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1. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






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






3. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






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






5. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?






6. The Carboniferous period - 300 million years ago - is divided into two epochs with the names of US states.What two states?






7. What's Cartman's first name on South Park






8. First use of the 'f-word'?






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






10. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






11. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






12. Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?






13. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






14. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






15. Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history - having gone five times platinum by 2007?






16. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






17. Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?






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






19. What magazine gives out the 'Golden Calipers' to its Car of the Year winner?






20. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?






21. What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team - thanks to ballot stuffing?






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






23. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






24. Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?






25. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






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






27. Which company merged with Boeing?






28. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






29. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






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






31. What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?






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






33. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






34. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






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






36. What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower - Wyoming - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?






37. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






38. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






39. What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover






40. What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?






41. What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?






42. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






43. How many band members were there in Toto?






44. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






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






46. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






47. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






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






49. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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50. What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?