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1. Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)






2. What inspirational poem of 1927 ends - 'Be cheerful. Strive to be happy'?






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






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






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






6. In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?






7. What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?






8. Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

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9. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?






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






11. Who read the poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?






12. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






13. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






14. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?






15. What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?






16. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






17. Which company merged with SBC?






18. What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?






19. Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?






20. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?






21. First film with Dolby sound?






22. First computer graphics in film?






23. What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?






24. What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?






25. The beaver is North America's largest rodent.What South American animal is the world's largest?






26. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






27. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?






28. Which company merged with NBC?






29. Peanut butter - coffee - or roses--according to a Yale study - what's the most recognized smell among American adults?






30. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?






31. Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin






32. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?






33. What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?






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






35. What are German shepherds called in Great Britain - due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?






36. 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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37. What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?






38. What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury






39. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






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






41. First PG-13 rated film?






42. Who called his elephant Tantor?






43. What does the protagonist of 'The Gift of the Magi' sell to buy a watch fob?






44. In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?






45. What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit 'Fingertips' was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?






46. In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?






47. Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera - Lil' Kim - Mya - & Pink






48. Whose song 'Clubland' begins his 1981 album Trust?






49. Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?






50. First American film nudity?