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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






3. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






4. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?






5. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






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






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






8. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






9. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






10. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






11. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






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






13. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






14. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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15. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






16. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






17. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






18. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






19. First studio film with a black director?






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






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






22. Which company merged with NBC?






23. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






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






25. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






26. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






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






28. First scheduled in-flight movie?






29. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






30. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






31. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






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






33. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






34. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






35. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






36. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






37. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






38. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






39. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






40. How many band members were there in Green Day?






41. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






42. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






43. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






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






45. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?






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






47. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






48. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






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






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