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1. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






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






3. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






4. First use of Steadicam in film?






5. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






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






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






8. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






9. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






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






11. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






12. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






13. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






14. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






15. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






16. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






17. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






18. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






19. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






20. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






21. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






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






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






24. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






25. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






26. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






27. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






29. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






30. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






31. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






32. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






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






34. What are divided by Botts' dots?






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






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






37. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






38. What is unusual about the 'In God We Trust' motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?






39. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






40. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






41. Who killed the literary character Laius?






42. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






43. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






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






45. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






46. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






47. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






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






49. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






50. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?