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1. What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?






2. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






3. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






4. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?






5. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






6. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






7. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






8. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?






9. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






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






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






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






13. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






14. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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15. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






16. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






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






18. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






19. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






20. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






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






22. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






23. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






24. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






25. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






26. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






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






28. What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?






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






30. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






31. First scheduled in-flight movie?






32. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






33. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






34. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






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






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






37. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






38. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






39. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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40. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






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






42. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?






43. What does a 'screever' do on a sidewalk?






44. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?






45. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






46. What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?






47. What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?






48. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






49. How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?






50. Who killed the literary character Grendel?