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






2. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk






3. What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?






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






5. What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate - he says - the rule of the people in his country?






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






7. What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?






8. Who called his elephant Tantor?






9. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






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






11. In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?






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






13. What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?






14. After his death - who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?






15. What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the 'hip' animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?






16. What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?






17. On TV's Mission: Impossible - what organization did Jim Phelps work for?






18. What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?






19. Who 'discovered' Queensland - Australia?






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






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






22. Give the missing last member: executive - legislative - and...






23. Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?






24. According to his best seller - what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981






25. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






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






27. Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?






28. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

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






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






31. What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?






32. What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?






33. Give the missing last member: liberte - egalite - and...






34. What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?






35. 'Shepherd moons' in the solar system - such as Prometheus and Pandora - are so called because the help shape what?






36. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about 'A Diamond as Beg as' what NYC landmark?






37. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






38. What had Adams - Norris - Patrick - and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?






39. How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?






40. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs - in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?






41. In 2006 - 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo - in part - it claimed - because of the comments of what world leader?






42. Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?






43. Who was married five times - though she had children only with her second husband and her third - Sid Luft?






44. In 2001 - who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?






45. Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?






46. 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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47. What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history - beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1 -750 points? (Two initial names)






48. In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?






49. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






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