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1. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






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






3. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?






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






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






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






7. As mystery fans know - cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?






8. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?






9. What unknown revolutionary was - alongside 'The American GI -' one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

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10. In 1967 - who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?






11. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






12. On TV's Alias - what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?






13. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






14. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






15. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






16. Who spoke in his native Amerinian - not Kazakh - while playing Azamat in the Borat films?






17. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?

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18. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






19. Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets - while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?






20. 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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21. The Whalers - the Sabres - or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous 'Fog Game' of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?






22. What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?






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






24. In the Bible - whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?






25. On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?






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






27. What animal's intestine secretes ambergris - a strong-smelling - waxy gunk used in making perfume?






28. What novel begins with this first chapter: TheLast to See Them Alive?






29. Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow






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






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






32. First New York Times movie review?






33. A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?






34. Almost since its 1961 inception - what has humbly billed itself as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?'






35. What is a female donkey called?






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






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

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38. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






39. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?






40. What's the name of the 'saber-toothed squirrel' voiced by the director in Ice Age?






41. Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield






42. In 1988 - who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?






43. First 'Director's Cut'?

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44. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






45. Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?






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






47. What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?






48. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






49. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






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