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1. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






2. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






3. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






4. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






5. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






6. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?






7. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






8. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






9. How many band members were there in Green Day?






10. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






11. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






12. The Khmer words for 'city temple' give what building its name?






13. 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?






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






15. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






16. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






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






18. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






19. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






20. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






21. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






22. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






23. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






24. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






25. How many band members were there in Toto?






26. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






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






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






29. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






30. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






31. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






32. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






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






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






35. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






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






37. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






38. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






39. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






40. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






41. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






42. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






43. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






44. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






45. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






46. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






47. First film with Dolby sound?






48. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






49. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






50. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?