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1. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






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






3. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






4. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






5. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






6. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






7. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






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






9. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?






10. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






11. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






12. Who both married and directed Madonna?






13. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






14. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






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






16. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






17. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






18. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






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






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






21. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






22. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






23. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






24. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






25. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






26. What song - Status Quo's biggest hit ever - was originally intended as the B-side of the long-forgotten 'Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe'






27. First computer graphics in film?






28. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






29. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






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






31. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






32. Which company merged with BP?






33. How many band members were there in Green Day?






34. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






35. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






36. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...






37. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






38. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






39. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






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






41. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






42. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






43. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?






44. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






45. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






46. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






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






48. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






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






50. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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