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1. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?






2. In America - the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

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3. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






4. What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?






5. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!






6. What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?






7. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






8. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






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






10. What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?






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






12. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






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






14. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'






15. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?






16. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?






17. All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?






18. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






19. What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?






20. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






21. What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?






22. What foursome--two people - an insect - and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?






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






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






25. What BlackForest town was called 'Aurelia Aquensis' by the Romans?






26. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






27. What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?






28. According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything - why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?






29. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' divides what?

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






31. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






32. Give the missing last member: Clotho - Lachesis - and...






33. How many band members were there in Toto?






34. What kind of trust is a REIT?






35. Whose estate was disputed in the 'Mormon will' belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?






36. Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?






37. Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?






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






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






40. What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?






41. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?






42. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






43. Who 'discovered' The St. Lawrence River?






44. Which company merged with Boeing?






45. What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?






46. Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?






47. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






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






49. What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?






50. Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?