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1. First classic film to be 'colorized'?






2. The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?






3. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






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






5. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






6. First film with Dolby sound?






7. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






8. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






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






10. Which company merged with Citicorp?






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






12. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






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






14. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






15. What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?






16. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?






17. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






18. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






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






20. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






21. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






22. First film in CinemaScope?






23. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?

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






25. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






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






27. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






28. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson






29. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






30. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






31. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






32. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






33. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






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






35. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






36. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






37. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






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






39. Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?






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






41. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






42. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






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






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






45. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?






46. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






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






48. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






49. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






50. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?