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






2. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






3. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






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






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






6. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






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






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






9. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






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






11. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






12. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






14. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






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






16. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






17. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






18. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






19. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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20. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






21. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






22. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






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






24. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






26. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






27. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






28. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






29. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






30. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






31. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






32. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






34. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






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






36. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






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






38. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?






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






40. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






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






42. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






43. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






44. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






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

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






47. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






48. How many band members were there in Toto?






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






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