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1. Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?






2. What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?






3. Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history - with 17 points in just eleven games?






4. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?






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






6. Who 'discovered' Lake Victoria?






7. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?






8. What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and theAtlantic Ocean?






9. Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005 - what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

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10. What's Cartman's first name on South Park






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






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






13. Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?






14. What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?






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






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






17. After Toyota's Corolla - what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?






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






19. What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?






20. Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?






21. What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?






22. What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?






23. What port's name comes from the Cantonese for 'fragrant harbor'?






24. On TV's 24 - what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?






25. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






26. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?






27. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?






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






29. What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ('miracle') gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?






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






31. Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?






32. First American film nudity?






33. Joseph Pujol - the french entertainer known as 'Le Petomane -' built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?






34. What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria - a big fan of the composer?






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






36. Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler






37. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






38. In what 'Kounty' were the antics on Hee Haw set?






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






40. How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?






41. What 'Good Little Witch' is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?






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






43. First film with Dolby sound?






44. What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?






45. What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?






46. WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name 'Richard Hooker' to write what Korean War Novel?






47. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






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






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






50. In Airplane! - Barbara 'June Cleaver' Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?