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1. Which company merged with Boeing?






2. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






3. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






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






5. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






6. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






7. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






8. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






9. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






10. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






11. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






12. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






13. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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14. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






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

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






17. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






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






19. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






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






21. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






22. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






23. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






24. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






25. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






26. First film shown on HBO?






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






28. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






29. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






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






31. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






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






33. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?






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






35. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






36. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






37. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






38. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






39. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






40. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






41. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






42. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






43. First PG-13 rated film?






44. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






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






46. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






47. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






49. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






50. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?