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1. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






2. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






3. Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?






4. What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?






5. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






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






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






8. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






9. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






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






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






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






13. What are divided by Botts' dots?






14. Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?






15. Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?






16. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






17. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






18. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?






19. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






20. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






21. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






22. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






23. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






24. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






25. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






26. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






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






28. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






29. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?






30. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






31. Which company merged with Viacom?






32. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






33. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






34. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






35. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






36. In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?






37. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






38. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?






39. Which company merged with Verizon?






40. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






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






42. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?






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






44. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






45. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






46. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






47. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






48. What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?'






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






50. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?