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1. Give the missing last member: Triassic - Jurassic - and...






2. Which company merged with Viacom?






3. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






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






5. Give the missing last member: Alvin - Simon - and...






6. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






7. What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?






8. What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?






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






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






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






12. Who both married and directed Judy Garland?






13. What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?






14. What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?






15. In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?






16. On TV's Get Smart - what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?






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






18. Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?






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






20. Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?






21. What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?






22. What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?






23. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






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






25. What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?






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






27. What nation is divided into 26 cantons - each of which was an independent state until 1848?






28. Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's 'Silent Movie'?






29. Where is the 'Naked Cowboy -' an underwear-clad guitarist - famous for playing?






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






31. First scheduled in-flight movie?






32. What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers - according to a 2007 study?






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






34. What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?






35. What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?






36. Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters






37. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






38. Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?






39. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond






40. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?






41. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry - in Die Another Day?






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






43. Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?






44. What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention - the 'Model A Ice Resurfacer'






45. What fictional character married his wife - Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles - during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?






46. In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?






47. What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called 'Those Eyes -' listing actresses with beautiful eyes?






48. What placekicker's famous 'gaffe' kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?






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






50. Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?