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1. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






2. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






3. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






4. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






5. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






6. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






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






8. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






9. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






10. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






12. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






13. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






14. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






15. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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16. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






17. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?






18. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?






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






20. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






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






22. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






23. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






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






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






26. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






27. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

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28. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






29. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






30. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






31. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






32. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?






33. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






34. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






35. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






36. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






37. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






38. First film in CinemaScope?






39. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






40. First film shown on HBO?






41. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






42. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






43. First three-strip Technicolor?






44. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






45. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






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






47. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






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






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






50. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?