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Subject : trivia
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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






2. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






3. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






4. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






5. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






6. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






7. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






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






9. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






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






11. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?






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






13. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






14. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?






15. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






16. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?






17. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

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18. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






19. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






20. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






21. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






22. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






23. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






24. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






25. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






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






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






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






29. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






30. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






31. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






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






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. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






35. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?






36. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






37. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






38. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?






39. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






40. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






41. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






42. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






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






44. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






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






46. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






47. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






48. First 'Director's Cut'?

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49. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






50. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?