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






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






3. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






4. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






5. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






6. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






7. What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?






8. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






9. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






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






11. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






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






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






14. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






15. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






16. First film shown on HBO?






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

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18. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






19. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?






20. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






21. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






22. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






23. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






24. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






25. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






26. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?






27. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






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






29. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






30. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






31. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






32. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






33. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






34. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






35. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






36. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






37. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






38. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






39. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






40. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






41. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






42. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






43. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






44. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






45. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?






46. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






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






48. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?






49. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






50. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?