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1. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






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






3. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






4. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






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






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






7. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






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






9. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






10. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






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






12. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






13. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






14. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






15. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






16. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






17. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






18. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






19. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






20. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






21. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






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






23. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






24. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






25. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






26. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






27. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






28. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






29. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






30. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






31. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






32. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






33. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






34. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






35. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






36. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






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






38. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






39. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






40. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






41. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






42. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






43. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






44. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






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






46. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






47. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?

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48. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






49. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






50. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?