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1. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






2. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






3. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala






4. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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






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






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






8. What do Mary Ann Nichols - Annie Chapman - Liz Stride - Catherine Eddowes - and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?






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






10. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






11. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






12. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






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






14. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?






15. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






16. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






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






18. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






19. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






20. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






21. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






22. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






23. How many band members were there in Toto?






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






25. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






26. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






27. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






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






29. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






30. What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes 'a young girl's strange - erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?'






31. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






32. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






33. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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34. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






35. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






36. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






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






38. Though he lived almost forty more years - Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work - rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?






39. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






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






41. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






42. Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?






43. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






44. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






45. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






46. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






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






48. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






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






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