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1. Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?
The Age ofInnocence
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Parrot
Billy Martin
2. Who 'discovered' Brazil?
Beverly Cleary
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)
Jack Kevorkian
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
3. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?
Mitsubishi
The Fantastic Four
Oregon (or New Jersey)
Pear(s)
4. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?
Oregon (or New Jersey)
5
A mulatto - an albino - a mosquito - a libido
Sugar Ray Leonard
5. According to the popular 1970s ad jingle - what are 'ooey - gooey - rich and chew inside - tender flaky golden cakey outside'?
Somalia
Home Improvement
Martha Stewart
Fig newtons
6. What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?
The Descent
The Ewings (Dallas)
'A Spoonful of Sugar
China
7. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?
The Little Mermaid
Martin Scorsese
Finland
The White Witch
8. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?
Muhammad
Capri
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Eeyore
9. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?
Thailand
Wilco
Hoop Dreams
Field of Dreams
10. What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?
Farting
About Schmidt
Roger Bannister
Labor (Management Relations Act - 1947 - reduced effective power of labor) unions
11. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
Thailand
Palmer
Murmur
Intercourse
12. What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts - though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?
Yellow
Black
The Sixth Sense
Fontanelles
13. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?
Scrat
Scoop
France
Joel Cohen
14. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?
Philadelphia
O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)
China
Blue
15. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?
Canada
(tested positive for) marijuana
Roberto Rossellini
Seven
16. What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history - with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds - starvation - and freezing temperatures?
Stalingrad
Milk Duds
NineInch Nails
Lights of New York (1928)
17. Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city - now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?
Rebecca
Peach (also contains orange)
Roger Vadim
Roswell( - NM)
18. How many 'dendirtes -' or arms - does a typical snowflake have?
Guy Ritchie
Martin Landau
A-ha
Six
19. From Kiss Me - Kate: 'We Open in _____'
Mars
Ione Skye
Hamlet
Venice
20. First 'Director's Cut'?
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21. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?
Limp Bizkit
Gordie Howe
Stevie Wonder
Steven Spielberg
22. What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?
Brain Boitano
Home Improvement
Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)
(tested positive for) marijuana
23. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?
Wiley Post
Turkmenistan
Oort cloud
Bob Dylan
24. What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
O. J. Simpson
The Fantastic Four
Happyness
25. Of the three substances that make up your teeth - enamel - dentin - and pulp - which is elephant ivory made of?
Simon Legree
Rebecca
Uruguay
Dentin
26. What editor of The American Mercury was called 'the Sage of Baltimore'?
E. B. White
Happyness
Martin Landau
HL Mencken
27. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'
The Descent
Murray Gell-Mann
Murmur
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
28. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?
(the) evacuation of Saigon
Motor Trend
Roswell( - NM)
Lemon(s)
29. What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?
Fraternite
Argentina
Go Away Little Girl
De Beers
30. In 1982 - what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?
The Sparrow
About Schmidt
Chaminade
Stevie Wonder
31. Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?
Eugene Onegin
Oregon (or New Jersey)
(a) clergyman
Sao Paulo
32. In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?
St. Louis Cardinals
Queen Anne's Lace
Banana
Nevada
33. Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?
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34. What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?
Heaven's Gate (1980)
James Cameron
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
Bling bling
35. Which artist had the double album English Settlement?
XTC
HL Mencken
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
NineInch Nails
36. Which chess piece was originally called 'the elephant'?
(the) bishop
Subaru
Roberto Rossellini
20
37. What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City - Arizona - in 1971?
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
London Bridge
Alsatians
Leopard
38. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury
Kenneth Branagh
Grenada
Please Mr. Postman
Frank Zappa
39. What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?
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40. What two words appear in the original recording of 'Candle in the Wind' where 'England's rose' appear in the 1997 version?
Ian Fleming
(Chubby Checker's) 'The Twist'
Norma Jean
Billy Martin
41. Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?
Montgomery - Alabama
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Bob Dylan
Sullivan Ordinance
42. Who killed the literary character Grendel?
Inspiration (1915)
Beowulf
Color blindness
Israel
43. What's the name for the diamond-shaped 'soft spots' on the skull of a newborn?
Venice
Heloise
The Chrysler Building
Fontanelles
44. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?
Jurassic Park
Kenneth Branagh
38th Parallel
Cameroon
45. What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?
Aglet
Pear(s)
Hong Kong
Stalingrad
46. Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?
(The) Yucatan Peninsula
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
The Ewings (Dallas)
Hugo Chavez
47. What 1972 comedy begins 'Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag'?
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48. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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49. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'
Frank Zamboni
Oort cloud
Alsatians
E. B. White
50. What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for 'simpleton?'
(The) dodo
(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
About Schmidt