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1. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






2. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






3. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






4. Who published his last novel - A Passage toIndia - in 1924 - thought he lived 46 more years?






5. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






6. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






7. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






8. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






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






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






11. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






12. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






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






14. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






15. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






16. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






17. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






18. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






19. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






20. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






21. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






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






23. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






24. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






25. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






26. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






27. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






28. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






29. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






30. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






31. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






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






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






34. First film shown on HBO?






35. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?






36. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






37. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






38. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






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






40. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






41. First scheduled in-flight movie?






42. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






43. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






44. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






45. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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46. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






47. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






48. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






49. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






50. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?