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1. What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the 'telemobiloscope'?
Banana
Radar
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish - ~1513)
Charles Lindbergh
2. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'
Panama
Little Rock
McDonnell Douglas
Carrie Underwood
3. What cloud of comets - out beyond Pluto - was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?
Robert De Niro
Roger Vadim
The Learning Tree (1969)
Oort cloud
4. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?
U.N.C.L.E
Omega
H. G. Wells
Couscous
5. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?
Sao Paulo
Colombia
Coal
Nauruan
6. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?
Philip Marlowe
Venus
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Travelers Group
7. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?
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8. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?
Geyser
James Cook (English - 1770)
Mahi mahi
Candyman
9. How many band members were there in UB40?
Inspiration (1915)
1606
8
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
10. What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?
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11. First film shown on HBO?
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Somewhere in Time
Carbon dioxide
Odor Eaters (insoles)
12. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?
Desiderata
The Lion King
Jim Calhoun
Romania
13. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
Peach(es)
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
Mau Mau
14. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?
S(ain)t Louis
Dannii
Ellery Queen
The (Dodge/Plymouth) Neon
15. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name
Angkor Wat
Melville
Roberto Rossellini
Blue
16. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?
B. J. Armstrong
Barry Sanders
Jim Calhoun
Small intestine(s)
17. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?
TheAtlas (A)
Draw
Dracula
Charles Lindbergh
18. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler
Garo Yepremian
Horse
Will & Grace
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
19. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?
Federico Fellini
Humbert Humbert
Seven
Dairy Queen
20. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?
Carrie Underwood
Omega
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
21. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
Thailand
Victoria Falls
Sean Connery
22. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
Baden-Baden
23. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?
The Sparrow
Peach (also contains orange)
Senegal
Ali MacGraw
24. What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds - author of The Autobiography of a Thief?
Philadelphia
(the) Great Train Robbery
Mahi mahi
Arkansas
25. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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26. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?
Theodore Roosevelt
Koran
Gomer Pyle
Mary Decker (Slaney)
27. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?
Rene Descartes
Paramount
The Sparrow
(Dallas) Love Field
28. Which company merged with NBC?
Bringing up Baby (1938)
Vivendi
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
B. J. Armstrong
29. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?
Pete Seeger
Joel Cohen
Pear(s)
Edith Head
30. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...
(All) killed by Jack the Ripper
France
Palmer
(the) World Cup (trophy)
31. Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964 - though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?
Sweden
Croatia
IMF
Kitty Genovese
32. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?
Nauruan
William Tell
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Dharma & Greg
33. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond
Atom Egoyan
Go Away Little Girl
Joanne Woodward
(an) e
34. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?
Subaru
Mecca
Pig
A Midsummer Night's Dream
35. First New York Times movie review?
(Honda) Civic
(Smoot-Hawley) Tariff (Act of 1930 - raised tariffs to promote US industry - backfired)
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
Pippa Passes (1909)
36. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?
Somalia
North Korea
Jeremy Bentham
Darwin's
37. What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?
Silicon Valley
Steven Biko
Ali MacGraw
Garo Yepremian
38. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000
(Gerald)Ford
Coffee
Tiger Woods
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
39. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?
Bwana Devil (1952)
Oahu
Shrek 2
Orange
40. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?
Steven Spielberg
7
The Ritz (hotel)
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
41. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?
(PE)6-5000
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Orangutan
Atom Egoyan
42. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?
Chaminade
Babar
Buffalo
Richard Cory (himself)
43. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?
Mashed potatoes
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
Palau
Rocky Balboa
44. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?
The Frighteners
(the) giraffe
Mitch
Milk Duds
45. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet
Capybara
Upset
Romeo and Juliet
M. C. Hammer
46. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?
George Deukmejian
Cornea
Desiderata
George Wilson
47. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?
Wiley Post
Lulu
Capybara
Michigan
48. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
(The) dodo
Martha Stewart
I've fallen and I can't get up
Rat
49. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?
Otto
Emeritus
Capybara
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
50. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?
Lord of the Flies
Crunk
John F. Kennedy
(Honda) Civic