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1. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?
Almonds
Field of Dreams
Black
Sugar Ray Leonard
2. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?
Pocahontas
Heloise
Jean-Luc Goddard
Nevada
3. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?
Charles Lindbergh
Bling bling
Hugo Chavez
Mahi mahi
4. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?
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Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Scrat
Pakistan
5. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?
Spinal Tap
Mitosis
Rene Descartes
Thanksgiving
6. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?
Gorilla
Frank Zappa
Simon Legree
Peru
7. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?
I've fallen and I can't get up
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Antonio Stradivarius
CONTROL
8. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?
(PE)6-5000
Theodore Roosevelt
Thailand
Finland
9. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?
Parrot
Wings (1927)
Tupac Shakur
The Robe (1953)
10. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?
Roberto Rossellini
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Turkey
Eris (Discord)
11. First three-strip Technicolor?
Milk Duds
Jamaica
Becky Sharp (1935)
Finland
12. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
Field of Dreams
Babette March
Omega
(The) NHL
13. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?
The Stanley Cup
Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
Bwana Devil (1952)
Paul Newman
14. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?
Tupac Shakur
Buster Douglas
Michelle Wie
Kate & Allie
15. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Hugo Chavez
Haiti
George Deukmejian
16. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?
Victoria Falls
Mulan
Barry Sanders
The Maltese Falcon
17. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?
Jack Russell
Baltimore
Eric Bogosian
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
18. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)
New Zealand
M. C. Hammer
Pippa Passes (1909)
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
19. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?
Charles Starkweather
Gomer Pyle
The Hula Bowl
(Sperm) Whale
20. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
Charles Lindbergh
Desiderata
Oort cloud
21. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Peru
S(ain)t Louis
Mary Decker (Slaney)
22. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?
Sweden
Your Girlfriend
Inspiration (1915)
Horse
23. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
Six
HP Lovecraft
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
24. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?
Odor Eaters (insoles)
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Algeria
Croatia
25. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?
Beetle Juice
Yellow (and key!)
India
IMDb
26. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde
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27. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Oregon (or New Jersey)
28. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?
Altamount
Babar
Sleeping Beauty
EMForster
29. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?
Draw
Prince Valiant
(Honda) Civic
Switzerland
30. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?
Antawn Jamison
Llama
Tongue
Iran
31. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?
Solipsism
Kenneth Branagh
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Tiger Woods
32. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?
Burberry
(The) Marines
Curly Howard
Sweden
33. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'
Venice
Chile
Kornfield Kounty
Almonds
34. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Emma
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
35. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...
Omega
CTU
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
Kayak
36. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?
The Learning Tree (1969)
Federico Fellini
Orange
(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel
37. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?
The Chrysler Building
Ganesh
(Sherman) Antitrust (Act - 1890 - prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)
Tsetse fly
38. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?
Roger Vadim
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
John Cassavets
Betty (Rubble)
39. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?
Steven Spielberg
Intercourse
The gingerbread man
Fahrenheit 451
40. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?
It Happened One Night (1934)
Pennsylvania
Coal
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
41. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'
(the) giraffe
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
Sir Walter Raleigh
42. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?
Duran Duran
Atom Egoyan
Gomer Pyle
(Albert) Einstein
43. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Leopard
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
The Maltese Falcon
44. First all-sound film?
Teddy Roosevelt
Mars
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Lights of New York (1928)
45. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Turkey
Maya Angelou
(the) Republican Party
Cullinan
46. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?
When a Man Loves a Woman
Field of Dreams
Intercourse
I'll Be There
47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Tomato(es)
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Mostly briefs
48. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
Romeo and Juliet
Bicycle(s)
Orange(s)
Inspiration (1915)
49. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?
Ganesh
Turkey
Theodore Roosevelt
Ellery Queen
50. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...
Ali MacGraw
Theodore
Iran
Ashlee