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1. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






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






3. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






4. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






5. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






6. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






7. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






8. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






9. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






10. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?






12. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






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






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






15. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






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






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






18. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






19. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






20. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






21. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






22. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






23. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






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






25. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






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






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






28. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






29. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






30. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






31. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






32. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






33. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






34. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






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






36. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






37. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






38. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






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






40. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






41. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






42. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






43. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






44. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






45. What magazine gives out the 'Golden Calipers' to its Car of the Year winner?






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






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






48. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






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






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