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1. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






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






3. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






4. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






5. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






6. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






7. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






8. What kind of trust is a REIT?






9. What is a female donkey called?






10. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






11. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






12. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






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






14. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






15. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






16. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






17. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






18. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






19. What 1980s icon married her second husband - contractor Roe Messner - in 1993?






20. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?






21. First film with Dolby sound?






22. According to the 1980s slogan - what was 'underwear that's fun to wear'?






23. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






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






25. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






26. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






27. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






28. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






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






30. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






31. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






32. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






33. What branch of the ArmedForces first popularized the phrase 'gung-ho'?






34. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






35. Which company merged with Verizon?






36. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






37. Who killed the literary character Polonius?






38. 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?






39. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






40. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






41. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






42. Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to 'Ralph Hanley' in 1981?

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43. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






44. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






45. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






46. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






47. According to his best seller - what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981






48. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






49. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






50. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






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