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1. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






2. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






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






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






5. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






6. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






7. Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale - before a misspelling intervened?






8. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






9. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






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






11. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






12. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






13. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






14. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






15. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






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






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






18. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






19. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






20. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?






21. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






22. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






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






24. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






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






26. What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?






27. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






28. How many band members were there in UB40?






29. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






30. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






31. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






32. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






33. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






34. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






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






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






37. Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?






38. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






39. 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






40. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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






42. What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?






43. In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?






44. Which company merged with NBC?






45. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






46. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






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






48. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






49. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






50. First use of the 'f-word'?







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