What is the first name of Fidel Castro's brother, who succeeded him as President of Cuba?

What brand of personal lubricant was invented for NASA to improve the heat transfer in the cooling system of the shuttle?

What French sculptor created The Thinker?

Who is the titular hero of a Babylonian epic poem about a king of Uruk?

What lake was created by flooding Glen Canyon on the Colorado River?

What city hosts the Tower of the Americas, built for the 1968 World's Fair?

What is the oldest Major League Baseball mascot, introduced in 1964?

What National Hockey League team plays in Little Caesars Arena?

What are the three types of sword used in fencing?

What was the original name of Caesar Augustus before he became emperor?

What word for a type of dog was the title of a 2010 FX comedy-drama about unlicensed private investigators?

What animal is the subject of a joke referenced in the title of a book by Lynne Truss: "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"?

What body of water is crossed by a 23-mile causeway between Mandeville and Metairie?

What is the highest of 8 taxonomic ranks, the lowest of which are genus and species?

What college football team defeated Stanford with "The Play", colliding with Stanford's celebrating band in the process?

What Egyptian god was judge of the dead and "First King of Egypt"?

In contrast to the semi-finals, this time we were out of the money in fourth place before the final question.  We still had a chance, though, and somehow won the game based on our knowledge of Banking.

What is the loudest land animal audible to humans, at approximately 140 decibels?

What is the only currently independent nation that is also a grand duchy?

What U.S. battleship had the most battle stars, serving in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Lebanon?

What investment bank, founded as a dry-goods store in Alabama, caused the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history?

In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, "Argh!"  We were in qualifying position at 2nd place before the final pair of questions, which ruined us.

Who was the pirate born Edward Teach?

With what unit of distance does Han Solo measure his success at the Kessel Run?

Which of these is not one of 6 mysterious numbers in the series "Lost"?  4, 8, 17, 42

What percentage of U.S. households use GLP medications?

Who is the patron saint of Armenia and hopeless causes?

What actress was jailed multiple times starting in 2007 due to a DUI, and in 2011 was arrested for shoplifting jewelry?

In The Shawshank Redemption, how much did Andy steal from the Warden?

From what city does a "scouser" hail?

For what NFL running back is the NCAA FCS (1-AA) most outstanding offensive player award named?

What luxury brand was originally the Swallow Sidecar Company and more recently used the slogan "Copy Nothing"?

What 5 U.S. states are in the Eastern Time Zone and also one other time zone?

What soda brand is named after a word for indigestion?

What plant, also called "thunderwood" is Toxicodendron vernix?

Which of these has never been awarded the FIFA "Golden Boot" for most goals in the World Cup?  Pélé, Ronaldo, Müller, Kane?

What is the NFL team record number for most sacks in a season?

What did John Logie Baird invent?

What 7,100-pound statue, expressing optimism, was mysteriously dropped outside the New York Stock Exchange in 1989?

What is the only U.S. National Park centered on a manmade structure?

What are the Italian names for the following pastas?  "little worms", "ridged", "small wheels"?

What animals did the Australian Army fight in 1932?

What Tom Cruise movie had the tagline "Live. Die. Repeat." ?

What "baritenor" was born in 1979 in Mansfield, Missouri?

In what chronological order did the following occur?  Oxford University, Aztec Empire, Magna Carta?

What U.S. state was the home of the most losing presidential nominees?

What Roman equivalent of Cronus inspired the name of a day of the week?

What national animal of South Africa is the mascot for their rugby team?

What genetic disease whose symptoms include a red spot on the retina developed increased prevalance among Ashkenazi Jews, Cajuns, and French Canadians?

What job does a Foley artist perform in film production?

What team coined the term "trust the process" in reference to losing for the chance at better draft picks?

In Greek mythology, what ancient city received wall-building assistance from Poseidon and Apollo for King Laomedon?

What three U.S. locations are active super-volcanos?

What two actors have had #1 films in each of the last six decades, based on U.S. box office receipts?

Who created the term "hply sjot" to express surprise that the Mammalians would qualify for the playoffs despite missing a couple of weeks?

We were doing fine until the last four questions, the first of which led to contentiousness and recriminations and eventual apologies.  If it wasn't phrased more craftily than below, there are two possible answers.  We missed all of these:

How many levels are in Maslow's hierarchy of needs ?

Who was the longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice ?

What English name, possibly deriving from the Hebrew for "to behold", was the first-or second-most popular female baby name in the United States from 1981 to 1998 ?

What U.S. president was featured on a $5000 bill ?

What is the oldest U.S. military award?

Who were Arabella and Anita, whose zero-gravity skills were tested on Skylab in 1973?

What American fashion designer, born in 1942, is known for closing her shows with a cartwheel ending in a split?

Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, for mediating the end of a war between two nations?

What Madrid museum displays The Surrender of Breda by Velazquez and The Third of May 1808 by Goya?

What one-word title is shared by Justin Timberlake's debut solo album and a 2010 neo-western crime drama series on FX?

What nine-letter word describes one of several forms of the same chemical element, such as diamond, graphite, or buckminsterfullerene ?

In what countries are the following four-letter cities:  Lima, Giza, Cork, Cebu, Kano ?
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What composer's last opera was The Magic Flute ?

What vitamin group, which includes retinol, is important for healthy vision?

What Basque sport is similar to racquetball and squash?

Shopska salad is the national dish of what country?

What island nation was the setting for Dr. No?

What Dr. Quinn actress starred in Live and Let Die?  

What make of car replaces Bond's Aston Martin in Tomorrow Never Dies?

What is the logo of SPECTRE ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion")?

Who sang the first Bond film theme song to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song?

What 2011 Martin Scorcese film with a one-word title starred Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, and Sacha Baron Cohen?

The Battle of Tewkesbury was a decisive event in what conflict?

What influential video game trilogy by FromSoftware is noted for its extreme level of difficulty and a subgenre which it inspired?

The four major networks haven't been nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy since what CBS legal drama in 2011?