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1. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






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






3. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






4. What celebrated antiapartheid activist died in South African police custody in September 1977?






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






6. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






7. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






8. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






9. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






10. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






11. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?






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






13. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






14. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






15. What are divided by Botts' dots?






16. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






17. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






18. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






19. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






20. First computer graphics in film?






21. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






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






23. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






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

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






26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?






27. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






28. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






29. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






30. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






31. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






32. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






33. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






34. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






35. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






36. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






37. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






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






39. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






40. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






41. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






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






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






44. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






45. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






46. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






48. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






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






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