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1. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






2. What is the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was stolen in England in 1966?






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






4. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






5. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






6. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






7. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






8. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






9. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






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






11. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






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






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






14. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






15. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?






16. Despite retiring form NASA in 1977 - what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?






17. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






18. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






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






20. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?






21. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






22. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






23. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






24. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






25. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






26. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






27. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






28. First film in CinemaScope?






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






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






31. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






32. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






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






34. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






35. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






36. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






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






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






39. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






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






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






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






43. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






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






45. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






46. How many band members were there in Madness?






47. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






48. 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?

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49. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?






50. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?