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Instructions:
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1. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






2. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






3. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






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






5. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






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






7. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






8. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






9. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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10. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






11. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






12. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






13. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






14. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






15. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






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






17. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






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






19. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






20. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






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






22. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






23. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






24. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






25. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






26. How many band members were there in Green Day?






27. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

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






29. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






30. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






31. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






32. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






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






34. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






35. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?






36. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






37. First scheduled in-flight movie?






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






39. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






40. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






41. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






42. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






43. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






44. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






45. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






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






47. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?






48. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






49. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






50. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?