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






2. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






3. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






4. What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?






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






6. What process is divided into four parts: prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase?






7. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






8. Which artist had the double album Being There?






9. Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?






10. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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11. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






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






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






14. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

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15. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl - in the original ad?






16. Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore






17. First studio film with a black director?






18. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






19. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






20. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






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






22. In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?






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






24. What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?






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






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






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






28. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






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

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30. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton






31. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






32. Who - in 1964 - was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?






33. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






34. Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin - KY service station in 1930?






35. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






36. Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?






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






38. Who 'discovered' The Cape of Good Hope






39. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






40. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






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






42. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?






43. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?






44. In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?






45. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?






46. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






47. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?






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






49. What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?






50. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?