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1. Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?






2. Which company merged with Boeing?






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






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






5. What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?






6. What's made from beets - carrots - celery - lettuce - parsley - spinach - tomatoes - and watercress?






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






8. What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?






9. What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?






10. Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002 - two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?






11. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?






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






13. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?






14. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






15. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?






16. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?






17. Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?






18. What craftsman used willow - spruce - and maple woods to make the 'Christian Hammer -' which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?






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






20. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?






21. What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the 'Maracanazo' to win the 1950 World Cup?






22. The 'pinna' is the outer - visible part of what?






23. What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?






24. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






25. Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?






26. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






27. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






28. For evidentiary reasons - who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?






29. In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?






30. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






31. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






32. What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye - the inventor of frozen food?






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






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






35. Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?






36. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






37. First scheduled in-flight movie?






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






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






40. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






41. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?






42. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






43. Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?






44. The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada.What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?






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






46. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?






47. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'






48. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?






49. Which company merged with Viacom?






50. At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit 'Brown Sugar'?