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






2. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






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






4. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






5. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






6. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






7. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






8. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






9. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






10. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






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






12. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






14. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






15. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






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






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






18. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






19. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






20. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






21. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






22. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






23. Who killed the literary character Laius?






24. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






25. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






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






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






28. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






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






30. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






31. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






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






33. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






34. How many band members were there in Green Day?






35. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






36. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






37. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






38. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






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






40. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






41. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

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42. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






44. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






45. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






46. The Khmer words for 'city temple' give what building its name?






47. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






48. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






49. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






50. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...