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Instructions:
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1. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






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






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






4. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






5. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






6. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






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






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






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






10. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






11. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






12. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






13. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






14. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






15. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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






17. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






18. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?






19. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?






20. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






21. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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22. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






23. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






24. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






25. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?






26. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






27. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






28. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






29. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






30. First PG-13 rated film?






31. What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?






32. The Good Shepherd - about the founding of the CIA - was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?






33. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






34. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






35. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






36. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






37. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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






39. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






40. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






41. What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?






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






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






44. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






45. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






46. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






47. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






48. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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

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