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1. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






2. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






3. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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5. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






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






7. What Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?






8. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






9. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






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






11. How many band members were there in UB40?






12. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






13. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






14. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






15. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






16. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






18. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






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






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






21. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






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






23. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






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






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






26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






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






28. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






29. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






30. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






31. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






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






33. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






34. What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?






35. What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?






36. Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?






37. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






38. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






39. In 1960 - what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor - a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?






40. What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?






41. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






42. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






43. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






44. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






45. What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call 'depraved' and 'pornographic' when he visited the set in 1960?






46. 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?






47. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






48. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






49. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






50. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?







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