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1. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






2. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






3. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






4. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






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






6. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






7. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






8. First studio film with a black director?






9. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






10. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






11. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






12. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






13. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






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

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






16. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






17. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?






18. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






19. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






20. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






21. How many band members were there in UB40?






22. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






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






24. What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?






25. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






26. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






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






28. First New York Times movie review?






29. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






30. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






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






32. 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?






33. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






34. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






35. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?






36. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






37. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






38. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






39. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






40. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






41. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?






42. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






43. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






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






45. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






46. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






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

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48. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






49. First film to sweep the five major Oscars?






50. First film with Dolby sound?