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1. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






2. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






3. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






4. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






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






6. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






7. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






8. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






9. Who produced the movie 'The Elephant Man' - casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch - but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?






10. First film of the 3-D boom?






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






12. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






13. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






14. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






15. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






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






17. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






18. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






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






20. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






21. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






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






23. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






24. What is frozen to make dry ice?






25. First use of Steadicam in film?






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. Who called his elephant Tantor?






28. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






29. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






30. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






31. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






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






33. How many band members were there in UB40?






34. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






35. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






36. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






37. What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?






38. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






39. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






40. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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41. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






42. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






43. What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?






44. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






45. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






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






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






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






49. 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?






50. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?