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






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






3. What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?






4. Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?






5. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






6. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






7. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






8. Who published his last novel - A Passage toIndia - in 1924 - thought he lived 46 more years?






9. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?






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






11. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






12. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






13. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






14. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






15. The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth - later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?






16. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






17. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?






18. What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?






19. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






20. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






21. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






22. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






23. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






24. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






25. What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?






26. What songwriter of 'A BoyNamed Sue' also wrote the children's poems inWhere the Sidewalk Ends?






27. What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement - Florence Halop - to lung cancer?






28. What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?






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






30. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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31. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






32. In 1797 - the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?






33. Who 'discovered' Tierra del Fuego?






34. First computer graphics in film?






35. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






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






37. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






38. Between 1944 and 1945 - almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?






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






40. What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?






41. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






42. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






43. What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston - Milwaukee - andAtlanta?






44. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?






45. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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46. Who created 'the Chipmunks'?






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






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






49. In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?






50. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?







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