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






2. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






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






4. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






5. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






6. What is frozen to make dry ice?






7. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






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






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






10. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






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






12. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






13. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






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






15. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






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






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






18. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






19. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






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






21. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






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






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






24. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






25. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






26. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






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






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






29. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






30. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






31. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






32. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






33. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






34. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






35. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






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






37. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






38. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






39. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






40. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






41. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






42. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






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






44. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






45. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






46. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






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






48. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






49. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?






50. How many band members were there in Toto?