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1. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






2. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






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






4. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






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






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






7. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






8. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?






9. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






10. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






11. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






12. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






13. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






14. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






15. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






16. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






17. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






18. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






19. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






20. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






21. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






22. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






23. First studio film with a black director?






24. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






25. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






26. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






27. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






28. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






29. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






30. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






31. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






32. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






33. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






34. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






35. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






36. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






37. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






38. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






39. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






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






41. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






42. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






43. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






44. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






45. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






46. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






47. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






48. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






49. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






50. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?