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1. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)
Jive
M. C. Hammer
Spellbound
Scoop
2. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Desiderata
William Tell
Harold and Maude
3. Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?
(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)
Buffalo
Cream
Theodore
4. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?
Iran
Thailand
M. C. Hammer
MCI
5. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?
Guy Ritchie
(the)Indianapolis Colts
Howard Hughes
(The) House of Seven Gables
6. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
Ghost
(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
7. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?
Hope & Faith
(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby
Odor Eaters (insoles)
Home Improvement
8. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown
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9. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?
Pachyderm
Wales
Hercules
Aladdin
10. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?
Silicon and oxygen
Cherries
Frank Zappa
Chile
11. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Maya Angelou
Aaron Copland
The Weekly World News
12. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
Lady Marmalade
The Dome of the Rock
Brain Boitano
13. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
The Canterville Ghost
Alsatians
Aaron Copland
Do The Right Thing
14. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?
About Schmidt
Israel
Everybody Hates
Black
15. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?
(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act - 1998)
Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard
Teddy Roosevelt
Lillian Hellman
16. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?
The Ritz (hotel)
James Cameron
Nicky
Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish - 1520)
17. Which company merged with SBC?
(street) lanes
You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)
AT&T (renamed AT&T)
5
18. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
(give) electric shock(s to other people)
Parrot
(The) House of Seven Gables
19. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?
Christopher Columbus
Angkor Wat
30 Rock
Yes
20. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?
Portland( - OR)
Robert De Niro
Mitosis
Gorilla
21. First film with Dolby sound?
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
E. B. White
Desiderata
Roswell( - NM)
22. First computer graphics in film?
Pachyderm
James Cameron
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Westworld (1973)
23. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?
A Fistfull of Dollars
Joanne Woodward
Uruguay
Kate & Allie
24. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
M. C. Hammer
Otto
Pulp Fiction
25. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?
Capybara
Underoos
A Fistfull of Dollars
Alfred Hitchcock
26. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Mickey Finn
(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)
Baltimore
27. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
Haiti
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Canterville Ghost
Hips
28. Which company merged with NBC?
(Adolf) Hitler
(the) World Cup (trophy)
Vivendi
Five
29. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?
Tsetse fly
Times Square
Milk Duds
Coffee
30. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?
(Albert) Einstein
Richard Cory (himself)
(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act - 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)
Mitsubishi
31. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin
The Canterville Ghost
Murray Gell-Mann
Tammy Faye Bakker
Harold and Maude
32. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?
Montgomery - Alabama
Antonin Scalia
MASH
Crunk
33. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?
Cat
Mostly briefs
20
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
34. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?
Louie Louie
Rat
Emeritus
A Room With a View (Forster)
35. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?
Alsatians
Eris (Discord)
Roberto Rossellini
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
36. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?
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37. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?
Your Girlfriend
Bound for Glory (1976)
(the) Great Train Robbery
Lillian Hellman
38. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury
Joel Cohen
(her) hair
Grenada
(The St. Louis) Blues
39. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?
New York - New York
Blue
Pulp Fiction
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
40. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?
Victory
TheAtlas (A)
Brent Spiner
Real estate (investment)
41. First PG-13 rated film?
(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Red
When a Man Loves a Woman
Red Dawn (1984)
42. Who called his elephant Tantor?
(her) hair
Location (its on the edge of the coin)
Tarzan
Abel Tasman (Dutch - 1642)
43. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?
Randy Quaid
(her) hair
Balthasar (Magi)
A-ha
44. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?
Beverly Cleary
The Others
About Schmidt
MMMBob
45. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
The Sparrow
Gerry Goffin and Carole King ('Go Away Little Girl' and 'Do the Loco-motion')
The Dome of the Rock
Stevie Wonder
46. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?
Truly - Madly - Deeply
Benito Mussolini
The Little Mermaid
Madame (Marie) Tussaud
47. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink
D. H. Lawrence
IMF
Lady Marmalade
Mexico
48. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?
Omega
(George Bernard) Shaw
Extras
Elvis Costello
49. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?
Federico Fellini
(The) Rolling Stones
Leopard
Seal (played by a sea lion)
50. First American film nudity?
Montgomery - Alabama
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(the) Jack of diamonds
Inspiration (1915)