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1. What are divided by Botts' dots?






2. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






3. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






4. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






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

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6. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






7. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






8. Which company merged with Chevron?






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






10. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






11. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






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






13. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






14. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






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






16. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






17. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






18. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






19. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






20. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






21. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






22. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






23. How many band members were there in UB40?






24. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






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






26. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






27. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






28. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






29. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?






30. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






31. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






32. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






33. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






34. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






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






36. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






37. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






39. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






40. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






41. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






42. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






43. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






44. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






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






46. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






47. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






48. First all-sound film?






49. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






50. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?