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1. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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2. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






3. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






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






5. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






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






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

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8. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






9. First film of the 3-D boom?






10. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






11. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






12. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






13. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






14. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






15. Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?






16. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






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






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






19. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






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






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






22. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






23. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






24. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






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






26. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






27. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






28. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






29. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






30. What TV series is about this show: FYI?






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






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






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






34. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






35. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






36. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






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






38. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






39. From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004 - what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?






40. What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?






41. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






42. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






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






44. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






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






46. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






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






48. Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?






49. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






50. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...