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1. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






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






3. 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?






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






5. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






6. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






7. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






8. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






9. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






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






11. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






12. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






13. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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14. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






15. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






16. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






17. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






18. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






19. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






20. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






21. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet






22. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






23. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






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






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






26. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






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






28. What kind of trust is a REIT?






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






30. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?






31. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?






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






33. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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34. Which artist had the double album Being There?






35. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






36. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?






37. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






38. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






39. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






40. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






41. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






42. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






43. Who both married and directed Madonna?






44. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






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

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






47. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






48. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






49. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






50. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?