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1. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






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






3. According to 'Michael - Row the Boat Ashore -' where is Michael rowing?






4. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






5. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






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






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






8. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






9. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






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






11. What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?






12. How many band members were there in UB40?






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






14. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






15. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?






16. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






17. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






18. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






19. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






20. What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?






21. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






22. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






23. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965






24. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?






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






26. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






27. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






28. What was - famously - the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?






29. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






30. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






31. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






32. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






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






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






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






36. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






37. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






38. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






39. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






40. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






41. Which artist had the double album Being There?






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






43. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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44. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?






45. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






46. What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?






47. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






48. Who both married and directed Madonna?






49. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






50. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'