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






2. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






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






4. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






5. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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






7. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






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






9. What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?






10. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






11. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






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






13. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?






14. How many band members were there in Madness?






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






16. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






17. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






18. First film with Dolby sound?






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






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






21. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






22. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






23. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






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






25. At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?






26. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






27. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






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






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






30. What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?






31. What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?






32. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






33. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






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






35. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?






36. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






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






38. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






39. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






40. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






41. Which company merged with Boeing?






42. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






43. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






44. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






45. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






46. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






47. First studio film with a black director?






48. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






49. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






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