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1. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?
Jenny McCarthy
India
Cat
Night Court
2. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
Romania
Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
The Robe (1953)
3. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?
Christina Aguilera
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
The Maltese Falcon
Jim Calhoun
4. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?
1606
Oort cloud
Lord of the Flies
Sullivan Ordinance
5. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?
Kali
Brian De Palma
Altamount
Oscar and Lucinda
6. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?
Victory
Aladdin
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
7. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?
1606
Tiger Woods
(the) Jack of diamonds
Richard Cory (himself)
8. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?
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9. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?
Portland( - OR)
(The St. Louis) Blues
10
Pago Pago (American Samoa)
10. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?
Six
Randy Quaid
Brian De Palma
Snape
11. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?
Christopher Columbus
Frank Zamboni
In Cold Blood
Jessica Lange
12. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?
(Ford) Excursion
10
Croatia
Uruguay
13. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?
Afghanistan
Michelle Wie
Yellow (and key!)
Jim Jones
14. First American film nudity?
Inspiration (1915)
New York - New York
American Beauty
Manhunter
15. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
A Fistfull of Dollars
Harold and Maude
Lamar Alexander
16. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?
Finland
The Ring
Odor Eaters (insoles)
(Adolf) Hitler
17. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?
By choice - man!
Nevada
Thailand
KITT('s) (Knight Rider)
18. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A-ha
Salt Lake City
19. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'
(the) bishop
Tsetse fly
Turkmenistan
Murmur
20. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?
Draw
Basalt
Eve
Nicaragua
21. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Nauruan
U.N.C.L.E
Go Away Little Girl
22. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?
Aaron Copland
White
Rebecca
Rene Descartes
23. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Renny Harlin
North Korea
24. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
(Albert) Einstein
Chile
Stevie Wonder
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
25. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Eris (Discord)
The Hula Bowl
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
26. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Tammy Faye Bakker
Brain Boitano
Basalt
Cornea
27. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...
Spain
Gypsy Rose Lee
Yellow (and key!)
Ants
28. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
Joanne Woodward
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
Montgomery - Alabama
Plum(s)
29. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?
Brazil
Wings (1927)
St. Louis Cardinals
Plum(s)
30. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Arkansas
31. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'
Will & Grace
Rochelle - Rochelle
Croatia
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
32. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?
Rulon Gardner
CTU
40
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
33. 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?
Mahi mahi
Stevie Wonder
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Antonio Stradivarius
34. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?
Tupac Shakur
Salzburg
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
Parrot
35. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?
Angkor Wat
Ohio and North Carolina
Motor Trend
Sri Lanka
36. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'
(Dallas) Love Field
Wilco
(a) Yo-yo
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
37. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
Topper (1937)
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
Peru
Lemon(s)
38. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?
Bunker Hill
Ski slopes
Garo Yepremian
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
39. Who killed the literary character Laius?
Topper (1937)
Duran Duran
Oedipus
Night Court
40. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
Martha Stewart
Sonic Youth
(the) Motorwagen
Aglet
41. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?
Teddy Roosevelt
Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)
Jim Calhoun
EMForster
42. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lord of the Flies
(tested positive for) marijuana
Kornfield Kounty
43. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?
Scoop
Draw
Aladdin
Germany
44. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...
Banana
Mostly briefs
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
(a) turtle (or tortoise)
45. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?
Beck (Odelay)
(Honda) Civic
North Korea
Lights of New York (1928)
46. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
St. Louis Cardinals
James Cook (English - 1770)
Babette March
Capri
47. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope
The Canterville Ghost
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
Truly - Madly - Deeply
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
48. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore
John F. Kennedy
Snape
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
49. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?
Kornfield Kounty
Temple prostitute
Radar
Nicky
50. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?
Jamie Lynn
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Seven
(the) Bathyscape Trieste