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1. Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802 -701 AD? (Two initial names)






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






3. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






4. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






5. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






6. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






7. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






8. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






9. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






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






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






12. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






13. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






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






15. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






16. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






17. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






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






19. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






20. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






21. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






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

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23. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






24. Give the missing last member: Gaspar - Melchoir - and...






25. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






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

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27. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?






28. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






29. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






30. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






31. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






32. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?






33. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






34. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






35. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






36. What are divided by Botts' dots?






37. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






38. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






39. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






40. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






41. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






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






43. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






44. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






45. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






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






47. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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48. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






49. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?






50. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?