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Instructions:
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1. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






2. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






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






4. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






5. First use of the 'f-word'?






6. First 'Director's Cut'?

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7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






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






9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






10. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






11. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






12. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






13. Which company merged with BP?






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






15. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






16. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






17. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






18. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






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






20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






21. How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?






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






23. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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24. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?






25. According to his best seller - what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981






26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






27. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






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

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29. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






30. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






31. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






32. First computer graphics in film?






33. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?






34. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






35. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






36. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






37. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






38. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






39. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






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






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






42. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






43. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






44. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






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






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






47. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






48. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






49. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






50. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?