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1. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






2. In Tommy Tutone's song - who lives at 867-5309?






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






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






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






6. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






7. What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique - having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?






8. What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?






9. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






10. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






11. First use of 'gay' as slang term in film?






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






13. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?






14. What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?






15. At just twenty-one - who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?






16. Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?






17. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






18. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






19. 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






20. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?






21. What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?






22. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






23. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






24. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?






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






26. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






27. What style of 'Dirty South' hip-hop was pioneered byAtlanta rapper Lil Jon?






28. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?






29. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






30. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






31. Who killed the literary character Polonius?






32. What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?






33. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?






34. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






35. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






36. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






37. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






38. Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?






39. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?






40. What are Butch and Etta riding during the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?






41. What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?






42. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






43. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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44. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






45. From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 'A Little Girl from _____'






46. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






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






48. Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?






49. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






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