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1. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?
The Lion King
(The) Rolling Stones
Mary Decker (Slaney)
Alsatians
2. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?
Nauruan
Cherries
Body Count
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
3. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?
Mia Farrow
Sonic Youth
A Fistfull of Dollars
I've fallen and I can't get up
4. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?
Geyser
Chantilly
The Weekly World News
Westworld (1973)
5. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?
Red
Field of Dreams
Spain
Manhunter
6. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?
Trapped in the Closet
Martha Stewart
The Cincinnati Reds
Bank One
7. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?
Shel Silverstein
Fahrenheit 451
Altamount
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
8. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?
Liar Liar
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
The Learning Tree (1969)
(PE)6-5000
9. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?
Pakistan
Martin Scorsese
30 Rock
Paul Newman
10. How many band members were there in Green Day?
(the)Indianapolis Colts
20
V8 (juice)
3
11. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?
Mickey Finn
The Artful Dodger
Mel Brooks
Carrie Underwood
12. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?
The (Buffalo) Sabres
Chantilly
Thailand
Brian De Palma
13. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
Sri Lanka
IMDb
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
14. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?
Ernesto
Black
Sugar Ray Leonard
Bling bling
15. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?
112
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
4
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
16. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
Alfred Hitchcock
(The) NHL
Mostly briefs
17. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?
Delaware
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Hoop Dreams
Old Time Rock and Roll
18. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
Pennsylvania
Martha Stewart
James Cagney
Bank One
19. First all-sound film?
Sugar Ray Leonard
Lights of New York (1928)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Oedipus
20. What kind of trust is a REIT?
Canada
Real estate (investment)
Kenneth Branagh
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
21. What are divided by Botts' dots?
Radar
(street) lanes
Dracula
(The St. Louis) Blues
22. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?
The Chrysler Building
Steven Biko
(The) Marines
Mashed potatoes
23. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?
Eddie Matthews
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Aurora australis
24. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?
The Ewings (Dallas)
Couscous
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
Nevada
25. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?
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26. What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?
Egypt
Ukraine
William Tell
Sean Connery
27. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?
Martin Scorsese
Christopher Columbus
Tongue
IMF
28. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?
Prince
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
Teapot Dome
Pachyderm
29. First scheduled in-flight movie?
Ian Fleming
Radar
What's Up - Doc?
By Love Possessed (1961)
30. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)
O. J. Simpson
Finland
Jamie Lynn
Lights of New York (1928)
31. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...
Dairy Queen
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
Judiciary
It Happened One Night (1934)
32. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?
China
Prince Valiant
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
33. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?
Michelle Wie
TheAtlas (A)
Antonin Scalia
Racecar
34. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'
Roberto Rossellini
Little Rock
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Ben Hogan
35. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...
Shiva (the destroyer - of the Trimurti)
Bringing up Baby (1938)
Sonic Youth
Jim Calhoun
36. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?
John Cassavets
Palmer
James Cagney
Laverne & Shirley
37. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery
Paul Newman
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Yellow
Dharma & Greg
38. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?
London Bridge
Leopard
Renny Harlin
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
39. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?
George Deukmejian
Emeritus
Bringing up Baby (1938)
Mitch
40. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?
Italy
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Seal (played by a sea lion)
Red Dawn (1984)
41. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?
I'm a Believer
Muammar Qaddifi
Hips
Aramis
42. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Marcel Marceau
Ganesh
Travelers Group
Czechoslovakia
43. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?
U.N.C.L.E
Uruguay
Jim Calhoun
(Ford) Excursion
44. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Bicycle(s)
Ghost
Geyser
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
45. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?
Gypsy Rose Lee
James Cook (English - 1770)
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
Seven
46. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?
Hercules
Eve
Benito Mussolini
Capri
47. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?
When a Man Loves a Woman
3 2 1 Contact
Ernie
Joel Cohen
48. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?
Vivendi
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Body Count
(the) Republican Party
49. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?
North America
Brian De Palma
Cream
Betty (Rubble)
50. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters
Charles Starkweather
Pegasus
Scrooged
Please Mr. Postman