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1. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






2. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






3. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






4. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






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






6. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






7. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






8. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






9. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






10. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






11. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






12. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






13. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






14. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






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






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






17. 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?






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






19. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965






20. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






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






22. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






23. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






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






25. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






26. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






27. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






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






29. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






30. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






31. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






32. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






33. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






34. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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35. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






36. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






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






38. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






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






40. Which company merged with Verizon?






41. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






42. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






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






44. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






45. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






46. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






47. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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






49. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






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