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1. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






2. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






3. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






4. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






5. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






6. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






7. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






8. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






9. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






10. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






11. Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?






12. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






13. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






14. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?






15. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






16. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






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






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






19. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






20. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






21. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






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






23. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






24. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






25. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






26. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






27. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






28. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






29. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






30. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






31. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






32. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






33. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






34. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






35. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






36. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






37. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






38. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






39. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






40. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






41. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






42. How many band members were there in Toto?






43. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






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






45. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






46. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






47. 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?






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






49. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






50. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?