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1. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






2. First film in CinemaScope?






3. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






4. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






5. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






6. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






7. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






8. What 'hip-hopera' did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?






9. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






10. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






11. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






12. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






13. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






14. Give the missing last member: duty - honor - and...






15. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






16. In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray 'Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?'






17. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






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






19. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






20. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






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






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






23. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






24. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






25. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






26. 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?






27. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?






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






29. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






30. Who killed the literary character Laius?






31. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






32. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






33. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






34. Who called his elephant Tantor?






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






36. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...






37. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?






38. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






39. Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney






40. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?






41. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






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






43. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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






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






46. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






47. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






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






49. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






50. What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?






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