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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?
Babette March
Douglas
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
Thailand
2. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?
Colonel Tom Parker
Jorge Luis Borges
(the) evacuation of Saigon
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
3. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?
Theodore Roosevelt
(George) Clooney
Parking meters
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
4. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
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5. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?
The Satanic Verses
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Howard Hughes
Basalt
6. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?
(Honda) Civic
Apocalypse Now
Sri Lanka
France
7. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
Murray Gell-Mann
Silicon and oxygen
The Others
(Ford) Excursion
8. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?
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9. How many band members were there in Green Day?
3
Lord of the Flies
MASH
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
Banana
Ali MacGraw
11. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?
(the) New York Mets
Real estate (investment)
Nicaragua
Seven
12. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?
The Age ofInnocence
Italy
9
Field of Dreams
13. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?
Subaru
Mars
Blue
White
14. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?
Louisana (Superdome)
Renny Harlin
Buster Douglas
Lamar Alexander
15. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?
Your Girlfriend
Colonel Tom Parker
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lulu
16. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?
Lamar Alexander
Elle
Bicycle(s)
Capybara
17. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
Roberto Rossellini
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Pulp Fiction
Pear(s)
18. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
Lamar Alexander
Croatia
Hamlet
19. Which company merged with Boeing?
John F. Kennedy
McDonnell Douglas
Marven (Marvin) Gardens
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
20. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?
Gypsy Rose Lee
Aurora australis
Kitty Genovese
(Dallas) Love Field
21. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?
HP Lovecraft
Tarzan
The Little Mermaid
The Descent
22. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
8
Tongue
23. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?
Brian De Palma
Bambi
John Speke (English - 1856)
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
24. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?
Vincente Minnelli
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Crunk
25. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...
Compaq
Texas and New Mexico
Mashed potatoes
Aramis
26. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Egypt
Ukraine
Eris (Discord)
27. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau
Please Mr. Postman
Dracula
'A Spoonful of Sugar
Lean on Me
28. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?
Orange(s)
Rulon Gardner
Philadelphia
Maya Angelou
29. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?
Sally Ride
Jamie Lynn
Rene Descartes
The Hula Bowl
30. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
Ian Fleming
Little Rock
Bicycle(s)
31. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
(tested positive for) marijuana
Dannii
Strawberries
John F. Kennedy
32. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?
Queen Anne's Lace
The Chrysler Building
George Deukmejian
The Ring
33. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?
Texaco
Deer
Murray Gell-Mann
Lazarus
34. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Randy Quaid
Nauruan
Sao Paulo
35. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Victory
Cornea
(an) e
36. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Sao Paulo
Teapot Dome
37. What philosophical belief - from the Latin for 'only the self -' holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
V8 (juice)
Solipsism
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
38. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
Do The Right Thing
TheAtlas (A)
Rebecca
Will & Grace
39. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?
Ambrose Bierce
Aliana
Melville
John Speke (English - 1856)
40. Who called his elephant Tantor?
Vivendi
Tarzan
Kenneth Branagh
Walter Winchell
41. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
Edsel
(a) Yo-yo
LeBron James
William Tell
42. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?
Racecar
Peach (also contains orange)
Nevada
Avocado(s)
43. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Topper
Aaron Copland
Burberry
44. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?
Gomer Pyle
Mars
Jim Calhoun
STP Motor Oil
45. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Victory
Aliana
Spellbound
46. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?
Chantilly
Utah
Teapot Dome
Montreal
47. First Best Picture Oscar?
Wings (1927)
Red
(The) House of Seven Gables
Algeria
48. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?
Prince
HP Lovecraft
(Hector) Berlioz
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
49. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
Geyser
Mitch
Gordie Howe
China
50. First film with Dolby sound?
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Horse
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)