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1. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






2. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






3. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






4. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?






5. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






6. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






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






8. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






9. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?






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






11. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






12. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






13. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






14. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






15. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






16. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






17. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?






18. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






19. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






20. First film in CinemaScope?






21. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






22. What are divided by Botts' dots?






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






24. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






25. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






27. How many band members were there in Madness?






28. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?






29. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






30. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






31. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






32. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






33. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






34. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






35. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






36. First three-strip Technicolor?






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






38. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






39. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?






40. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






41. What novel's events are kicked off when Countess Ellen Olenska is snubbed by New York society?






42. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






43. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






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






45. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






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






47. According to 'Michael - Row the Boat Ashore -' where is Michael rowing?






48. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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49. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






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