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






2. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






3. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






4. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






5. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






6. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






7. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






8. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






9. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






10. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






11. First three-strip Technicolor?






12. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






13. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






14. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






15. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






16. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






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






18. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






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






20. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






21. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






22. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






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






24. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






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






26. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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27. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet






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






29. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






30. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






31. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






32. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






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






34. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






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






36. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






37. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






38. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






39. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






40. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?






41. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






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






43. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






44. First all-sound film?






45. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






46. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






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






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






49. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






50. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...