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Instructions:
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1. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






2. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






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






4. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau






5. How many band members were there in UB40?






6. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






7. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






8. What celebrated antiapartheid activist died in South African police custody in September 1977?






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






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






11. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






12. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






13. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






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






15. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






16. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






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






18. First film in CinemaScope?






19. First use of the 'f-word'?






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






21. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






22. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






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






24. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






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






26. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






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






28. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






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

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






31. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






32. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






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






34. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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






36. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






37. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






38. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






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






40. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






41. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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42. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






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






44. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






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






46. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






47. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?






48. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






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






50. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink