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1. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






2. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?






3. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






4. What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?






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






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






7. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






8. Which company merged with Viacom?






9. What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos - the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's TheName of The Rose?






10. What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the 'southern lights'?






11. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?






12. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?






13. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?






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

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15. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






16. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






17. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






18. Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti - Placido Domingo - and...






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






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






21. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






22. What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?






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






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






25. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






26. Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)






27. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






28. What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?






29. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






30. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






31. Scotland - Wales - or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?






32. What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?






33. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






34. Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?






35. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






36. 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?






37. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






38. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






39. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






40. What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?






41. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






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






43. Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?






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






45. What artist's first word was lapiz - meaning pencil?






46. What TV character's trademark song was 'Smelly Cat'?






47. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






48. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






49. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






50. Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3 -000 meter final?