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1. The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?






2. 007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995 - when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?






3. According to Bob Dylan in 'Subterranean Homesick Blues -' 'Don't follow leaders. Watch your--' what - instead?






4. What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm - Vooruitzigt - in 1870?






5. Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

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6. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?






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






8. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?






9. Which artist had the double albumIn Your Honor?






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






11. Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears - Breaking Training - and...






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






13. In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?






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






15. Which artist had the double album The Fragile?






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






17. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






18. What was the name of HenryFord's only son?






19. What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?






20. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






21. First film shown on HBO?






22. Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?






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






24. Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin''?






25. From Jesus Christ Superstar: 'Poor _____'






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






27. In 2002 - the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions.Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two 'North' division counterparts?






28. What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless 'Velvet Revolution?'






29. Who 'discovered' New Zealand?






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






31. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?






32. What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?






33. What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?






34. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?






35. What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?






36. What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?






37. What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?






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






39. H. L. Mencken coined the word 'ecdysiast' to describe whose famous stage act?






40. Kiribati - Tuvalu - or Palau--in 1994 - what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?






41. Who founded the 'People's Temple' in 1955?






42. Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?






43. Give the missing last member: Cyan - magenta - and...






44. What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm - Warren Rudman - and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?






45. What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's 'Dear Ndugu' letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring






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






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






48. With over 5.3 million sold since 1959 - what's by far the most successful British car of all time?






49. The famous 'peace symbol' was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D.What do the N and D stand for?






50. Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer