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Subject : trivia
Instructions:
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1. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






2. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






3. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






4. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






5. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






6. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






7. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






8. What book is divided into 114 chapters called 'suras'?






9. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






10. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






11. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






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






13. What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?






14. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






15. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






16. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






17. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






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






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

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






21. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






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






23. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?






24. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






25. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






26. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






27. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






28. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






29. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






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






31. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






32. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






33. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






34. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






35. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






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






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






38. First PG-13 rated film?






39. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






40. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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






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






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






44. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






45. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






46. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






47. Who killed the literary character Polonius?






48. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






49. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






50. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?