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1. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'
(The) NHL
Manhunter
Hoop Dreams
Naomi
2. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?
Federico Fellini
Mashed potatoes
Garo Yepremian
Watermelon(s)
3. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?
Sonic Youth
(Ford) Excursion
V8 (juice)
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
4. First all-sound film?
Charles Lindbergh
Lights of New York (1928)
Pulp Fiction
Ian Fleming
5. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?
Alfred Hitchcock
Clownfish
Mel Brooks
Barry Sanders
6. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?
De Beers
Barry Sanders
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
Grenada
7. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
8
Judy Garland
The Little Mermaid
8. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?
Fontanelles
Nauruan
Nicky
Cornea
9. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Murray Gell-Mann
Bob Dylan
Bunker Hill
10. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?
Teddy Roosevelt
Egypt
Peach (also contains orange)
Harold and Maude
11. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?
Melville
Kali
Melville
Moby Dick
12. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?
Peru
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Miles Davis
Ski slopes
13. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?
Buffalo
Wendy
Jive
(The) Marines
14. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000
Rochelle - Rochelle
The Lion King
NineInch Nails
Tiger Woods
15. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery
(Hector) Berlioz
Dharma & Greg
She shot JR (Dallas)
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
16. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?
Beck (Odelay)
O. J. Simpson
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
(Pablo) Picasso
17. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?
Antawn Jamison
Ben Hogan
The Satanic Verses
The Frighteners
18. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Brain Boitano
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
Venus
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
19. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?
Jamaica
Mia Farrow
Upset
4
20. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?
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21. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?
The Age ofInnocence
Chaminade
American Beauty
Alfred Hitchcock
22. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?
Subaru
Richard Cory (himself)
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
23. Which company merged with Boeing?
EMForster
McDonnell Douglas
Nicaragua
Snape
24. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Baltimore
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Six
25. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?
Angkor Wat
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
Hydrogen and oxygen
Uruguay
26. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?
Temple prostitute
The Learning Tree (1969)
Iran
Jorge Luis Borges
27. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Arkansas
Jenny
'A Spoonful of Sugar
28. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?
1
Crunk
John F. Kennedy
IMDb
29. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?
Yellow
Hindenburg (explosion)
Coal
George Deukmejian
30. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?
Peru
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Eeyore
Colombia
31. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?
Compaq
Mulan
Basalt
Sean Connery
32. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?
Billy Martin
Pippa Passes (1909)
Nevada
Grape(s)
33. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?
Czechoslovakia
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Everybody Hates
The Weekly World News
34. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?
The Lion King
(the) New York Mets
Steven Spielberg
Roger Vadim
35. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?
Parrot
Vincente Minnelli
Lulu
Donner Pass
36. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?
Antawn Jamison
Six
Pocahontas
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
37. First 'Director's Cut'?
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38. In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?
Mecca
Naomi
HL Mencken
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
39. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?
Lillian Hellman
'Tusk' (by Fleetwood Mac)
Sleeping Beauty
Atom Egoyan
40. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?
Marcel Marceau
Jessica Lange
Night Court
Jive
41. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'
Beetle Juice
(The) dodo
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
Balthasar (Magi)
42. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?
Peru
Koran
New Zealand
Christina Aguilera
43. Who both married and directed Madonna?
112
Mickey Finn
6
Guy Ritchie
44. What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately - on the album version - with the sound of car horns?
Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Grenada
Iran
45. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?
Melville
The gingerbread man
Jack the Ripper
Orangutan
46. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk
The Loco-motion
Richard Nixon and George W. Bush
The Robe (1953)
Hindenburg (explosion)
47. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?
Norma Jean
Gene Roddenberry
Please Mr. Postman
(George) Clooney
48. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?
Grape(s)
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
The Sparrow
49. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
(the) Bathyscape Trieste
1606
2
Edsel
50. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
IMDb
Orange
8
Dr. James Bedford