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






2. What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?






3. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?


4. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






5. What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?






6. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






7. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






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


9. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






10. What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?






11. What lagoon south of Queens - NY - is named for a localIndian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?






12. What did 'Kristin Shepard' do on March 21 - 1980 that sealed her TV fame?






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






14. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






15. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






16. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






17. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






18. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






19. What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?






20. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






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






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






23. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






24. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?






25. Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?






26. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






27. Anciently - what was the job description of a 'hierodule'?






28. In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?






29. What are divided by Botts' dots?






30. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?






31. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






32. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?






33. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






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






35. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






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






37. Who both married and directed Anna Karina?






38. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






39. What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include 'The Gold Watch' and 'The Bonnie Situation'?






40. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






41. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






42. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






43. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?






44. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






45. Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar - but he did direct one Best Picture.What movie?






46. Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)






47. What molecule is named for the Greek word for 'smell -' because of the odor associated with lightening storms?






48. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






49. How many band members were there in Toto?






50. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?