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1. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?






2. What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?






3. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






4. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






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






6. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






7. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






8. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?






9. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






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






11. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






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






13. First PG-13 rated film?






14. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?






15. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






16. First computer graphics in film?






17. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






18. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?






19. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






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

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21. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






22. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






23. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






24. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






25. First 'Director's Cut'?

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26. Which company merged with Verizon?






27. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






28. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






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






30. First Best Picture Oscar?






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






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






33. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






34. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






35. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






36. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






37. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?






38. Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?






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






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






41. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






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






43. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






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






45. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






46. What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?






47. Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for 'with sweetness'?






48. Who was known to his Meccan customers as 'al-Amin -' 'the trustworthy one'?






49. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






50. First film of the 3-D boom?