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1. Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?
1606
Do The Right Thing
Ashlee
Melville
2. Max von Sydow - Donald Pleasance - and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?
(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Iran
Eeyore
3. The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?
(Honda) Civic
Hips
'Tusk' (by Fleetwood Mac)
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
4. Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?
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5. What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?
Ohio and North Carolina
B. J. Armstrong
(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)
Pedro Cabral (Portuguese - 1500)
6. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?
David Seville (real name - Ross Bagdasarian)
Cameroon
(the) ear
5
7. The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?
Lady Marmalade
Lord of the Flies
Red
Curly Howard
8. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek - in 10?
Koran
Iran
India
Yellow
9. Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?
Racecar
Mulan
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Stevie Wonder
10. What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?
Gorilla
(George Bernard) Shaw
North America
Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling
11. What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?
Montgomery - Alabama
Turkmenistan
Extras
Eris (Discord)
12. In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?
Candyman
Ohio and North Carolina
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
The Canterville Ghost
13. What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?
Times Square
Country (West Point motto)
The Maltese Falcon
Mitsubishi
14. What kind of animal is the title character of Them!
(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)
Ants
Thailand
Lean on Me
15. An 'umiak' is a larger version of a what?
20
Kali
The Chrysler Building
Kayak
16. What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham - NC?
1942 (after Pearl Harbor)
Leopard
(Gerald)Ford
Jorge Luis Borges
17. On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?
3 2 1 Contact
De Beers
Muammar Qaddifi
Wiley Post
18. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?
Ganesh
Texas and New Mexico
The Ring
Blue
19. What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?
(the) Motorwagen
HP Lovecraft
Deer
Kayak
20. What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?
Eeyore
Beowulf
Martha Stewart
Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)
21. What novel begins with this first chapter:In which the foot of the abbey is reached - and William demonstrates his great acumen?
Shrek 2
Ashlee
I'll Be There
TheName of The Rose
22. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'
CONTROL
(a) Yo-yo
Ellery Queen
It Happened One Night (1934)
23. Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?
Salzburg
Orange(s)
Hannah
Robert Scott
24. In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced - in July 2003?
Arkansas
Kenneth Branagh
Mexico
(The) Rolling Stones
25. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'
Ganesh
Ambrose Bierce
(a) Yo-yo
W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)
26. On what REM debut album would you find their song 'Radio Free Europe?'
Polo
Theodore
Murmur
God's number (in Bruce Almighty)
27. Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit 'Gangsta Lovin'?
(tested positive for) marijuana
What's Up - Doc?
Eve
Romeo and Juliet
28. Give the missing last member: Kukla - Fran - and...
Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)
Thrust
Model railroad
Scrat
29. What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?
Shrek 2
(the) Motorwagen
Hannah
The Artful Dodger
30. First scheduled in-flight movie?
Jacques Cartier (French - 1534)
Hindenburg (explosion)
By Love Possessed (1961)
Cherries
31. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?
Sugar Ray Leonard
Guy Ritchie
Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness
Hips
32. What nation's only female leader has beenIndira Gandhi?
Harold and Maude
Muammar Qaddifi
India
Ken Davitian
33. What company's famous plaid pattern is called 'novacheck'?
Jive
New York - New York
Aglet
Burberry
34. What baseball team was the 'Gashouse Gang'?
(the) Motorwagen
St. Louis Cardinals
Pippa Passes (1909)
Jive
35. In 1989 - what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?
Sean Connery
Paramount
Genesis
Jeremy Bentham
36. What was Jane Austen's last novel - on which the film Clueless was loosely based?
Hannah
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Charles Lindbergh
Emma
37. What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?
Intercourse
Hips
Amoco (Standard Oil Company)
Everybody Hates
38. After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor - who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?
Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)
Gomer Pyle
Rebecca
Condoleezza Rice
39. Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Inspiration (1915)
Hercules
Roger Maris
7
40. In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Canada
Beetle Juice
Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
41. In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?
Hamlet
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
(a) clergyman
Brain Boitano
42. Who 'discovered' Alaska?
Sirhan Sirhan
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)
Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian - 1741)
43. Who is worshiped in the 'Temple of Doom' discovered byIndiana Jones?
Please Mr. Postman
Palmer
Condoleezza Rice
Kali
44. What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?
Draw
James Shields (illinois - Minnesota - and Missouri)
MASH
Barry Sanders
45. What are divided by Botts' dots?
Will & Grace
(street) lanes
Pink
About Schmidt
46. What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982 - 1984 - 1987 - and 1991?
Snape
Sugar Ray Leonard
Couscous
Laverne & Shirley
47. What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
Ben Hogan
Thailand
Hong Kong
(the) New York Mets
48. What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?
Bunker Hill
(The) Bonfire of the Vanities
Joel Cohen
Seal (played by a sea lion)
49. What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?
Randy Quaid
Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)
Edsel
Capri
50. What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?
(The St. Louis) Blues
Liar Liar
(The) Jordan (River)
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