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






2. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






3. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






4. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






5. What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse - who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?






6. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






7. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






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






9. First film of the 3-D boom?






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






11. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






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






13. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






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






15. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)






16. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






17. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






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






19. What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?






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






21. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






22. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






23. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






24. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






25. What are divided by Botts' dots?






26. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






27. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






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






29. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






30. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






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






32. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






33. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






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






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






36. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






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






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






39. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






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






41. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






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






43. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






44. How many band members were there in Madness?






45. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






46. Which company merged with BP?






47. What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?






48. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






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






50. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?