
3
Hamlet
20. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?
Thailand
China
Cherries
(Ford) Excursion
21. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?
Randy Quaid
Charles Lindbergh
Everybody Hates
Palm Sunday
22. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?
Teddy Roosevelt
Beck (Odelay)
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Oort cloud
23. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?
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24. Which artist had the double album Being There?
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
Royal jelly
Wilco
The Pope
25. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'
The (Dodge/Plymouth) Neon
Bunker Hill
Do The Right Thing
Truly - Madly - Deeply
26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?
Thailand
(Sperm) Whale
Guy Ritchie
The Sparrow
27. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Hips
Mickey Finn
The Little Mermaid
28. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?
Model railroad
STP Motor Oil
Judy Garland
Wales
29. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?
Colombia
Beetle Juice
Antawn Jamison
Tarzan
30. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?
Orange
Bank One
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
North America
31. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...
Judiciary
Everybody Hates
Teapot Dome
J. K. Rowling
32. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?
The Ring
Ashlee
Gene Roddenberry
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
33. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?
Eeyore
The Ewings (Dallas)
Ben Hogan
A-ha
34. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?
Haiti
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Scrooged
Robert Scott
35. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?
Compaq
Ganesh
Can-Can
S(ain)t Louis
36. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Hope & Faith
Barry Sanders
Larry Nance
(Gerald)Ford
37. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?
Capybara
Salt Lake City
Frankenstein('s monster)
Bicycle(s)
38. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?
About Schmidt
A Room With a View (Forster)
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Pictures of Matchstick Men
39. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
The Mini (Cooper)
The Loco-motion
Israel
40. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
Rocky Balboa
Clownfish
Dollar
41. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Five
Small intestine(s)
Truly - Madly - Deeply
42. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?
Pocahontas
(the) Republican Party
Eric Bogosian
10
43. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?
Subaru
D. H. Lawrence
Mashed potatoes
Martha Stewart
44. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?
Buffalo
Howard Hughes
Rene Descartes
Crunk
45. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)
M. C. Hammer
Otto
Jamaica Bay
TheName of The Rose
46. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?
Yellow
(The) NHL
Pete Seeger
Thelma and Louise
47. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?
Angkor Wat
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
9
Ernie
48. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?
Oedipus
Ohio and North Carolina
Philadelphia
Shel Silverstein
49. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?
Cream
The Canterville Ghost
Maya Angelou
Flowers for Algernon
50. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?
Rebecca
'A Spoonful of Sugar
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
(the) Great Train Robbery