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1. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






2. Which company merged with SBC?






3. First use of Steadicam in film?






4. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






6. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?






7. What is a female donkey called?






8. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






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






10. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






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






13. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






14. What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?






15. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






16. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






17. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






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






19. First film of the 3-D boom?






20. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






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






22. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






23. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






24. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






25. First studio film with a black director?






26. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






27. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






28. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






29. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






30. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






31. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






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






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






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






35. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






36. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






37. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






38. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






39. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






40. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






41. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






42. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






43. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






44. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






45. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






46. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






47. First three-strip Technicolor?






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






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






50. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?