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1. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






2. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






3. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






4. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






5. First New York Times movie review?






6. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






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






8. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






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






10. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






11. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






12. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






13. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






14. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






15. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






16. First film with Dolby sound?






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






18. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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






20. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






21. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






22. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?






23. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






24. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






25. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






26. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...






27. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






28. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






29. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






30. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






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






32. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






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






34. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






35. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






36. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






37. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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38. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






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






40. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






41. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






42. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






43. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






44. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






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






46. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






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






48. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






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






50. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?