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1. What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for 'having earned a discharge'?






2. In 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile - calling it what?






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






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






5. What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?






6. What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River - in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?






7. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






8. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?






9. What nation refers to its current dictator as 'Dear Leader'?






10. What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?'






11. What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates - in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?






12. What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?






13. Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?






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






15. Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with - according to the title of their first album?






16. Excepting Alaska and Louisiana - what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties - with only three?






17. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?






18. What was Doogie Howser - MD's real first name?






19. JJ Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success - is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?






20. What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?






21. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?






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






23. What city is home to the Big Bat - a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?






24. What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?






25. 'White Christmas' playing on ArmedForces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30 - 1975 event?






26. Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?






27. What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: 'The Hearth and the Salamander -' 'The Sieve and the Sand -' - and 'Burning Bright'?






28. what former president coined the phrase 'lunatic fringe' to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?






29. What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?






30. What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?






31. Give the missing last member:Athos - Porthos - and...






32. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






33. In 1905 - the largest rough diamond ever discovered - weighing in at 3100 carats - was found in South Africa--what is its name?






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






35. What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?






36. What book begins - 'Of Man's first disobedience - and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree'?






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






38. First American film nudity?






39. What novel begins 'Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot'?






40. What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)






41. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote - 'Oh - the humanity!'?






42. Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?






43. Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)






44. Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery






45. Who has been called the first victim of the 'Madden curse -' due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?






46. What US state depicts a large - round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?






47. How many band members were there in Slipknot?






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






49. Which company merged with Chevron?






50. What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?






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