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1. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






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






3. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






4. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






5. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






6. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






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






8. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






9. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






10. What is frozen to make dry ice?






11. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






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






13. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






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






15. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?


16. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






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






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






19. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






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






21. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






22. First film with Dolby sound?






23. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?


24. Who 'discovered' Alaska?






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






26. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






27. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






28. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






29. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






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






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






32. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






33. What is a female donkey called?






34. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






35. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






36. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






37. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






38. What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?






39. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






40. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






41. First all-sound film?






42. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






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






44. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






45. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






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






47. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






48. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






49. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






50. What TV series is about this show: FYI?