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






2. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






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






4. First studio film with a black director?






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






6. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






7. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






8. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






9. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






10. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






11. How many band members were there in Madness?






12. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






13. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?






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






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






16. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






17. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






18. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






19. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






20. First Best Picture Oscar?






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






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






23. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






24. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






25. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






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






27. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






28. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






29. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






30. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






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






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






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






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






35. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






36. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






37. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?






38. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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39. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?






40. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






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






42. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






43. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






44. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






45. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






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






47. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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48. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






49. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






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