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1. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






2. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






3. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






4. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






5. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






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






7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






8. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






9. Which artist had the double album Being There?






10. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






11. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






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






13. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






14. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






15. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






16. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






17. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






18. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






19. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






20. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






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






22. First New York Times movie review?






23. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






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






25. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






26. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






27. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






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






29. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






30. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






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






32. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






33. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






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






35. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






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






37. Which company merged with BP?






38. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






39. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






40. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






41. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






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






43. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






44. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






45. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






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






47. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






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






49. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






50. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?