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






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






3. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






4. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






5. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






6. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






7. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?






8. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






9. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






10. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






11. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






12. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






13. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






14. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






15. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






16. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






17. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






18. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






19. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






20. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






21. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






22. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






23. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






24. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






25. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






26. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






27. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






28. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






29. 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'?






30. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






31. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






32. First film with Dolby sound?






33. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






34. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






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






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






37. First American film nudity?






38. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






39. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






40. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






41. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






42. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?

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






44. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






45. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






46. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






47. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






48. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






49. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






50. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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