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1. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






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






3. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






4. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






5. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






6. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






7. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






8. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






9. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






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






11. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






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






13. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






14. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






15. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






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






17. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






18. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






19. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






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






21. First American film nudity?






22. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






23. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?

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24. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






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






26. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






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






28. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






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






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






31. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






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






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






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






35. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






36. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






37. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






38. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






39. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






40. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






41. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






42. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






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






44. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






45. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






46. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






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






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






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






50. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?