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1. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Italian - 1524)
The Mona Lisa
France
2. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?
MASH
Michelle Wie
Dracula
Frank Zamboni
3. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...
Roger Maris
Old Time Rock and Roll
Nicaragua
Aramis
4. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?
(Hector) Berlioz
CTU
Sirhan Sirhan
Bucket
5. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?
Jeremy Bentham
Rulon Gardner
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Cullinan
6. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?
Tiger Woods
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
The White Witch
Jenny McCarthy
7. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)
Arkansas
Somalia
Germany
8. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?
Tsetse fly
Brian De Palma
Fig newtons
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
9. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?
Lamar Alexander
Italy
Jamie Lynn
Pancreas
10. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name
Egypt
France
Condoleezza Rice
Melville
11. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?
Pear(s)
Aglet
Carbon dioxide
Venus
12. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?
(the) evacuation of Saigon
I'll Be There
(George Bernard) Shaw
Real estate (investment)
13. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'
Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants
Frank Zamboni
Pago Pago (American Samoa)
I'm a Believer
14. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?
Dannii
Robert Scott
Will & Grace
The Stanley Cup
15. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?
Nauruan
Pennsylvania
V8 (juice)
Italy
16. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?
(The) House of Seven Gables
(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard
Lulu
Antonio Stradivarius
17. What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?
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18. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...
Tomato(es)
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
Little Rock
J. M. Barrie
19. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?
Steven Spielberg
John F. Kennedy
Benito Mussolini
North Korea
20. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423
7
The Weekly World News
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Dr. James Bedford
21. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?
Tammy Faye Bakker
Boxing
Hannibal
Trapped in the Closet
22. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?
Uruguay
Christopher Columbus
Ken Davitian
Racecar
23. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?
Murmur
(a) Yo-yo
Gordie Howe
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
24. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?
Canada
Ohio and North Carolina
Jim Calhoun
10
25. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?
Dannii
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
Britney Spears
Donner Pass
26. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer
Charles Lindbergh
Thelma and Louise
8
Sirhan Sirhan
27. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...
Genesis
Baden-Baden
30 Rock
Judiciary
28. Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues - which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?
NineInch Nails
The Boston Celtics (21)
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Model railroad
29. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
Aliana
George Wilson
Trapped in the Closet
30. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?
Arkansas
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Victoria Falls
31. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?
Eve
Model railroad
Buffalo
Pig
32. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?
Kate & Allie
Ozone
Switzerland
Cream
33. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?
Hong Kong
Rebecca
Kitty Genovese
O. J. Simpson
34. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Leopard
Murphy Brown
Hope & Faith
Rene Descartes
35. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
Roger Bannister
(the) Boston Tea Party
China
36. Who killed the literary character Grendel?
Roberto Rossellini
G. E. Smith
(the) Great Train Robbery
Beowulf
37. First film edited digitally - via Avid?
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Truly - Madly - Deeply
(the) Republican Party
Sullivan Ordinance
38. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?
Austria
Genesis
Jean-Luc Goddard
XTC
39. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
Tarzan
(a) Yo-yo
The Others
Mickey Finn
40. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?
Boxing
Charles Lindbergh
Underoos
Jean-Luc Goddard
41. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'
Jerusalem
Solipsism
Gypsy Rose Lee
Please Mr. Postman
42. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
Canada
Real estate (investment)
Murmur
43. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?
(George Bernard) Shaw
Hydrogen and oxygen
Colonel Harland Sanders
Old Time Rock and Roll
44. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?
Temple prostitute
Cullinan
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
Queen Anne's Lace
45. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
St. Louis Cardinals
Christopher Columbus
Eve
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
46. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?
Tomato(es)
Somewhere in Time
(the) bishop
Murmur
47. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
Prince
Canada
(The) dodo
48. First 'Director's Cut'?
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49. What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?
Turkmenistan
Egypt
Montreal
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
50. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?
Seven
Benito Mussolini
White
Times Square