Question:What artist was struck in the face with a mallet by an envious rival, disfiguring him for

life?
Answer:Michelangelo
Question:What landmark work came about from a friend's request for a self-portrait of Rene
Magritte?
Answer:The Son of Man
Question:Who was the court sculptor of Alexander the Great?
Answer:Lysippus
Question:What painter was married to Mexican artist Diego Rivera?
Answer:Frida Kahlo
Question:Who painted 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' (1884-86)?
Answer:Georges Seurat
Question:What art movement was Yoko Ono associated with during the 1960s?
Answer:Fluxus
Question:Who painted 'The Scream'?
Answer:Edvard Munch
Question:What school of art grew out of the poetry of Romanian-born Tristan Tzara?
Answer:Dada
Question:What late 19th-century French painter was known for his pictures of ballet dancers?
Answer:Edgar Degas
Question:What artist was struck in the face with a mallet by an envious rival, disfiguring him for
life?
Answer:Michelangelo
Question:What landmark work came about from a friend's request for a self-portrait of Rene
Magritte?
Answer:The Son of Man
Question:Who was the court sculptor of Alexander the Great?
Answer:Lysippus
Question:What painter was married to Mexican artist Diego Rivera?
Answer:Frida Kahlo
Question:Who painted 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' (1884-86)?
Answer:Georges Seurat
Question:What art movement was Yoko Ono associated with during the 1960s?
Answer:Fluxus
Question:Who painted 'The Scream'?
Answer:Edvard Munch
Question:What school of art grew out of the poetry of Romanian-born Tristan Tzara?
Answer:Dada
Question:What late 19th-century French painter was known for his pictures of ballet dancers?
Answer:Edgar Degas
Question:What was the name of the young rival who struck Michelangelo in the face with a
mallet?
Answer:Torregiano
Question:Which Pope compelled Michelangelo to undertake the fresco decoration of the Sistene
Chapel?
Answer:Julius II
Question:At the age of 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to what respected painter?
Answer:Ghirlandajo
Question:What sculpture did Michelangelo make for the tomb of Pope Julius II?
Answer:Moses
Question:In the Sistene Chapel, within the ring of prophets and sybils are nine panels on biblical
history. Three are devoted to the Creation, three to the story of Adam and Eve, and three to what
other biblical event?
Answer:The Great Flood
Question:Although Michelangelo never married, he had a 'special relationship' with what woman?
Answer:Vittoria Colonna
Question:What was on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel before Michelangelo began painting?
Answer:fresco of starry sky
Question:What is significant about the serpent from the story of the Fall of Man as Michelangelo
depicted it in the Sistene Chapel?
Answer:It is female
Question:What year did Michelangelo die?
Answer:1564
Question:Which of Picasso's paintings sold for a then-record USD $104 Million in 2004?
Answer:Garcon à la Pipe
Question:Who was Picasso's first wife?
Answer:Olga Koklova
Question:Picasso once said, 'Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct
and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring
her _____?
Answer:Limbs
Question:What was Picasso's first 'period'?
Answer:Blue Period
Question:Where is the Picasso Museum located?
Answer:Barcelona
Question:What political movement was Picasso associated with?
Answer:Communism
Question:Who was Picasso's partner in the creation of the Cubist style of painting?
Answer:Georges Braque
Question:Picasso underwent surgery for what condition in 1965?
Answer:prostate condition
Question:In what country did Picasso die?
Answer:France
Question:What university was Rembrandt educated at?
Answer:Leyden
Question:What was the name of Rembrandt's first wife?
Answer:Saskia
Question:Rembrandt was the chief painter of what school?
Answer:Dutch School
Question:Rembrandt moved to what city in 1631?
Answer:Amsterdam
Question:Which of the following was one of Rembrandt's students?
Answer:Fabritius
Question:What painter did Rembrandt study under?
Answer:Swanenburch
Question:What was the name of Rembrandt's only surviving child?
Answer:Titus
Question:Which of Rembrandt's paintings was commissioned for the new hall of the
Kloveniersdoelen, the musketeer branch of the civic militia?
Answer:The Night Watch
Question:How old was Rembrandt at the time of his death?
Answer:63
Question:At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of
Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the largest?
Answer:Judah
Question:Which of the following animals were the Israelites forbidden to eat by the Old
Testament?
Answer:Rabbit
Question:When were Israelites required to free their servants?
Answer:In the seventh year of service
Question:Who climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus as he entered Jericho?
Answer:Zacchaeus
Question:Which of the following is NOT a book of the Apocrypha?
Answer:The Coming of the Nephilim
Question:Who was chosen to replace Judas as the twelfth apostle?
Answer:Matthias
Question:Who did Peter raise from the dead in Joppa?
Answer:Dorcas
Question:What two men in the Bible never died?
Answer:Enoch & Elijah
Question:What is the longest book in the Bible?
Answer:Psalms
Question:At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of
Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the largest?
Answer:Judah
Question:Which of the following animals were the Israelites forbidden to eat by the Old
Testament?
Answer:Rabbit
Question:When were Israelites required to free their servants?
Answer:In the seventh year of service
Question:Who climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus as he entered Jericho?
Answer:Zacchaeus
Question:Which of the following is NOT a book of the Apocrypha?
Answer:The Coming of the Nephilim
Question:Who was chosen to replace Judas as the twelfth apostle?
Answer:Matthias
Question:Who did Peter raise from the dead in Joppa?
Answer:Dorcas
Question:What two men in the Bible never died?
Answer:Enoch & Elijah
Question:What is the longest book in the Bible?
Answer:Psalms
Question:What type of insect did John the Baptist eat in the desert?
Answer:Locusts
Question:Who were the first apostles called to follow Jesus?
Answer:Peter and Andrew
Question:How many people did Jesus feed with five loaves of bread and two fish?
Answer:5000
Question:After Jesus was arrested, which apostle disowned him three times?
Answer:Peter
Question:Who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented at the Temple as a
baby?
Answer:Simeon
Question:Who asked Pilate for Jesus' body after the crucifixion?
Answer:Joseph
Question:Paul was shipwrecked on what island?
Answer:Malta
Question:What is the shortest book in the New Testament?
Answer:2 John
Question:Who is the author of the Book of Revelation?
Answer:John
Question:On what day of Creation did God create man?
Answer:Sixth Day
Question:What was the name of Adam's third son?
Answer:Seth
Question:What was the first of the Ten Commandments?
Answer:You shall have no other gods before me
Question:At the time of the census conducted by Moses in the first chapter of Numbers, which of
the twelve tribes of Israel was the smallest?
Answer:Manasseh
Question:Which of the following animals were Israelites allowed to eat in the Old Testament?
Answer:Gazelle
Question:Who was the mother of Samuel?
Answer:Hannah
Question:What kind of bird brought Elijah food while he hid in the Kerith Ravine, east of Jordan?
Answer:Ravens
Question:Which of the following is NOT a book of the Old Testament?
Answer:Enoch
Question:What is the last word in the Old Testament?
Answer:Curse
Question:Legendary business man and Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn was born with what
name?
Answer:Schmuel Gelbfisz
Question:What celebrity tycoon ran for President of the United States in 1992 as an independent
candidate?
Answer:Ross Perot
Question:What now-famous business man co-founded Apple Computer with fellow computer
enthusiast Steve Wozniak in 1976?
Answer:Steve Jobs
Question:What celebrity business woman was sentenced to five months in prison on July 16,
2004, as part of a stock fraud case?
Answer:Martha Stewart
Question:What famous tycoon bought the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas after management
attempted to evict him from his room?
Answer:Howard Hughes
Question:What business celebrity began his illustrious career by collecting and selling lost golf
balls?
Answer:Warren Buffett
Question:What celebrity was sued by a group of cattle producers in 1996 after discussing mad
cow disease on television?
Answer:Oprah Winfrey
Question:Who was the riches person in the world in 2004?
Answer:Bill Gates
Question:Which of the following celebrity entrepreneurs originally wanted to be a race car driver?
Answer:George Lucas
Question:Who shot John Lennon?
Answer:Mark David Chapman
Question:What did Walt Disney die of?
Answer:Lung Cancer
Question:What part of Albert Einstein's body was removed after his death?
Answer:His brain
Question:How did Natalie Wood die?
Answer:Drowning
Question:What holiday did River Phoenix die on?
Answer:Halloween
Question:According to some accounts, William Shakespeare caught a fever and died after a night
of heavy drinking with what other playwright?
Answer:Ben Jonson
Question:How did John Denver die?
Answer:Plane Accident
Question:How much did Humphrey Bogart weigh at the time of his death?
Answer:80 pounds
Question:How old was Katharine Hepburn when she died?
Answer:96
Question:Just before his death, it was revealed that Johnny Carson sometimes wrote jokes for
what talk-show host?
Answer:David Letterman
Question:What type of cancer took the life of Audrey Hepburn?
Answer:Colon Cancer
Question:How was Malcolm X murdered?
Answer:He was shot
Question:How old was Bob Hope at the time of his death?
Answer:100
Question:Who was the only occupant of Princess Diana's car to survive the crash that took her
life?
Answer:Trevor Rees-Jones
Question:How did Babe Ruth die?
Answer:Cancer
Question:Which of John Wayne's films is sometimes linked to the cancer that took his life?
Answer:The Conqueror
Question:How did the famous magician/escape artist Harry Houdini die?
Answer:Peritonitis
Question:How old was Jimmy Stewart at the time of his death?
Answer:89
Question:What celebrity had to issue an apology in February 2005 after her T-Mobile Sidekick II
was ************************ and all of her celebrity friends' phone numbers, which had been stored
in the device, were posted on the internet?
Answer:Paris Hilton
Question:What Hollywood starlet was arrested in 2001 for shoplifting from the Saks Fifth Avenue
in Beverly Hills?
Answer:Winona Ryder
Question:What name was celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey born with?
Answer:Orpah
Question:Who was the first major American celebrity whose AIDS diagnosis became public
knowledge?
Answer:Rock Hudson
Question:What professional basketball player did Madonna have an affair with in the mid 1990s?
Answer:Dennis Rodman
Question:What famous actor lost 45 lbs. to play Andrew Beckett, an AIDS victim fighting wrongful
termination?
Answer:Tom Hanks
Question:In a bizarre bit of celebrity behavior, who dangled his baby from the third-floor balcony
of a German hotel on November 20, 2002?
Answer:Michael Jackson
Question:What celebrity made headlines in 1980 when he set himself on fire while freebasing
cocaine?
Answer:Richard Pryor
Question:What celebrity was the victim of a now infamous 'wardrobe malfunction' at the 2004
Super Bowl?
Answer:Janet Jackson
Question:What celebrity had to issue an apology in February 2005 after her T-Mobile Sidekick II
was ************************ and all of her celebrity friends' phone numbers, which had been stored
in the device, were posted on the internet?
Answer:Paris Hilton
Question:What Hollywood starlet was arrested in 2001 for shoplifting from the Saks Fifth Avenue
in Beverly Hills?
Answer:Winona Ryder
Question:What name was celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey born with?
Answer:Orpah
Question:Who was the first major American celebrity whose AIDS diagnosis became public
knowledge?
Answer:Rock Hudson
Question:What professional basketball player did Madonna have an affair with in the mid 1990s?
Answer:Dennis Rodman
Question:What famous actor lost 45 lbs. to play Andrew Beckett, an AIDS victim fighting wrongful
termination?
Answer:Tom Hanks
Question:In a bizarre bit of celebrity behavior, who dangled his baby from the third-floor balcony
of a German hotel on November 20, 2002?
Answer:Michael Jackson
Question:What celebrity made headlines in 1980 when he set himself on fire while freebasing
cocaine?
Answer:Richard Pryor
Question:What celebrity was the victim of a now infamous 'wardrobe malfunction' at the 2004
Super Bowl?
Answer:Janet Jackson
Question:What happened exactly 56 years (to the day) before American playwright Arthur Miller
died?
Answer:<i>Death of a Salesman</i> was first produced
Question:How did Ernest Hemingway take his own life?
Answer:Gunshot
Question:How did Sonny Bono die?
Answer:Skiing Accident
Question:What year did Elvis Presley die?
Answer:1977
Question:What year did U.S. President Ronald Reagan die?
Answer:2004
Question:What did legendary football coach Vince Lombardi die of?
Answer:Cancer
Question:What Los Angeles hotel was Janis Joplin staying in when she overdosed on heroine in
1970?
Answer:Landmark Hotel
Question:What was Lucille Ball doing one week before she died?
Answer:Undergoing open heart surgery
Question:What city did Frank Sinatra die in?
Answer:Los Angeles
Question:What boxer actually bit off a chunk of his opponent's ear in a 1997 fight?
Answer:Mike Tyson
Question:What celebrity was banned from Major League Baseball for allegedly gambling on the
game?
Answer:Pete Rose
Question:What name was Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Elle MacPherson born with?
Answer:Eleanor Gow
Question:What basketball player claimed to have had ************ with 20,000 women?
Answer:Wilt Chamberlain
Question:What baseball legend married Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe?
Answer:Joe DiMaggio
Question:What tennis star married actress Brooke Shields in 1997?
Answer:Andre Agassi
Question:What NFL defensive lineman died in 1992 from brain cancer brought on by steroid
abuse?
Answer:Lyle Alzado
Question:What famous jockey rode 250 losers before he won his first horse race?
Answer:Eddie Arcaro
Question:What athlete was stripped of his Olympic medal in 1988 after testing positive for
steroids?
Answer:Ben Johnson
Question:What famous TV actor was born with the name Alphonso D'Abruzzo?
Answer:Alan Alda
Question:Who is the judge audiences love to hate on the TV reality show American Idol?
Answer:Simon Cowell
Question:What actor was a regular on the TV shows 'Star Trek' and 'Mission Impossible'?
Answer:Leonard Nimoy
Question:What TV celebrity had to have the lens removed from his right eye and replaced with a
synthetic one after he suffered a basketball injury?
Answer:David Duchovny
Question:What Playboy model played the role of Lisa, the 'Tool-Time' girl, on 'Home
Improvement'?
Answer:Pamela Anderson
Question:What celebrity reportedly suffered nerve damage while performing stunts for her TV
show in 2005?
Answer:Jennifer Garner
Question:What TV celebrity learned the comic use of props from Buster Keaton on the MGM
backlot?
Answer:Lucille Ball
Question:What TV celebrity began show business as a teen runaway, working with the circus as a
fire eater?
Answer:Pierce Brosnan
Question:What celebrity was fired from the TV show 'Ally McBeal' after word leaked that he had
been arrested on a drug-related charge?
Answer:Robert Downey Jr.
Question:What were the names of Bruce Wayne's parents?
Answer:Thomas &amp; Martha
Question:Who is credited with creating Batman?
Answer:Bob Kane
Question:What Batman villain formerly worked as a zoologist?
Answer:ManBat
Question:What year was the character of Robin first introduced?
Answer:1940
Question:In Detective Comics #267, a magical Kobold from another dimension decides to help
Batman fight crime--what was his name?
Answer:Bat-Mite
Question:The original Batgirl was related to what familiar Batman character?
Answer:Batwoman
Question:Which of these Bat-villains was introduced first?
Answer:Catwoman
Question:What was Alfred the butler's original family name?
Answer:Beagle
Question:What was Bat-hound's name?
Answer:Ace
Question:Who created Captain America?
Answer:Joe Simon &amp;&nbsp;Jack Kirby
Question:What is Captain America's secret identity?
Answer:Steve Rogers
Question:Who was Captain America's sidekick during World War II?
Answer:Bucky
Question:What team of superheroes discovered Captain America's body frozen in a block of ice in
1964?
Answer:Avengers
Question:For a brief period during the 1970s, disillusioned by U.S. politics, Captain America
changed his name to ...
Answer:Nomad
Question:What was the original shape of Captain America's shield?
Answer:Badge-shaped
Question:What villain did Captain America and Bucky fight in the very first issue of Captain
America Comics?
Answer:Red Skull
Question:When Bucky was wounded in combat, who became Captain America's new sidekick?
Answer:Golden Girl
Question:Who played the title role in the 1979 TV movie Captain America?
Answer:Reb Brown
Question:What super villain was created when Emil Blonsky, a spy assigned to steal the research
of Dr. Bruce Banner, accidentally exposed himself to a concentrated burst of gamma rays?
Answer:Abomination
Question:What Chester Gould character made his first appearance in the Detroit Free Press on
October 4, 1931?
Answer:**************** Tracy
Question:What superhero grew up on the planet Tamaran?
Answer:Starfire
Question:Edwin Jarvis serves as butler to what superteam?
Answer:The Avengers
Question:Which of these superheroines was inhabited by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess
after attempting suicide?
Answer:Hawkgirl
Question:What year was the first modern comic book printed?
Answer:1933
Question:Who is the Scarlet Witch's twin brother?
Answer:Quicksilver
Question:What superhero gained his powers after being exposed to the Orb of Ra?
Answer:****************morpho
Question:T'Challa, the king of Wakanda, is also known as what superhero?
Answer:The Black Panther
Question:What super villain was created when Emil Blonsky, a spy assigned to steal the research
of Dr. Bruce Banner, accidentally exposed himself to a concentrated burst of gamma rays?
Answer:Abomination
Question:What Chester Gould character made his first appearance in the Detroit Free Press on
October 4, 1931?
Answer:**************** Tracy
Question:What superhero grew up on the planet Tamaran?
Answer:Starfire
Question:Edwin Jarvis serves as butler to what superteam?
Answer:The Avengers
Question:Which of these superheroines was inhabited by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess
after attempting suicide?
Answer:Hawkgirl
Question:What year was the first modern comic book printed?
Answer:1933
Question:Who is the Scarlet Witch's twin brother?
Answer:Quicksilver
Question:What superhero gained his powers after being exposed to the Orb of Ra?
Answer:****************morpho
Question:T'Challa, the king of Wakanda, is also known as what superhero?
Answer:The Black Panther
Question:The super-villain known as Mysterio started his career as a what?
Answer:Hollywood stuntman
Question:Who was the first super-villain that Spider-Man ever encountered?
Answer:Supercharger
Question:What super-powered being is also J. Jonah Jameson's son?
Answer:Man-Wolf
Question:When Spider-Man was first offered membership in The Avengers, he was required to
catch what super-powered being as a test?
Answer:The Hulk
Question:Who gave Spider-Man a pep-talk after he was defeated in his very first encounter with
Doctor Octopus?
Answer:The Human Torch
Question:What super-villain kidnapped and murdered Peter Parker's girlfriend Gwen Stacy?
Answer:The Green Goblin
Question:What did Spider-Man bring home from the first 'Secret Wars'?
Answer:new costume
Question:Who was J. Jonah Jameson's secretary when Peter Parker started working at the Daily
Bugle?
Answer:Betty Brant
Question:Who was the guest speaker at Peter Parker's high school graduation?
Answer:J. Jonah Jameson
Question:What is the name of the dimensional plane where Kryptonian criminals were exiled for
their crimes?
Answer:Phantom Zone
Question:What super-villain killed the Man of Steel in Superman #75?
Answer:Doomsday
Question:Which of Superman's former sweethearts became the super-heroine known as Insect
Queen?
Answer:Lana Lang
Question:Who is the natural father of Daily Planet editor Perry White's son Jerry?
Answer:Lex Luthor
Question:Who created Superman?
Answer:Joe Shuster &amp;&nbsp;Jerry Siegel
Question:What member of the Superman family died in Crisis on Infinite Earths?
Answer:Supergirl
Question:When did Lois and Superman first kiss?
Answer:Superman #3
Question:Who created Wonder Woman?
Answer:William Moulton Marston
Question:Which of Wonder Woman's accessories was forged from the magic girdle of Aphrodite?
Answer:Her lasso
Question:Who was the first costumed villain Wonder Woman ever faced?
Answer:Dr. Poison
Question:What was the first superhero team Wonder Woman joined?
Answer:Justice Society of America
Question:What American pilot did Wonder Woman fall in love with when he crash-landed on
Paradise Island?
Answer:Steve Trevor
Question:Who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV show?
Answer:Lynda Carter
Question:The first issue of what women's magazine featured Wonder Woman on the cover?
Answer:Ms. Magazine
Question:During the 1960s, Wonder Woman became the pupil of what Chinese martial arts
master?
Answer:I Ching
Question:Which of Wonder Woman's accessories allows her to breathe in outer space?
Answer:Her earrings
Question:What is western Asia's longest river?
Answer:Euphrates
Question:What tiny country, known to its inhabitants as Druk Yul (Land of the Thunder Dragon), is
sandwiched between China and India?
Answer:Bhutan
Question:What mountain range runs along the northern border of India?
Answer:Himalayan Mountains
Question:Korea is separated from Japan by what strait?
Answer:Tsushima
Question:What Chinese city is situated at the mouth of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River?
Answer:Shanghai
Question:What is the tallest mountain in Asia?
Answer:Mount Everest
Question:Iran is slightly larger than what U.S. state?
Answer:Alaska
Question:What Japanese city is the site of the Peace Memorial Park and the eternal Peace
Flame which is never to be extinguished until all nuclear weapons are dismantled?
Answer:Hiroshima
Question:What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Answer:Kabul
Question:What country is geographically separated from continental Europe by the Pyrenees
mountains?
Answer:Spain
Question:What is Europe's longest river?
Answer:Volga
Question:What European country is bordered by Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia,
Slovenia, and Austria?
Answer:Hungary
Question:Germany is divided into how many states?
Answer:16
Question:Poland is situated on the southern end of what sea?
Answer:Baltic Sea
Question:What river begins in the Black Forest region of Germany, flows across central Europe
and the countries of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and Yugoslavia, and empties into the Black Sea?
Answer:Danube
Question:What is the capital of Lithuania?
Answer:Vilnius
Question:What is the tallest mountain in Europe?
Answer:Mount Elbrus
Question:What is the highest inhabited country in Europe?
Answer:Andorra
Question:What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South
America?
Answer:Chile
Question:What river runs through Baghdad?
Answer:Tigris
Question:What country is home to Kangaroo Island?
Answer:Australia
Question:What continent is located at Latitude 90&deg; S Longitude 0.00&deg; E?
Answer:Antarctica
Question:What is the largest country in South America?
Answer:Brazil
Question:What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer:Mount Everest
Question:What city is the capital of Australia?
Answer:Canberra
Question:Riyadh is the capital of what Middle-Eastern country?
Answer:Saudi Arabia
Question:Which of these African nations is NOT landlocked?
Answer:Congo
Question:What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South
America?
Answer:Chile
Question:What river runs through Baghdad?
Answer:Tigris
Question:What country is home to Kangaroo Island?
Answer:Australia
Question:What continent is located at Latitude 90&deg; S Longitude 0.00&deg; E?
Answer:Antarctica
Question:What is the largest country in South America?
Answer:Brazil
Question:What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer:Mount Everest
Question:What city is the capital of Australia?
Answer:Canberra
Question:Riyadh is the capital of what Middle-Eastern country?
Answer:Saudi Arabia
Question:Which of these African nations is NOT landlocked?
Answer:Congo
Question:What state is bordered by Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming?
Answer:Colorado
Question:Death Valley is located in what U.S. state?
Answer:California
Question:What U.S. state boasts the following rivers: the Guadalupe, Trinity, Rio Grande, Brazos,
and Colorado?
Answer:Texas
Question:Which of the following states does NOT border the Great Lakes?
Answer:Iowa
Question:Which of the Great Lakes is located entirely within the U.S. border?
Answer:Lake Michigan
Question:Pierre is the capital of what U.S. state?
Answer:South Dakota
Question:What is the tallest mountain in the United States?
Answer:Mount McKinley
Question:Lake Okeechobee is located in what U.S. state?
Answer:Florida
Question:What is the smallest U.S. state?
Answer:Rhode Island
Question:What Roman Emperor was once captured by pirates and held for a 12,000 gold-piece
ransom?
Answer:Julius Caesar
Question:On what island did ancient Greek civilization originate?
Answer:Crete
Question:What fortification was built by the Romans around 122 A.D. across the width of Great
Britain to separate Romans from the barbarians to the north?
Answer:Hadrian's Wall
Question:Who is considered the founder of the Xia Dynasty in ancient China?
Answer:Yu
Question:How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
Answer:One
Question:When did the first ********************************ed Olympic Games take place?
Answer:776 B.C.
Question:Who is credited with making the first map of the known world?
Answer:Anaximander
Question:What historic event took place in Rome in 64 A.D.?
Answer:Rome Burns
Question:How many years did the Peloponnesian War last?
Answer:27
Question:What type of gun did John Wilkes Booth use to assassinate U.S. President Abraham
Lincoln?
Answer:Derringer Pistol
Question:What was the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars?
Answer:Battle of Wavre
Question:The world's first postage stamp was introduced in what year?
Answer:1840
Question:Who was the first democratically elected President of Russia?
Answer:Boris Yeltsin
Question:Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented?
Answer:Rubber Band
Question:When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger
cost?
Answer:18 cents
Question:What was the first city to reach a population of one million?
Answer:Rome
Question:How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
Answer:116 years
Question:Who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer:Robert Walpole
Question:What type of gun did John Wilkes Booth use to assassinate U.S. President Abraham
Lincoln?
Answer:Derringer Pistol
Question:What was the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars?
Answer:Battle of Wavre
Question:The world's first postage stamp was introduced in what year?
Answer:1840
Question:Who was the first democratically elected President of Russia?
Answer:Boris Yeltsin
Question:Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented?
Answer:Rubber Band
Question:When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger
cost?
Answer:18 cents
Question:What was the first city to reach a population of one million?
Answer:Rome
Question:How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
Answer:116 years
Question:Who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer:Robert Walpole
Question:What year did women receive the right to vote in the United States?
Answer:1920
Question:What year did the first man walk on the Moon?
Answer:1969
Question:What nation exploded its first nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan Desert in 1974?
Answer:India
Question:What U.S. President gave the White House its current name?
Answer:Theodore Roosevelt
Question:In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female _______?
Answer:Doctor
Question:June 6, 1944, is better known as what?
Answer:D-Day
Question:What toy was introduced in Australian stores in 1957 after proving to be a popular
exercise tool in schools?
Answer:Hula Hoop
Question:In what year did scientists complete a map of the human genome?
Answer:2000
Question:What famous painting was stolen from a Norwegian museum in 2004?
Answer:The Scream
Question:Who narrated the classic 1966 TV special 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'?
Answer:Boris Karloff
Question:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created as a promotion for what department
store?
Answer:Montgomery Ward
Question:In the 1965 TV special 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', who builds a gray snowman?
Answer:Pigpen
Question:What was the name of the magician with the magic hat in the 1969 TV special 'Frosty
the Snowman'?
Answer:Professor Hinkle
Question:In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', there are how many drummers drumming?
Answer:twelve
Question:In what country are outdoor barbecues a traditional part of Christmas festivities?
Answer:Australia
Question:What year was Santa's wife, Mrs. Claus, first introduced to the world?
Answer:1889
Question:Eggnog was first consumed in what U.S. city?
Answer:Jamestown, Virginia
Question:In the classic 1964 TV special 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', what did Hermey the
elf want to be?
Answer:a dentist
Question:According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will
you see?
Answer:Your Future Spouse
Question:The first Jack-o-Lanterns were made out of what?
Answer:Turnips
Question:Halloween is generally considered to have evolved from what ancient festival?
Answer:Samhain
Question:What was the most popular Halloween costume in 2004?
Answer:Spiderman
Question:How much does the world's biggest pumpkin weigh?
Answer:1,385 pounds
Question:According to legend, a unibrow, tattoos, and a long middle finger are all signs of what
Halloween creature?
Answer:a werewolf
Question:How many pounds of candy did the average American consume in 2002?
Answer:24 pounds
Question:How many 'witches' were burned at the stake in the Salem Witch Trials?
Answer:None
Question:What phobia do you suffer from if you have an intense fear of Halloween?
Answer:Samhainophobia
Question:In the Netherlands, what is the name of Santa Claus's helper who judges which children
were bad during the year?
Answer:Black Peter
Question:What holiday takes place the day after Halloween?
Answer:All Saint's Day
Question:During what ancient festival did masters temporarily serve their slaves?
Answer:Saturnalia
Question:What holiday was established in California in 1966 by scholar/activist Dr. Maulana
Karenga?
Answer:Kwanzaa
Question:In what year was Father's Day first celebrated?
Answer:1910
Question:What British holiday is named after a man who tried to blow up a government building?
Answer:Guy Fawkes Day
Question:Celebration of the Jewish New Year is known as what?
Answer:Rosh Hashanah
Question:What ancient Roman holiday was held to exorcise vampire-like ghosts of the dead?
Answer:Lemuria
Question:What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States?
Answer:Juneteenth Day
Question:In the Netherlands, what is the name of Santa Claus's helper who judges which children
were bad during the year?
Answer:Black Peter
Question:What holiday takes place the day after Halloween?
Answer:All Saint's Day
Question:During what ancient festival did masters temporarily serve their slaves?
Answer:Saturnalia
Question:What holiday was established in California in 1966 by scholar/activist Dr. Maulana
Karenga?
Answer:Kwanzaa
Question:In what year was Father's Day first celebrated?
Answer:1910
Question:What British holiday is named after a man who tried to blow up a government building?
Answer:Guy Fawkes Day
Question:Celebration of the Jewish New Year is known as what?
Answer:Rosh Hashanah
Question:What ancient Roman holiday was held to exorcise vampire-like ghosts of the dead?
Answer:Lemuria
Question:What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States?
Answer:Juneteenth Day
Question:Statistically, a woman who purchases flowers on Valentine's Day is most likely buying
them for ...
Answer:herself
Question:How many Valentine Cards are sent each year?
Answer:1 Billion
Question:St. Valentine was put to death at the order of what Roman emperor?
Answer:Claudius II
Question:In which of Shakespeare's plays does he refer to Valentine's Day?
Answer:Hamlet
Question:Cupid was the mischievous winged child who has become associated with Valentine's
Day because his arrows pierce the hearts of his victims causing them to fall deeply in love. Who
was Cupid's mother?
Answer:Venus
Question:What percentage of Valentine Cards are purchased by women?
Answer:85%
Question:What percentage of roses purchased on Valentine's Day are red?
Answer:69%
Question:The popular heart-shaped valentine candies with sweet sayings printed on them have
been made by NECCO since 1902. How many new sayings did NECCO add for Valentine's Day,
2004?
Answer:Ten
Question:During the 1980s, what industry began to promote their product as a good Valentine's
Day gift?
Answer:Diamond Industry
Question:What novel inspired Arthur Miller to become a writer?
Answer:The Brothers Karamazov
Question:What was Arthur Miller's first Broadway production?
Answer:The Man Who Had All the Luck
Question:Which of Arthur Miller's plays earned him a Pulitzer Prize?
Answer:Death of a Salesman
Question:What famous actress did Arthur Miller marry in 1956?
Answer:Marilyn Monroe
Question:How many times did Arthur Miller marry?
Answer:Three
Question:Who played Willy Loman in the 1985 TV version of Death of a Salesman?
Answer:Dustin Hoffman
Question:What famous actor married Arthur Miller's daughter Rebecca?
Answer:Daniel Day-Lewis
Question:What was Arthur Miller's last play?
Answer:Finishing the Picture
Question:What year did Arthur Miller die?
Answer:2005
Question:Where did Christopher Durang earn his M.F.A. in Playwriting?
Answer:Yale
Question:What was Christopher Durang's first professionally produced play?
Answer:The Idiots Karamazov
Question:Which of Christopher Durang's plays features a character named George Spelvin?
Answer:The Actor's Nightmare
Question:Who co-wrote Das Lusitania Songspiel with Christopher Durang?
Answer:Sigourney Weaver
Question:What famous actor earned his Equity card in the 1982 Broadway production of
Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy?
Answer:David Hyde Pierce
Question:Christopher Durang was a regular on what short-lived TV sitcom?
Answer:Kristin
Question:In 1994, Christopher Durang was named co-chair of the Playwriting Program at what
school?
Answer:Juilliard
Question:Which of the following plays has NOT earned Christopher Durang an Obie Award for
Playwriting?
Answer:The Nature and Purpose of the Universe
Question:What critic once wrote that Christopher Durang's style 'has the wiggishness of four
Marxes and the malice of a Jonathan Swift'?
Answer:Mel Gussow
Question:What college did David Mamet attend?
Answer:Goddard College
Question:David Mamet once said that 'A good film ************************ should be able to do
completely without ______.'
Answer:Dialogue
Question:What was the first film David Mamet directed?
Answer:House of Games
Question:Which David Mamet play tells the story of a college student who files a ************ual
harassment suit against one of her professors?
Answer:Oleanna
Question:Which of the following plays earned David Mamet a Pulitzer Prize?
Answer:Glengarry Glen Ross
Question:What was David Mamet's first produced screenplay?
Answer:The Postman Always Rings Twice
Question:Who did David Mamet marry in 1991?
Answer:Rebecca Pidgeon
Question:David Mamet co-wrote the movie Things Change (1988) with what other author?
Answer:**************** Silverstein
Question:David Mamet has adapted several works by what foreign dramatist?
Answer:Anton Chekhov
Question:What was the vocation of Edward Albee's paternal grandfather?
Answer:Vaudeville producer
Question:What was Edward Albee's first published play?
Answer:Schism
Question:In what city was Edward Albee's The Zoo Story originally produced?
Answer:Berlin
Question:Which of Edward Albee's plays features two sea creatures named Leslie and Sarah?
Answer:Seascape
Question:What Carson McCullers novella did Edward Albee adapt for the stage?
Answer:The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Question:Which of Edward Albee's plays was made into a movie starring Katharine Hepburn and
Paul Scofield?
Answer:A&nbsp;Delicate Balance
Question:Which of the following plays did NOT earn Edward Albee a Pulitzer Prize?
Answer:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Question:Who played George and Martha in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
Answer:Arthur Hill &amp;&nbsp;Uta Hagen
Question:Which of the following plays earned Edward Albee a Tony Award for 'Best Play'?
Answer:The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Question:What puppet show captured Ionesco's imagination as a child?
Answer:Punch and Judy
Question:What university did Eugene Ionesco attend?
Answer:University of Bucharest
Question:Who did Eugene Ionesco marry in 1936?
Answer:Rodica Burileanu
Question:What new genre of theatre did Eugene Ionesco help found?
Answer:Theatre of the Absurd
Question:What dramatic critic launched a famous attack against Eugene Ionesco during the
summer of 1958?
Answer:Kenneth Tynan
Question:What recurring Everyman character appears in several of Ionesco's plays including
Rhinoceros, The Killer, and Exit the King?
Answer:Berenger
Question:Ionesco appeared as an actor in the stage adaptation of which Dostoevsky novel?
Answer:The Possessed
Question:In which of Ionesco's plays does the protagonist marry a girl with three noses?
Answer:Jack, or The Submission
Question:What was Eugene Ionesco's last play?
Answer:Journeys Among the Dead
Question:How many times did Eugene O'Neill marry?
Answer:Three
Question:What was the name of Eugene O'Neill's house near Danville, California?
Answer:Tao House
Question:What theatre company produced most of Eugene O'Neill's early plays?
Answer:Provincetown Players
Question:What disease did Eugene O'Neill contract while in Honduras?
Answer:Malaria
Question:Which of Eugene O'Neill's plays contains a character named Mary Cavan Tyrone?
Answer:Long Day's Journey Into Night
Question:Eugene O'Neill disinherited his daughter Oona for marrying what famous actor?
Answer:Charlie Chaplin
Question:How many Pulitzer Prizes did Eugene O'Neill win?
Answer:Four
Question:What trilogy by Eugene O'Neill is based on the Greek myth of Orestes?
Answer:Mourning Becomes Electra
Question:What year did Eugene O'Neill die?
Answer:1953
Question:What was the working title of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone With the Wind?
Answer:Ba! Ba! Black Sheep
Question:What Russian dramatist wrote The Inspector General?
Answer:Nikolai Gogol
Question:What was the working title of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone With the Wind?
Answer:Ba! Ba! Black Sheep
Question:What Russian dramatist wrote The Inspector General?
Answer:Nikolai Gogol
Question:What was the vocation of Luigi Pirandello's father?
Answer:Sulphur dealer
Question:Where did Luigi Pirandello earn his doctorate in philosophy?
Answer:University of Bonn
Question:Luigi Pirandello's first literary efforts were in what medium?
Answer:Poetry
Question:Which of Luigi Pirandello's plays became the first drama ever broadcast on television?
Answer:The Man With the Flower in His Mouth
Question:Luigi Pirandello's first three plays were each written in less than a _____.
Answer:Week
Question:Which of Luigi Pirandello's relatives suffered from severe mental illness?
Answer:His wife
Question:In Six Characters in Search of an Author, which of Pirandello's characters commits
suicide?
Answer:The Boy
Question:Which of Pirandello's plays depicts a madman who believes himself to be a medieval
German Emperor?
Answer:Henry IV
Question:In Pirandello's instructions for his funeral, he wrote, 'When I am dead, do not _____ me.'
Answer:Clothe
Question:What was the first book Mark Twain published?
Answer:The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Question:What pen name did Samuel Clemens use other than 'Mark Twain'?
Answer:Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass
Question:In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what secret did Tom keep from Huck and Jim
during the execution of their elaborate plan to help Jim escape?
Answer:Jim was already a free man
Question:Mark Twain received an honorary degree from what university?
Answer:Oxford University
Question:Which of the following is NOT a book by Mark Twain?
Answer:Tom Sawyer's Buried Treasure
Question:What was the name of Mark Twain's wife?
Answer:Olivia Langdon
Question:What was the name of the club that Twain founded for young girls?
Answer:Angelfish Club
Question:In The Diaries of Adam and Eve, what animal does Adam mistake his son Cain for?
Answer:Fish
Question:In The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, what is Wilson's hobby?
Answer:Taking Fingerprints
Question:What branch of the United States military did Neil Simon join in 1945?
Answer:Army
Question:What was Neil Simon's brother named?
Answer:Danny
Question:During the 1966-67 season, how many Broadway productions did Neil Simon have
running simultaneously?
Answer:Four
Question:What was the first play in Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy?
Answer:Brighton Beach Memoirs
Question:What play earned Neil Simon a Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
Answer:Lost in Yonkers
Question:Which of the following plays did NOT earn Neil Simon a Tony Award for Best Play?
Answer:Barefoot in the Park
Question:What Broadway theater was renamed the Neil Simon Theater in 1983?
Answer:Alvin Theater
Question:Who donated a kidney to Neil Simon?
Answer:Bill Evans
Question:Which of the following Neil Simon plays had the longest original run?
Answer:Barefoot in the Park
Question:What playwright did not write his first play until the age of 40?
Answer:Eugene Ionesco
Question:What playwright wrote Accidental Death of an Anarchist?
Answer:Dario Fo
Question:Which of Arthur Miller's plays won him the Pulitzer Prize?
Answer:Death of a Salesman
Question:What playwright served two years in jail for 'committing acts of gross indecency with
other male persons'?
Answer:Oscar Wilde
Question:Who is the only writer of 'Old Comedy' whose works are still extant today?
Answer:Aristophanes
Question:What was Anton Chekhov's first full-length play?
Answer:Ivanov
Question:What playwright shared a room with fellow dramatist Christopher Marlowe?
Answer:Thomas Kyd
Question:What playwright wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead?
Answer:Tom Stoppard
Question:Whath play contains the characters Vladimir and Estragon?
Answer:Waiting for Godot
Question:What poet coined the term 'Beat' movement?
Answer:Jack Kerouac
Question:Who was the first poet laureate of England?
Answer:Ben Jonson
Question:What band did Sam Shepard play drums for during the 1960s?
Answer:Holy Modal Rounders
Question:What college did Sam Shepard attend?
Answer:San Antonio Junior College
Question:What was Sam Shepard's first full-length play?
Answer:La Turista
Question:Which of Sam Shepard's plays features two brothers named Austin and Lee?
Answer:True West
Question:Which of Sam Shepard's plays earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1979?
Answer:Buried Child
Question:What rock-drama was written during the four years Shepard lived in London?
Answer:The Tooth of Crime
Question:What 1983 film earned Sam Shepard an Oscar nomination?
Answer:The Right Stuff
Question:Which of Sam Shepard's screenplays won the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 Cannes
Film Festival?
Answer:Paris, Texas
Question:Who is Sam Shepard's common-law wife?
Answer:Jessica Lange
Question:What is Shakespeare's shortest play?
Answer:The Comedy of Errors
Question:What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Answer:Anne
Question:What actor first created the roles of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III?
Answer:Richard Burbage
Question:Which role is Shakespeare said to have played in the original production of Hamlet?
Answer:The Ghost
Question:How many of Shakespeare's original manu************************s have survived?
Answer:None
Question:Who dies first -- Romeo or Juliet?
Answer:Romeo
Question:What was the name of Shakespeare's only son?
Answer:Hamnet
Question:In what play did Shakespeare coin the term 'the beast with two backs'?
Answer:Othello
Question:How many of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime?
Answer:None
Question:What was the name of Tennessee Williams' sister?
Answer:Rose
Question:What play inspired Tennessee Williams to become a playwright?
Answer:Ghosts
Question:What college did Tennessee Williams graduate from in 1938?
Answer:University of Iowa
Question:Which of Tennessee Williams' plays contains characters named Tom, Laura, and Jim?
Answer:The Glass Menagerie
Question:Who did Tennessee Williams fall in love with in 1947?
Answer:Frank Merlo
Question:Which of Tennessee Williams' screenplays prompted Time magazine to write: '[It is] just
possibly the dirtiest American-made motion picture that has ever been legally exhibited'?
Answer:Baby Doll
Question:How many Pulitzer Prizes did Tennessee Williams win?
Answer:Two
Question:Who directed the premiere productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof?
Answer:Elia Kazan
Question:How did Tennessee Williams die?
Answer:Choked on a bottle cap
Question:What was changed about the Mr. Goodbar formula in 1992?
Answer:More peanuts
Question:What candy bar was invented by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago in 1923?
Answer:Butterfinger
Question:What candy bar was included in U.S. solders' rations during World War II?
Answer:Heath Bar
Question:What candy bar was originally introduced in the UK as 'Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp'?
Answer:Kit Kat
Question:What candy bar was originally packaged to include three separate pieces of candy
flavored vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry?
Answer:3 Musketeers
Question:What candy bar was called a 'Raider' bar in France and Germany until 1991?
Answer:Twix
Question:What candy bar claims to be named after one of U.S. President Grover Cleveland's
children?
Answer:Baby Ruth
Question:In 1998, a warehouse worker in the UK was sentenced to five years in prison for
stealing more than 300 tons of what candy bar?
Answer:Mars Bar
Question:What candy bar consists of a coconut center topped with an almond and coated with
milk chocolate?
Answer:Almond Joy
Question:What was the first Japanese car to be produced in the United States?
Answer:Honda Accord
Question:What car sold more than one million units in 1965, setting a record that still stands
today?
Answer:Chevrolet Impala
Question:What three specialty convertibles did General Motors originally introduce in 1953?
Answer:Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Fiesta &amp;&nbsp;Cadillac Eldorado
Question:What year was the Corvette first introduced?
Answer:1953
Question:What was the first car to be mass-produced?
Answer:Model T
Question:What was the first car to come equipped with anti-lock brakes?
Answer:Jensen FF
Question:What was the first commercially available hybrid gasoline-electric car in the United
States?
Answer:Honda Insight
Question:What kind of car did Starsky and Hutch drive in the classic television series?
Answer:Ford Gran Torino
Question:How much horse power did the first Porsche 911 have?
Answer:130 hp
Question:What year was the word 'computer' first used to describe a mechanical calculating
device?
Answer:1897
Question:What was the first portable computer?
Answer:Osborne I
Question:During the 1970s computer engineers at various research institutions began to utilize
telecommunications technologies to link their computers together. This effort, the forefather of the
modern Internet, was known as the ...
Answer:ARPANET
Question:What was the first computer to defeat a world champion chess player?
Answer:Deep Blue
Question:What computer device did Douglas Engelbart invent in 1963?
Answer:Mouse
Question:What 'law' describes the fact that, on average, computers have doubled in capacity
every 18 to 24 months since 1900?
Answer:Moore's Law
Question:How many lines of code did the Windows 98 operating system contain?
Answer:18 million
Question:What was the first commercially successful vector processor?
Answer:Cray I
Question:What new product did Apple Computer launch with a $1.5 million commercial during the
1984 Super Bowl?
Answer:Macintosh
Question:What close relative of the Velociraptor could grow up to 7 meters (20 feet) long and
weighed almost a ton?
Answer:Utahraptor
Question:What dinosaur fossil was originally mistaken for a type of bison?
Answer:Triceratops
Question:What was the first dinosaur to be discovered?
Answer:Megalosaurus
Question:What dinosaur was, for many years, mistakenly called a Brontosaurus?
Answer:Apatosaurus
Question:What dinosaur name means 'covered lizard?'
Answer:Stegosaurus
Question:What dinosaur is believed to have weighed up to 110 tons?
Answer:Argentinosaurus
Question:How long were the arms of an average Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Answer:1 meter
Question:Which of the following dinosaurs had a giraffe-like neck?
Answer:Brachiosaurus
Question:When did dinosaurs become extinct?
Answer:65 million years ago
Question:Which of the following fast food restaurants was founded first?
Answer:In-N-Out Burger
Question:What did McDonald's restaurants first introduce in 1968?
Answer:Big Mac
Question:Where was the first Pizza Hut built?
Answer:Wichita, Kansas
Question:What fast food restaurant introduced a popular advertising campaign in 1997 that
featured a talking chihuahua?
Answer:Taco Bell
Question:What fast food restaurant boasts that you can 'Have it your way'?
Answer:Burger King
Question:What fast food restaurant has aired ads featuring Jared Fogle, a man who lost 245
pounds eating only their products?
Answer:Subway
Question:What fast food restaurant was originally founded in the small town of Guasave on
Mexico's Pacific Coast?
Answer:El Pollo Loco
Question:How many herbs and spices make up the secret blend used on Colonel Harland
Sanders' most famous creation: his Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Answer:eleven
Question:What fast food restaurant was literally founded in a broom closet?
Answer:Papa John's
Question:What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?
Answer:Arctic Tern
Question:According to Japanese legend, a sick person will recover if they fold 1,000 of what type
of origami?
Answer:Crane
Question:Who won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine?
Answer:Emil von&nbsp;Behring
Question:What type of vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and
dairy products?
Answer:Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
Question:Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole?
Answer:Robert E. Perry
Question:What African ethnic group is known as 'the people of the veil' because the men wear
veils that conceal all but their eyes?
Answer:Tuareg
Question:What is the unit of currency in Russia?
Answer:Ruble
Question:What video game features Lara Croft?
Answer:Tomb Raider
Question:What meteorological phenomenon causes a warm current of water to appear every
three to seven years in the eastern Pacific Ocean, causing unusual weather conditions all over
the world?
Answer:El Ni&ntilde;o
Question:What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?
Answer:Arctic Tern
Question:According to Japanese legend, a sick person will recover if they fold 1,000 of what type
of origami?
Answer:Crane
Question:Who won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine?
Answer:Emil von&nbsp;Behring
Question:What type of vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and
dairy products?
Answer:Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
Question:Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole?
Answer:Robert E. Perry
Question:What African ethnic group is known as 'the people of the veil' because the men wear
veils that conceal all but their eyes?
Answer:Tuareg
Question:What is the unit of currency in Russia?
Answer:Ruble
Question:What video game features Lara Croft?
Answer:Tomb Raider
Question:What meteorological phenomenon causes a warm current of water to appear every
three to seven years in the eastern Pacific Ocean, causing unusual weather conditions all over
the world?
Answer:El Ni&ntilde;o
Question:What magician lived in a transparent case suspended 30 feet in the air on the south
bank of the River Thames for 44 days without any food or sleep?
Answer:David Blaine
Question:What famous magician was born with the name Ehrich Weiss?
Answer:Harry Houdini
Question:What magician debuted on 'The Tonight Show' before taking his famous dove act to the
prestigious 'Folies Bergere' in Las Vegas?
Answer:Lance Burton
Question:What Indian magician, most prominent during the 1950's and 1960's, was known
worldwide as Jadusamrat or Emperor of Magic?
Answer:P.C. Sorcar
Question:What private club for magicians in Hollywood, California, features Irma, an invisible
ghostly piano player who can play almost any song suggested by visitors?
Answer:The Magic Castle
Question:What magician did Harry Kellar pass his magician's wand to in 1908, thus extending the
Royal Dynasty of Magicians?
Answer:Howard Thurston
Question:What magician was famous for performing the following acts: 'The Jungle Mystery,' 'The
Vanishing Donkey,' 'The India Rope Trick,' and 'The Dream of Princess Karmac'?
Answer:Harry Blackstone
Question:What magician was known as 'the man who fooled Houdini'?
Answer:Dai Vernon
Question:The only known footage of the magician Cardini at work is from what television show?
Answer:The Festival of Magic
Question:In 1832, what monster did U.K. representative B.H. Hodson claim to have seen in
Nepal?
Answer:Abominable Snowman
Question:According to local legends, what large, nocturnal, red-haired monster roams the
Amazon jungle of Brazil?
Answer:Mapinguari
Question:What famous monster has an NHL team named after it?
Answer:Jersey Devil
Question:What famous monster did Mary ****************ley create in the summer of 1816, while
visiting the poet Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland?
Answer:Frankenstein
Question:What mythological creature was once a beautiful maiden until she was changed into a
snakelike monster with six heads by the sorceress Circe?
Answer:Scylla
Question:What monster movie resulted from famed Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa's
tales of a legendary humanoid creature that supposedly lived in South America?
Answer:The Creature From the Black Lagoon
Question:In Greek mythology, the story of Lycaon serves as one of the earliest examples of what
kind of monster?
Answer:Werewolf
Question:According to legend, what three-headed monster was said to guard the entrance to
Hades?
Answer:Cerberus
Question:The Dracula legend is believed to be based on what historical figure?
Answer:Vlad Tepes
Question:What weapon has become known as 'the gun that won the west'?
Answer:Colt Peacemaker
Question:Who is the only woman known to have robbed a stagecoach?
Answer:Pearl Hart
Question:It is estimated that what percentage of women living in Deadwood, South Dakota in
1876 were prostitutes?
Answer:90%
Question:What legendary figure of the Old West eventually became sports editor for the New
York Morning Telegraph?
Answer:Bat Masterson
Question:In poker, what is known as the 'Dead Man's Hand'?
Answer:Aces and Eights
Question:What outlaw once wrote his own press release for one of his robberies?
Answer:Jesse James
Question:What famous Old West figure was arrested for horse theft in Van Buren, Arkansas on
May 8, 1871?
Answer:Wyatt Earp
Question:According to eyewitness accounts, what gunslinger could hit a dime nine out of ten
times when tossed in the air?
Answer:Wild Bill Hickok
Question:What outlaw wore socks over his boots so that he couldn't be tracked?
Answer:Black Bart
Question:What soft drink has trademarked the slogan 'Obey Your Thirst'?
Answer:Sprite
Question:What soft drink was developed as an alternative to alcoholic beverages during
prohibition?
Answer:IBC&nbsp;Root Beer
Question:What soft drink was originally named 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda'?
Answer:7-UP
Question:What soft drink was originally invented for use as a mixer with whiskey?
Answer:Mountain Dew
Question:What soft drink was the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time Magazine?
Answer:Coca Cola
Question:What year was the first bottled Coca Cola sold?
Answer:1894
Question:What do the 'A' and 'W' in A&amp;W Root Beer stand for?
Answer:Allen &amp;&nbsp;Wright
Question:What was Pepsi-Cola originally called?
Answer:Brad's Drink
Question:What was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space?
Answer:Coca Cola
Question:What toy, first introduced at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, sold over 100 million
units by 1982?
Answer:Rubik's Cube
Question:How many feet of wire does it take to make one Slinky?
Answer:80 feet
Question:What toy was promoted by the Ziegfeld Follies girls in 1920?
Answer:Pogo Stick
Question:What color was the original Easy-Bake Oven?
Answer:Turquoise
Question:Play-Doh was originally invented for what purpose?
Answer:Cleaning Wallpaper
Question:What toy is required to play the games Durango Boot and Suzy Sticks?
Answer:Frisbee
Question:What game is generally considered to have ushered in the video game era?
Answer:Pong
Question:What popular action figure is, technically, named after a pigeon?
Answer:G.I. Joe
Question:What toy is created by mixing silicone oil and boric acid?
Answer:Silly Putty
Question:During World War II, U.S. pilots began reporting odd balls of light or shiny
****************llic spheres that could fly circles around their planes. What were these UFOs
called?
Answer:Foo Fighters
Question:When was the earliest known UFO sighting?
Answer:100 B.C.
Question:Around the time of the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991, what city experienced a wave of
UFO sightings?
Answer:Mexico City
Question:What was the name of the U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into the existence of
UFOs?
Answer:Project Blue Book
Question:What is the name of the rancher who many ufologists believe discovered the wreckage
of a UFO in July, 1947, on his land in Roswell, New Mexico?
Answer:Mac Brazel
Question:What U.S. President once reported seeing a UFO?
Answer:Jimmy Carter
Question:What organization was founded on May 31, 1969, to investigate UFO phenomena?
Answer:MUFON
Question:What is the name of the hidden base near AREA 51 where Robert Lazar claims to have
worked for the U.S. government reverse engineering an alien spacecraft?
Answer:S-4
Question:What explanation was offered to explain a UFO sighting near Kyoto, Japan, in 1235?
Answer:Wind blowing the stars about
Question:What organization is responsible for the Academy Awards?
Answer:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Question:What movie won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer:Wings
Question:What two actresses tied for Best Actress at the 1968 Academy Awards?
Answer:Katharine Hepburn &amp;&nbsp;Barbra Streisand
Question:What year were the Oscars first broadcast in color?
Answer:1966
Question:What company has been employed by the Academy since 1934 to tabulate Oscar votes
and ensure the secrecy of results?
Answer:Price Waterhouse
Question:What was the first film to win Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay?
Answer:It Happened One Night
Question:What new award category was added to the Academy Awards in 2001?
Answer:Best Animated Feature
Question:Who was the first actor/actress to win four Academy Awards?
Answer:Katharine Hepburn
Question:Who hostest or co-hosted the Academy Awards 18 times during his career?
Answer:Bob Hope
Question:Some scenes of woodland creatures and the forest fire in Bambi are actually unused
footage from what other Disney movie?
Answer:Pinocchio
Question:In what Disney animated feature is Earth referred to as 'Section 17, Area 51'?
Answer:Lilo and Stitch
Question:What was the only character in Disney's Alice in Wonderland that did not appear in
Lewis Carroll's books?
Answer:The Doorknob
Question:What actor provided the voice of Hercules in the spanish ********************************
version of the Disney film?
Answer:Ricky Martin
Question:What Disney movie was the first full-length animated feature to be nominated for an
Oscar for Best Picture?
Answer:Beauty and the Beast
Question:In Sleeping Beauty, the ****************ies that the fairies eat with tea are shaped like
what?
Answer:Mickey Mouse
Question:What is the only Disney animated feature film that has a title character who doesn't
speak?
Answer:Dumbo
Question:The soundtrack of what Disney animated feature includes seven Elvis Presley songs?
Answer:Lilo &amp;&nbsp;Stitch
Question:What was the last film personally overseen by Walt Disney?
Answer:The Jungle Book
Question:What classic horror movie features a serial killer in a William Shatner mask?
Answer:Halloween
Question:In what horror movie does the protagonist write a book that contains only the line 'All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' repeated over and over again?
Answer:The Shining
Question:What classic horror movie was originally titled The Babysitter Murders?
Answer:Halloween
Question:What horror film is the first movie to show a woman in just a bra and slip?
Answer:Psycho
Question:Why were most of Colin Clive's scenes in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) shot with him
sitting?
Answer:He had a broken leg.
Question:What horror movie required the purchase of 500 Florida frogs and 100 giant South
American toads?
Answer:The Frogs
Question:What was the original title of The Blob?
Answer:The Glob
Question:What horror movie features a serial killer wearing a mask inspired by an Edvard Munch
painting?
Answer:Scream
Question:What horror film caused some theatres to suggest that patrons prone to motion
sickness sit in the aisle seats?
Answer:The Blair Witch Project
Question:What was the first movie for which the cost of obtaining rights to the soundtrack
outweighed the entire production costs?
Answer:Clerks
Question:What movie marked the Hollywood film debut of William Shatner?
Answer:The Brothers Karamazov
Question:What film features a fight scene in which Bruce Lee breaks Jackie Chan's neck?
Answer:Enter the Dragon
Question:What actor played the school principal in E.T., only to have his scene cut when
Spielberg decided that his presence would be too distracting?
Answer:Harrison Ford
Question:The ************************ for what movie was written during shooting breaks on the set
of Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Answer:E.T.
Question:What 1987 movie features the 'Partridge Family' house being firebombed?
Answer:Lethal Weapon
Question:What star-studded 2001 film was originally supposed to feature Bruce Willis, Mark
Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson?
Answer:Ocean's Eleven
Question:What was the first movie for which the cost of obtaining rights to the soundtrack
outweighed the entire production costs?
Answer:Clerks
Question:What movie marked the Hollywood film debut of William Shatner?
Answer:The Brothers Karamazov
Question:What film features a fight scene in which Bruce Lee breaks Jackie Chan's neck?
Answer:Enter the Dragon
Question:What actor played the school principal in E.T., only to have his scene cut when
Spielberg decided that his presence would be too distracting?
Answer:Harrison Ford
Question:The ************************ for what movie was written during shooting breaks on the set
of Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Answer:E.T.
Question:What 1987 movie features the 'Partridge Family' house being firebombed?
Answer:Lethal Weapon
Question:What star-studded 2001 film was originally supposed to feature Bruce Willis, Mark
Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson?
Answer:Ocean's Eleven
Question:What was the first James Bond movie?
Answer:Dr. No
Question:Who was the second actor to portray James Bond in a feature film?
Answer:George Lazenby
Question:Who performed the theme song for Live and Let Die?
Answer:Paul McCartney and the Wings
Question:What kind of car does James Bond drive in Moonraker?
Answer:None
Question:What actor made his first appearance as James Bond in GoldenEye?
Answer:Pierce Brosnan
Question:What James Bond film features Christopher Walken as billionaire industrialist Max
Zorin?
Answer:A View to a Kill
Question:What was the original title of Licence to Kill?
Answer:Licence Revoked
Question:What was the first Bond film NOT based on a book?
Answer:The Spy Who Loved Me
Question:What secret service agency does 007 work for?
Answer:MI6
Question:Which of the three main heroes (Luke, Leia, and Han Solo) in the first Star Wars trilogy
refused to sign a three picture deal?
Answer:Harrison Ford
Question:What color is Mace Windu's lightsaber in Episode II: Attack of the Clones?
Answer:purple
Question:'The Star Wars Holiday Special' marked the first appearance of what Star Wars
character?
Answer:Boba Fett
Question:What actor pulled out of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith when he discovered that non-
union actors were being used in the film?
Answer:Gary Oldman
Question:Who is the only non Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to use a lightsaber?
Answer:Han Solo
Question:The animators who brought the AT-AT Imperial Walkers to life in Episode V: The Empire
Strikes Back based their movements on what kind of animal?
Answer:Elephant
Question:What character did George Lucas once consider making a midget?
Answer:Luke Skywalker
Question:In Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the growls and sounds of the Rancor in Jabba's
Palace were actually made by what animal?
Answer:Dachsund
Question:What is the first Star Wars film in which Yoda is completely computer-generated?
Answer:Attack of the Clones
Question:In the opening scenes of The Godfather, who is celebrating their wedding?
Answer:Connie Corleone
Question:What is the name of the horse whose severed head finds its way into Hollywood
producer Jack Woltz's bed when Mr. Woltz refuses to cast Johnny Fontane in his new war film?
Answer:Khartoum
Question:What actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The Godfather?
Answer:Marlon Brando
Question:How many Academy Awards did the first Godfather movie win?
Answer:Three
Question:In The Godfather, Part II, what does Vito Corleone receive as payment from his
neighbor for hiding a bundle of handguns?
Answer:Carpet
Question:What character in The Godfather is known as 'The Turk'?
Answer:Virgil Sollozzo
Question:In The Godfather, Part II, what country is Michael Corleone considering expanding his
gambling operations into?
Answer:Cuba
Question:What does Don Corleone have in his mouth when he dies?
Answer:Orange
Question:Which Godfather movie won the most Oscars?
Answer:The Godfather, Part II
Question:What is the first voice we hear in The Fellowship of the Ring?
Answer:Galadriel
Question:The only way to destroy the Ring of Power is to throw it into the fires of _________?
Answer:Mount Doom
Question:While traveling through the mines of Moria, which member of the Fellowship of the Ring
is killed by the Balrog?
Answer:Gandalf
Question:What is the name of the Ent who carries Pippin and Merry through Fangorn Forest?
Answer:Treebeard
Question:In The Two Towers, who is Saruman's spy in Rohan?
Answer:Grima
Question:What actor was originally cast as Aragorn?
Answer:Stuart Townsend
Question:In The Return of the King, who kills the Witch King?
Answer:Eowyn
Question:Who does Sam Gamgee marry at the end of The Return of the King?
Answer:Rosie Cotton
Question:How many Academy Awards did The Lord of the Rings trilogy win?
Answer:Seventeen
Question:Who was the first Beatle to get married?
Answer:John
Question:Which Beatle crossed Abbey Road first?
Answer:John
Question:What Beatles song was written for Mia Farrow's sister?
Answer:Dear Prudence
Question:What was the working title of 'Yesterday'?
Answer:Scrambled Eggs
Question:Who was the original drummer for the Beatles?
Answer:Pete Best
Question:What Beatles song was taken from the Broadway musical The Music Man?
Answer:Till There Was You
Question:Who was 'Got to Get You Into My Life' written about?
Answer:Marijuana
Question:What is the only song John Lennon recorded completely by himself during his time with
The Beatles?
Answer:Julia
Question:Who took Ringo's place on drums when he temporarily quit the band during the
recording of The White Album?
Answer:Paul McCartney
Question:What was Elvis' first #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard pop charts?
Answer:Heartbreak Hotel
Question:What single did Elvis record after suing Priscilla for divorce on January 8, 1973?
Answer:Separate Ways
Question:Elvis memorized every line from what George C. Scott movie?
Answer:Patton
Question:What Elvis Presley hit was originally recorded in 1950 by Ernest Tubb?
Answer:Blue Christmas
Question:What was the name of Elvis' twin brother who died at birth?
Answer:Jesse
Question:What was Elvis' shoe size?
Answer:11D
Question:What was the first National TV show that Elvis appeared on?
Answer:Stage Show
Question:What actor made his film debut at age 10, kicking Elvis in the shin?
Answer:Kurt Russell
Question:What did Elvis receive from Richard Nixon?
Answer:special agent badge
Question:Who did the vocals for Pink Floyd's 'Great Gig in the Sky'?
Answer:Clare Torry
Question:U2's 'Angel of Harlem' was written about what singer?
Answer:Billie Holiday
Question:What singer is known as the 'Empress of the Blues'?
Answer:Bessie Smith
Question:Who was rocketed to super-stardom in 1998 by the hit single 'Baby One More Time'?
Answer:Britney Spears
Question:Who was awarded the very first gold record?
Answer:Perry Como
Question:Which of Sheryl Crow's hit singles was adapted from the poem 'Fun' by Wyn Cooper?
Answer:All I&nbsp;Wanna Do
Question:What pop singer is known as 'The Material Girl'?
Answer:Madonna
Question:What was the band known as Linkin Park originally called?
Answer:Xero
Question:What Depeche Mode song was inspired by Priscilla Presley's book Elvis and Me?
Answer:Personal Jesus
Question:Who did the vocals for Pink Floyd's 'Great Gig in the Sky'?
Answer:Clare Torry
Question:U2's 'Angel of Harlem' was written about what singer?
Answer:Billie Holiday
Question:What singer is known as the 'Empress of the Blues'?
Answer:Bessie Smith
Question:Who was rocketed to super-stardom in 1998 by the hit single 'Baby One More Time'?
Answer:Britney Spears
Question:Who was awarded the very first gold record?
Answer:Perry Como
Question:Which of Sheryl Crow's hit singles was adapted from the poem 'Fun' by Wyn Cooper?
Answer:All I&nbsp;Wanna Do
Question:What pop singer is known as 'The Material Girl'?
Answer:Madonna
Question:What was the band known as Linkin Park originally called?
Answer:Xero
Question:What Depeche Mode song was inspired by Priscilla Presley's book Elvis and Me?
Answer:Personal Jesus
Question:What was the name of Mozart's sister?
Answer:Nannerl
Question:What game did Mozart like to play while he composed symphonies?
Answer:Billiards
Question:What was Mozart's first opera?
Answer:Bastien und Bastienne
Question:Mozart's Figaro is based on a play by what dramatist?
Answer:Beaumarchais
Question:Mozart dedicated six string quartets to what composer?
Answer:Haydn
Question:What was the name of Mozart's wife?
Answer:Constanze
Question:Who did Mozart succeed as chamber musician and court composer to Joseph II?
Answer:Gluck
Question:What was Mozart's last opera?
Answer:The Magic Flute
Question:Who completed Mozart's Requiem, which remained unfinished at the time of his death?
Answer:S&uuml;ssmayr
Question:Who was Abraham Lincoln named after?
Answer:His grandfather
Question:Which of the following was NOT one of Abraham Lincoln's nicknames?
Answer:The Industrial Giant
Question:Who did Abraham Lincoln marry on November 4, 1842?
Answer:Mary Todd
Question:How many children did Abraham Lincoln have?
Answer:Four
Question:Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. President from what political party?
Answer:Republican Party
Question:Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President during the first term of his presidency?
Answer:Hannibal Hamlin
Question:What legislation, signed by Lincoln in 1862, made millions of acres of government land
available to any male over 21 who could pay a small processing fee?
Answer:Homestead Act
Question:What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated?
Answer:Our American Cousin
Question:What U.S. paper currency features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln?
Answer:$5 bill
Question:What musical instrument does Bill Clinton play?
Answer:Saxophone
Question:At Yale, Bill Clinton earned a degree in what subject?
Answer:Law
Question:Bill Clinton served as governor of what U.S. State?
Answer:Arkansas
Question:Who was Bill Clinton's running mate during the 1992 presidential campaign?
Answer:Al Gore
Question:Bill Clinton was the ____ President of the United States.
Answer:42nd
Question:Who did Bill Clinton marry in 1975?
Answer:Hillary Rodham
Question:What White House intern was Bill Clinton accused of having an intimate relationship
with?
Answer:Monica Lewinsky
Question:What two justices did Bill Clinton appoint to the Supreme Court?
Answer:Ruth Bader Ginsburg &amp; Stephen Breyer
Question:How many new jobs were added to the U.S. economy during Bill Clinton's tenure as
President?
Answer:22 million
Question:In 1751, what affliction left George Washington scarred for life?
Answer:Small-pox
Question:How old was George Washington when he was made commander of the Virginia
forces?
Answer:Twenty-three
Question:Who did George Washington marry in 1759?
Answer:Martha Dandridge
Question:What happened to George Washington on June 15, 1775?
Answer:He was named commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United Colonies
Question:How many terms did George Washington serve as President of the United States?
Answer:Two terms
Question:Who served as Vice President of the United States during George Washington's
Presidency?
Answer:John Adams
Question:How many children did George Washington have?
Answer:None
Question:What rebellion did George Washington suppress in 1794?
Answer:Whiskey Rebellion
Question:What material were George Washington's false teeth carved from?
Answer:Ivory
Question:What new economic program did China's Mao Zedong announce in 1958?
Answer:The Great Leap Forward
Question:What political theorist wrote, 'Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the
inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries
to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they
are overthrown'?
Answer:Peter Kropotkin
Question:Who ran for President of the United States with the campaign slogan 'A chicken in every
pot and a car in every garage'?
Answer:Herbert Hoover
Question:According to a 2001 poll, who was the most popular politician in Serbia?
Answer:Vojislav ************tunica
Question:In 2003, as part of a Republican protest against France's opposition to the war on Iraq,
what item was renamed in the U.S. House of Representatives' cafeteria?
Answer:Both were renamed
Question:What U.S. President refused to use the telephone while in office?
Answer:Calvin Coolidge
Question:What country held its first democratic elections on January 30, 2005?
Answer:Iraq
Question:What German political leader was known as the 'Iron Chancellor'?
Answer:Otto von Bismarck
Question:What U.S. President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a peacemaker in the
Russo-Japanese War?
Answer:Theodore Roosevelt
Question:What new economic program did China's Mao Zedong announce in 1958?
Answer:The Great Leap Forward
Question:What political theorist wrote, 'Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the
inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries
to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they
are overthrown'?
Answer:Peter Kropotkin
Question:Who ran for President of the United States with the campaign slogan 'A chicken in every
pot and a car in every garage'?
Answer:Herbert Hoover
Question:According to a 2001 poll, who was the most popular politician in Serbia?
Answer:Vojislav ************tunica
Question:In 2003, as part of a Republican protest against France's opposition to the war on Iraq,
what item was renamed in the U.S. House of Representatives' cafeteria?
Answer:Both were renamed
Question:What U.S. President refused to use the telephone while in office?
Answer:Calvin Coolidge
Question:What country held its first democratic elections on January 30, 2005?
Answer:Iraq
Question:What German political leader was known as the 'Iron Chancellor'?
Answer:Otto von Bismarck
Question:What U.S. President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a peacemaker in the
Russo-Japanese War?
Answer:Theodore Roosevelt
Question:What queen was born Sophie Augusta Fredericka?
Answer:Catherine II
Question:According to legend, what ancient king built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to please
his homesick wife?
Answer:Nebuchadnezzar II
Question:What was the nickname of King Charles II of France?
Answer:The Fat
Question:Who assassinated U.S. President James Garfield?
Answer:Charles Guiteau
Question:How was the assassin of Henry IV of France dealt with?
Answer:He was pulled apart by four horses
Question:How did lone assassin George Elser attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939?
Answer:With a time bomb
Question:Who was assassinated on November 4, 1995?
Answer:Yitzhak Rabin
Question:What type of rifle did Lee Harvey Oswald use to assassinate U.S. President John F.
Kennedy?
Answer:Mannlicher-Carcano
Question:How did unemployed tire salesman Samuel Byck attempt to assassinate U.S. President
Richard Nixon?
Answer:With a hijacked plane
Question:What was the profession of Eligiusz Niewiadomski who assassinated Poland's first
president, Gabriel Narutowicz?
Answer:Painter
Question:The assassination of what Archduke of Austria triggered World War I?
Answer:Franz Ferdinand
Question:What political leader did the CIA attempt to assassinate with a poison cigar in the
1960s?
Answer:Fidel Castro
Question:Ronald Reagan was the ____ President of the United States.
Answer:40th
Question:Ronald Reagan served as governor of what U.S. State?
Answer:California
Question:What was Ronald Reagan's favorite candy?
Answer:Jelly beans
Question:Who did Ronald Reagan marry in 1940?
Answer:Jane Wyman
Question:What was the first movie Ronald Reagan appeared in?
Answer:Love Is on the Air
Question:How old was Ronald Reagan when he began his second term as President of the
United States?
Answer:73
Question:What nickname did Ronald Reagan earn during his years of public service?
Answer:The Great Communicator
Question:How many electoral votes did Ronald Reagan win in the 1980 U.S. Presidential
election?
Answer:489
Question:Which of the following justices did Ronald Reagan appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer:All of them
Question:Who did Thomas Jefferson succeed as Minister to France in 1785?
Answer:Benjamin Franklin
Question:How much did Thomas Jefferson pay for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
Answer:$15 million
Question:How many terms did Thomas Jefferson serve as President of the United States?
Answer:Two
Question:Thomas Jefferson was the first U.S. President to ...
Answer:All of the above
Question:What was the name of the slave with whom some believe Thomas Jefferson fathered
several children?
Answer:Sally Hemings
Question:What was Thomas Jefferson's favorite vegetable?
Answer:Peas
Question:What happened to Thomas Jefferson's personal library of books in 1815?
Answer:They were sold to pay off his debts
Question:What was the name of Thomas Jefferson's mountain-top estate?
Answer:Monticello
Question:When did Thomas Jefferson die?
Answer:July 4, 1826
Question:How many future U.S. Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:Two
Question:Who was the only U.S. President to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Answer:William Howard Taft
Question:What U.S. President won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage?
Answer:John F. Kennedy
Question:Who was the first U.S. President to be married in the White House?
Answer:Grover Cleveland
Question:What presidential candidate played a saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show during his
campaign?
Answer:Bill Clinton
Question:Who ran for President with the campaign slogan 'In your heart you know he's right'?
Answer:Barry Goldwater
Question:What U.S. President had a pet mockingbird named '****************'?
Answer:Thomas Jefferson
Question:What U.S. President had a nervous breakdown at the age of 24 and spent time in a
sanitarium?
Answer:Warren G. Harding
Question:What U.S. President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?
Answer:Jimmy Carter
Question:What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Answer:Bat
Question:What is the fastest flying bird in the world?
Answer:Peregrine falcon
Question:A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a ...
Answer:Lima bean
Question:What is the gestation period of a blue whale?
Answer:10-12 months
Question:What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Answer:Bumblebee bat
Question:What is the largest of the great apes?
Answer:Mountain gorilla
Question:What is the world's most poisonous spider?
Answer:Brazilian wandering spider
Question:How many times can a hummingbird flap its wings per second?
Answer:80
Question:What animal has the highest blood pressure?
Answer:Giraffe
Question:The planets make up what percentage of the mass in our solar system?
Answer:0.135 %
Question:What are the only two planets in our solar system without moons?
Answer:Mercury &amp; Venus
Question:What is the name of Pluto's moon?
Answer:Charon
Question:The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____?
Answer:Coma
Question:What year boasted the first woman in space?
Answer:1963
Question:What is the term for the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight
line?
Answer:Syzygy
Question:Which of the following was discovered in 2002?
Answer:Quaoar
Question:What manned U.S. space program eventually put 12 men on the Moon?
Answer:Apollo
Question:From 1978 to 1999, which planet was farthest from the Sun?
Answer:Neptune
Question:What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?
Answer:Bioluminescence
Question:Unlike most other fish, sharks have no ______?
Answer:Bones
Question:What human organ cleans fifty gallons of blood every day?
Answer:Kidneys
Question:What illness accounted for 40 percent of U.S. military casualties during World War I?
Answer:Influenza
Question:What living animal has the heaviest brain?
Answer:Sperm Whale
Question:What is the scientific term for an apparent 'throwback' characteristic of an organism that
reveals a trait of an earlier ancestor?
Answer:Atavism
Question:Which of the following has more bones?
Answer:Baby
Question:Which of the following has the longest recorded life span?
Answer:Freshwater Oyster
Question:What was the first genetically engineered organism?
Answer:Tobacco
Question:How many known species of birds are there?
Answer:10,000
Question:What color are the American robin's eggs?
Answer:Blue
Question:What bird has such a long tail that, when taking flight from a branch, it must launch itself
backwards in order to avoid ripping the tail to shreds?
Answer:Quetzal
Question:What is a group of owls called?
Answer:Parliament
Question:What bird has the longest lifespan?
Answer:Parrot
Question:What bird inflates a bright red balloon on its neck to attract a mate?
Answer:Magnificent frigate bird
Question:As of 2004, what was the most commonly sighted bird in the UK?
Answer:Wood pigeon
Question:The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a type of ...
Answer:Woodpecker
Question:One ostrich egg is equivalent to the weight of how many chicken eggs?
Answer:24
Question:What are people who study or collect butterflies called?
Answer:Lepidopterists
Question:How many legs do butterflies have?
Answer:Six
Question:What species of butterfly has the longest lifespan?
Answer:Brimstone Butterfly
Question:What is the largest species of butterfly?
Answer:Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Question:Which of the following is NOT one of the four stages in the lifecycle of a butterfly?
Answer:Nymph
Question:How many wings do butterflies have?
Answer:Four
Question:What part of their body to butterflies taste with?
Answer:Feet
Question:If its body temperature drops below 86 degrees Fahrenheit, a butterfly ...
Answer:Cannot fly
Question:What is the smallest species of butterfly?
Answer:Western Pygmy Blue
Question:What is the largest breed of domestic cat?
Answer:Ragdoll
Question:What year was the first major cat show held in the United States?
Answer:1895
Question:All cats are born with what color eyes?
Answer:Blue
Question:What is the normal body temperature of a cat?
Answer:102 degrees Fahrenheit
Question:What breed of cat has a reputation for being cross-eyed?
Answer:Siamese
Question:If a male cat is both orange and black, he is probably ...
Answer:Sterile
Question:What breed of cat has no tail?
Answer:Manx
Question:What percentage of a cat's bones are in its tail?
Answer:10%
Question:What breed of domestic cat has the longest fur?
Answer:Persian
Question:What type of charge does a neutron carry?
Answer:No Charge
Question:What are substances that control the rates of chemical reactions?
Answer:Catalysts
Question:What are microscopic spheres of 60 atoms of pure carbon in a spherelike structure that
resembles a geodosic dome?
Answer:Buckyballs
Question:What is the common term for an electrochemical cell in which terminals are connected
to electrodes immersed in a solution of electrolytes?
Answer:Battery
Question:What law states that the amount of heat needed to change one substance to another
depends on the substances and not on the reactions involved?
Answer:Hess's Law
Question:What English chemist and physicist discovered hydrogen?
Answer:Henry Cavendish
Question:Matter that does not enter chemical reactions is described as what?
Answer:Inert
Question:Which type of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
Answer:Liquids
Question:The temperature at which a gas becomes a liquid is its _____________?
Answer:Condensation Point
Question:What dog is known for its bluish-black tongue?
Answer:Chow Chow
Question:What is the largest breed of dog?
Answer:Irish Wolfhound
Question:What breed of dog was originated in the late 1800s by Captain Max von Stephanitz who
hoped to develop an all-purpose working dog?
Answer:German Shepherd
Question:What is the fastest breed of dog?
Answer:Greyhound
Question:What is the only dog that cannot bark?
Answer:Basenji
Question:What is the most popular dog in the United States?
Answer:Labrador Retriever
Question:What breed of dog was originated in Germany by a tax collector who needed a guard
dog for protection?
Answer:Dobermann
Question:What breed of dog has the longest ears?
Answer:Basset Hound
Question:All dogs are generally believed to be descended from what prehistoric animal?
Answer:Tomarctus
Question:What species of fish produces the most eggs?
Answer:Ocean sunfish
Question:How many different varieties of goldfish are there?
Answer:100
Question:What is the fastest fish?
Answer:Sailfish
Question:What species of fish, dubbed 'Frankenfish' by the media, caused a panic among fish
farmers when it began invading aquaculture farms in Florida and feeding on fish stocks?
Answer:Walking Catfish
Question:What is the most poisonous fish?
Answer:Puffer fish
Question:In the movie Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?
Answer:Clownfish
Question:What is the largest species of fish?
Answer:Whale Shark
Question:What is the smallest species of fish?
Answer:Stout infantfish
Question:How many teeth can a shark grow during its lifetime?
Answer:50,000
Question:Frogs are scientifically classified in what 'order' of animals?
Answer:Anura
Question:What frog is considered the most toxic animal in the world?
Answer:Golden poison frog
Question:What is the largest species of frog?
Answer:Goliath frog
Question:What species of frog was once used for pregnancy tests?
Answer:African clawed frog
Question:Which of the following frogs is NOT native to North America?
Answer:Tomato frog
Question:What species of frog incubates its young in its stomach?
Answer:Gastric-brooding frog
Question:What do you call a group of frogs?
Answer:Army
Question:The oldest known frog fossil is thought to date back how many years?
Answer:250 million years
Question:What new species of frog, discovered in 2003, was so unique that it prompted the
creation of a new frog 'family'?
Answer:Purple frog
Question:In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?
Answer:Remains of a hobbit-sized human species
Question:An earthquake that measures 8 on the Richter Scale would be how many times
stronger than an earthquake that measures 4 on the same scale?
Answer:10,000 times stronger
Question:What is the gestation period of an Hippopotamus?
Answer:8 months
Question:What physicist discovered that a wave's frequency changes when the source and the
observer are in motion relative to one another?
Answer:Christian Doppler
Question:In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
Answer:Solids
Question:Which of the following means 'rain' when added to a cloud's name?
Answer:Nimbus
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Amazon
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Nile
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Congo
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Chang Jiang
Question:How many brains did a Stegosaurus have?
Answer:One
Question:What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
Answer:Anemometer
Question:In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?
Answer:Remains of a hobbit-sized human species
Question:An earthquake that measures 8 on the Richter Scale would be how many times
stronger than an earthquake that measures 4 on the same scale?
Answer:10,000 times stronger
Question:What is the gestation period of an Hippopotamus?
Answer:8 months
Question:What physicist discovered that a wave's frequency changes when the source and the
observer are in motion relative to one another?
Answer:Christian Doppler
Question:In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
Answer:Solids
Question:Which of the following means 'rain' when added to a cloud's name?
Answer:Nimbus
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Amazon
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Nile
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Congo
Question:What is the longest river in the world?
Answer:Chang Jiang
Question:How many brains did a Stegosaurus have?
Answer:One
Question:What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
Answer:Anemometer
Question:Who was the first head coach of the Atlanta Falcons?
Answer:Norb Hecker
Question:Who was the Atlanta Falcons' very first draft choice?
Answer:Tommy Nobis
Question:Who was the first Atlanta Falcons head coach to retire with a winning record?
Answer:Leeman Bennett
Question:Who was the first Atlanta Falcon to amass more than 500 career receptions?
Answer:Terance Mathis
Question:The Atlanta Falcons drafted QB Michael Vick with what pick of the 2001 NFL Draft?
Answer:Round 1, Pick 1
Question:What is the name of the Atlanta Falcons' mascot?
Answer:Freddie Falcon
Question:What Atlanta Falcons RB rushed for a team-record 1,846 yards in 1998 and led the
Falcons to Super Bowl XXXIII only to suffer a season-ending knee injury in the second game of
1999?
Answer:Jamal Anderson
Question:Who was the first Atlanta Falcon to register more than 90 career sacks?
Answer:Claude Humphrey
Question:In 1977, the Atlanta Falcons defense set an NFL record for the fewest points allowed in
a (14 game) season. How many points did they allow that year?
Answer:129
Question:What NBA player scored 100 points on March 2, 1962?
Answer:Wilt Chamberlain
Question:What player won All-Star Game MVP, NBA MVP, and NBA Finals MVP awards in 2000?
Answer:Shaquille O'Neal
Question:What new kind of shot did Joe Fulks score a record 63 points with in one game in
1949?
Answer:Jump shot
Question:What NBA player retired unexpectedly on November 7, 1991?
Answer:Magic Johnson
Question:Who scored the first three-point basket in NBA history?
Answer:Chris Ford
Question:What team did Wilt Chamberlain finish his NBA career with?
Answer:Los Angeles Lakers
Question:Who won the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk Contest on February 6, 1988?
Answer:Michael Jordan
Question:Who sank a 60-foot shot on April 29, 1970?
Answer:Jerry West
Question:Who was the first Chinese player to play in an NBA game?
Answer:Wang Zhizhi
Question:What was the Dallas Cowboys' record during their first season?
Answer:0-11-1
Question:Who was the first player selected by the Dallas Cowboys in an NFL Draft?
Answer:Bob Lilly
Question:The Dallas Cowboys very first victory came against what team?
Answer:Pittsburgh Steelers
Question:What quarterback led the Dallas Cowboys to their first Super Bowl victory?
Answer:Roger Staubach
Question:Who purchased the Dallas Cowboys in 1989?
Answer:Jerry Jones
Question:What player did the Cowboys trade to the Minnesota Vikings in 1989 for five veteran
players and eight draft choices?
Answer:Herschel Walker
Question:Which of the following seasons did the Dallas Cowboys NOT win the Super Bowl?
Answer:1994
Question:What Dallas Cowboys running back set an NFL record with a 99 yard touchdown run
against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football?
Answer:Tony Dorsett
Question:What Dallas Cowboy holds the NFL record for career rushing yards?
Answer:Emmitt Smith
Question:What was the Denver Broncos record in their first season?
Answer:4-9-1
Question:Who was the first Denver Bronco to rush for more than 20 touchdowns in a single
season?
Answer:Terrell Davis
Question:Which of the following distinctions can the Denver Broncos boast of?
Answer:All of these
Question:In what round of the 1995 NFL draft did the Denver Broncos take RB Terrell Davis?
Answer:6th round
Question:Who was the first Denver Bronco to compile more than 15 sacks in a season?
Answer:Simon Fletcher
Question:Which head coach led the Denver Broncos to their first playoff appearance?
Answer:Red Miller
Question:Who was the first Denver Broncos quarterback to finish a season (minimum of 200
passes) with a passer rating higher than 100?
Answer:Brian Griese
Question:What team originally drafted John Elway?
Answer:Baltimore Colts
Question:Who did the Denver Broncos trade to the Washington Redskins in 2004 for Pro Bowl
cornerback Champ Bailey?
Answer:Clinton Portis
Question:How many rushing yards did Emmitt Smith gain in high school?
Answer:8804
Question:Where did Emmitt Smith play college football?
Answer:University of Florida
Question:How many yards did Emmitt Smith rush for during his rookie season as a Dallas
Cowboy?
Answer:937
Question:What year did Emmitt Smith win his first NFL rushing title?
Answer:1991
Question:What was the most rushing yards Emmitt Smith ever gained in a single NFL season?
Answer:1773
Question:How many consecutive 1,000 yard rushing seasons did Emmitt Smith post during his
NFL career?
Answer:11
Question:What year was Emmitt Smith named NFL MVP?
Answer:1993
Question:Emmitt Smith played his last two NFL seasons for what team?
Answer:Arizona Cardinals
Question:Who did Emmitt Smith surpass to become the NFL's career rushing leader?
Answer:Walter Payton
Question:What player led the NFL with 27 rushing touchdowns in 2003?
Answer:Priest Holmes
Question:What team won the first night football game ever played?
Answer:Philadelphia Athletics
Question:In 1993, what NFL team made off-season trades for Joe Montana and Marcus Allen?
Answer:Kansas City Chiefs
Question:What team was originally named the New York Titans?
Answer:New York Jets
Question:What year was the sudden-death overtime period adopted by the NFL?
Answer:1974
Question:How many weeks did the regular NFL season last in 1992?
Answer:18 weeks
Question:What team won 3 Super Bowls in the 1990s?
Answer:Dallas Cowboys
Question:How many games made up the NFL regular season schedule in 1982?
Answer:9 games
Question:Who was the first player to rush for 1000 yards in a season?
Answer:Beattie Feathers
Question:What golfer invented the modern sand wedge?
Answer:Gene Sarazen
Question:Who was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 1996?
Answer:Tiger Woods
Question:What type of golf clubs are used for long shots from the tee or fairway?
Answer:Woods
Question:Who was the first winner of the U.S. Women's Open?
Answer:Patty Berg
Question:In 2004, who became the oldest golfer to win PGA Tour Rookie of the Year?
Answer:Todd Hamilton
Question:Who was the first golfer to reach one million dollars in career earnings on the PGA
Tour?
Answer:Arnold Palmer
Question:What golfer set a PGA Tour record in 1945 by winning 18 tournaments?
Answer:Byron Nelson
Question:What golfer replaced Tiger Woods at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings in
2004?
Answer:Vijay Singh
Question:What golfer was known as 'The Golden Bear'?
Answer:Jack Nicklaus
Question:What Green Bay Packers quarterback holds the team record for most passing yards in
a season?
Answer:Lynn ****************ey
Question:Who was on the receiving end of Brett Favre's first NFL completion?
Answer:Brett Favre
Question:What are Green Bay Packers fans commonly called?
Answer:Cheeseheads
Question:Who was the first Green Bay Packer to gain more than 8,000 career rushing yards?
Answer:Jim Taylor
Question:What was Vince Lombardi's career record as Green Bay Packers head coach?
Answer:98-30-4
Question:What team originally drafted Brett Favre?
Answer:Atlanta Falcons
Question:Who was the first Green Bay Packer to snag more than 50 career interceptions?
Answer:Bobby Dillon
Question:Who was the Green Bay Packers very first draft choice?
Answer:Russ Letlow
Question:Who held the position of Green Bay Packers head coach for the longest time?
Answer:Earl Lambeau
Question:Who was the first NHL commissioner?
Answer:Gary Bettman
Question:Who roared to NHL stardom as 'the Golden Jet'?
Answer:Bobby Hull
Question:What was the first NHL team to win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles?
Answer:Ottawa Senators
Question:What year was the offsides rule introduced by the NHL?
Answer:1930
Question:The first NHL All-Star game was held as a benefit for what injured star?
Answer:Ace Bailey
Question:Who was the fastest player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points?
Answer:Wayne Gretzky
Question:What player set an NHL record in 1976, with 10 points in one game?
Answer:Darryl Sittler
Question:Who was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season?
Answer:Maurice Richard
Question:Who was the first hockey player to win Sportsman of the Year honors from Sports
Illustrated?
Answer:Bobby Orr
Question:Where was the first NASCAR race held?
Answer:Charlotte Speedway
Question:What state has earned the nickname 'NASCAR Valley'?
Answer:North Carolina
Question:How many members are there in a NASCAR pit crew?
Answer:Seven
Question:What color strip across the rear of a racecar signifies a rookie driver?
Answer:Yellow
Question:What was the first NASCAR race to be nationally televised from start to finish?
Answer:Daytona 500
Question:What driver won the most Nextel Cup Series Championships during the 1990s?
Answer:Dale Earnhardt
Question:What new safety measure did NASCAR introduce in 1994?
Answer:Roof flaps
Question:What was the closest finish in NASCAR history?
Answer:.002 seconds
Question:What driver holds the record for most consecutive NASCAR championships?
Answer:Cale Yarborough
Question:Who was the first player to sign a New England Patriots (Boston Patriots) contract?
Answer:Harvey White
Question:Who was the first head coach of the New England Patriots (Boston Patriots)?
Answer:Lou Saban
Question:What rookie helped revitalize the New England Patriots defensive line in 2001?
Answer:Richard Seymour
Question:What New England Patriot earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1995?
Answer:Curtis Martin
Question:What quarterback did Tom Brady replace in 2001, eventually leading the Patriots to a
Super Bowl championship?
Answer:Drew Bledsoe
Question:Which of the following Super Bowls did the New England Patriots NOT win?
Answer:Super Bowl XXXVII
Question:What running back did the New England Patriots acquire from the Cincinnati Bengals in
2004?
Answer:Corey Dillon
Question:What New England Patriot shared Pro Bowl MVP honors with WR Keyshawn Johnson
in 1999?
Answer:Ty Law
Question:How many years did it take Bill Belichick to win a Super Bowl with the New England
Patriots?
Answer:Two Years
Question:Who was the New York Giants opponent in their very first home game?
Answer:Frankford Yellow Jackets
Question:Who was the head coach of the New York Giants from 1930 to 1953?
Answer:Steve Owen
Question:What New York Giants libebacker was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1982?
Answer:Sam Huff
Question:Who did the New York Giants take with their first-round draft choice in 2002?
Answer:Jeremy Shockey
Question:What team did the New York Giants defeat in what has come to be known as 'The
Greatest Game Ever Played?'
Answer:Baltimore Colts
Question:The New York Giants retired jersey number 16 in honor of what former player?
Answer:Frank Gifford
Question:What player was named MVP in the New York Giants Super Bowl XXI victory?
Answer:Phil Simms
Question:What New York Giants defensive back went on to have a Hall of Fame career as an
NFL coach?
Answer:Tom Landry
Question:In 2004, what player did the New York Giants trade to the San Diego Chargers for
rookie quarterback Eli Manning?
Answer:Philip Rivers
Question:Who became head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1963?
Answer:Al Davis
Question:Who did the Oakland Raiders trade to the Minnesota Vikings in 2005 for wide-receiver
Randy Moss?
Answer:Napoleon Harris
Question:Who was the first Oakland Raider to be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame?
Answer:Jim Otto
Question:What city did the Oakland Raiders move to in 1982?
Answer:Los Angeles
Question:Who was the first player to rack up more than 10,000 career receiving yards as an
Oakland Raider?
Answer:Tim Brown
Question:Who was the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders starting quarterback from 1993 to 1996?
Answer:Jeff Hostetler
Question:What Oakland Raider was named NFL MVP in 2002?
Answer:Rich Gannon
Question:What Oakland Raider was named MVP of Super Bowl XI?
Answer:Fred Biletnikoff
Question:What is the longest passing play in Raiders history?
Answer:99 yards
Question:Who did the Philadelphia Eagles draft with the 2nd overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft?
Answer:Donovan McNabb
Question:What other team did the Philadelphia Eagles temporarily merge with during World War
II?
Answer:Pittsburgh Steelers
Question:Who was the first Philadelphia Eagle to rush for more than 1,500 yards in a single
season?
Answer:Wilbert Montgomery
Question:The Philadelphia Eagles retired jersey #60 in honor of what former player?
Answer:Chuck Bednarik
Question:Who was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1982?
Answer:**************** Vermeil
Question:What Philadelphia Eagle posted 21 sacks in 1987?
Answer:Reggie White
Question:What Philadelphia Eagle was named NFL MVP in 1960?
Answer:Norm Van Brocklin
Question:What is the name of the Philadelphia Eagles mascot?
Answer:Swoop
Question:What wide-receiver did the Philadelphia Eagles acquire prior to the 2004 season in a
three-way trade involving the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens?
Answer:Terrell Owens
Question:What rookie quarterback led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 15-1 record in 2004?
Answer:Ben Roethlisberger
Question:Which of the following Super Bowls did the Pittsburgh Steelers NOT win?
Answer:Super Bowl XXX
Question:Who was the first Pittsburgh Steelers player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame?
Answer:Johnny McNally
Question:Who was the first head coach to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to a winning record?
Answer:Walt Kiesling
Question:Who did the Pittsburgh Steelers choose with the 1st overall pick of the 1970 NFL draft?
Answer:Terry Bradshaw
Question:What Pittsburgh Steeler was named MVP of Super Bowl X?
Answer:Lynn Swann
Question:What was the most interceptions Mel Blount ever had in a single season?
Answer:11
Question:Who set a Pittsburgh Steelers single-game record for receiving yards on November 10,
2002?
Answer:Plaxico Burress
Question:Who did the Pittsburgh Steelers draft with their first-round pick in the 2005 NFL draft?
Answer:Heath Miller
Question:Who was the San Francisco 49ers very first draft choice after they joined the NFL?
Answer:Leo Nomellini
Question:The San Francisco 49ers retired jersey #12 in honor of what player?
Answer:John Brodie
Question:What ohio businessman purchased the San Francisco 49ers in 1977?
Answer:Eddie DeBartolo Jr.
Question:How many Super Bowls did the San Francisco 49ers win during the 1980s?
Answer:Four
Question:The San Francisco 49ers drafted QB Joe Montana in what round of the 1979 NFL draft?
Answer:3rd round
Question:Who was the first San Francisco 49er to finish his career with more than 50
interceptions?
Answer:Ronnie Lott
Question:What new offensive scheme is former 49ers head coach Bill Walsh credited with
creating?
Answer:West Coast Offense
Question:Which of the following players finished his 49ers career with the most sacks?
Answer:Cedrick Hardman
Question:How many receiving yards did WR Jerry Rice compile during his career as a San
Francisco 49er?
Answer:18,442
Question:Who was the first player in hockey history to win an Olympic Gold Medal and a Stanley
Cup in the same year?
Answer:Ken Morrow
Question:What player had his name misspelled on the Stanley Cup and later corrected?
Answer:Adam Deadmarsh
Question:What Tampa Bay Lightning player scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2004?
Answer:Ruslan Fedotenko
Question:Between 1980 and 1990, the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers won a combined
total of how many Stanley Cups?
Answer:nine
Question:What year did the Stanley Cup have no winner?
Answer:1919
Question:What year was the Stanley Cup first awarded?
Answer:1893
Question:What team advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in 1968, 1969, and 1970, but lost all
three series?
Answer:St. Louis Blues
Question:After what year did the NHL assume control of Stanley Cup competition?
Answer:1926
Question:What player holds the record for most career goals in the Stanley Cup Finals?
Answer:Maurice Richard
Question:What was the first Super Bowl in which the winning points came on the final play?
Answer:Super Bowl XXXVI
Question:What was the first team to win five Super Bowls?
Answer:San Francisco 49ers
Question:What was the first wild-card team to win a Super Bowl?
Answer:Oakland Raiders
Question:What player holds the record for most rushing yards in a single Super Bowl?
Answer:Timmy Smith
Question:Who sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XVIII?
Answer:Barry Manilow
Question:What player holds the record for most consecutive completions in a Super Bowl?
Answer:Joe Montana
Question:What player holds the record for most career fumbles in a Super Bowl?
Answer:Roger Staubach
Question:What performer had a now infamous 'costume malfunction' during the halftime show of
Super Bowl XXXVIII?
Answer:Janet Jackson
Question:Who did John McEnroe defeat in the final to win his first Wimbledon singles title?
Answer:Bjorn Borg
Question:What year was tennis originally introduced as an Olympic sport?
Answer:1896
Question:What is the name for the left side of the tennis court for each player?
Answer:Ad court
Question:For a tennis player, winning the 'Grand Slam' involves winning what four tournaments in
the same calendar year?
Answer:Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open &amp;&nbsp;Wimbledon
Question:Who was the first unseeded player to win Wimbledon?
Answer:Boris Becker
Question:How long was the longest singles match in recorded tennis history?
Answer:6 hours, 33 minutes
Question:What famous tennis player died of AIDS on February 6, 1993?
Answer:Arthur Ashe
Question:What is the term for a zero score in tennis?
Answer:Love
Question:What player, when asked about Tim Henman's chances of winning Wimbledon in 2005,
made the following quote? 'He needs the right players to lose, he needs to be scheduled at the
right time, he needs to shut out the voices he doesn't need to hear. I had the single-minded focus
that he is still trying to find.'
Answer:Pete Sampras
Question:What baseball team expressed an interest in drafting Troy Aikman out of high school?
Answer:New York Mets
Question:Where did Troy Aikman begin his college football career?
Answer:Oklahoma University
Question:The Dallas Cowboys drafted Troy Aikman with what pick of the 1989 NFL Draft?
Answer:Round 1, Pick 1
Question:What was the most passing yards Troy Aikman ever compiled in a single NFL season?
Answer:3445
Question:What year did Troy Aikman earn his first trip to the Pro Bowl?
Answer:1991
Question:Troy Aikman was named MVP of which Super Bowl?
Answer:Super Bowl XXVII
Question:What was Troy Aikman's quarterback rating in 1993?
Answer:99.0
Question:How many seasons did Troy Aikman play in the NFL?
Answer:12
Question:How many passing yards did Troy Aikman compile during his NFL career?
Answer:32,942
Question:Who was the first player ever drafted by the Redskins?
Answer:Riley Smith
Question:In 2004, the Washington Redskins traded Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey to the
Denver Broncos for what Pro Bowl running back?
Answer:Clinton Portis
Question:Who was the first Washington Redskin player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame?
Answer:Sammy Baugh
Question:Who was the first Washington Redskin to rush for more than 1,000 yards in three
consecutive seasons?
Answer:Stephen Davis
Question:Who was the first Washington Redskin to make more than 50 career interceptions?
Answer:Darrell Green
Question:Who was the first African American player in Washington Redskins team history?
Answer:Bobby Mitchell
Question:What new Washington Redskins head coach was hired in 1981?
Answer:Joe Gibbs
Question:What Washington Redskin became the NFL's all-time leading pass receiver on October
12, 1992?
Answer:Art Monk
Question:Which of the following Super Bowls did the Washington Redskins NOT win?
Answer:Super Bowl XVIII

Question:What was the last major battle of World War II?

Answer:Battle of Okinawa
Question:What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on
Hiroshima?
Answer:Enola Gay
Question:What country lost the most lives in World War II?
Answer:Soviet Union
Question:What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the
beginning of the Cold War?
Answer:Yalta Conference
Question:What was the name of Germany's plan at the beginning of World War I to deliver a
knock-out blow to the French and then turn all of its resources on the more slowly mobilizing
Russian army?
Answer:Schlieffen Plan
Question:What country pulled out of World War I on March 3, 1918?
Answer:Russia
Question:There was a temporary truce on what day in 1914?
Answer:Christmas Day
Question:What German telegram, intercepted by the British, offered to give the American
Southwest back to Mexico if they declared war on the United States?
Answer:Zimmerman Telegram
Question:What was Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan when he ran for re-election in 1916?
Answer:He kept us out of war
Question:What new weapon was introduced in the Battle of the Somme?
Answer:Tank
Question:Which was the first of the Central Powers to sign an armistice?
Answer:Bulgaria
Question:What country lost the most lives in World War I?
Answer:Germany
Question:What was the total number of fatalities during World War I?
Answer:9 Million

Question:In which battle did Chinese general Zhang Hongfan destroy the last fleet of the
Southern Song Dynasty?
Answer:Battle of Yamen
Question:What conflict was known as 'The War to End All Wars'?
Answer:World War I
Question:What war lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953?
Answer:Korean War
Question:What conflict was instigated by Aristagoras of Miletus?
Answer:Persian Wars
Question:The last execution in the Tower of London took place during what war?
Answer:World War II
Question:Which of the following wars lasted the longest?
Answer:The French and Indian War
Question:Which of the following leaders played prominent roles in both World War I and World
War II?
Answer:Winston Churchill
Question:What Spartan king led a small army of 300 Spartans against a vastly superior Persian
force in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Answer:Leonidas
Question:What naval battle between Mark Antony and Octavian is often said to mark the
beginning of the Roman Empire?
Answer:Battle of Actium
Question:In which battle did Chinese general Zhang Hongfan destroy the last fleet of the
Southern Song Dynasty?
Answer:Battle of Yamen
Question:Who was the first American soldier to die in Vietnam?
Answer:Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey
Question:On August 2, 1964, three North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fired torpedoes at the
U.S.S. Maddox, an American destroyer in international waters. This confrontation became known
as ...
Answer:Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Question:What was the name of the U.S. bombing campaign designed to stop the flow of men
and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Answer:Operation Rolling Thunder
Question:Which of the following herbicides/defoliants was used by the U.S. military during the
Vietnam War?
Answer:All of the above
Question:What major attack by the North Vietnamese, launched on January 30, 1968, was
planned to coincide with the lunar new year festival?
Answer:Tet Offensive
Question:What South Vietnamese leader was assassinated by his own generals in 1963?
Answer:Ngo Dinh Diem
Question:What is the name of the now infamous massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians
by U.S. soldiers which took place on March 16, 1968?
Answer:My Lai Massacre
Question:How many Americans were killed or listed as 'Missing in Action' during the Vietnam
War?
Answer:58,226
Question:How many Vietnamese were killed or listed as 'Missing in Action' during the Vietnam
War?
Answer:3 million
Question:What was the longest battle of World War II?
Answer:Battle of the Atlantic
Question:What was the first Nazi concentration camp?
Answer:Dachau
Question:In which battle did the Axis powers lose about a quarter of their total troops on the
Eastern Front, a crippling blow from which they never recovered?
Answer:Battle of Stalingrad
Question:What country sent reinforcements in the form of 'Division Azul' to aid Germany in its
WWII attack on the Soviet Union?
Answer:Spain
Question:After World War II, Germany was divided into how many zones of occupation?
Answer:Four
Question:Who was the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles title?
Answer:Althea Gibson
Question:What are the traditional Wimbledon colors?
Answer:Green &amp;&nbsp;Purple
Question:Who was the first male player to wear a pair of shorts at Wimbledon?
Answer:Bunny Austin
Question:Gertrude Moran shocked the world by wearing what article of clothing at Wimbledon in
1949?
Answer:Lace panties
Question:What company has provided every tennis ball for the Wimbledon Championship since
1902?
Answer:Slazenger
Question:What surface is Wimbledon played on?
Answer:Grass
Question:Who was the youngest woman ever to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Answer:Charlotte Dod
Question:What is the nickname for the Ladies' Singles Trophy at Wimbledon?
Answer:Rosewater dish
Question:What is the nickname of the No. 2 Court at Wimbledon?
Answer:Graveyard of Champions
Question:What player executed an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series?
Answer:Bill Wambsganss
Question:What Dodger pitcher broke a 62 year old record when he struck out 29 batters in the
1965 World Series?
Answer:Sandy Koufax
Question:In what year was game 3 of the World Series postponed due to an earthquake?
Answer:1989
Question:What National League team refused to play the Boston Americans in 1904, causing the
World Series to be canceled?
Answer:New York Giants
Question:What player holds the record for most World Series home runs?
Answer:Mickey Mantle
Question:What player tied his own record by stealing 7 bases in the 1968 World Series?
Answer:Lou Brock
Question:What team won the first indoor game in World Series history?
Answer:Minnesota Twins
Question:How many runs did St. Louis score in the 2004 World Series?
Answer:12
Question:What player set a record by pitching in seven games of the 1973 World Series?
Answer:Darold Knowles
Question:What actor is best known as the voice of Bugs Bunny?
Answer:Mel Blanc
Question:In what cartoon did Bugs Bunny first ask, 'What's up, Doc?'
Answer:A Wild Hare
Question:What year did The Bugs Bunny Show debut on prime time TV?
Answer:1960
Question:What is the name of the big orange monster that chases Bugs Bunny and wears
sneakers?
Answer:Gossamer
Question:What 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon was produced in 3-D?
Answer:Lumberjack Rabbit
Question:What Bugs Bunny supporting character was first introduced in the cartoon 'Haredevil
Hare' (1948)?
Answer:Marvin the Martian
Question:The 'updated' version of Bugs Bunny that appears in the futuristic superhero cartoon
'Loonatics' goes by what name?
Answer:Buzz Bunny
Question:What honor did Bugs Bunny receive in 1997?
Answer:His own postage stamp
Question:In TV Guide's 2002 list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time, what place was
Bugs Bunny?
Answer:1st
Question:What cartoon character made his first appearance in 1919 in the five minute short
'Feline Follies?'
Answer:Felix the Cat
Question:What cartoon features a team of superheroes that includes Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire,
and Raven?
Answer:Teen Titans
Question:Inspired by an unflattering baby photo of himself, what cartoon character did Bob
Clampett create in 1942?
Answer:Tweety Bird
Question:How many years after the debut of Mickey Mouse was it before Minnie Mouse made her
first appearance?
Answer:They appeared the same year
Question:In a 1965 episode of The Flintstones, what little green alien from the planet Zetox is
assigned to serve prehistoric 'dumb-dumbs' Fred and Barney?
Answer:Gazoo
Question:What blue-skinned cartoon characters took North America by storm in 1981?
Answer:The Smurfs
Question:What cartoon characters were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added
'Chemical X' to a concoction that also included sugar, spice, and everything nice?
Answer:Powerpuff Girls
Question:What cartoon, accompanied by a collectible card game, became a huge hit in Japan in
1998?
Answer:Yu-Gi-Oh
Question:Which of the following superheroes did NOT appear in the Super Friends cartoons?
Answer:Hawkgirl
Question:What actor provided the original voice of Donald Duck?
Answer:Clarence Nash
Question:What is Donald Duck's middle name?
Answer:Fauntleroy
Question:What is the name of Donald Duck's cousin?
Answer:Gladstone Gander
Question:What Disney illustrator was predominantly responsible for developing the comic book
version of Donald Duck beginning in 1943?
Answer:Carl Barks
Question:What are the names of Donald Duck's parents?
Answer:Hortense &amp;&nbsp;Quackmore
Question:What is Donald Duck's name in his Italian comic strips?
Answer:Paperino
Question:From 1942 to 1944, Walt Disney released six short films depicting Donald Duck's life in
what branch of the U.S. armed forces?
Answer:Army
Question:In The Three Caballeros, Donald co-stars with what two Latin American cartoon
characters?
Answer:Jose Carioca &amp;&nbsp;Panchito
Question:Donald Duck has been known to fight crime as what costumed superhero?
Answer:Super Duck
Question:Who played Chandler's father on 'Friends'?
Answer:Kathleen Turner
Question:What sitcom was a U.S. version of Johnny Speight's hit UK TV series, 'Till Death Us Do
Part'?
Answer:All in the Family
Question:Every episode of 'Seinfeld' contains an image or reference to what superhero?
Answer:Superman
Question:What was the longest running of the 'fantasy sitcoms' that dominated the airwaves in
the mid 1960s?
Answer:Bewitched
Question:What TV series showed the first interracial kiss on American network television?
Answer:Star Trek
Question:What is the phrase on the UFO poster in Fox Mulder's office in 'X-Files'?
Answer:I&nbsp;Want to Believe
Question:What was the first American drama series to react to the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on the United States?
Answer:The West Wing
Question:What TV show is credited for a massive surge of applications for courses in forensic
science?
Answer:CSI
Question:What TV series, originally set during World War II, jumped ahead several decades to
the 1970s beginning with its second season?
Answer:Wonder Woman
Question:Who played Chandler's father on 'Friends'?
Answer:Kathleen Turner
Question:What sitcom was a U.S. version of Johnny Speight's hit UK TV series, 'Till Death Us Do
Part'?
Answer:All in the Family
Question:Every episode of 'Seinfeld' contains an image or reference to what superhero?
Answer:Superman
Question:What was the longest running of the 'fantasy sitcoms' that dominated the airwaves in
the mid 1960s?
Answer:Bewitched
Question:What TV series showed the first interracial kiss on American network television?
Answer:Star Trek
Question:What is the phrase on the UFO poster in Fox Mulder's office in 'X-Files'?
Answer:I&nbsp;Want to Believe
Question:What was the first American drama series to react to the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on the United States?
Answer:The West Wing
Question:What TV show is credited for a massive surge of applications for courses in forensic
science?
Answer:CSI
Question:What TV series, originally set during World War II, jumped ahead several decades to
the 1970s beginning with its second season?
Answer:Wonder Woman
Question:What company was the original sponsor of I Love Lucy?
Answer:Phillip Morris
Question:Technically speaking, I Love Lucy was innovative because it was ...
Answer:All of the above
Question:What is the name of the nightclub where Ricky Ricardo is employed?
Answer:Tropicana
Question:What does Lucy's mother call Ricky?
Answer:Mickey
Question:What is the name of Little Ricky's babysitter?
Answer:Mrs. Trumbull
Question:What is the name of Fred and Ethel's dog?
Answer:Butch
Question:In 'The Operetta' (Episode #38), Lucy writes an operetta for the Wednesday Afternoon
Fine Art League entitled __________?
Answer:The Pleasant Peasant
Question:What was the last episode of I Love Lucy?
Answer:The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue
Question:Of the four main actors, who was the last living cast member of I Love Lucy?
Answer:Lucille Ball
Question:Mickey made his first appearance in what short film?
Answer:Plane Crazy
Question:What color shoes does Mickey Mouse traditionally wear?
Answer:Yellow
Question:In which short film did Mickey first wear his signature white gloves?
Answer:The Opry House
Question:What were Mickey's first spoken words?
Answer:&quot;Hot dogs!&quot;
Question:In what year did Mickey Mouse make his first comic strip appearance?
Answer:1930
Question:What year did The Mickey Mouse Club debut on TV?
Answer:1955
Question:Which of the following is NOT a former mouseketeer?
Answer:Ricky Martin
Question:What honor did Mickey Mouse receive in 1934?
Answer:His own entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica
Question:What is the name of Mickey's sister?
Answer:Amelia
Question:What soap opera originally revolved around a minister and his congregation?
Answer:Guiding Light
Question:After the cancellation of 'Another World' in 1999, several characters from the show
made appearances on what other soap opera?
Answer:As the World Turns
Question:What was the first daytime drama on television to leave one broadcast network and
continue on another?
Answer:The Edge of Night
Question:Cast members reprised their roles from what soap opera in the TV movie 'The Cradle
Will Fall'?
Answer:The Guiding Light
Question:What soap opera once featured characters from the following families: the Martins, the
Tylers, the Brents, and the Kanes?
Answer:All My Children
Question:What soap opera featured a gothic vampire storyline?
Answer:Dark Shadows
Question:What soap opera takes place in Genoa City, Wisconson?
Answer:The Young and the Restless
Question:As of 2004, what was the only soap opera to simulcast in a Spanish
******************************** track for Hispanic viewers in the United States?
Answer:The Bold and the Beautiful
Question:What cancelled soap opera revolved around a large Irish-American family living in the
Riverside district of New York City?
Answer:Ryan's Hope
Question:Who was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races in 'Star
Trek'?
Answer:Mark Lenard
Question:What actress turned down the role of Seven of Nine four times?
Answer:Jeri Ryan
Question:Who was originally offered the role of Spock?
Answer:Martin Landou
Question:What type of pet does Captain Archer have on 'Enterprise'?
Answer:dog
Question:What two stars of 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' were married in real life in 1997?
Answer:Alexander Siddig &amp;&nbsp;Nana Visitor
Question:What actor from 'Star Trek: The Original Series' lost his right middle finger during World
War II?
Answer:James Doohan
Question:Who was the first real astronaut to appear in any 'Star Trek' episode?
Answer:Mae Jemison
Question:In which Star Trek series did writer Larry Niven introduce the cat-like alien race, the
Kzinti, into the Star Trek universe?
Answer:The Animated Series
Question:Who was the first Star Trek actor to write a 'Star Trek' story?
Answer:Walter Koenig
Question:What is Fox Mulder's middle name?
Answer:William
Question:Which X-Files character kills Alex Krycek in the last episode of season eight?
Answer:Walter Skinner
Question:Which of the following is NOT one of The Lone Gunmen?
Answer:Kersh
Question:When Mulder and Scully go undercover in 'Arcadia' (Episode #132), what aliases do
they use?
Answer:Rob and Laura Petrie
Question:Which of the following is NOT one of Mulder's informants?
Answer:Pendrell
Question:What did Scully's father call her?
Answer:Starbuck
Question:What is Mulder's favorite snack?
Answer:Sunflower Seeds
Question:In seasons eight and nine, who replaced Mulder and Scully as primary investigators on
the X-Files?
Answer:Doggett and Reyes
Question:Which X-Files actor won an Emmy for their performance on the show?
Answer:Gillian Anderson
Question:What Civil War battle caused the most casualties?
Answer:Gettysburg
Question:Who was the only U.S. President to serve the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Answer:John Tyler
Question:What was the name of Robert E. Lee's horse that he used throughout most of the Civil
War?
Answer:Traveller
Question:What was remarkable about the naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack?
Answer:Both were ironclads
Question:How many times was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wounded during the Civil War?
Answer:Three times
Question:What type of pet did General Robert E. Lee keep with him during the Civil War?
Answer:Chicken
Question:What was the first state to secede from the Union?
Answer:South Carolina
Question:How long did it take Abraham Lincoln to deliver his famous Gettysburg Address?
Answer:2 Minutes
Question:Who was the last man killed in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:John J. Williams
Question:What conflict was known as 'The War to End All Wars'?
Answer:World War I
Question:What war lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953?
Answer:Korean War
Question:What conflict was instigated by Aristagoras of Miletus?
Answer:Persian Wars
Question:The last execution in the Tower of London took place during what war?
Answer:World War II
Question:Which of the following wars lasted the longest?
Answer:The French and Indian War
Question:Which of the following leaders played prominent roles in both World War I and World
War II?
Answer:Winston Churchill
Question:What Spartan king led a small army of 300 Spartans against a vastly superior Persian
force in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Answer:Leonidas
Question:What naval battle between Mark Antony and Octavian is often said to mark the
beginning of the Roman Empire?
Anwer:Battle of Actiums