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1. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?






2. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






3. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






4. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?






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






6. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?






7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






8. Dollar - Budget - or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?






9. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






10. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






11. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






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






13. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






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






15. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






16. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






17. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






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






19. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?






20. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






21. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






22. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






23. What is a female donkey called?






24. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






25. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






26. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






27. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






28. First film in CinemaScope?






29. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






30. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?






31. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






32. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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33. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






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






35. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






36. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?






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






38. What city requested area code 865 - spelling 'VOL -' when it was split off from area code 423






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






40. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






41. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






42. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






43. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?






44. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






45. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






46. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?






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






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






49. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






50. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?