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1. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






2. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






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






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






5. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






6. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






7. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






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






9. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






10. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






11. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






12. 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'?






13. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






14. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?


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






16. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






17. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






18. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






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






20. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






21. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






22. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






23. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






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






25. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






26. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






27. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






28. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






29. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






30. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






31. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






32. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






33. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






34. First film with Dolby sound?






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






36. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






37. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?






38. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






39. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






40. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






41. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






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






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






44. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






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






46. Which company merged with BP?






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






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






49. First 'Director's Cut'?


50. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?