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1. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






2. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






3. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






4. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






5. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






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

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7. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






8. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






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






10. First Best Picture Oscar?






11. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






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






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






14. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






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






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






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






18. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






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






20. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






21. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?






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






23. What is frozen to make dry ice?






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






25. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






26. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






27. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






28. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






29. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






30. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






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






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






33. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






34. What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5 - 1965






35. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






36. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






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






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






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






40. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






41. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






42. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






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






44. What movie ends by introducing a litter of five 'dronkeys'?






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






47. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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48. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






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






50. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?