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1. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






2. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






3. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






4. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






5. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






6. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






7. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






8. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






9. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






10. The 'crawlers' are the predators in what 2005 horror film?






11. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






12. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






13. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






14. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






15. What is a female donkey called?






16. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






17. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?






18. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






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






20. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






21. First all-sound film?






22. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






23. What composer's tune 'Hoe Down' is the background music for the 'Beef--its's what's for dinner' TV ads?






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






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






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






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






28. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






29. What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?






30. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






31. How many band members were there in Madness?






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






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






34. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






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






36. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






37. What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?






38. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






39. First 'Director's Cut'?

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






41. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






42. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






43. First three-strip Technicolor?






44. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






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






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






47. First film in CinemaScope?






48. Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?






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






50. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?