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






2. Who killed the literary character Grendel?






3. Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?






4. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






5. What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word 'potato' when he misspelled it in 1992?






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






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






8. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






9. What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?






10. What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

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11. In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone 'Ridin' -' according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?






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






13. What chain introduced the 'Blizzard' in 1985?






14. What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?






15. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






16. WC Minor - a murderer and schizophrenic - spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?






17. Which artist had the double album Being There?






18. What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?






19. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?






20. What Margate City - New Jersey - housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?






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






22. In the Bible - who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?






23. Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?






24. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






25. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






26. What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?






27. Which company merged with Viacom?






28. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






29. What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?






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






31. On TV's The ManFrom UNCLE - what organization did Napoleon Solo work for






32. What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)






33. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'






34. What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?






35. Who 'discovered' New York Harbor?






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






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






38. What - at their most difficult - are rated 'Double Black Diamond' in the United States?






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






40. Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?






41. Which company merged with Citicorp?






42. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






43. Surus ('the Syrian') - who had a broken tusk - was the standout among whose elephants?






44. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






45. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?






46. What two US states border Mexico's largest state - Chihuahua?






47. What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?






48. Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier






49. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






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