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Big Trivia Test

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
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1. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






2. How many band members were there in UB40?






3. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






4. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






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






6. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






7. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?






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






9. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






10. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






11. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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12. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






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






14. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






15. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






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






17. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?






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






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






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






21. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






22. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






23. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






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






25. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






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






27. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






28. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






29. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






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






31. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






32. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






33. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






34. Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?






35. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






36. What is frozen to make dry ice?






37. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






38. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






39. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






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






41. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






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






43. First film in CinemaScope?






44. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






45. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






46. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






47. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






48. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






49. Which company merged with Viacom?






50. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau