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1. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






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






3. First film with Dolby sound?






4. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






5. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






6. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






7. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






8. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






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






10. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






11. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?






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






13. First scheduled in-flight movie?






14. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






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






16. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






17. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






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






19. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






20. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?






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






22. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






23. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






24. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






25. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






26. 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'?






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






28. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






29. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






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






31. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






32. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






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






34. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






35. What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?






36. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






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






38. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






39. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






40. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






41. 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






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






43. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






44. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






45. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






46. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






47. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






48. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






49. What novel's events are kicked off when Countess Ellen Olenska is snubbed by New York society?






50. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?