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1. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






2. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






3. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






4. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






5. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






6. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






7. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






8. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?






9. First Best Picture Oscar?






10. Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager - better known by this name






11. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






12. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






13. What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston ChecksIn?






14. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






15. Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?






16. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






17. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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18. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






19. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






20. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






21. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






22. Deuteranopia - or Daltonism - is one of the most common varieties of what condition?






23. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?






24. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






25. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?






26. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






27. Who called his elephant Tantor?






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






29. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






30. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






31. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






32. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






33. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






34. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






35. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






36. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?






37. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






38. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






39. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






40. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?






41. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






42. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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43. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






44. Give the missing last member: Emerson - Lake - and...






45. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






46. What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?






47. Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

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






49. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






50. Where will I 'fear no evil -' according to Psalm 23 - the 'Shepherd Psalm'?