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1. The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name






2. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






3. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






4. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






5. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






6. What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?






7. What is divided into the duodenum - the jejunum - and the ileum?






8. What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?






9. Who killed the literary character Aslan?






10. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






11. Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?






12. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






13. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






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






15. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






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






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






18. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






19. First film of the 3-D boom?






20. How many band members were there in Green Day?






21. What was the hometown of WC Fields - which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?






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






23. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






24. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






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






26. What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?






27. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






28. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?






29. What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?






30. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






31. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?






32. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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






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






35. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






36. Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet






37. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






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






39. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






40. Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell






41. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






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






43. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






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






45. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






46. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






47. What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?






48. What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?






49. What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?






50. Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?







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