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1. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






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






3. In 1893 - who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?






4. Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?






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






6. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






7. With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial 'Cop Killer'?






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






9. For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?






10. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






11. 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?






12. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






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






14. Give the missing last member: Brahma - Vishnu - and...






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






16. Who cowrote both 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' and 'If I Had a Hammer'?






17. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






18. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






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






20. What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?






21. What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?






22. What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?






23. Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?






24. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






25. Who 'discovered' The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?






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






27. Which company merged with Citicorp?






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






29. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






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






31. What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?






32. First use of Steadicam in film?






33. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






34. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






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






36. What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as 'the Wall for Generation X'?






37. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






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






39. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






40. Who both married and directed Geena Davis






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






42. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






43. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






44. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






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






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






47. What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?






48. Who 'discovered' Brazil?






49. The Dartmouth - the Eleanor - and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?






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