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1. Alicia Keys's hit 'Fallin' is written in E minor - but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?






2. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






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






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






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






6. How many band members were there in UB40?






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






8. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






9. The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?






10. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






11. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






12. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






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






14. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






15. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...






16. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?






17. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






18. First film of the 3-D boom?






19. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






20. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?






21. How many 'fab' makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?






22. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?






23. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?






24. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






25. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






26. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






27. Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?






28. What word comes to us from the Greek for 'thick-skinned'?






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






30. What is 'the sweet science -' according to AJ Liebling - who popularized the term?






31. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






32. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






33. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






34. The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1 - the same songwriting team was responsible.Who were they?

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35. What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?






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






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






38. Who retired from the screen after 1961's One - Two - Three - except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime - ironically playing a police commissioner?






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






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






41. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?






42. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






43. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






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






45. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






46. From 1968 on - what group used the so-called Southern strategy?






47. What company advises - 'Trust your car to the star'?






48. What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?






49. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?






50. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?