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1. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






2. What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?






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






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






5. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






6. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






7. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






8. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






9. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






10. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






11. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






12. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






13. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






14. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






15. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






16. Which artist had the double album Being There?






17. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






18. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






19. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






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






21. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






22. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






23. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






24. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






25. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer






26. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






27. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






28. What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?






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






30. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






31. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






32. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






33. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






34. Which company merged with NBC?






35. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






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






37. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?






38. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






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






40. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






41. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






42. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






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






44. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






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






46. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






47. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?






48. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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49. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






50. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?