Beat It

Who played the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It"?

Spider-Pop

What pop-music icon tried to by Marvel Comics so that he could play Spider-Man in a movie?

Game Landlord

What video game character was named after its developers' landlord?

Who Done It

Who shot J.R. (on the 80's TV show Dallas)?

Gmail?

Google bought the "gmail.com" domain name from the website of what comic strip character?

MTV First

What 1983 music video was the first by a black artist to get major air time on MTV?

J. What? Rowling

What's J.K. Rowling's middle name?

Churchill Chat

According to the OED, what popular IM abbreviation was first recorded in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill?

American Gothic

What is the relationship between the two people depicted in the painting American Gothic?

Bassless

What famous rock band performed without a bass guitar player from 1965-1971?

100 minute commercial

What 1989 Fred Savage movie promoted the release of Super Mario Bros. 3?

Personal Zip Code

What American fictional character has his own zip code (20252)?

Stanley Kirk Burrell

Stanley Kirk Burrell is better known by what stage name?

Dihydrogen Monoxide

There's a mock Internet movement to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide.  What is it?
http://dhmo.org/

Dudeism

The "religion" of Dudeism seeks to spread the philosophy and lifestyle of what movie's main character?

Elaborate Single

What 1975 single had the most expensive production to date at the time of its release?

Cheese

The family name of what comic actor was originally Cheese?

No Brown M&M's!

What rock band had a clause in their concert contract requiring that no brown M&M's be served backstage?

HandMade Films

George Harrison financed which Monty Python movie?

Manic Monday

What Minnesota musician wrote The Bangles' hit song "Manic Monday"?