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1. Which company merged with Boeing?






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






3. What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?






4. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






5. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






6. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






7. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






8. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






9. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






10. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






11. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






12. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






13. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






14. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






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






16. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






17. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






18. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde


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






20. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






21. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?






22. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






23. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






24. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






25. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






26. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






27. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






28. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?


29. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






30. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






31. Who called his elephant Tantor?






32. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






33. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






34. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






35. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






36. How many band members were there in Toto?






37. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






38. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






39. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






40. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






41. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






42. What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?






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






44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






45. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






46. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






47. The Beatle's 'Dear Prudence' is named for the sister of what actress - who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh -India?






48. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






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






50. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?