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1. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






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






3. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






4. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






5. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






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






7. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






8. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






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






10. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






11. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






12. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






13. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






14. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






15. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






17. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






18. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






19. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






20. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






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






22. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?






23. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






24. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






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






26. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






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






28. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






29. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






30. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






31. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






32. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






33. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






34. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






35. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






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






37. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






38. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






39. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?






40. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






41. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






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






43. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






44. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






45. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






46. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






47. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?






48. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






49. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






50. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?