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1. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






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






3. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






4. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






5. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






6. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






7. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






8. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






9. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






10. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






11. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






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






13. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






14. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






15. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






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






17. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






18. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






19. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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20. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






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






22. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






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






24. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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






26. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






27. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






28. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






29. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






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






31. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






32. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






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






34. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






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






36. Who both married and directed Madonna?






37. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?






38. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






39. 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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40. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






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

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42. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






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






44. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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45. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?






46. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






47. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






48. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






49. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






50. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name