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1. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)
Seal (played by a sea lion)
J. K. Rowling
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
7
2. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?
(Adolf) Hitler
Hope & Faith
Tupac Shakur
Texaco
3. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?
Louie Louie
SD-6
Plum(s)
K. d. lang
4. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Dannii
Norma Jean
Jim Lovell
5. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?
Pulp Fiction
Mel Brooks
Texaco
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
6. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?
Candyman
O. J. Simpson
Jorge Luis Borges
(the) Great Train Robbery
7. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?
Tiny Bubbles
Peru
Oort cloud
(Ford) Excursion
8. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?
Parking meters
(Pablo) Picasso
St. Louis Cardinals
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
9. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?
Candyman
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Pig
Parrot
10. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring
About Schmidt
Earl Morrall
Mitosis
William Tell
11. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?
Rochelle - Rochelle
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
The Descent
Coruscant
12. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?
Thailand
Judiciary
Alfred Hitchcock
Renny Harlin
13. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
CONTROL
China
Roger Maris
Real estate (investment)
14. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?
Ione Skye
Jamaica Bay
Baden-Baden
Nicaragua
15. How many band members were there in Slipknot?
9
Sri Lanka
Heaven's Gate (1980)
XTC
16. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?
The gingerbread man
Kenneth Branagh
Charles Lindbergh
(The) Rolling Stones
17. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
The Cincinnati Reds
The Canterville Ghost
Wales
In Cold Blood
18. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
Hugo Chavez
Finland
(the) giraffe
Martha Stewart
19. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?
Baltimore
Chile
Oahu
Larry Nance
20. What kind of trust is a REIT?
Jean-Luc Goddard
Real estate (investment)
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Canada
21. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown
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22. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?
Green
Roswell( - NM)
Solipsism
(the) World Cup (trophy)
23. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?
Motor Trend
Steven Biko
Switzerland
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
24. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?
Roswell( - NM)
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
(the)Indianapolis Colts
25. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?
Judy Garland
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
Finland
26. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?
Teapot Dome
Liar Liar
Almonds
Jamaica
27. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Everybody Hates
Kali
E. B. White
28. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?
Coffee
Wings (1927)
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Dairy Queen
29. First film with Dolby sound?
Joel Cohen
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Parrot
(The) Marines
30. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?
Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Italian - 1524)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Aaron Copland
Bound for Glory (1976)
31. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?
In Cold Blood
TheName of The Rose
Shrek 2
Paramount
32. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?
9
Croatia
The Mini (Cooper)
J. K. Rowling
33. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?
Balthasar (Magi)
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
Banana
Hydrogen and oxygen
34. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?
Fraternite
The Others
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
(a) clergyman
35. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
(the)Indianapolis Colts
EMForster
Jerusalem
Smerdyakov
36. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?
Eeyore
(The St. Louis) Blues
Sugar Ray Leonard
Norma Jean
37. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?
Dairy Queen
Duran Duran
The gingerbread man
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
38. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?
Charles Lindbergh
Jamaica Bay
Jeremy Bentham
V2 (rocket)s
39. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
The Fantastic Four
North Korea
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
40. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
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41. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?
Jive
Nicky
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Beetle Juice
42. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?
Scoop
Earl Morrall
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
43. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?
Grenada
Pearl Harbor
Bucket
Victoria Falls
44. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?
Muhammad
Howard Hughes
Donner Pass
Underoos
45. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?
Fraternite
Federico Fellini
D. H. Lawrence
Buster Douglas
46. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?
(Gerald)Ford
112
Country (West Point motto)
Hindenburg (explosion)
47. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?
Montreal
Bank One
Royal jelly
Roberto Rossellini
48. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?
Extras
The Mini (Cooper)
The Loco-motion
The Tell-tale Heart
49. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?
Salzburg
Candyman
Billy Martin
Haiti
50. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?
Romeo and Juliet
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Jim Calhoun
Jack Kevorkian