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1. Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?






2. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






3. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






4. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






5. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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6. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






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






8. How many band members were there in UB40?






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






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

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11. What White Stripes hit - off their album Elephant - is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?






12. What is frozen to make dry ice?






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






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






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






16. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






17. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






18. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






19. Which company merged with Boeing?






20. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






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






22. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






23. Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?






24. Who both married and directedIngrid Bergman?






25. Currently - only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?






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






27. What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?






28. First use of Steadicam in film?






29. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...






30. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






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






32. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






33. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






34. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






35. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






36. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






37. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






38. What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

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39. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






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






41. In 1961 - who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?






42. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?






43. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






44. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






45. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?






46. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






47. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






48. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






49. What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?






50. What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?