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1. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'
3
Roger Bannister
A Fistfull of Dollars
Venice
2. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Beetle Juice
Tomato(es)
Czechoslovakia
3. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?
She shot JR (Dallas)
3 2 1 Contact
Kate & Allie
William Tell
4. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
Pegasus
Happyness
Smerdyakov
Norma Jean
5. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
Ione Skye
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
Kali
Spellbound
6. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?
CONTROL
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Argentina
Everybody Hates
7. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?
(her) hair
Gordie Howe
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
James Cagney
8. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?
Aliana
Orange(s)
Louisana (Superdome)
Leopard
9. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?
It Happened One Night (1934)
TheAtlas (A)
Colombia
Couscous
10. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?
Mau Mau
Elle
Oahu
4
11. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?
Mel Brooks
The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)
Atom Egoyan
Coffee
12. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Dracula
Crunk
(The) Marines
13. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?
John Speke (English - 1856)
Tiny Bubbles
Brent Spiner
Watermelon(s)
14. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?
Thrust
TheName of The Rose
2
Peach(es)
15. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?
Gypsy Rose Lee
IMDb
Aramis
Racecar
16. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?
Hindenburg (explosion)
Crunk
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
Stevie Wonder
17. What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?
Randy Quaid
State quarters
Windsor - Ontario
(George) Clooney
18. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?
Foo Fighters
112
6
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
19. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?
Tongue
(Albert) Einstein
Cornea
Hamlet
20. How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?
Llama
Altamount
5
K. d. lang
21. First American film nudity?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Inspiration (1915)
Gorilla
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
22. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?
Steven Spielberg
Tiny Bubbles
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
20
23. What TV catchphrase was first utter - in 1990 - by retired nurse EdithFore - portraying 'Mrs. Fletcher'?
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24. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pete Seeger
Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)
Hamlet
25. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?
Gorilla
IMF
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Windsor - Ontario
26. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?
Jamaica
Shiva (the destroyer - of the Trimurti)
Angkor Wat
Carrie Underwood
27. For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?
Kitty Genovese
Christopher Columbus
Randy Quaid
Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act - 1910)
28. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?
Mau Mau
De Beers
(George) Clooney
Burberry
29. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?
D. H. Lawrence
(the) World Cup (trophy)
Beetle Juice
Humbert Humbert
30. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?
(The) Rolling Stones
The Satanic Verses
Lemon(s)
Kali
31. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?
Intercourse
Geyser
Almonds
In Cold Blood
32. What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?
40
Jessica Lange
Body Count
Jamaica
33. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?
Eve
NineInch Nails
The Three Musketeers
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
34. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?
McDonnell Douglas
Lights of New York (1928)
HP Lovecraft
Pancreas
35. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?
India
(Albert) Einstein
Bling bling
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
36. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?
Teddy Roosevelt
Thanksgiving
Manhunter
Topper (1937)
37. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?
Fahrenheit 451
Britney Spears
Hong Kong
Eddie Matthews
38. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
D. H. Lawrence
Polo
NineInch Nails
39. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?
The (Chevrolet) Corvair
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
The Descent
Limp Bizkit
40. What Devon town - named for a Charles Kingsley novel - is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?
Black
Wings (1927)
Westward Ho!
Truly - Madly - Deeply
41. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
Thelma and Louise
(Songs in) A Minor
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Kali
42. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...
Country (West Point motto)
Michelle Wie
Robert Scott
By choice - man!
43. What Amish country village in Pennsylvania - where Witness was filmed - is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?
The Canterville Ghost
Emma
Intercourse
Texas and New Mexico
44. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?
Sao Paulo
Haiti
KITT('s) (Knight Rider)
Mau Mau
45. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?
Aramis
Rat
Jurassic Park
Humbert Humbert
46. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?
The Dome of the Rock
Tiny Bubbles
Cape Hatteras
Jenny McCarthy
47. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
Jack Russell
B. J. Armstrong
Model railroad
48. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?
Steven Biko
Sleeping Beauty
Otto
(the) New York Mets
49. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?
Miles Davis
Brent Spiner
(Adolf) Hitler
Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)
50. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?
Jim Jones
Nevada
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
(Sperm) Whale