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1. Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - so named in 1996 and 2000






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






3. Who complained that his most famous book had been given then 'more reverent' title 'A Cynic's Word Book' by his publisher?






4. What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?






5. What Suns forward beat out Dr. J - Dominique - and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?






6. In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

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7. First film edited digitally - via Avid?






8. What proper name is spelled unusually - with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?






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






10. In Apocalypse Now - Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning' because it smells like what?






11. From Hairspray: 'Good Morning _____'






12. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?






13. Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?






14. Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?






15. From 42nd Street: 'Shuffle Off to ____'






16. What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?






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






18. Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?






19. What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?






20. Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas






21. What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?






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






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






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






25. Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?






26. What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?






27. What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?






28. Who both married and directed Madonna?






29. What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?






30. First American film nudity?






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






32. Ironically - German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?






33. What storm name was retired and replaced by 'Matthew' after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history - in 1998?






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






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






36. Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?






37. What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?






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






39. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job - flying the mail?






40. Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?






41. What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?






42. In 1944 - who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?






43. What would you use to 'Walk the Dog -' 'Rock the Baby -' or 'Pop the Clutch?'






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






45. What organ produces insulin and glucagon - the hormones that regulate blood sugar?






46. Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama






47. Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus - 'Lord - by this time he stinketh -' in John 11?






48. First film in CinemaScope?






49. Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?






50. What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?