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1. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?
Jessica Lange
Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)
Peach (also contains orange)
She shot JR (Dallas)
2. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?
Victoria Falls
38th Parallel
Milk Duds
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
3. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?
St. Louis Cardinals
Robert De Niro
Jenny
Basalt
4. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?
William Tell
Garo Yepremian
Palm Sunday
Curly Howard
5. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?
George Milton (of Mice and Men)
Emma
Mel Brooks
(Dallas) Love Field
6. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?
De Beers
Fahrenheit 451
Garo Yepremian
Everybody Hates
7. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?
The Learning Tree (1969)
Romania
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
V2 (rocket)s
8. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?
Czechoslovakia
Inspiration (1915)
Nicaragua
The Dome of the Rock
9. Which company merged with BP?
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
(National) Prohibition ('Volstead' Act - 1919 - enabled the 18th amendment)
(the) Alabama Crimson Tide
Fontanelles
10. Give the missing last member: Wynken - Blyken - and...
Nod (Eugene Field poem)
Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)
Fontanelles
Jerusalem
11. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?
Kali
Barry Sanders
Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants
Pegasus
12. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?
Pippa Passes (1909)
Bringing up Baby (1938)
Utah
Amos 'n' Andy
13. What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
North America
Tongue
Geyser
14. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?
Field of Dreams
Sweden
MCI
Jack Russell
15. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?
Christina Aguilera
Jamaica Bay
(tested positive for) marijuana
Jean-Luc Goddard
16. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?
Lamar Alexander
(George) Clooney
XTC
(the) Great Train Robbery
17. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier
Cherries
Jim Calhoun
Oscar and Lucinda
Louisana (Superdome)
18. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)
M. C. Hammer
Kate & Allie
Westworld (1973)
Theodore Roosevelt
19. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
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20. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)
Leopard
The Mini (Cooper)
The Canterville Ghost
21. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Desiderata
Clownfish
Bicycle(s)
Finland
22. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown
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23. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?
(Sperm) Whale
Gorilla
Norma Jean
Ben Hogan
24. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?
Chile
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Pig
Mickey Finn
25. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?
George Deukmejian
Montgomery - Alabama
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Garo Yepremian
26. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?
The Descent
James Cook (English - 1770)
Dentin
The Sparrow
27. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?
Leopard
John Cassavets
Hugo Chavez
Renny Harlin
28. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?
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29. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?
Trapped in the Closet
Thrust
Christina Aguilera
The Dick Van Dyke Show
30. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?
In Cold Blood
(the) Motorwagen
Buster Douglas
Clownfish
31. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?
Pulp Fiction
The Dome of the Rock
Ski slopes
(her) hair
32. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?
Teddy Roosevelt
Liar Liar
Gorilla
Hydrogen and oxygen
33. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?
Extras
Pachyderm
Hope & Faith
Omega
34. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?
The Sparrow
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
Stalingrad
Melville
35. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?
Algeria
Subaru
Frank Zappa
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
36. What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?
Plum(s)
Scrat
New Zealand
Racecar
37. What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?
Body Count
The Three Musketeers
The Robe (1953)
Avocado(s)
38. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?
Nuclear disarmament
Night Court
Sonic Youth
CONTROL
39. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
2
The Others
Roswell( - NM)
Ali MacGraw
40. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?
Hong Kong
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
Ghost
About Schmidt
41. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?
Laverne & Shirley
Baden-Baden
Theodore Roosevelt
TheName of The Rose
42. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?
Orangutan
Bwana Devil (1952)
Elle
(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
43. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?
Iran
Pete Seeger
It Happened One Night (1934)
Carrie Underwood
44. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
IMDb
By Love Possessed (1961)
Hips
Lord of the Flies
45. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?
'Tusk' (by Fleetwood Mac)
(her) hair
Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)
Happyness
46. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?
Milk Duds
A Fistfull of Dollars
(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)
Gomer Pyle
47. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?
(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act - 1985)
CTU
J. M. Barrie
Watermelon(s)
48. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?
Orange
Teapot Dome
Hannah
Senegal
49. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?
Lady Marmalade
Egypt
Deer
Hannibal
50. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?
IMDb
Seal (played by a sea lion)
Bam(m-)Bam(m)
Richard Cory (himself)