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1. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?
State quarters
Steven Biko
Texaco
Antawn Jamison
2. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?
Aglet
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Nuclear disarmament
Capri
3. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Small intestine(s)
Gomer Pyle
Barry Sanders
4. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
Baden-Baden
Humbert Humbert
Eve
5. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965
Wendy
Flowers for Algernon
Randy Quaid
Emeritus
6. Who both married and directed Geena Davis
Humbert Humbert
Renny Harlin
Brazil
Jim Calhoun
7. Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Candyman
Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants
Grenada
8. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Haiti
She shot JR (Dallas)
Dairy Queen
Bicycle(s)
9. What was 'Che' Guevara's real first name?
Ernesto
Peach(es)
(Ford) Excursion
Lazarus
10. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?
Model railroad
Sirius (Satellite Radio)
Aglet
Lazarus
11. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?
She shot JR (Dallas)
Small intestine(s)
The Artful Dodger
Judiciary
12. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?
Wilco
HP Lovecraft
Israel
The Weekly World News
13. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield
Humbert Humbert
Pegasus
Hope & Faith
Wilco
14. What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)
Six
K. d. lang
(the) Motorwagen
Ukraine
15. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?
(a) ginny (or jenny)
Delaware
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
The valley of the shadow of death
16. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?
The Sixth Sense
(the) New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
8
17. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?
Roger Vadim
Upset
Come by here
Bwana Devil (1952)
18. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?
Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)
Dairy Queen
20
Nauruan
19. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?
The Three Musketeers
Atropos (the moirai - or Fates)
9
(George Bernard) Shaw
20. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?
(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley - Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)
Will & Grace
Topper
Beverly Cleary
21. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Pear(s)
22. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?
Blue
Lady Marmalade
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
Baden-Baden
23. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?
Ants
The Chrysler Building
(The) NHL
Manhunter
24. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?
Ghost
Oedipus
10
Body Count
25. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
The Tell-tale Heart
Tammy Faye Bakker
Turkey
Seven
26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?
Parrot
Spain
Charles Starkweather
20
27. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?
Hoop Dreams
Ken Davitian
Vivendi
Israel
28. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
The Tell-tale Heart
Boxing
India
29. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'
Ellery Queen
Czechoslovakia
Jack Russell
Royal jelly
30. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
Brain Boitano
Haiti
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Emma
31. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?
Almonds
The Artful Dodger
Kayak
IMF
32. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?
Theodore Roosevelt
The Boston Celtics (21)
The Robe (1953)
Wales
33. In addition to the Queen of spades - what's the diamond card in a 'pinochle' hand?
Roger Maris
Fraternite
(the) Jack of diamonds
Real estate (investment)
34. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?
Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese - 1488)
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
Mississippi - Pennsylvania
35. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...
Ben Hogan
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
Paramount
Country (West Point motto)
36. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?
40
(George Bernard) Shaw
Victory
Body Count
37. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
Randy Quaid
Ulysseys (1967)
38. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?
Strawberries
Little Rock
Curly Howard
Leopard
39. Who killed the literary character Polonius?
S(ain)t Louis
Watermelon(s)
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
Hamlet
40. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?
Foo Fighters
(Pablo) Picasso
Coal
Ben Hogan
41. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
Boxing
112
2
Pink
42. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'
Larry Nance
Jenny
Venice
Green
43. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)
J. K. Rowling
Louie Louie
Martin Landau
Shel Silverstein
44. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?
Roger Bannister
Ukraine
Topper
Prince Valiant
45. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'
Mashed potatoes
(the earth's) crust and mantle
Bunker Hill
Ghost
46. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Vivendi
Cherries
Blue
47. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?
(a) clergyman
Aladdin
Jenny
Robert Scott
48. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?
The Satanic Verses
Mars
Czechoslovakia
Jean-Luc Goddard
49. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name
Colonel Tom Parker
Texas and New Mexico
Orange
McDonnell Douglas
50. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?
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