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1. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?
Edsel
Small intestine(s)
(the) ear
(the) Motorwagen
2. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?
Intercourse
Michelle Wie
Inspiration (1915)
Spinal Tap
3. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'
James Cameron
John Speke (English - 1856)
Czechoslovakia
Hips
4. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?
Mashed potatoes
Jive
(Sperm) Whale
Candyman
5. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?
Palm Sunday
Subaru
Buffalo
Oort cloud
6. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?
Earl Morrall
Ashlee
Kenneth Branagh
Christopher Columbus
7. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?
CTU
Babette March
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Steven Spielberg
8. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?
Rat
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
XTC
9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?
Old Time Rock and Roll
(Pablo) Picasso
Elle
Austria
10. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?
(Albert) Einstein
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
North Korea
Nicky
11. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?
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12. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?
Bunker Hill
E. B. White
Melville
Dairy Queen
13. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Thailand
Seven
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
14. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?
I'm a Believer
Richard Cory (himself)
Mexico
Blue
15. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?
Dentin
Bicycle(s)
Shel Silverstein
I'm a Believer
16. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000
Radar
MASH
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
Tiger Woods
17. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?
Duran Duran
Upset
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
The Dick Van Dyke Show
18. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
The Artful Dodger
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
Milk Duds
(tested positive for) marijuana
19. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?
Austria
Rene Descartes
Pearl Harbor
Subaru
20. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?
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21. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?
Canada
Mexico
Plum(s)
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
22. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?
Stevie Wonder
Philip Marlowe
Antonio Stradivarius
Hannah
23. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?
Padre
Real estate (investment)
NineInch Nails
Oahu
24. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?
Topper
Kate & Allie
Harold and Maude
Humbert Humbert
25. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?
(the) World Cup (trophy)
Silicon Valley
The Age ofInnocence
Nicaragua
26. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?
Happyness
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
Cat
Simon Legree
27. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
Wings (1927)
Lady Marmalade
Antawn Jamison
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
28. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau
Spellbound
Lean on Me
(the) ear
Smerdyakov
29. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
Leopard
Howard Hughes
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
30. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'
Six
Rochelle - Rochelle
Judiciary
G. E. Smith
31. How many band members were there in Slipknot?
9
Steven Biko
Jim Valvano
Teddy Roosevelt
32. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Color blindness
Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individualIndians - 1887)
33. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
James Cameron
The Age ofInnocence
Pete Seeger
Wings (1927)
34. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?
Stalingrad
Times Square
Jim Valvano
Dracula
35. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?
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36. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
J. M. Barrie
112
37. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?
Uruguay
IMF
Watermelon(s)
Geyser
38. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?
Limp Bizkit
Frank Zamboni
The Maltese Falcon
Palm Sunday
39. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?
Scrooged
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
Brent Spiner
Deer
40. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?
Oedipus
Nauruan
Turkey
Times Square
41. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?
New York - New York
China
Spain
The Sparrow
42. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?
Wales
Mau Mau
Orange
4
43. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?
Montgomery - Alabama
Westworld (1973)
White
Sri Lanka
44. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?
Germany
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
Murmur
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
45. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?
Cream
Britney Spears
Kate & Allie
(Songs in) A Minor
46. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?
Coffee
Limp Bizkit
Small intestine(s)
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
47. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?
Burberry
MASH
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Thailand
48. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?
Ali MacGraw
9
Muammar Qaddifi
LeBron James
49. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
Prince Valiant
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
The Cincinnati Reds
50. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?
Cameroon
Ellery Queen
Robert Scott
Chaminade