Some sample questions from this category:
* What author doesn't belong here?
* Who wrote a novel about Daedulus, the mythological Greek genius?
* What movie here is the odd one out?
* Who wrote such novels as "Kill The Boss Good-Bye" and "The Out Is Death"?
* Who wrote the suspense classic "Rogue Male"?
* What fictional woman is thought to be Nero Wolfe's mother?
* Whose suspense story was filmed by Nicholas Roeg?
* What novel did Sinclair Lewis write about doctors?
* What purpose do capillaries serve, in the human body?
* Which of these actresses received a marriage proposal live on "The Tonight Show" from pro football player Jason Sehorn?
* Who won more games than any other major league baseball pitcher during the decade of the 1970s?
* Dean Moriarty, a major character in Jack Kerouac's Beatnik novel "On the Road," was based on a real person with whom Kerouac had a series of adventures during a cross-country trip. Who was this friend of Kerouac's?
* After a long career in Hollywood, which of these performers finally won an Oscar for his or her performance in "Cocoon"?
* Which of these U.S. Supreme Court decisions stated that a public figure who wishes to sue for libel must prove "actual malice" on the part of the publication or broadcaster that supposedly libelled him?
* Which diva scored a #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1990, with "Love Will Lead You Back"?
* The hit Broadway musical "Once Upon a Mattress" was written by a woman whose father had been an immensely successful songwriter and composer of musicals himself. Who was she?
* Which of these mythological creatures has the head of an eagle, the body of a lion, the ears of a horse, and (in the case of females) a large set of wings?
* Which of these birds, long known by zoologists to be highly intelligent, has actually been observed in the wild creating tools?
* Which of these cities was the capital of Tanganyika, and remains the largest city in Tanzania?
* Who co-wrote the popular comic play (and later, Oscar-winning movie) "You Can't Take It With You" with George S. Kaufman?
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