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






2. Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?






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






4. What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?






5. What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?






6. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






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






8. What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the 'Dear Boss' letter of September 25 - 1888?






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






10. In 1973 - who left her husband - producer Robert Evans - to marry her costar Steve McQueen?






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






12. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable - in her World War II pin up?






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






14. First all-sound film?






15. How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?






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






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






18. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






19. The title of the song 'Kumbaya' is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?






20. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






21. What 1997 megahit asks - 'When you get old and start losing your hair - can you tell me who will still care?'






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






23. For his tenacity - nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose 'bull dog'?

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






25. In 1927 - the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played - and lost - their very first game; whom against?






26. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






27. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






28. What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?






29. First film in CinemaScope?






30. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?






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






32. Anoura fistulata - a bat recently discovered in Ecuador - is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?






33. What is a female donkey called?






34. What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?






35. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






36. What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?






37. What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?






38. In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?






39. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






40. The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?






41. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






42. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






43. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






44. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






45. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






46. HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?






47. What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?






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






49. What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?






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