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Introduction 2. Updates 3. Jeopardy! & Double Jeopardy! 4. Final Jeopardy! 5. Copyright _________________________________________________________________________ _/ \_ |_ 1. Introduction _| \_________________________________________________________________________/ Welcome to the extremely long list of answers and questions for the game Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! Whenever there's a mentioning of "a&q" it means "answers and questions," as that's how the game is played. There are a total of 761 categories for the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds, each containing 5 a&q's, making a total of 3,805 a&q's in this FAQ. There are 60 a&q's for the Final Jeopardy! round. There are a complete total of 3,865 a&q's! In the Double Jeopardy! round, the money acquired is doubled. For example, $100 would be $200, $200 would be $400, and so forth. When you originally play Jeopardy! on the television show, you're given an answer and are required to ask the correct question to get the money. However in this game, you're only required to enter the main word(s) to the question to get the money, as the beginning of the question is already given to you. Here's a list of phrases that are possible to appear depending on the type of question: - What is: - What was: - Who is: - What was: - What are: - Who are: - What were: - Who were: - What is a: - What is the: - What was a: - What was the: - What in heck: - What is an: - What was an: - Who is an: - Who is the: - What were the: - What are the: - Who are the: - Who were the: - Who was the: In order to find the answer you're looking for, you can either use the search function searching for the category or search part of the answer. All of the categories are listed alphabetically, so there's also an option to search for it manually. _________________________________________________________________________ _/ \_ |_ 2. Updates _| \_________________________________________________________________________/ Version 1.0 (June 4, 2006) -Initial release Version 1.1 (June 11, 2006) -Added more sections - Updates and Final Jeopardy! -Added more categories for Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! -Added all of the Final Jeopardy! questions -Updated the introduction section Version 1.2 (December 6, 2008) -Added 208 categories for the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds -Deleted two duplicate categories -Updated the introduction section -Fixed many typos -Reversed the order of questions and answers to answers and questions _________________________________________________________________________ _/ \_ |_ 3. Jeopardy! & Double Jeopardy! _| \_________________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~ 'K.K.' ~~~~~~ $100 A: In the film "Miracle on 34th Street," Santa Claus used this alias Q: Kris Kringle $200 A: Founder of the Mongol Dynasty who ruled from the Black Sea to the Yellow Sea Q: Kublai Khan $300 A: They kept law & disorder is Mack Sennett comedies Q: Keystone Kops $400 A: Critics said he never got any close-ups as Barbra Streisand's co-star in "A Star is Born" Q: Kris Kristofferson $500 A: 40's bandleader who lead the "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" Q: Kay Kyser ~~~~~~ "Andy" ~~~~~~ $100 A: The black & white bear of Walter Lantz cartoons Q: Andy Panda $200 A: "A family affair" was the 1st of 15 films in which Mickey Rooney played this character Q: Andy Hardy $300 A: Reg Smythe's pub-crawling comic strip husband of Flo Q: Andy Capp $400 A: Donny Osmond made his debut at the age of 4 on his show Q: Andy Williams $500 A: An 8-hour static film of the Empire State building was done by this pop artist Q: Andy Warhol ~~~~~~~~~~ "C" Cities ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Batman & Superman would fit right in on the street of this South African capital Q: Cape Town $200 A: Named for a city in China, this Ohio town is home to the pro football Hall of Fame Q: Canton $300 A: You can stay at the Choo-Choo Hilton in this Tennessee town Q: Chattanooga $400 A: Simon Bolivar was born & buried in this capital of Venezuela Q: Caracas $500 A: After its destruction in the 3rd Punic War, the Romans sowed salt on its site Q: Carthage ~~~~~~~~ "C" Here ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A hot dog, or the Brooklyn Amusement area where it might be eaten Q: Coney Island $200 A: These people appoint the majority of enrollees at west point Q: Congressmen $300 A: Also called a shell, it's the case containing the gunpowder & bullet Q: Cartridge $400 A: By the mid 19th century women reportedly could block a door when wearing one of these hoopskirts Q: Crinoline $500 A: A Scottish doctor was the 1st to use this to numb the pain of childbirth Q: Chloroform ~~~~~~~~~~ "Cat"egory ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Dr. Seuss' feline who wore a chapeau Q: The Cat in the Hat $200 A: Finger game with a loop of string Q: Cat's Cradle $300 A: "Felonious felines, Batman, she's been played by Eartha Kitt & Julie Newmar!" Q: Catwoman $400 A: Ancient weapon kept a stone's throw from its target Q: Catapult $500 A: Elizabeth Taylor character who could have burnt her paws on a hot tin roof Q: Maggie the Cat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Double" Duty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It makes for a long day at the ball park Q: Double-header $200 A: A flabby facial feature Q: Double Chin $300 A: "I don't know nothing," for example Q: Double Negative $400 A: Eye doctors call it "diplopia" Q: Double Vision $500 A: A marching pace of 180 steps per minute, or twice your usual wage Q: Double Time ~~~~~~~~ "Dry" Up ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: George Jefferson's occupation Q: Dry Cleaner $200 A: Eveready Mallory & Ray-O-Vac Q: Dry Cells $300 A: English Poet, author of "Absalom & Achitophel" Q: John Dryden $400 A: in the bible, Ezekiel saw a valley full of them rise Q: Dry Bones $500 A: Consisting of solid CO2, it contains no water Q: Dry Ice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ex" Marks the Spot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: What newsboys shout so you'll "read all about it" Q: Extra $200 A: It "takes a licking & keeps on ticking" Q: Timex $300 A: Arthur's supernatural sword Q: Excalibur $400 A: French for "chessboard," it's the British version of our treasury Q: Exchequer $500 A: These kinds of circumstances can get you off the hook Q: Extenuating ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "EX" Marks the Spot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The ramp you'd use to get off the freeway, parkway, thruway or interstate Q: Exit $200 A: The twin cities on the border between Arkansas & Texas are both named this Q: Texarkana $300 A: This New Hampshire prep school was established way back in 1781 Q: Exeter $400 A: Paul Revere went through this town on his famous ride, then, after the British caught him, went back on foot Q: Lexington $500 A: Anglo-Saxon kingdom that by 927 A.D. had conquered Essex & Sussex to take over all of England Q: Wessex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "F" in Bology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The substance used to preserve frogs that are dissected in Biology class Q: Formaldehyde $200 A: The fennec is the smallest of these animals; the common red is the best known Q: Foxes $300 A: The union of 2 gametes to form a zygote Q: Fertilization $400 A: By definiiition, a substance capable of killing non-green plant such as mold or mildew Q: Fungicide $500 A: The 2 leg bones that fit this category Q: Femur & Fibula ~~~~~~~~ "G" Whiz ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It can follow Maurice, Robin or Barry Q: Gibb $200 A: Term for a present participle used as a noun such as "asking" & "answering" Q: Gerund $300 A: This 20th century German psychology states that the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts Q: Gestalt $400 A: A rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones on a piano or trombone, for example Q: Glissando $500 A: The okapi belongs to this family Q: Giraffes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Girls" in Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In "Gigi," Maurice Chevalier thanked heaven for these Q: Little Girls $200 A: According to the 4 seasons, they "don't cry" Q: Big Girls $300 A: Cyndi Lauper's response to parental pressure to settle down Q: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun $400 A: To Billy Joel, she lives in "a white bread world" Q: Uptown Girl $500 A: She is "tall & tan & young & lovely" Q: Girl From Ipanema ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Great" Movies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This F. Scott Fitzgerald novel was filmed twice, in 1949 & 1974 Q: The Great Gatsby $200 A: Robert Redford actually did some wing walking at 3,000 ft for his part in this aviation film Q: The Great Waldo Pepper $300 A: James Earl Jones starred in the stage version before he played fighter Jack Jefferson in this film Q: The Great White Hope $400 A: Miss Piggy, Kermit, Oscar & the usual bunch hot on the trail of jewel thieves in London Q: The Great Muppet Caper $500 A: Robert Duvall gained an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of this military man & his family relationships Q: The Great Santini ~~~~~~~ "Green" ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Permission to proceed Q: Green Light $200 A: Where actors wait, or 1st time comedians on "The Tonight Show" try to keep their dinner down Q: Green Room $300 A: Central Parks' famous eating establishment Q: Tavern on the Green $400 A: To order these in a French restaurant, you'd ask for haricots verts, s'il vous plait Q: Green Beans $500 A: This 1970 book by Yale law professor Charles Reich deals with the ideals of the new generation Q: The Greening of America ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hog" Wild ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Nonsense, or where you might go to get your pig cleaned Q: Hogwash $200 A: Kotter class Klatch which included Epstein, Barbarino & Horshack Q: Sweathogs $300 A: The Larousse encyclopedia of animal life says everything about this African mammal is ugly Q: Warthog $400 A: Scottish New Year's Eve celebration of going house to house giving presents Q: Hogmanay $500 A: If you've run "hog wild" through this category, you've done it this way Q: Whole Hog ~~~~~~ "J.C." ~~~~~~ $100 A: This tennis great credits his mother & grandmother with teaching him the game Q: Jimmy Connors $200 A: Established in 1901, Joliet is the oldest public one of these schools still operating Q: Junior College $300 A: This NBC commentator was the 1st working journalist appointed director the voice of America Q: John Chancellor $400 A: This body of law is perhaps the greatest legacy of the Byzantine Empire Q: Justinian Code $500 A: This tough huy actor is the son of a kosher meat dealer from the Bronx Q: James Caan ~~~~~~~ "Lines" ~~~~~~~ $100 A: In song, Johnny Cash line that follows, "because you're mine" Q: I Walk the Line $200 A: Railroad in Monopoly that fits this category Q: Short Line $300 A: There's only 1 of these lines on a football field Q: 50-Yard Line $400 A: It's been called the boundary between "y'all" & "youse guys" Q: Mason-Dixon Line $500 A: 200-mile-long French line of defense which the Germans bypassed in 1940 by invading Belgium Q: Maginot Line ~~~~~~~~~~~ "P"s & "Q"s ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In area, it's New York City's largest borough Q: Queens $200 A: Technically, this is a trademark name for table tennis Q: Ping Pong $300 A: The tails of this airline's planes all sport kangaroos Q: Qantas $400 A: On a typewriter, elite type gives you 12 characters per inch, while this type gives you 10 Q: Pica $500 A: This author of "Boris Godunov" is widely viewed as the greatest Russian poet of all time Q: Aleksandr Pushkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Port"s on the Map ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1770, it replaced Cap-Haitien as the capital of Sainte Domingue, which is now Haiti Q: Port-Au-Prince $200 A: European country whose lavish 16th century style of architecture was known as "Manueline" Q: Portugal $300 A: West coast city called America's "City of Roses" Q: Portland $400 A: The construction of the Suez Canal resulted in the founding of this city Q: Port Said $500 A: This capital of Trinidad & Tobago was founded by Spanish settlers in the 1500's Q: Port of Spain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: An automobile that can go topless Q: Convertible $200 A: Combining "information" with a word used for TV ads gives us this word for an informative ad Q: Infomercial $300 A: Margaret Bourke-White was a prominent practitioner of this art Q: Photography $400 A: Put a piece of Hershey's with this on a graham cracker & you've got yourself a s'more Q: Marshmallow $500 A: A needed condition, such as finishing on the plus side to play Final Jeopardy! Q: Requirement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: You can get a knish at a Jewish one, or mozzarella at an Italian one Q: Delicatessen $200 A: From Latin for "repentance," San Quentin is an example Q: Penitentiary $300 A: Before 1934, the date for this was March 4; after 1934, January 20 Q: Inauguration $400 A: Yale University choral group whose name is the same as the name of their theme song Q: Whiffenpoofs $500 A: From Latin for "bend the knees," it's not the cry of a ski instructor but the act of showing reverence Q: Genuflection ~~~~ 1885 ~~~~ $100 A: This game was introduced to America in 1885, not 188"Fore" Q: Golf $200 A: Begun on July 4, 1858 this presidential monument was finally dedicated in 1885 Q: Washington Monument $300 A: This women's magazine celebrated its centennial in 1985, a seal of America's approval Q: Good Housekeeping $400 A: The 2nd volume of his "Das Kapital" was published Q: Karl Marx $500 A: A vine from Napoleon's grave was planted at this U.S. president's tomb Q: Ulysses S. Grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18th Century America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Congress authorized the selection of this city's site on July 16, 1790 Q: Washington D.C. $200 A: Even with tax, this beverage when imported from England was cheaper than that smuggled from Holland Q: Tea $300 A: Ben Franklin began publishing this the year George Washington was born Q: Poor Richard's Almanack $400 A: In 1792, on his way to China, American Robert Gray named this northwest river for his ship Q: Columbia River $500 A: This neighbor, originally annexed as a county of Virginia, became a state itself in 1792 Q: Kentucky ~~~~ 1946 ~~~~ $100 A: College enrollment reached an all-time high as veterans returned with the help of this legislation Q: G. I. Bill $200 A: Comic strip writer who launched a new career with his book "I, the Jury" Q: Mickey Spillane $300 A: On April 18, this ineffective world body was finally disbanded Q: League of Nations $400 A: On the 1st day of 1946, he announced that he wasn't divine Q: Emperor Hirohito $500 A: His song, "There's No Business like Show Business" debuted in "Annie Get Your Gun" Q: Irving Berlin ~~~~ 1960 ~~~~ $100 A: The U.S. won gold in this olympic event with Oscar Robertson & Jerry West Q: Basketball $200 A: Lerner & Loewe musical that provided the theme for the Kennedy years Q: Camelot $300 A: He supplied the key to the Oscar-Winning "Apartment" Q: Jack Lemmon $400 A: Sedentary demonstration against lunch-room segregation Q: Sit-In $500 A: The commoner princess Margaret married Q: Anthony Armstrong-Jones ~~~~ 1960 ~~~~ $100 A: In July in L.A., he was named on the 1st ballot as the dem. presidential candidate Q: John F. Kennedy $200 A: On July 4, the flag with this number of stars was officially flown for the 1st time Q: 50 $300 A: Motorola introduced a completely transistorized version of this, weighing just 40 lbs. Q: Television $400 A: The first name of the son born to Queen Elizabeth II & the duke of Edinburgh on Feb. 2, 1960 Q: Andrew $500 A: In a TV speech on April 22nd, he charged that the U.S. was plotting to overthrow his government Q: Fidel Castro ~~~~ 1982 ~~~~ $100 A: Moon unit Zappa's big hit, fer sure Q: Valley Girl $200 A: Tons of butter and this other dairy product were given away to the needy because of federal surpluses Q: Cheese $300 A: She caused fashion controversy with black satin knickers worn at a summit meeting Q: Nancy Reagan $400 A: She played "a woman called Golda," then won the Emmy posthumously Q: Ingrid Bergman $500 A: This colorful Texas-based airline was the 1st to file for bankruptcy Q: Braniff ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 19th Century ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 3 1/2 years after he was buried in New Orleans, Jefferson Davis was reburied in this state capital Q: Richmond $200 A: In 1882, Charles J. Guiteau was hanged for assassinating this man Q: President James Garfield $300 A: He wrote his 1st operetta, "Prince Aanaias," in 1894, 16 years before "Naughty Marietta" Q: Victor Herbert $400 A: This ornate art style, featuring flowing, curving lines, flourished in the late 1800's Q: Art Nouveau $500 A: While trying to solve the slavery problem in 1850, he said, "I would rather be right than president" Q: Henry Clay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th Century America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Cowboy humorist who said his ancestors "didn't come over on the Mayflower, they met the boat" Q: Will Rogers $200 A: Flying a jet fighter in 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the 1st woman to fly faster than the speed of this Q: Sound $300 A: An acre of English land where the Magna Carta was signed was given to the U.S. in 1965, in memory of him Q: John Fitzgerald Kennedy $400 A: Charles Evans Hughes resigned from this body in 1916 to run for president, but was reappointed in 1930 Q: Supreme Court $500 A: A book by Paul Samuelson is the standard text for this college class in many countries Q: Economics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th Century Personalities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace prize for nonviolent efforts to win Polish rights Q: Lech Walensa $200 A: This producer's search for Scarlett O'Hara ended with the discovery of Vivien Leigh Q: David O. Selznick $300 A: In 1952, Einstein was offered & turned down the presidency of this country Q: Israel $400 A: The name of this 3rd sec'y-general of the U.N. translates roughly to "Mr. Clean" Q: U Thant $500 A: He served as secretary of the army under Kennedy & later as secretary of state for Carter Q: Cyrus Vance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th Century Personalities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1907, he escaped from chains after being underwater in San Francisco Bay for 2 minutes Q: Harry Houndini $200 A: He was wounded in the assassination of John F. Kennedy Q: John Connally $300 A: Watergate judge John Sirica was once a friend of this controversial Wisconsin senator Q: Joseph Mccarthy $400 A: In 1949, he resigned as secretary of state but returned to the cabinet the next year as secretary of defense Q: George C. Marshall $500 A: In 1962, he resigned as head of general motors to successfully run for governor of Michigan Q: George Romney ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A fedora, homburg or derby Q: Hat $200 A: Quixote or drysdale Q: Don $300 A: According to the title of a 1982 film, Richard Pryor was a live one Q: Toy $400 A: An immature flower, or letterman's Larry Melman Q: Bud $500 A: Some people have a quick one, which beats a half one Q: Wit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-Syllable Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Alaskan city that lost a bid for the 1994 winter olympics Q: Anchorage $200 A: The 2 colors in a rainbow that have 3 syllables are indigo & this one Q: Violet $300 A: "Wool Wax" is another name for this sheep grease Q: Lanolin $400 A: To pound, crush or grind into a powder Q: Pulverize $500 A: The first 3-syllable word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" Q: Perilous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In literature, it described both a "Duckling" & an "American" Q: Ugly $200 A: It frequently accompanies processions when paired with "circumstance" Q: Pomp $300 A: One can be dirty, elephant, or knock-knock Q: Joke $400 A: The measure of a hano, a life, or an airplane's wings Q: Span $500 A: White-rosed royal house that held the English throne from 1461-1485 Q: York ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It can precede "storm," "Mary," or "to the chief" Q: Hail $200 A: The triangle used to set up the balls in a pool game Q: Rack $300 A: Melt Q: Thaw $400 A: To the British, when followed by "up," it's a verb meaning "to make a phone call" Q: Ring $500 A: From Latin for "shortened," it's being short with someone Q: Curt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Used by a carpenter, a master sergeant, & a dentist Q: Drill $200 A: A lady's handbag, or something done to lips before a kiss Q: Purse $300 A: A police wagon, a rice field, or author Chayefsky Q: Paddy $400 A: Hamlet said, "frailty, thy name is" this Q: Woman $500 A: In Czech, it's herec; in German, schauspieler; and in Hollywood, usually unemployed Q: Actor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: To car buffs, a "mag" was originally a lightweight wheel made of this metal Q: Magnesium $200 A: The name for this popular sausage comes from the Italian word for "hot chilis" Q: Pepperoni $300 A: Term for capital letters, from printers' practice of keeping larger type in bins above smaller type Q: Upper Case $400 A: A movable bridge between ship & shore Q: Gangplank $500 A: Twin-hulled boat whose name comes from the tamil for "tied wood" Q: Catamaran ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5-Syllable Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's what the "E" stands for in EPA Q: Environmental $200 A: Type of illness whose physical symptoms are real, but whose source is mental Q: Psychosomatic $300 A: From the Greek word for "skin," it's a doctor who specializes in skin problems Q: Dermatologist $400 A: For a secretary they might be: able to type 70 WPM, take shorthand & use a word processor Q: Qualifications $500 A: A large group of islands Q: Archipelago ~~~~~~~ 50's TV ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Ricky Nelson's Brother Q: David $200 A: Fictional homeland of Ricky Ricardo, it was Desi Arnaz's original one Q: Cuba $300 A: He teamed up with David Brinkley in 1956 Q: Chet Huntley $400 A: He played Grandpa Amos on "The Real Mccoys" Q: Walter Brennan $500 A: In 1956-57, he was the last black to host a network variety show until Sammy Davis did in 1966 Q: Nat King Cole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In baseball, one can be switch or designated Q: Hitter $200 A: A 6-letter word for a 6-person group Q: Sextet $300 A: Type of shell in Mary, Mary's Garden Q: Cockle $400 A: Styles of this Jamaican music include "ska," "rock steady," & "poppa-top" Q: Reggae $500 A: The only 6-letter month Q: August ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Around the house, it could refer to a caster, a curler or the cylinder on which a shade is wound Q: Roller $200 A: Assets easily convertible to cash are described as this Q: Liquid $300 A: From the Latin for "body," it's a dead one Q: Corpse $400 A: A painful experience that tests character, trial by it is tough Q: Ordeal $500 A: Polonius said of Hamlet, "though this be madness, yet there is" this "in't" Q: Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6-Letter Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Sleek black cat, or sleek British car no matter what the color Q: Jaguar $200 A: Most cats will do this "upon" most mice Q: Pounce $300 A: A large Indian crocodile or a large central park thug Q: Mugger $400 A: Gone by it again or a fancy name for a meal Q: Repast $500 A: Texans call this city "The Big D" Q: Dallas ~~~~~~~~~~ 60's Songs ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The "king of" this rode the 3rd boxcar midnight train, destination bengor Maine Q: The Road $200 A: Of "Doo Wah Diddy," "Oogie Boogie" & "Um Um Um Um" the one not a hit in 1964 Q: Oogie Boogie $300 A: While Paul Anka was a "Lonely Boy" in the 50's, this singer was "Mr. Lonely" of the 60's Q: Bobby Vinton $400 A: Group that got around in the 60's being "Up on the Roof," "Under the Boardwalk" & "On Broadway" Q: Drifters $500 A: John Sebastian said explaining this "is like tryin' to tell a stranger about Rock 'N' Roll" Q: Magic ~~~~~~~~~~~ 60's Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: By 1966, the air force had logged 10,147 sightings of these, but didn't believe any Q: Ufos $200 A: In October of 1965 he showed his operation scars to reporters Q: Lyndon Johnson $300 A: In 1963, Jean Nidetch lost 72 pounds and started this company Q: Weight Watchers $400 A: In 1967, this representative was kicked out of the house for reprehensible behavior Q: Adam Clayton Powell $500 A: In 1961, this oil billionaire installed a pay phone in his mansion for guests to use Q: J. Paul Getty ~~~~~~~~~~~ 60's Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In '68, Richard Nixon was one of many who spoke this "laugh-in" line Q: Sock It To Me $200 A: As his "army" cheered, he was named associated press' "Athlete of the Decade" Q: Arnold Palmer $300 A: This futuristic cartoon show was appropriately the 1st series broadcast on ABC in color Q: Jetsons $400 A: Practice given a national plan by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 Q: Daylight Savings Time $500 A: Carol Doda was the first to dance in one of this designer's topless swimsuits Q: Rudi Gernreich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Karen Valentine, Sandra Dee, Sally Field & Caryn Richman have all played this "girl midget" Q: Gidget $200 A: Cary Grant played the mock turtle in this 1933 fantasy film classic Q: Alice in Wonderland $300 A: He was Lindbergh going to Paris & Mr. Smith going to Washington Q: James Stewart $400 A: Character played by both Diana Ross & Judy Garland in separate movie musicals Q: Dorothy $500 A: He played Waldo's uncle Quincy in cartoons & James Dean's dad in rebel without a cause Q: Jim Backus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1955, Walter Matthau played Nathan Detroit in a revival of this broadway musical Q: Guys & Dolls $200 A: In 1978, he made his directorial debut, directing himself as star of "paradise alley" Q: Sylvester Stallone $300 A: While a student at William & Mary, this "fatal attraction" star played Fiona in "Brigadoon" Q: Glenn Close $400 A: He was offered the role of boy in "Tarzan" movies before he played Wally Cleaver Q: Tony Dow $500 A: This pugilistic pulitzer prize winner played architect stanford white in "ragtime" Q: Norman Mailer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Video in which Michael Jackson played a zombie & a werewolf Q: Thriller $200 A: In 1990 the hunt was on for this Soviet ship skippered by Sean Connery Q: Red October $300 A: Actor who stopped the show in "Show Boat" with "Ole Man River" Q: Paul Robeson $400 A: The blonde preferred in the film "Gentlemen prefer blondes" Q: Marilyn Monroe $500 A: Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff" Q: Chuck Yeager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This star of "Matt Houston" has found "paradise" Q: Lee Horsley $200 A: In this 1976 flick, Laurence Olivier "drilled" Dustin Hoffman for information Q: The Marathon Man $300 A: This inanimate object has a "starring" role in "The Gods Must be Crazy" Q: Coke Bottle $400 A: In 1985, he got "lost in America" with Julie Haggerty Q: Albert Brooks $500 A: David Bowie seemed at home portraying an alien in this 1976 film Q: The Man Who Fell to Earth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: You bet your life he played ko-ko in a 1960 version of "The Mikado" Q: Groucho Marx $200 A: He and Meryl Streep won Oscars playing the title roles in "Kramer vs. Kramer" Q: Dustin Hoffman $300 A: This rock star played Pontius Pilate in "The Last Temptation of Christ" Q: David Bowie $400 A: Offscreen, this Canadian is the son of a mountie; on film, he was the deadpan doctor in "Airplane!" Q: Leslie Nielsen $500 A: This Austrian went to Vienna to play Hamlet after he got "out of Africa" Q: Klaus Maria Brandauer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Peter Behn was only 4 years old when he began recording the voice of this rabbit in "Bambi" Q: Thumper $200 A: Perhaps her 5 marriages helped prepare this actress for her role as a "Golden Girl" Q: Rue McClanahan $300 A: As both Davy & Daniel, he stuck his nose in troubles between the settlers & Indians Q: Fess Parker $400 A: He played Jane Fonda's fiance in "On Golden Pond" 1 year after bossing her around in "9 to 5" Q: Dabney Coleman $500 A: 8 years after "Tenspeed & Brown Shoe" he retured as Tenspeed Turner on "J.J. Starbuck" Q: Ben Vereen ~~~~~~~~ Admirals ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He was proclaimed "admiral of the ocean sea" by Ferdinand & Isabella Q: Christopher Columbus $200 A: "Father of the American Navy;" turned down for admiral, he became one in the Russian Navy Q: John Paul Jones $300 A: Appropriately named admiral who was the 1st to fly over both poles Q: Richard Byrd $400 A: He defeated a Spanish fleet of 10 ships at Manila without a single American life lost Q: George Dewey $500 A: This father of the nuclear sub managed to serve 18 years beyond compulsory retirement age Q: Hyman Rickover ~~~~~~ Africa ~~~~~~ $100 A: It was King Leopold II's personal domain in Africa until the Belgian government took it over in 1908 Q: Congo Free State $200 A: The only river that completely crosses the Sahara Desert Q: Nile $300 A: Francis Scott Key was a member of the society that founded this African country Q: Liberia $400 A: This country & its "equatorial" namesake are located some 1,500 miles apart Q: Guinea $500 A: Every winter, a famous road rally race is run from paris to this capital of Senegal Q: Dakar ~~~~~~ Africa ~~~~~~ $100 A: African country where you'd go to dance the Watusi with real Watusis Q: Burundi $200 A: The Lingua Franca of East Africa, it's written in Arabic script Q: Swahili $300 A: Mobutu Sese Seko, formerly J.D. Mobutu, runs this country, formerly the Belgian congo Q: Zaire $400 A: The most populous South African province, it's located north of the Vaal River Q: Transvaal $500 A: This small Mali town, synonymous with "faraway places," was a great medieval trade center Q: Timbuktu ~~~~~~~~ Ailments ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Severe one-sided headache usually alleviated in women during pregnancy Q: Migraine $200 A: These connecting cushions between vertebrae can sometimes "slip" Q: Disks $300 A: It's thought that after humans gave up eating grass this organ atrophied & became a troublemaker Q: Appendix $400 A: Disease carried by wood ticks & named for the mountain range where it was 1st "spotted" Q: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever $500 A: Illness characterized by swelling parotid glands & protruding earlobes Q: Mumps ~~~~~~~~~~~~ All "Thumb"s ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Danny Kaye Sang "a tiny little thing" to this "digital" dolly Q: Thumbelina $200 A: Plants are said to respond well to this Q: Green Thumb $300 A: To hold influence over someone is to keep them here Q: Under Your Thumb $400 A: This form of identification if a "blot" on your record Q: Thumbprint $500 A: Insulting oral gesture featured in the 1st scene of "Romeo & Juliet" Q: Biting Your Thumb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All That Jazz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Instrument "Satchmo" played Q: Trumpet $200 A: As Duke Ellington wrote, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got" this Q: That Swing $300 A: Scott Joplin's brand of music, it brought Jazz out of the "fancy houses" Q: Ragtime $400 A: In 1924, Paul Whiteman introduced this 1st gershwin concert Jazz piece Q: Rhapsody in Blue $500 A: Mel & Ella excel at this, singing meaningless syllables instead of words Q: Scat Singing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alphabet Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This candy, introduced in the U.S. in 1940, was available in London for the 1st time in 1988 Q: M & Ms $200 A: William Paley Established this company in 1928 Q: CBS $300 A: Despite what the 3 letter stand for, this Ford model has been around for over 20 years Q: LTD $400 A: The 1st person singular pronoun in the nominative case Q: I $500 A: 3-letter abbreviation of the Latin phrase meaning "which was to be demonstrated" Q: QED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alphabet Soup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Churchill's symbol for "Victory," or the Roman symbol for 5 Q: V $200 A: Letter which "Stops" your camera lens & your progress in school Q: F $300 A: The unit of computer capacity equal to 1024 bytes is represented by this letter Q: K $400 A: What a small C enclosed in a circle means Q: Copyright $500 A: Followed by "Th," this letter expresses the ultimate degree Q: N ~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: His April 1 Saturday evening post covers deliberately contained mistakes Q: Norman Rockwell $200 A: He created ads for women's shoes, but only copied the label of a Campbell's soup can Q: Andy Warhol $300 A: Though published in "Elephant Folios" his subjects were the birds of America Q: John James Audubon $400 A: His two worlds are rural Pennsylvania & "Chistina's World" Q: Andrew Wyeth $500 A: He painted 3 portraits of Washington, 1 left unfinished, 1 used on the $1 bill Q: Gilbert Stuart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Authors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: New York dentist whose "Riders of the Purple Sage" made him a popular western novelist Q: Zane Grey $200 A: Punning author of ligh verse who wrote "cats have kittens... bats have bittens" Q: Ogden Nash $300 A: Tom Wolfe wrote "the electric kool-aid acid test" about the lifestyle of this "cuckoo's nest" author Q: Ken Kesey $400 A: In "Scoundrel Time," she chronicled the battle with McCarthyism of her lover, Dashiell Hammett Q: Lillian Hellman $500 A: The film, "A Place in the Sun" was based on his novel "An American Tragedy" Q: Theodore Dreiser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Primary author of the declaration of independence Q: Thomas Jefferson $200 A: Fortune hunters in the postwar south named for the luggage they carried Q: Carpetbaggers $300 A: The U.S. was involved in a bitter struggle between factions in this Asian country from 1950 to 1953 Q: Korea $400 A: Vice president charged with both treason & murder Q: Aaron Burr $500 A: The "Angel of the Battlefield" who established the American Red Cross Q: Clara Barton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The 1st soldier buried in this national cemetery was a confederate prisoner who died in 1864 Q: Arlington $200 A: Secretary of Defense through much of the 60's, the Vietnam War was sometimes called his war Q: Robert McNamara $300 A: Western state which entered the union as a result of the compromise of 1850 Q: California $400 A: Though he directed the team that made the 1st atomic bomb, he opposed making the hydrogen bomb Q: J. Robert Oppenheimer $500 A: Last name of the 1st American in space Q: Shepard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Also known as "Lemonade Lucy," Mrs. Rutherford Hayes was the 1st president's wife to be called this Q: First Lady $200 A: Prisoners from S.F. city jails were sent to an army guardhouse on this island after the 1906 earthquake Q: Alcatraz $300 A: The 1st U.S. use of military aircraft was against this Mexican revolutionary in 1916 Q: Pancho Villa $400 A: John Foster Dulles was secretary of state & his brother Allen Cia director during his administration Q: Dwight Eisenhower $500 A: During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended this, which prevents a person from being detained illegally Q: Habeas Corpus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Ironically, this symbol of American independence was cast in London in 1752 Q: Liberty Bell $200 A: Andrew Jackson pushed a bill through congress to push all Indians west of this natural border Q: Mississippi $300 A: In 1861, it carried Lincoln's inaugural address from Missouri to Nevada in its best time ever Q: Pony Express $400 A: President who served as architect for much of the University of Virginia Q: Thomas Jefferson $500 A: The first of these arts awards were presented in 1929 Q: Oscars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The Louisiana Purchase stemmed from U.S. efforts to buy this port city Q: New Orleans $200 A: Elected governor of New York at only 37, he later became the secretary of state who bought Alaska Q: William Seward $300 A: He was the judge on the original Watergate case Q: John Sirica $400 A: This Pennsylvania city was the center of U.S. steelmaking at the time of its famous 1889 flood Q: Johnstown $500 A: Shouting "remember the Alamo," Sam Houston's men defeated Santa Anna at this battle Q: The Battle of San Jacinto ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: According to its 1662 charter, Connecticut was to extend westward from Narragansett Bay to this ocean Q: Pacific $200 A: The 7th fleet was sent to protect Americans in this country when Diem was overthrown in November 1963 Q: Vietnam $300 A: It began on the Niagara grid at 5:17 P.M. on November 9, 1965 & spread out from Canada to Pennsylvania Q: Great Northeast Blackout $400 A: In 1775 he led a group of men cutting the wilderness trail through the Cumberland gap Q: Daniel Boone $500 A: A slave named Tituba is often blamed from starting the hysteria in this village in 1692 Q: Salem Massachusetts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Indians ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Tribe for whom Wyoming's capital is named Q: Cheyenne $200 A: Jicarilla, San Carlos & Mescalero are tribes of this Indian nation Q: Apache $300 A: In 1877, this Nez Perce chief said, "I will fight no more forever" Q: Chief Joseph $400 A: Last major Indian war battle took place at this South Dakota site Q: Wounded Knee $500 A: Before whites introduced horses, this animal was the plains Indians' main beast of burden Q: Dog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In some versions of this song, the title characters are "Frankie & Albert" Q: Frankie & Johnnie $200 A: In "Columbia, the gem of the ocean," these 3 colors are mentioned at least 12 times Q: Red, White & Blue $300 A: In 1945, this composer won a Pulitzer prize for "Appalachian Spring" Q: Aaron Copland $400 A: According to title of an 1852 song, "Massa's in" this Q: Cold Cold Ground $500 A: In "Yankee Doodle," the men & boys are "as thick as" this Q: Hasty Pudding ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Revolution ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: James Otis said, "taxation without" this "is tyranny" Q: Representation $200 A: His name was Marie Joseph Paul Yves Rock Gilbert Du Moteir, but his title was Marquis of this Q: Lafayette $300 A: This pamphleteer wrote, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil" Q: Thomas Paine $400 A: The "Intolerable Acts" of 1774 were intended to punish this rebellious colony Q: Massachusetts $500 A: At Lexington, J. Parker said, "Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war," then this Q: Let It Begin Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Revolution ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Wanting the job of commander, he came to the continental congress in full dress uniform Q: George Washington $200 A: Disgruntled officer who turned traitor Q: Benedict Arnold $300 A: This battle might properly be called the Battle of Breed's Hill Q: Bunker Hill $400 A: Colorful name of Ethan Allen's Vermont Militia Q: Green Mountain Boys $500 A: Killed in the Boston Massacre, this former slave is considered the 1st revolutionary Martyr Q: Crispus Attucks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Revolution ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: New Jerseyites disguised as Indians burned this, unlike the Bostonians who dumped it in the harbor Q: Tea $200 A: By the time this country fought in our revolution, it was already at war with Britain Q: France $300 A: He was the losing general in the battles of Long Island & White Plains Q: George Washington $400 A: The 1st American Act of Aggression was the capture of this fort by 100 of Ethan Allen's "boys" Q: Fort Ticonderoga $500 A: The military post which Benedict Arnold planned to betray to the British Q: West Point ~~~~~~~~~ Americana ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Giant whose best buddies were Johnny Inkslinger & a great big bovine Q: Paul Bunyan $200 A: He wast the first to call the Native Americans "Indians" Q: Christopher Columbus $300 A: You can wade across this mighty river where it's not so mighty at its source, Lake Itasca Q: Mississippi $400 A: The only person mentioned by name in "Hail, Columbia" is this president Q: George Washington $500 A: In 1856 Young Marshall Field went to this city, where he became a clerk in a dry goods store Q: Chicago ~~~~~~~~ Anagrams ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: You might find a flea on this part of your garden's foliage Q: Leaf $200 A: Even when you throw dead flowers away you save this Q: Vase $300 A: What Isolde is when she gets dirty Q: Soiled $400 A: It takes a lot of talent to do it well on ice Q: Skate $500 A: Deeply engrossed in part of a book Q: Rapt ~~~~~~~~ Anagrams ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: What you would send to Lima Via Correo Aereo Q: Mail $200 A: Cooking's a snap when you have these Q: Pans $300 A: Type of sound a sheep might make while being sheared on the table Q: Bleat $400 A: This fancy layer cake might be the favorite dessert for an otter Q: Torte $500 A: In this winter olympic event, the rider must stick like glue to the sled Q: Luge ~~~~~~~ Anatomy ~~~~~~~ $100 A: You have 2 of these joint where an iliac bone unites with the sacrum Q: Sacroiliac $200 A: The main function of these teeth is biting Q: Incisors $300 A: Even with your eyes shut you can tell which was is up from your sense of balance in this organ Q: Ear $400 A: Unlike your fingers, the thumb has only this number of phalanges Q: 2 $500 A: Along with the tarsal glands, these other glands provide lubrication for the eyes Q: Lacrimal Glands ~~~~~~~ Anatomy ~~~~~~~ $100 A: A biped has two of these since that's what biped means Q: Feet $200 A: Cephalic means relating to this part of the body Q: Head $300 A: Blood component also known as leukocytes Q: White Cells $400 A: Skin color is mainly determined by the amount of this dark brown pigment Q: Melanin $500 A: By age 5, this 3 lb. organ has reached 90% of its adult weight Q: Brain ~~~~~~~ Anatomy ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The quadriceps, the strongest muscles in the body, are located there Q: Thigh $200 A: A vestigial organ in humans, it's helpful at the back of reference books Q: Appendix $300 A: Because of has explosions in fluid filling them, they crack Q: Knuckles $400 A: Scientific name for your voice box Q: Larynx $500 A: Joint connectors which are looser in double jointed person than in others Q: Ligaments ~~~~~~~ Anatomy ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The adult size of this j-shaped organ can hold about a quart of chop suey Q: Stomach $200 A: The eye's clear outer layer where a soft lens wearer makes "contact" Q: Cornea $300 A: Connected to the nasal area, these 4 sets of empty cavities make us all "airheads" Q: Sinuses $400 A: The body's largest internal organ Q: Liver $500 A: Though lacking tails, we don't lack this, anatomically caled a coccyx Q: Tail Bone ~~~~~~~ Anatomy ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Teeth too "smart" to make their appearance until age 18-20 Q: Wisdom Teeth $200 A: A boxer's punch to these bean-shaped twin organs can be deadly Q: Kidneys $300 A: Metatarsal bones are found in this Q: Foot $400 A: Organ that filters & stores blood; malicious people "vent" theirs Q: Spleen $500 A: This muscle's name translates to "largest buttock" in English Q: Gluteus Maximus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ancient Egypt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The term for the king came into use during the new kingdom; before that, it referred to the palace Q: Pharaoh $200 A: Speaking of her love for Caesar, Cleopatra described those "days" as when she was "green in judgement" Q: Salad Days $300 A: Of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum, or his tomb, where King Tut's body now rests Q: His Tomb $400 A: Found in 1799, this black basalt slab was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics Q: Rosetta Stone $500 A: Akhenaten's wife; her name meant "the beautiful one comes," something said at her birth Q: Nefertiti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ancient History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Though an Ethnic Macedonian, she was the most famous Queen of Egypt Q: Cleopatra $200 A: Reportedly blind, he opened our eyes to the "Iliad" & Odyssey" Q: Homer $300 A: Our word for paper derives from this Egyptian plant Q: Papyrus $400 A: He crossed the Rubicon, a giant step toward coming to power Q: Julius Caesar $500 A: Student of Socrates & teacher of Aristotle Q: Plato ~~~~~~~ Animals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Whether St. Patrick was responsible or not, none are naturally found in Ireland Q: Snakes $200 A: Ben Franklin didn't care for it, calling it a bird of "bad moral character" Q: Eagle $300 A: Fastest land animals they've been clocked at 70 M.P.H. Q: Cheetahs $400 A: Endangered ape found only in Borneo and Sumatra, its name means "Man of the Woods" Q: Orangutan $500 A: The hierarchy of chickens Q: Pecking order ~~~~~~~ Animals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The ratel is a badger that loves this sweet substance; its coat protects it from stings Q: Honey $200 A: A type of finch in the Galapagos Islands if named after this naturalist, who studied there Q: Charles Darwin $300 A: Skin secretions of the South America treefrog are used by Indians as a poison on these Q: Arrows $400 A: While other iguanas are other colors, the common iguana is this color Q: Green $500 A: A spider's eggs are laid & stored in one of these Q: Cocoon ~~~~~~~ Animals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: To replace lost water, these "desert ships" may drink 20 gallons or more at one time Q: Camels $200 A: Named for a marsupial, this rodent drums on the Earth with its large legs to communicate Q: Kangaroo Rat $300 A: These members of the squirrel family live in excavated "towns," which may be populated by thousands of them Q: Prairie Dogs $400 A: Most species of these fabulously colored & plumed birds live in New Guinea, not in Shangri-La Q: Birds of Paradise $500 A: Well known as a pet, the golden variety of this mammal goes through pregnancy in only 16 days Q: Hamster ~~~~~~~ Animals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: This tiny pest, pulex irritans, can jump 130 times its own height Q: Flea $200 A: There are about 40,000 muscles & tendons in this part of an elephant's body Q: Trunk $300 A: When husbands "pop" for an ermine coat, they're actually buying this fur Q: Weasel $400 A: Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse" Q: Hippopotamus $500 A: If this hybrid's parents were reversed, you'd get a hinny Q: Mule ~~~~~~~ Animals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Like a snake, a hummingbird has a forked one Q: Tongue $200 A: You don't have to be a "wit" to know that this is a young louse Q: Nit $300 A: The information please almanac calls it "a curious, long-haired ox found in Tibet" Q: Yak $400 A: It's what makes the fisher valuable Q: Its Fur $500 A: The encyclopedia of mammals likens these "social organs" of a walrus to antlers of a deer or horns of a sheep Q: Tusks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Animal Adjectives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When something smells suspicious Q: Fishy $200 A: Something shabby, as though gnawed by rodents Q: Ratty $300 A: What you might feel after spilling wine all over your hostess' lamb chops Q: Sheepish $400 A: Stubborn Q: Mulish $500 A: Ursine synonym for surly Q: Bearish ~~~~ Ants ~~~~ $100 A: Though we call America's the original 13, ants lived in these long before that Q: Colonies $200 A: After this queen makes her 1 mating flight, she has no need for these & chews them off Q: Wings $300 A: The echdna, pangolin & aardvark, for example Q: Anteaters $400 A: Antenna serve ants as organs of all senses except this Q: Sight $500 A: These ants don't eat food, only chew out holes big enough to "Build their nests Q: Carpenter Ants ~~~~~~~~~~~ Archaeology ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This city's walls tumbled down long before Kathleen Kenyon proved it's 1 of the oldest cities known Q: Jericho $200 A: As Mexico City's subway system is expanded, ruins from this Indian culture keep turning up Q: Aztec $300 A: This method of dating can tell the age of an artifact that is up to 40,000 years old Q: Radio Carbon Dating $400 A: In the 1800's, the great library of Ashurbanipal was unearthed at Nineveh, last capital of this empire Q: Assyrian $500 A: Sir Leonard Wooley is best known for his discoveries at Ur, a city in ancient Sumer, now part of this country Q: Iraq ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: The "Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp" was this Dutch master's 1st large-scale portrait Q: Rembrandt $200 A: Marcel Duchamp put a moustache on this famous portrait Q: Mona Lisa $300 A: King Tut's tomb door, an oriental ballet, & cubism led to this art style of the 1920's Q: Art Deco $400 A: Somber Spanish artist famous for "The 2nd of May" & its sequel, "The 3rd of May" Q: Francisco Goya $500 A: To distinguish himself from his father, Bernardo, Giovanni Canal signed his work this way Q: Canaletto ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: Perfected in 16th century Europe, this art process uses a corrosive acid on metal plates Q: Etching $200 A: In "liberty leading the people," liberty carries the flag of this country Q: France $300 A: During the renaissance, Della Robbia's workshops specialized in this type of earthenware Q: Terra Cotta $400 A: While the deaf Beethoven was composing, this deaf Spanish artist was painting the Bulls of Bordeaux Q: Francisco Goya $500 A: His miniature circus is on permanent display at New York City's Whitney Museum Q: Alexander Calder ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: The king of this country gave Salvador Dali a noble title, the Marques De Dali De Publo Q: Spain $200 A: Museums in Paris & Philadelphia are named for this sculptor of "The Kiss" & "The Thinker" Q: Auguste Rodin $300 A: This French artist's short legs were the result of 2 accidents he suffered as a child Q: Henai De Toulouse-Lautrec $400 A: German-born artist who was court painter to Henry VIII Q: Hans Holbein the Younger $500 A: Artist George Segal is working on a series of these inspired by the paintings of his favorite Q: Sculptures ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: He painted "Old Women of Arles" as well as young women of Tahiti Q: Paul Gauguin $200 A: Tesserae are the small cubes or shaped pieces held in place by plaster, cement or putty in one of these Q: Mosaic $300 A: He painted bird illustrations in addition to writing poems about birds, like "The Owl & the Pusscat" Q: Edward Lear $400 A: Term collectors use for the total number of prints made from one plate during one printing Q: Edition $500 A: The art form surrealism began as a literary movement inspired by this French movement Q: Dadaism ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: A painting of inanimate objects, not people Q: Still Life $200 A: American painter famous for scenes of the sea, rural America, & the Civil War Q: Winslow Homer $300 A: The musical "Sunday in the park with George" was based on a painting by this French artist Q: Georges Seurat $400 A: The overly ornate style which succeeded mannerism & preceded rococo Q: Baroque $500 A: Belgian surrealist with a penchant for painting bowler hats Q: Rene Magritte ~~~ Art ~~~ $100 A: One of these creatures is speared by St. George in Raphael's famous work Q: Dragon $200 A: Gainsborough painted it to disprove the theory that masses of blue ruin a composition Q: Blue Boy $300 A: When his "the night watch," was cleaned, it proved to be a daytime scene Q: Rembrandt $400 A: He was a financier before leaving civilization & settling in the South Seas Q: Gauguin $500 A: Hans Holbein the younger illustrated this author's "Utopia" & painted his portrait Q: Sit Thomas More ~~~~~~~ Artists ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Diego Rivera led the great mural painting movement that flourished in this country after 1920 Q: Mexico $200 A: Gutzon Borglum died before completing this huge sculpture, so his son Lincoln finished it for him Q: Mount Rushmore $300 A: Grant Wood used his sister & dentist as the models for this 1930 painting Q: American Gothic $400 A: Utrillo was best known for painting street scenes of this city Q: Paris $500 A: One of America's most noted illustrators, he was Andrew Wyeth's father Q: N.C. Wyeth ~~~~~~~ Artists ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Eugene Delacroix wrote, "the first virtue of painting is to be a feast for" these Q: Eyes $200 A: Charles Dana Gibson's wife was the model for this gay 90's symbol of beauty Q: Gibson Girl $300 A: Edward Hicks, best known for "the peaceable kingdom," was a minister in this religion Q: Quaker $400 A: These 2 Van Gogh paintings with floral titles each sold for more than $39 million in 1987 Q: Sunflowers & Irises $500 A: Modigliani gave up this form of art in 1915, partly because materials were too expensive Q: Sculpture ~~~~~~~ Artists ~~~~~~~ $100 A: He said, "the more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows," & proved it with his David Q: Michelangelo $200 A: His pale face topped with silver hair was almost as familiar as his paintings of soup cans Q: Andy Warhol $300 A: Born Anna Mary Robertson she was discovered at age 77 & painted 40 pictures before reaching 100 Q: Grandma Moses $400 A: Braque said he & this other famed cubist were "roped together like mountaineers" Q: Pablo Picasso $500 A: After Spain's King Philip II denied him royal patronage, he worked for the rest of his life for the church Q: El Greco ~~~~~~~~~ Astronomy ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: To locate this navigational point in the night sky, extend a line from the star Merak on past Dubhe Q: North Star $200 A: This imaginary celestial belt includes the apparent annual paths of the sun & most planets Q: Zodiac $300 A: Both the Greeks & the Native Americans identified this constellation as the Great Bear Q: URSA Major $400 A: They are estimated to add more than 1,000 tons to the earth's weight each day Q: Meteorites $500 A: 4 of this outer planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters Q: Uranus ~~~~~~~~~ Astronomy ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Common name of the Aurora Borealis Q: Northern Lights $200 A: Since ancient Greece, their brightness has been measured in magnitude Q: Stars $300 A: His book "Siderius Nuncius," on telescope use, was a best-seller in 1610 Q: Galileo $400 A: The perseids of August & the taurids of November are showers of these Q: Meteors $500 A: During this, irregularities of the moon's edge cause what are called Bailey's beads Q: Solar Eclipse ~~~~~~~~~ Astronomy ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Self-luminous gaseous body, or Hollywood celeb Q: Star $200 A: The evening or morning "star" is really this planet Q: Venus $300 A: Planet once though to have the only rings in the solar system Q: Saturn $400 A: Name of the 1st artificial satellite, it was launched October 4, 1957 Q: Sputnik $500 A: The only planet to have seasons similar to Earth's Q: Mars ~~~~~~~~~ Australia ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Animals on its Coat of Arms are the emu & this Q: Kangaroo $200 A: The title of this song actually means "to tramp the roads with a backpack" Q: Waltzing Matilda $300 A: The black-skinned original Australians Q: Aborigines $400 A: This formation stretches along the north east coast of Australia Q: Great Barrier Reef $500 A: Outside the American west, this Native Australian tree is the world's tallest Q: Eucalyptus ~~~~~~~ Authors ~~~~~~~ $100 A: After marrying Eliza Stowe's widower, she had a daughter named Eliza & wrote a book about an Eliza Q: Harriet Beecher Stowe $200 A: Poet whose wife died after her dress caught fire while he worked on "Tales of a Wayside Inn" Q: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow $300 A: Besides some songs, he wrote only 1 major poem, "Tam O'Shanter," after age 27 Q: Robert Burns $400 A: Mark Twain's last home, Stormfield, named for one of his last characters, was in this state Q: Connecticut $500 A: His story, "Music for Chameleons," was about a real-life friend who played Mozart for lizards Q: Truman Capote ~~~~~~~ Authors ~~~~~~~ $100 A: While many people shorten their last names, in 1700 this author lengthened his from "Foe" to this Q: Daniel Defoe $200 A: Mark Twain said this man "scored 114 offenses against Literary Art" on just 1 page of "The Deerslayer" Q: James Fenimore Cooper $300 A: The 1988 Pulitzer prize for Biography went to "Look Homeward: A Life Of" this man Q: Thomas Wolfe $400 A: He grew prize dahlias & had an enormous aviary at this Hollywood home, "Ozcot" Q: L. Frank Baum $500 A: He was the most famous resident of Oxfore, Mississippi Q: William Faulkner ~~~~~~~~~~~ Automobiles ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Type of auto engine or a tomato cocktail Q: V-8 $200 A: "He'd build you a Model T in any color, as long as it was black" Q: Henry Ford $300 A: This toy company builds more cars than Ford, G.M. & Chrysler combined Q: Mattel $400 A: Powered by this, the Stanley special won in Daytona in 1907 at 197 MPH Q: Steam $500 A: In Japan, it's called "Rasshu Awa;" in L.A., 4 to 6 P.M. Q: Rush Hour ~~~~~~~~~~~ Automobiles ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Though thought of as an early car, it was built by the Stanley twins' company until 1924 Q: Stanley Steamer $200 A: Yep, he & Clark Gable bought the only 2 SSJ Duesenbergs sold Q: Gary Cooper $300 A: In 1908, the Model K of this luxury car was the 1st to use standard parts Q: Cadillac $400 A: In 1932, it was the 1st company to sell a low-priced car with a V-8 engine Q: Ford $500 A: To conserve gas & rubber, this was the speed limit for much of WW II Q: 35 MPH ~~~~~~~~ Aviation ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Airline the koala says it hates Q: Qantas $200 A: 15th Century artist who drew prototypes & experimented with helicopter models Q: Leonardo Da Vinci $300 A: It was the 1st SST to operate commercially in the U.S. Q: Concorde $400 A: The 1st commercial jetliner, the Dehavilland comet, was built in this country in 1949 Q: Great Britain $500 A: Last name of Aviatrix Beryl, who was also an author Q: Markham ~~~~~~ Awards ~~~~~~ $100 A: Though his leading actors were a mouse and a duck, this producer won more Oscars than anyone Q: Walt Disney $200 A: The most decorated soldier of WWII, he later decorated the "B" movie screen Q: Audie Murphy $300 A: Gaylord Perry was the only pitcher to win this award in both major leagues Q: CY Young Award $400 A: Mystery writers named their award for this early author of the Eerie Q: Edgar Allan Poe $500 A: Germany's highest military honor or a ring maneuver in gymnastics Q: Iron Cross ~~~~~~ Ballet ~~~~~~ $100 A: "Swan Lake" was originally such a failure that this composer planned to rewrite it, but he died first Q: Peter Tchaikovsky $200 A: In the 1930's this company was known as the Sadler's Wells Ballet but now it's called this Q: Royal Ballet $300 A: The patriotic ballet "Stars & Stripes" is banded to his music Q: John Philip Sousa $400 A: In Stravinsky's ballet this title bird has strange powers & magic feathers Q: Firebird $500 A: She was already in her 40's when she became Rudolf Nureyev's most famous partner Q: Dame Margot Fonteyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Banned Books ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Calling him an anti-red rebel, E. Berlin schools banned this rodent's comic books in 1954 Q: Mickey Mouse $200 A: In 1932, 500 copies of this James Joyce novel were burned by the U.S. Post Office Q: Ulysses $300 A: He won the Nobel Prize for "Dr. Zhivago," but was force to refuse it Q: Boris Pasternak $400 A: Published in 1900, his "Sister Carrie" was still banned in Vermont in 1985 Q: Theodore Dreiser $500 A: Erskine Caldwell novel banned in St. paul in 1946 Q: Tobacco Road ~~~~~~~~ Baseball ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Before 1859, they sat in padded rocking chairs behind the catcher Q: Umpires $200 A: In spring training, Babe DidRikson once pitched to these Beantown batters Q: Boston Red Sox $300 A: No major leaguer has ever hit a fair ball out of this "House that Ruth built" Q: Yankee Stadium $400 A: Though he didn't throw the 1st pitch inventing baseball, he fired the first shot defending Ft. Sumter Q: Abner Doubleday $500 A: Pitcher whose brother was daffy but not crazy Q: Dizzy Dean ~~~~~~~~ Baseball ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: During the McCarthy era, this team changed its name to "Redlegs" Q: Cincinnati Reds $200 A: As of 1990, he held the record for the most lifetime hits Q: Pete Rose $300 A: Ball park institution which seems to have died out with the advent of women's lib Q: Ladies' Day $400 A: As of 1990, the state with 5 major league baseball teams Q: California $500 A: Famed pitcher Denton Young's name was a shortened version of this violent storm Q: Cyclone ~~~~~~~~ Baseball ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This Brooklyn team's longest losing streak was 16 games, in 1944 Q: Dodgers $200 A: The Boston Pilgrims beat the Pittsburgh pirates to win the 1st one in 1903 Q: World Series $300 A: 3 balls & 2 strikes are called this Q: Full Count $400 A: The Orioles' Rick Dempsey was this in '83 world series Q: MVP $500 A: To this N.L. team, Lou Brock was always out in left field Q: Cardinals ~~~~~~~~ Baseball ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: League that has won the All-Star game 20 of the last 22 times Q: National League $200 A: Courts once upheld local ordinances banning night games in this team's ballpark Q: Chicago Cubs $300 A: Of Buck Rodgers, Flash Gordon & James T. Kirk, the one who currently manages the Montreal Expos Q: Buck Rodgers $400 A: A young boy supposedly said "say it ain't so, Joe" to him after the Black Sox scandal Q: Shoeless Joe Jackson $500 A: In 1920, Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman became the only major leaguer to whom this happened in a game Q: Being Killed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baseball Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: After 22 years with this St. Louis team, Stan Musial played his last game on 9/29/63 Q: Cardinals $200 A: Versatile athlete who still holds women's world record for a baseball throw of 296 feet Q: Babe Didrikson $300 A: He said, "it isn't over til it's over" Q: Yogi Berra $400 A: Charlie Finley wanted this Oakland A's pitcher to change his 1st name to True Q: Vida Blue $500 A: He was the 1st black to play in the American league Q: Larry Doby ~~~~~~~~~~ Basketball ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Sounds like the favorite shot of Peter Pan's nemesis Q: Hook Shot $200 A: Height, in feet, of the basket Q: 10 $300 A: Atlanta's basketball birds Q: Hawks $400 A: Line sometimes called the "charity stripe" or free throw line Q: Foul Line $500 A: He was NBA scoring champ for 7 straight years Q: Wilt Chamberlain ~~~~~~~~~~ Bear Facts ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In song, Davy Crockett was said to have "kill't him a bar when he was only" this age Q: 3 $200 A: The original Smokey the Bear became a popular attraction at this city's zoo Q: Washington, D.C. $300 A: The constellation Ursa major, meaning "the great bear" is better know by this name Q: Big Dipper $400 A: They are the best swimmers of all bears Q: Polar Bears $500 A: Name of the mascot few Americans got to see at the 1980 olympics Q: Misha ~~~~~~~~~~~ Beauty Shop ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: If you ask for it in a beauty shop, you'll get a foam used in hair styling, not a sweet dessert Q: Mousse $200 A: Term for lightening hair or whitening clothes Q: Bleaching $300 A: "Tantalizing" term for backcombing hair Q: Teasing $400 A: Spanish for "mask," though it emphasizes rather than hides eyes Q: Mascara $500 A: A manicure for the feet Q: Pedicure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begins with "L" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Erich Segal's biggest best-seller Q: Love Story $200 A: An air bubble tells a carpenter if he's on it Q: Level $300 A: Unit of measure equivalent to 1.0567 quarts Q: Liter $400 A: A, b, m, p, or z for example Q: Letter $500 A: It's what bread has that Matzo hasn't Q: Leavening ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biblical Birds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When Noah sent it out to see if the waters had subsided, it came back with an olive branch Q: Dove $200 A: Peter denied 3 times that he knew Jesus, after which this immediately happened Q: The Cock Crowed $300 A: Jesus's love for Jerusalem was like this mother bird gathering its little ones under its wings Q: Hen $400 A: Bird God called foolish because it lays its eggs on the ground where they can be stepped on Q: Ostrich $500 A: When the Isralites asked Moses for meat, God provided 1000's of these stout birds Q: Quail ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biblical Zoo ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The 2nd of Egypt's plagues was Hordes of this amphibian Q: Frogs $200 A: Jeremiah rhetorically asked, "can it change its spots?" Q: Leopard $300 A: They licked the sores of Lazarus & ate the flesh of Jezebel Q: Dogs $400 A: David's 1st vocation was tending these Q: Sheep $500 A: Samson killed 1 of these with his bare hands Q: A lion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bicycle Parts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Steal the body of a bike, but make it look like someone else did it Q: Frame $200 A: With this type of brake, you won't leave rings Q: Coaster $300 A: You can get a good grip on the mustache, but don't do it in public Q: Handlebar $400 A: Just the extremity to get the bike going Q: Pedal $500 A: Said something about the wheel Q: Spoke ~~~~~~~ Biology ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The branch of biology that deals with the animal kingdom Q: Zoology $200 A: Wurlitzer's pride, or what tissues grouped together form Q: Organ $300 A: The FDA says Americans often ingest 25-35 times more than they need of this ingredient of salt Q: Sodium $400 A: In the 1600's amateur Dutch scientist Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria by using one of these Q: Microscope $500 A: Russian physiologist whose work with dogs contributed to psychology Q: Ivan Pavlov ~~~~~~~ Biology ~~~~~~~ $100 A: This frequent victim of Biology class dissections is of genus Rana Q: Frog $200 A: L.B.J.'s hound dog or Darwin's ship Q: Beagle $300 A: The basic unit of life; 3 billion die every minute in your body Q: Cell $400 A: It puts the green in greenery Q: Chlorophyll $500 A: Double helix Q: DNA ~~~~~ Birds ~~~~~ $100 A: Members of this "talking" bird family were familiar pets to Romans Q: Parrots $200 A: This "talking" bird is a species of starling Q: Myna Bird $300 A: Though eagles are much smaller than humans, these sense organs are the same size Q: Eyes $400 A: Some waterfowl, mistaking shotgun pellets for seeds or grits, have been stricken with this Q: Lead Poisoning $500 A: The yellow-bellied sapsucker & the common flicker are members of this bird family Q: Woodpecker ~~~~~ Birds ~~~~~ $100 A: Today Alcatraz hosts the world's 6th largest colony of these sea birds Q: Gulls $200 A: Of a covey, the cover or covet, the one that's a group of partridges Q: Covey $300 A: This process of cleaning & smoothing feathers with their bills is to birds what primping is to people Q: Preening $400 A: New species of this nocturnal predator are still being discovered at the rate of 1 every decade Q: Owls $500 A: Stubborn Albatrosses that had to be removed from airstrips at Midway Island were nicknamed this Q: Gooney Birds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birds of Prey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's also known as the chaparral cock-- beep, beep! Q: Roadrunner $200 A: Of a kuvasz, a kudu or a kookaburra, the one that's a bird of prey Q: Kookaburra $300 A: When being trained for this sport, birds of prey are "broken to the hood" Q: Falconry $400 A: The vast majority of bald eagles in the U.S. live in this state Q: Alaska $500 A: Because of its feeding habits, this brown & white bird is commonly called the fish hawk Q: Osprey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Ralph Abernathy became head of the Southern Christian Leadership conference upon this man's death Q: Martin Luther King Jr. $200 A: Of 6, 9, or 12, the number of children Joseph & Katherine Jackson have had, including Michael Q: 9 $300 A: Last name common to the mayors of Atlanta & Detroit Q: Young $400 A: After fighting in the civil war, she set up a home for needy blacks in Auburn, New York Q: Harriet Tubman $500 A: Benjamin Banneker assisted L'Enfant in planning this city Q: Washington D.C. ~~~~~ Blood ~~~~~ $100 A: A strikebreaker, or a blood clot on the surface of one's skin Q: Scab $200 A: The 4 blood types are A, B, AB and this Q: O $300 A: When blood leaves the heart, it's pumped to this organ where it picks up oxygen Q: Lungs $400 A: A person studies at least 4 years before becoming this "dr. of blood" Q: Hematologist $500 A: Septicemia & sapremia are 2 types of it Q: Blood Poisoning ~~~~~~~~~~ Blue Songs ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Where Fats Domino found his thrill Q: Blueberry Hill $200 A: Song in which "Jimmy Crack Corn & I Don't Care" Q: Blue Tail Fly $300 A: The Marcels hit #1 in 1961 with a remake of this Rodgers & Hart song Q: Blue Moon $400 A: Thanks to Irving Berlin Al Jolson found them smiling at him Q: Blue Skies $500 A: "Blue on Blue" & "Blue Velvet" were 2 of this star's early hits Q: Bobby Vinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bodies of Water ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Originally at Lewiston, New York, this falls has moved 7 miles upstream Q: Niagara Falls $200 A: While thatcher looks over parliament, parliament looks over this Q: Thames $300 A: Hoover Dam gives us this Nevada Lake Q: Lake Mead $400 A: The only one of the 5 great lakes entirely in the U.S. Q: Lake Michigan $500 A: You can bet on the banks of this lake between California & Nevada Q: Lake Tahoe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bodies of Water ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The Susquehanna, Rappahannock & Potomac all flow into this bay Q: Chesapeake Bay $200 A: The only great lake lying completely in the U.S. Q: Lake Michigan $300 A: The Gaza strip lies along this body of water Q: Mediterranean Sea $400 A: The Chagres River supplies the water for the locks of this canal Q: Panama Canal $500 A: The 2 straits separating Asia from European turkey are the Bosporus and this Q: Dardanelles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bodies of Water ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Linda Ronstadt sang about a blue one Q: Bayou $200 A: Named for the Greek nymph Io, this sea is the deepest part of the Mediterranean Q: Ionian Sea $300 A: Rudolph, Albert & Victoria are 3 of the great lakes on this continent Q: Africa $400 A: The Coral Sea is in this ocean Q: Pacific $500 A: The Gulf of Bothnia lies between Finland & this other Scandinavian country Q: Sweden ~~~~~ Books ~~~~~ $100 A: His books "Shogun," "Whirlwind," "Tai-Pan," & "Noble House" have all inspired board games Q: James Clavell $200 A: This 1895 novel, subtitles "An Episode of the American Civil War" was written by a 22-year-old Q: The Red Badge of Courage $300 A: Elliott Roosevelt writes mystery novels which feature this historical figure as a detective Q: Eleanor Roosevelt $400 A: Richard Adams' novel "Traveller" is a tale of the Civil War as seen thru the eyes of this man's horse Q: Robert E. Lee $500 A: A nightmare gave Mary Shelley the idea for this novel Q: Frankenstein ~~~~~ Books ~~~~~ $100 A: "Lone Star Baby" is a guide for expectant parents who live in or near this state capital Q: Austin $200 A: "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" was set in a prison camp during this man's regime Q: Joseph Stalin $300 A: "The bird era" isn't about "Sesame Street," it's a history of this basketball team from 1978-88 Q: Boston Celtics $400 A: The tragic death of his daughter Dominique influenced his writing "People Like Us" Q: Dominick Dunne $500 A: One biography of this woman is entitled "The Lonely Hunter" Q: Carson McCullers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books & Authors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This biblical king was the subject of a Joseph Heller novel & a Richard Gere film Q: David $200 A: Having "phoned home," his adventure continued in "The Book of the Green Planet" Q: E.T. $300 A: In 1983, Peters & Waterman went "in search of" this American businesses Q: Excellence $400 A: "So Long, & Thanks for All the Fish" was the 4th book in his hitchhiker trilogy Q: Douglas Adams $500 A: By its 3rd week out in '84, this work of then 84-year-old Helen Hoover Santmyer was Q: And Ladies of the Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books & Authors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Master of the page-turner who wrote "Master of the Game" & "Race of Angels" Q: Sidney Sheldon $200 A: With "parachutes & kisses" she overcame her "fear of flying" Q: Erica Jong $300 A: His wife said of his "Ulysses," "he's a genius, but what a dirty mind" Q: James Joyce $400 A: Readers checked into his "hotel New Hampshire" Q: John Irving $500 A: Wilkie Collins novel that's a real gem Q: The Moonstone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books & Authors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He took "a peep at Polynesian life" before he took a stab at "Moby Dick" Q: Herman Melville $200 A: He wrote biographies of Columbus & Washington as well as Rip Van Winkle Q: Washington Irving $300 A: Tutored by Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau, her works include "Jo's Boys" Q: Louisa May Alcott $400 A: In 1855, in his spare time as a bookshop owner, he compiled his "Famous Quotations" Q: John Bartlett $500 A: Alex Haley co-authored the 1965 autobiography of this black Muslim Q: Malcolm X ~~~~~~ Botany ~~~~~~ $100 A: Copra is the dried flesh of this "nut" Q: Coconut $200 A: Longfellow's "spreading" tree, now battling extinction by blight Q: Chestnut $300 A: Favorite food of pandas, it's the world's largest grass Q: Bamboo $400 A: There are over 2,600 known species of this tree, which gives its name to springs & a beach Q: Palm $500 A: The largest specimen of this tree has 350 large trunks & over 3,000 small ones Q: Banyan ~~~~~~ Botany ~~~~~~ $100 A: The flower named for botanist Anders Dahl Q: Dahlia $200 A: Slave turned botanist who created new products from peanuts Q: George Washington Carver $300 A: A "sound of music" song asks this white alpine flower to "bless my homeland forever" Q: Edelweiss $400 A: Japanese dwarf trees whose name sounds like a WWII battle cry Q: Bonsai $500 A: Luther Burbank developed a spineless one so it could become a useful food source Q: Cactus ~~~~~~ Boxing ~~~~~~ $100 A: Right-handed & some left-handed boxers keep this foot forward in the basic stance Q: Left $200 A: After knocking an opponent down, a boxer must go to this for the count Q: Neutral Corner $300 A: John L. Sullivan won the last heavyweight championship fought this way, in 1899 Q: Bare-Knuckle $400 A: In 1908, he became the 1st black boxer to win the heavyweight crown Q: Jack Johnson $500 A: In the WBA, the junior flyweight & this division do not have a minimum weight requirement Q: Heavyweight ~~~~~~~ Bridges ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The 4 basic types of bridge structure are rigid beam, cantilever, arch, & this Q: Suspension $200 A: The Ben Franklin, not the George Washington, crosses this river Q: Delaware $300 A: The Gil Hodges memorial bridge connects the Rockaways to this NYC borough Q: Brooklyn $400 A: The world's longest continuous truss bridge at Astoria, Oregon spans this river Q: Columbia $500 A: The longest bridges in the world are 2 parallel causeways over Lake Pontchartrain in this state Q: Louisiana ~~~~~~~ Bridges ~~~~~~~ $100 A: To share in the toll income from the Bosporus bridge, you can buy bonds issued by this country Q: Turkey $200 A: Playwright who, in 1955, described "a view from the bridge" Q: Arthur Miller $300 A: 3 bridges link this NYC borough with New Jersey while only 1 connects it with the rest of the city Q: Staten Island $400 A: After a revolution, this country's Salazar bridge was renamed Ponte 25 De Abril Q: Portugal $500 A: The 3 longest bridges of this unusual type in the U.S. are all in the state of Washington Q: Floating Bridges ~~~~~~~ Bridges ~~~~~~~ $100 A: It connects the 3 boroughs of Manhattan, Queens & the Bronx Q: Triborough Bridge $200 A: Bridge mentioned in the song "Ode to Billie Joe" Q: Tallahatchee Bridge $300 A: Peruvian bridge which collapsed Friday July 20, 1714 in the Thorton Wilder novel of the same name Q: Bridge of San Luis Rey $400 A: Named not for lovers but for sorrowful prisoners crossing it to a venetian prison Q: Bridge of Sighs $500 A: From Latin for "way," it's a bridge that crosses mainly over land instead of water Q: Viaduct ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ British History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Queen Victoria affectionately called this powerful advisor "dizzy" Q: Benjamin Disraeli $200 A: The "great charter" of English liberties Q: Magna Carta $300 A: Armored garb of 12th century knights Q: Mail $400 A: Explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship, "The Golden Hind" Q: Sir Francis Drake $500 A: Wellington said, "the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of" this school Q: Eton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ British History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: By 1750, about 10% of England's population lived in this city Q: London $200 A: From French for "a discussion," it evolved from a medieval assembly of barons & prelates Q: Parliament $300 A: He was in England for only 6 months of his 10-year reign, which began in 1189 Q: King Richard I $400 A: Term used to describe the era when the monarchy was re-established in 1660 Q: Restoration $500 A: In 1936, this king uttered his last words, "how is the empire?" Q: George V ~~~~~~~~ Broadway ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 4-letter play about 9-lived creatures Q: Cats $200 A: This show, where "the underworld can meet the elite," ran for over 3400 performances Q: 42nd Street $300 A: Nickname of the American theatre wing's Antoinette Perry award Q: Tony $400 A: 2-time academy award winner who reprised "Little Foxes" in 1980 Q: Elizabeth Taylor $500 A: 4 years after the film version came out in 1985 this musical was still running on Broadway Q: A Chorus Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broadway Lyrics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In "Camelot," this is "how to handle a woman" Q: Merely Simply Love Her $200 A: "Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone" is this "tonight" Q: Comedy $300 A: From "Guys & Dolls" it's the title line that precedes "...hug around the neck & a barrel & a heap" Q: I Love You A Bushel & A Peck $400 A: "Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect" & do this "so no one will suspect I'm afraid" Q: Whistle A Happy Tune $500 A: Song from "gypsy" which opens, "things look swell, things look great" Q: Everything's Coming Up Roses ~~~~~~~~ Business ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The color of ink used for negative entries in an account ledger Q: Red $200 A: Goods go "under the hammer" at this kind of event Q: Auction $300 A: Check-cashing term meaning "to sign on the back" Q: Endorse $400 A: Hiring more workers than a job needs or furnishing grandma's sleeping quarters Q: Featherbedding $500 A: Word said to be derived from the practice of trimming coins with a bezel Q: Embezzle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business & Industry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The great Atlantic & Pacific tea company's grocery stores are known by this name Q: A & P $200 A: This company operates a museum of soup tureens in Camden, New Jersey Q: Campbell's $300 A: Though it changed its name from standard oil of New Jersey, it's still headquartered there Q: Exxon $400 A: This city's Con Edison has the highest residential electric rates in the US Q: New York $500 A: America's 4th largest foundation derives from the will of this bandage maker Q: Robert Wood Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business & Industry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This company was the 1st to use armored cars commercially Q: Brinks $200 A: Millionaire hotel magnate whose autobiography was titled "Be My Guest" Q: Conrad Hilton $300 A: Waterford crystal is from the town of Waterford in this country Q: Ireland $400 A: In 1984, standard oil of California changed its name to this Q: Chevron $500 A: America must import 96% of its bauxite, from which this metal is derived Q: Aluminum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the Numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The 1st asked in this game is usually "Animal vegetable or mineral?" Q: 20 Questions $200 A: In blackjack, this card can be worth 1 or 11 Q: Ace $300 A: Police precinct Barney Miller "Dozen" work at any more Q: 12th $400 A: A race run by couples tied together at the ankle Q: 3-Legged Race $500 A: Musical about the continental congress, it included the song "Sit down, John" Q: 1776 ~~~~~~~~~~ Card Games ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "Regal" term for 10 through ace of the same suit in poker Q: Royal Flush $200 A: This favorite children's game could be called "hit the knave" Q: Slapjack $300 A: In the "black lady" version of hearts, this card means 13 points against you Q: Queen of Spades $400 A: In gin rummy, the maximum point count a player can have his hand to "knock" Q: 10 $500 A: Official form of bridge played in tournaments Q: Duplicate ~~~~~ Cards ~~~~~ $100 A: This VP, who resigned in 1973, was the Jack of Spades in a deck called "politicards" Q: Spiro T. Agnew $200 A: With no wild cards in use, the best hand you can get in poker Q: Royal Flush $300 A: Value of face cards when scoring gim rummy Q: 10 $400 A: You don't want 12 of these in the game of hearts Q: Hearts $500 A: Bridge developed from this game Q: Whist ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cars In Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: According to the Beach Boys, "she'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes" this car away Q: T-Bird $200 A: In the 50's Dinah Shore always closed her show by singing "See the U.S.A." in this Q: Chevrolet $300 A: The rip chords' "hey little cobra" was manufactured by this car company Q: Ford $400 A: Pontiac model Ronnie & the Daytonas could have driven at Daytona Q: G.T.O. $500 A: Johnny Cash got this car 1 piece at a time & it didn't cost him a dime Q: Cadillac ~~~~~~~~ Cartoons ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The appropriately named Pepe Le Pew is this kind of animal Q: Skunk $200 A: This super hero was originally called "Super Mouse" Q: Mighty Mouse $300 A: Name of George of the Jungle's pet ape Q: Ape $400 A: Paramount's Popeye had this many "nephews" who all resembled him, but whose origin was never told Q: Four $500 A: Helen Kane sued max Fleischer, claiming this character's name and voice were copied from her Q: Betty Boop ~~~~~~~~ Cartoons ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 68-year-old cartoon cat who didn't get his bag of tricks until his 50's TV show Q: Felix $200 A: Cartoon character who attended Minnesota's Wossamotta U. Q: Bullwinkle $300 A: He would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today Q: Wimpy $400 A: Hanna-Barbera twosome that won 7 Oscars despite all their fights Q: Tom & Jerry $500 A: His secret identity is Henry Cabot Henhouse III Q: Super Chicken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrity Authors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Radio & TV interviewer who called his book of show biz anecdotes "tell it to the king" Q: Larry King $200 A: In "Say Hey," this athlete said his father taught him to walk using a moving basketball as bait Q: Willie Mays $300 A: Mary Pickford's Stepson, he wrote about his days as a spy in South America in "the salad days" Q: Douglas Fairbanks Jr $400 A: "Mongoose R.I.P." is the 8th of his thrillers featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes" Q: William F. Buckley Jr $500 A: "Elizabeth takes off" is her story of the ups & down in her weight & life Q: Elizabeth Taylor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrity Sayings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: She accepted her Oscar for best actress shouting, "you like me! You like me!" Q: Sally Field $200 A: 1930's sex symbol who said, "it's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men" Q: Mae West $300 A: Romantic idol who said, "this king stuff is pure bull...I'm just lucky slob from Ohio" Q: Clark Gable $400 A: This short thespian complained, "I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years" Q: Mickey Rooney $500 A: "Golf is a good walk spoiled," said this author of "Huckleberry Fin" Q: Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Characters in Plays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Oscar Madison & Felix Unger Q: The Odd Couple $200 A: Roxane & Christian Q: Cyrano De Bergerac $300 A: Alonzo, Rumpleteazer & Bustopher Jones Q: Cats $400 A: Brick & Maggie Pollitt Q: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof $500 A: Lady Bracknell & Algernon Moncrieff Q: Importance of Being Earnest ~~~~~~~~~ Chemistry ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A beaker or flask with numbers and lines on it, used for measuring Q: Graduate $200 A: Found in Rhubarb, oxalic acid removes calcium from the body & this common oxide from iron Q: Rust $300 A: The atomic weight of an atom is the sum of the number of these 2 parts of the nucleus Q: Protons & Neutrons $400 A: You can clean silverware by boiling it in an aluminum pan using a solution of this, NaHCO3 Q: Baking Soda $500 A: A centuries-old test for this gas is to see if bubbles of it turn limewater milky Q: Carbon Dioxide ~~~~~ China ~~~~~ $100 A: About half of all Chinese exports pass through this port Q: Shanghai $200 A: Henry P'U YI, the last person to hold this office, obtained it at age 2 & lost it in 1912, when he was 6 Q: Emperor $300 A: Semi-military organizations of young people formed during Mao's cultural revolution Q: Red Guards $400 A: During this war, general Joseph Stilwell became the 1st American ever to command a Chinese army Q: World War II $500 A: In 1280, they became the 1st outsiders to occupy all of China Q: Mongols ~~~~~~~~~ Chocolate ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: American caramel king who became a chocolate Czar Q: Hershey $200 A: All cacao beans are grown in the "Cocoa Belt," 20 degrees north & south of this Q: Equator $300 A: 5 cups of zucchini or 1 bon-bon has 75 of these Q: Calories $400 A: Cadbury was the 1st to use these to stop complaints about candy being squashed Q: Boxes $500 A: Chocolate was a medicine for dysentery to these Mexican Indians Q: Aztecs ~~~~~~ Cities ~~~~~~ $100 A: It was American's fourth largest city when absorbed by New York in 1898 Q: Brooklyn $200 A: Founded by Alexander the Great, this city had the greatest library in the world Q: Alexandria $300 A: Once "The Paris of the Orient," it's now called Ho Chi Minh City Q: Saigon $400 A: The first modern city planner, Pierre L'Enfant, planned this national capital Q: Washington D.C. $500 A: While Dominican dictator Trujillo ruled, he modestly called this capital "Ciudao Trujillo" Q: Santo Domingo ~~~~~~~~~ Civil War ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 1864 burning of this city is depicted in "Gone with the Wind" Q: Atlanta $200 A: Side supported by the 5 civilized Indian tribes of Oklahoma Q: South $300 A: Number of slaves owned by Robert E. Lee at war's outbreak Q: None $400 A: Southerners call these Virginia battles first and second Manassas Q: Bull Run $500 A: High water mark of the south was this general's charge at Gettysburg Q: General George Pickett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Cinema ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The Marx brothers meet the met, so to speak Q: A Night at the Opera $200 A: Cecil B. Demille's famous biblical "Exodus," made silently in 1923 & colorfully in 1956 Q: The Ten Commandments $300 A: He & Claudette Colbert were the 1st co-stars to win best actor & actress Oscars Q: Clark Gable $400 A: In this 1941 flick, Bogey gives Greenstreet the bird -- a fake one Q: The Maltese Falcon $500 A: "High society," with Kelly, Crosby, & Sinatra was based on this film with Hepburn, Grant & Stewart Q: The Philadelphia Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Cinema ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Firm in which Brando "could'a been a contender" Q: On the Waterfront $200 A: "High society" hit named for the sailboat where it was sung Q: True Love $300 A: Sydney Greenstreet was 61 when he appeared in this, his 1st movie Q: The Maltese Falcon $400 A: The only silent movie that received a best picture Oscar Q: Wings $500 A: Barbra Steisand has "memories" of this film, made with co-star Robert Redford Q: The Way We Were ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Cinema ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In this epic, an angry scarlett sees "Rhett" Q: Gone with the Wind $200 A: Film supposed to have starred Ronald Reagan & Ann Sheridan instead of Bogey & Bergman Q: Casablanca $300 A: Chaplin finds fascism funny in this film Q: The Great Dictator $400 A: This hitchcock film climaxes on Mt. Rushmore Q: North by Northwest $500 A: Often acclaimed as the best American film ever, it lost the Oscar in 1941 to "How Green was my Valley" Q: Citizen Kane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classical Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Though German-born, this 18th century composer famed for his "Messiah" is buried in Westminster abbey Q: George Frederick Handel $200 A: Robert Schumann was a noted composer of this 19th century period which immediately followed the classical Q: Romantic Period $300 A: In 1929, Arturo Toscanini, not Bo Derek, conducted the U.S. premiere of this ravel work Q: Bolero $400 A: Writing them for female students, this Venetian music teacher composed at least 400 concertos Q: Antonio Vivaldi $500 A: His operas include "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata" Q: Giuseppi Verdi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classical Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Schubert's incomplete orchestral sonata Q: Unfinished Symphony $200 A: Musical accessory whose parts are the stick, head, hair, from & screw Q: Bow $300 A: Inspired by paintings, Moussorgsky composed "pictures at..." one of these Q: Exhibition $400 A: Considered the greatest violinist of all time, he could play a whole piece on 1 string Q: Paganini $500 A: Sacred opera Q: Oratorio ~~~~~~~~ Colleges ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A type of shoe or cloth, or where a Rhodes scholarship will get you Q: Oxford $200 A: Home of over 52,000 buckeyes Q: Ohio State University $300 A: Latin for field, or college grounds Q: Campus $400 A: In 1934, Gerald Ford was voted MVP of this school's football team Q: University of Michigan $500 A: Women's college that Shares Harvard's classes, housing & facilities but still is separate Q: Radcliffe ~~~~~~~~ Colleges ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Since 1778, troops have occupied the site of this U.S. service academy Q: West Point $200 A: Scientists at this New England brain trust produced artificial blood vessels from live cells Q: MIT $300 A: It has the smallest acreage but the largest population within the California University system Q: UCLA $400 A: George Bush played baseball & was phi beta kappa while attending this university Q: Yale $500 A: The 1st modern laboratory for studying parapsychology was set up at this University in Durham, NC Q: Duke ~~~~~~~~ Colleges ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Willamette University, oldest in the West, is in this state Q: Oregon $200 A: Freshmen traditionally had to wear this headgear as a symbol of subordination to upperclassmen Q: Beanie $300 A: Indiana town called home of the University of Notre Dame Du Lac Q: South Bend $400 A: Known by its initials, this Cambridge, Mass. school charges even higher tuition than its neighbor, Harvard Q: M. I. T. $500 A: It 1971, he founded Virginia's Lynchburg Baptist College, now Liberty University Q: Jerry Falwell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colleges & Universities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This college fund was set up because "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" Q: United Negro College Fund $200 A: A N.Y. Ivy League University is named for this quaker who helped develop the U.S. telegraph system Q: Ezra Cornell $300 A: Columbia University is not in South Carolina, but in this city Q: New York $400 A: This first collegiate business school. at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, was founded in 1881 Q: Wharton School $500 A: While the University of Washington is in Seattle, Washington University is in this Midwestern city Q: St Louis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colonial America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Though southernmost of the 13 colonies, this practice was originally forbidden in Georgia Q: Slavery $200 A: New Hampshire & these other 2 of the original 13 colonies were founded by colonists from Massachusetts Q: Rhode Island & Connecticut $300 A: After losing New York in 1664, this country briefly recaptured it in 1673 Q: The Netherlands $400 A: New Haven's Eaton code, which banned mince pies, dancing, & wife beating, were laws bound in this color Q: Blue $500 A: For 30 years, William Bradford governed this colony Q: Plymouth Colony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colonial America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The oldest of the 13 original colonies Q: Virginia $200 A: In 1644, Peter Stuyvesant lost one of these in a battle with the Portuguese Q: Leg $300 A: Alias of pirate Edward Teach, who tied his most famous feature into pigtails, using colored ribbons Q: Blackbeard $400 A: He was born the 15th of 17 children in 1706 Q: Benjamin Franklin $500 A: This was the only message found at the lost colony on Roanoke Island Q: Croatoan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorful Category ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The 3 colors in common to the flags on the U.S. and Chile are red, white & this Q: Blue $200 A: Pachyderm seen by potted people Q: Pink Elephant $300 A: Figuratively speaking, these are looked through to see the world in a wonderful light Q: Rose Colored Glasses $400 A: Pirate Edward teach's colorful Nom De Plunder Q: Blackbeard $500 A: It can be filled with car prices or college test answers Q: Blue Book ~~~~~~~~~ Comedians ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Cliff Arquette's alter ego Q: Charley Weaver $200 A: She;s refused to play Ernestine in commercials touting telephone service Q: Lily Tomlin $300 A: Crew-cut comic who'd warble, "Well, I'll be a dirty bird" Q: George Gobel $400 A: The man with the "button-down mind" who played Major Major in "Catch-22" Q: Bob Newhart $500 A: She was Dummy Jerry Mahoney's girlfriend before she became Garry Moore's girl Friday Q: Carol Burnett ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comic Strips ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president Q: Garfield $200 A: John Steinbeck wrote the preface of a book about this Al Capp character Q: Li'l Abner $300 A: Standard comment of little orphan Annie's dog, Sandy Q: Arf $400 A: His favorite mode of transport was his dinosaur named Dinny Q: Alley Oop $500 A: During the depression she sold apples on the street, but now she gives only free advice Q: Mary Worth ~~~~~~~~~~~ Comparisons ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: African desert over 3 times larger than the neighboring Mediterranean Sea Q: Sahara $200 A: At 37, Peter Hodgson invented silly putty & Michelangelo finished the ceiling fresco here Q: Sistine Chapel $300 A: If a man could proportionally life as much as this insect, he'd life 8,100 lbs. Q: An Ant $400 A: The smallest created had 4 clues; the largest, 25,614 Q: A Crossword $500 A: Asian nation over 12 times larger than the U.K., its former ruler Q: India ~~~~~~~~~ Composers ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 1st held in 1876, the Bayreuth festival was planned by this German composer to play his own works Q: Richard Wagner $200 A: Desiring a teacher, Gershwin sought out this composer of "Bolero," who told him he didn't need one Q: Maurice Ravel $300 A: Written in 1723, this German's "Magnificat in D major" is magnificent Q: Johann Sebastian Bach $400 A: Composer of the "Firebird" & "Petrushka" Q: Igor Stravinsky $500 A: He composed "Faust" & in 1869, the Vatican's national anthem Q: Charles Gounod ~~~~~~~~~ Composers ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Gustav Mahler consulted this famous Viennese psychiatrist about his marriage problems Q: Sigmund Freud $200 A: Schubert died less than 2 years after carrying a torch at the funeral of this great German composer in 1827 Q: Ludwig Von Beethoven $300 A: Considered unfriendly to Mozart, this Italian composer taught his son after Mozart's death Q: Antonio Salieri $400 A: This baroque composer's name translates to "John S. Brook" Q: Johann Sebastian Bach $500 A: George Washington & this Austrian composer, affectionately called "papa," were both born in 1732 Q: Franz Joseph Haydn ~~~~~~~~ Congress ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Thomas Philip O'Neil's nickname Q: Tip $200 A: When it was established in 1800, it started with a $5,000 book budget Q: Library of Congress $300 A: The length, in years, of a senator's term Q: 6 $400 A: "Treason, bribery & other high crimes & misdemeanors" are all grounds for this Q: Impeachment $500 A: The first was a 9-year-old boy appointed by Webster & Clay Q: Page ~~~~~~~~~~ Conquerors ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Spanish for "conqueror," Cortes was one Q: Conquistador $200 A: This group under Godgrey of Bouillon captured Jerusalem in 1099 Q: Crusaders $300 A: Once known as Thrace, Bulgaria was 1st subdued by this Greek in the 4th cent. B.C. Q: Alexander the Great $400 A: 13th century Mongol ruler of China whose armada was destroyed by a typhoon Q: Kublai Khan $500 A: This British conqueror of India committed suicide in 1774 Q: Robert Clive ~~~~~~~~~~ Continents ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This continent averages about 5 persons per square mile Q: Australia $200 A: The number of inhabited continents bordered by both the Atlantic & Pacific oceans Q: 2 $300 A: The Caucasus & these mountains separate Europe from Asia Q: Urals $400 A: Guinness says the driest spot in the world is in this continent's Atacama desert Q: South America $500 A: Its coastline is more irregular than that of any other continent Q: Europe ~~~~~~~~~ Cosmetics ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Due to the short supply of these during WWII, leg make-up was invented to cover the gap Q: Nylon Stockings $200 A: Actress Lillie Langtry kept her skin fresh by rolling naked in this early morning substance Q: Dew $300 A: Women's wigs in 18th century England were matted with this type of animal fat to keep them from coming apart Q: Lard $400 A: This lethal metal was a popular facial whitener during the renaissance Q: Lead $500 A: This make-up maven, known for Aramis & Clinique, started out selling her Viennese uncle's face cream Q: Estee Lauder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corporate America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In December 1987, the Baer brothers of Colorado bought this "famous" cookie company Q: Famous Amos $200 A: This type of stock gets priority in receiving dividends but often lacks voting rights Q: Preferred Stock $300 A: In 1988 this popcorn developer received an honorary doctorate in agriculture from Purdue Q: Orville Redenbacher $400 A: This French water company has acquired springs in Oasis, Tx, Calistoga, CA & Poland Spring, Maine Q: Perrier $500 A: This magazine, founded in 1930, excludes financial firms & utilities from its famous list of "500" Q: Fortune ~~~~~~~~~ Countries ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1988, Australia observed this anniversary of its founding Q: 200 $200 A: Country in which you can see the giant carved heads of the ancient Olmecs Q: Mexico $300 A: In this country, you can follow the Copernicus Trail, which covers the places where he lived & worked Q: Poland $400 A: El Salvador & this other Central American country have 2-word names Q: Costa Rica $500 A: Mournful folk songs called Fados are performed in the popular Fado houses of this country Q: Portugal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Crooners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A top race car driver, he also raced to the top of the charts with "El Paso" in 1959 Q: Marty Robbins $200 A: 1968 hit of 4-times divorced country singer Tammy Wynette Q: "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" $300 A: "Accidental" nickname of Billy Craddock, who's often called "Mr. Country Rock" Q: Crash $400 A: If you ask him how long he plans to be on top of country music, he might say, "forever and ever, amen" Q: Randy Travis $500 A: Singer & songwriter Randy Crowell married "Money" when he wed this successful singer Q: Rosanne Cash ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The Grand Ole Opry is located in this amusement park Q: Opryland $200 A: Hawkshaw Hawkins performed in a silk jacket with this animal emblazoned on the back Q: Hawk $300 A: In 1972, she became the 1st woman elected entertainer of the year by the country music association Q: Loretta Lynn $400 A: This California town north of Los Angeles has been dubbed "Little Nashville" Q: Bakersfield $500 A: Kenny Rogers has carried this character from country music to TV movies Q: Gambler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Singer born Wynette Pugh Q: Tammy Wynette $200 A: She wrote the 1980 hit song, "9 to 5" Q: Dolly Parton $300 A: In the past, country music was usually described by this 9-letter rural adjective Q: Hillbilly $400 A: Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings are associated with this movement Q: Outlaw $500 A: "The Tennessee Plowboy" Q: Eddie Arnold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Born Randall Williams, he now carries on his father's "family tradition" Q: Hank Williams Jr. $200 A: This country-rock star is known as "the killer" Q: Jerry Lee Lewis $300 A: She "was country when country wasn't cool" Q: Barbara Mandrell $400 A: This silver fox's "the most beautiful girl" also topped pop charts Q: Charlie Rich $500 A: According to Johnny Horton, it's this temperature "when it's springtime in Alaska" Q: 40 Below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: She never bothers removing the price tag from her hat Q: Minnie Pearl $200 A: It's where singer Garth Brooks has friends Q: Low Places $300 A: In 1958, the 1st country music Grammy was awarded to this Kingstone Trio song Q: Tom Dooley $400 A: He grew up to sing "mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" Q: Willie Nelson $500 A: She met her husband, Carl Dean, at a laundromat on her 1st day in Nashville in 1964 Q: Dolly Parton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Born Seth Ward, he's famed for pork sausage & "big John" Q: Jimmy Dean $200 A: Radio program whose original name was "The WSM Barn Dance" Q: Grand Ole Opry $300 A: Part of the film "Urban Cowboy" was set in this singer's Texas nightclub Q: Mickey Gilley $400 A: Type of music that's named after Bill Monroe's band Q: Bluegrass $500 A: He was known as "the Texas troubadour" Q: Ernest Tubb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A grandma before her 30th birthday, she's the real "coal miner's daughter" Q: Loretta Lynn $200 A: Nashville's Ryman Auditorium was its home for years Q: Grand Ole Opry $300 A: In "True Grit," he played a cowboy, but not his famous rhinestone one Q: Glen Campbell $400 A: His famed San Quentin concert inspired inmate Merle Haggard Q: Johnny Cash $500 A: A Rhodes scholarship paid "for the good times" he had at Oxford Q: Kris Kristofferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Music ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This Larry's brothers are Rudy & Steve Q: Larry Gatlin $200 A: Of We Five, The Seekers or The New Christy Minstreals, the folk group Kenny Rogers sang with in 1966 Q: The New Cristy Minstrels $300 A: Jessi Colter & this man, her husband, are featured on "Wanted: The Outlaws," country's 1st platinum album Q: Waylon Jennings $400 A: Marie Osmond had real success with this 1975 song about artificial flowers Q: Paper Roses $500 A: She co-wrote Johnny Cash's hit "Ring of Fire" & she wears his wedding ring, too Q: June Carter Cash ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cowboys & Indians ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Cleavon Little played a black lawman out to tame the west in this Mel Brooks film Q: Blazing Saddles $200 A: Owning TV rights to this film role of his made William Boyd a millionaire Q: Hopalong Cassidy $300 A: The Lone Ranger said, "hi-yo silver," & he said, "get 'em up, scout" Q: Tonto $400 A: Cantankerous jeep of Roy Rogers' sidekick Pat Brady Q: Nellybelle $500 A: Occupation of Gunsmoke's half-indian Quint Asper, played by Burt Reynolds Q: Blacksmith ~~~~~~~~~~~ Dance Fever ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When you "swing your partner" & "do-si-do" Q: Square Dancing $200 A: 60's spud crusher Q: Mashed Potato $300 A: Travolta & Debra "winged" their way around Mickey Gilley's doing this Q: Texas Two-Step $400 A: In 1990, this hot Brazilian dance had pelvises gyrating all over America Q: Lambada $500 A: The original version of this dance hit #1 two different times, in 1960 & 1962 Q: Twist ~~~~~~~ Dancers ~~~~~~~ $100 A: He wore his trademark top hat & tails in his very 1st film, "Dancing Lady," with Joan Crawford Q: Fred Astaire $200 A: This Broadway Hoofer, once a female impersonator, played a broadway hoofer in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Q: James Cagney $300 A: This 1983 film focused on a steel worker named Alex who wanted to be a ballerina Q: Flashdance $400 A: Donna McKechnie, Carole Bishop & Sammy Williams all won Tony awards for playing dancers in this musical Q: A Chorus Line $500 A: Though born in Bombay, Juliet Prowse grew up in this country Q: South Africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Department Stores ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Completes the phrase "does Macy's tell..." Q: Gimbel's $200 A: Department store featured in the films "splash" & "Moscow on the Hudson" Q: Bloomingdale's $300 A: Last name of a Detroit store owner, or the car named for him Q: Hudson $400 A: At the turn of the century, this Chicago merchant was the world's largest dry goods retailer Q: Marshall Field $500 A: While many chains started in New York or Chicago, his began in Kemmerer, Wyoming Q: J.C. Penney ~~~~~~~~ Desserts ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A thick-crusted deep-dish pie, or a shoemaker Q: Cobbler $200 A: Fruit & shredded coconut dessert that's "fit for the gods" Q: Ambrosia $300 A: Mediterranean pastry layered with filo dough, nuts & honey Q: Baklava $400 A: French for perfect, it's customarily served in a tall, thin glass Q: Parfait $500 A: Not insignificant to the English, it's sponge cake filled with jam & soaked with wine Q: Trifle ~~~~~~ Disney ~~~~~~ $100 A: Thumper & Flower offer "comic relief" in this movie about man's disregard for nature Q: Bambi $200 A: This Rudyard Kipling adaptation was the last film Disney worked on before his death in '66 Q: Jungle Book $300 A: The Ugly Duckling was a swan, & "the ugly dachshund" was one of these dogs Q: Great Dane $400 A: Unlike Carlo Collodi, Disney did not kill this character at the start of "Pinocchio" Q: Jiminy Cricket $500 A: The only one of the seven dwarfs whose name is not an adjective Q: Doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dogs In Literature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Sherlock Holmes solved the mystery of the devilish hound of this family Q: Baskervilles $200 A: He knocked over the screen concealing the Wizard of Oz Q: Toto $300 A: In this book, Nich Charles' Asta is a Schnauzer, but in films it was a wire-haired terrier Q: The Thin Man $400 A: Garryowen is the "Bloody mangy mongreal" in the "Cyclops" episode of this James Joyce novel Q: Ulysses $500 A: Breed of John Steinbeck's "Charley" in "Travels with Charley" Q: Poodle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Double Double Letters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Rhyming with "voodoo," it means both voodoo & bad luck Q: Hoodoo $200 A: One who vends volumes Q: Bookseller $300 A: Adjective for folks totally lacking the 32 enamel-coated structures used in mastication Q: Toothless $400 A: A foolishly optimistic person, like the title heroine of an Eleanor Porter 1941 best seller Q: Pollyanna $500 A: Brawl or uproar named for the Irish town whose fairs became famous for their 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alone on a label unless it comes from this type of fish Q: Sturgeon $500 A: Mangoes are a common ingredient in this pungent Indian relish Q: Chutney ~~~~ Food ~~~~ $100 A: Risotto is a popular Italian dish that features this grain cooked in broth Q: Rice $200 A: A frittata is an open-faced variety of this Q: Omelet $300 A: Green salads are usually distinguished by this cheese Q: Feta $400 A: A very large, firm, "meaty" tomato, often served with onion slices in an oil & vinegar dressing Q: Beefsteak $500 A: From the Greek word for "leaf," these leaflike sheets of pastry are used to make Baklava Q: Phyllo ~~~~ Food ~~~~ $100 A: The Mayans made corn, one of their primary foods, into flat cakes now called this Q: Tortillas $200 A: Shredded fruit most commonly found in macaroons Q: Coconut $300 A: French for "rawness," these are raw vegetables served as appetizers Q: Cudites $400 A: This crystallized treat is made from just sugar & water, not from boulders Q: Rock Candy $500 A: This French salad dressing both means & is made with a "little vinegar" Q: Vinaigrette ~~~~ Food ~~~~ $100 A: The herbs anise & fennel resemble the flavor of this common black candy Q: Licorice $200 A: From the Romanian word for "to preserve," it's served hot with mustard on rye Q: Pastrami $300 A: When it was 1st introduced into England from France, it was called "butterine" Q: Margarine $400 A: Named for an English doctor who recommended meat as a cure-all, it's a hamburger without a bun Q: Salisbury Steak $500 A: Ff the cheese is authentic, a symbol of sheep appears on the wrapping of this type of blue cheese Q: Roquefort ~~~~ Food ~~~~ $100 A: The part of a carrot that's eaten as a vegetable Q: Tap Root $200 A: A 1984 better homes & gardens survey found it the type of pasta eaten most often Q: Spaghetti $300 A: Of fish eggs, unopened flower buds, or animal fat globules, what capers are Q: Unopened Flower Buds $400 A: The eggs in egg benedict are traditionally cooked this way Q: Poached $500 A: Mark Twain described this vegetable as "nothing but cabbage with a college education" Q: Cauliflower ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Food & Drink ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Besides corn, the main ingredient in succotash Q: Lima Beans $200 A: Similar to ravioli, this pasta is cut in rounds, filled & formed into rings Q: Tortellini $300 A: Before the 1820's this meal was called dinner Q: Lunch $400 A: Called "nervous pudding" it became popular after introduction of this trademarked brand in 1902 Q: Jello $500 A: Tripe is this part of a cow or sheep Q: Stomach ~~~~~ Foods ~~~~~ $100 A: Southern specialty & American's favorite dish Q: Fried Chicken $200 A: Donut-shaped deli delight, from Yiddish for ring Q: Bagel $300 A: Lox, Gravlax & Nova Scotia are forms of this fish Q: Salmon $400 A: Often paired with cabbage, this is brisket preserved in brine Q: Corned Beef $500 A: A New York chef invented these in the 1850's when told his French fries were too thick Q: Potato Chips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Cities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This country's national anthem is named for the city of Marseilles Q: France $200 A: This city is noted for its harbour bridge & shell-shaped opera house Q: Sydney $300 A: Its baseball team is named for the 1967 world's fair held there Q: Montreal $400 A: Soweto is an urban complex outside this city Q: Johannesburg $500 A: The 2nd largest city in Ireland, it helps keep the country's economy afloat Q: Cork ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Cuisine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: No matter how you slice it, it's "Brot" in Germany Q: Bread $200 A: From the Latin meaning "To serve," it's the soup that starts a meal Q: Minestrone $300 A: French cookie made of sugar, egg white & almonds, its name is from Italian for macaroni Q: Macaroon $400 A: The distinctive starchy ingredient in Chinese dishes with "Mein" in the name Q: Noodles $500 A: Called "The fruit of India," it's the main ingredient in a popular chutney Q: Mango ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Cuisine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The "coq" in coq au vin Q: Chicken $200 A: A British variety is called "bangers;" a Mexican variety "chorizo" Q: Sausage $300 A: Jewish crepe filled with cheese Q: Blintz $400 A: A toothsome cut of beef served to a twosome and named for a French nobleman Q: Chateaubriand $500 A: A stew of various meats or a Jeopardy category Q: Potpourri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Exchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Japanese who love money have a "desire" for these Q: Yen $200 A: This neighboring country's franc is worth more then France's Q: Switzerland $300 A: The Quetzal is both the currency & national bird of this Central American country Q: Guatemala $400 A: The U.S. Greenback is official tender in this African country Q: Liberia $500 A: The Austral isn't the currency of Australia but of this South American country Q: Argetina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Films ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "The Seven Samurai" became this title group in a 1960 U.S. film Q: The Magnificent Seven $200 A: Ingmar Bergman directed this fellow Swede in her last theatrical film, 1978's "Autumn Sonata" Q: Ingrid Bergman $300 A: Sergei Bondarchuk not only wrote & directed this Oscar-winning Tolstoy epic, he played the lead Q: War and Peace $400 A: Francois Truffaut's "The Bride Wore Black" was an homage to this master of suspense Q: Alfred Hitchcock $500 A: "The clowns," this director's tribute to circus performers, was originally made for Italian TV Q: Federico Fellini ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Phrases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: What an Italian means when he says "Non Capisco" Q: I don't understand $200 A: In Japanese, "Nezumi," in Finnish, "Rotta," & in Cagney "Dirty" Q: Rat $300 A: With "Savoir" it means knowledge with "Laissez" it means indifference Q: Faire $400 A: Swahili for a "Journey," it's come to mean a hunting trip Q: Safari $500 A: Latin 2-word phrase meaning "It doesn't follow" Q: Non Sequitur ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Phrases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: French equivalent to "enjoy your meal" Q: Bon Appetit $200 A: Italian word that double for "thank you" and "excuse me" Q: Prego $300 A: What you should do if a Hawaiian tells you to "wikiwiki" Q: Hurry Up $400 A: How you would ask in German if someone spoke German Q: Sprechen Sie Deutsch $500 A: Widely known Japanese idiom which means "is that right?" Q: A-50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreign Phrases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In Germany, it's said before a toast & after a sneeze Q: Gesundheit $200 A: The British call this part of a car "the bonnet" Q: Hood $300 A: From the French, it literally means "a pen name" Q: Nom De Plume $400 A: The vidi in "veni, vidi, vici" Q: I Saw $500 A: Warning in Latin, "cave canem"; in Dutch, "pas op de hond" Q: Beware of the Dog ~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the Kids ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Name shared by pre-pubescent pan & pickled pepper picker piper Q: Peter $200 A: She created Jemima Puddle-Duck & Mrs. Tiggy Winkle as well as Peter Rabbit Q: Beatrix Potter $300 A: The French call he "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" Q: Little Red Riding Hood $400 A: Animal that went both ways in "Dr. Dolittle" Q: The Pushmi-Pullyu $500 A: What the three little kittens were denied when they lost their mittens Q: Pie ~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the Kids ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Number in common to blind mice, bags of wool, & men in a tub Q: 3 $200 A: He was the sleeping sheep & cow herder Q: Little Boy Blue $300 A: Show which features Alistair Cookie's "monsterpiece theatre" Q: Sesame Street $400 A: Janet & Mark have replaced this classic reading primer pair Q: Dick & Jane $500 A: This fairy-tale cat could fill J.R.'s shoes Q: Puss in Boots ~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the Kids ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: No one in his "neighborhood" calls him Fred Q: Mr. Rogers $200 A: Munro Leaf's beast who's rather smell the flowers than fight Q: Ferdinand the Bull $300 A: The 1st thing the "old lady" swallowed in the famous rhyme Q: Fly $400 A: You meet Chuggs, Gussets & Gherkins in his book, "If I Ran the Zoo" Q: Dr. Seuss $500 A: Nickname of kid detective Brown or a compendium of knowledge Q: Encyclopedia ~~~~~~ France ~~~~~~ $100 A: Built from the 11th to the 16th century, this abbey citadel rests on an island off the coast of Normandy Q: Mont St Michel $200 A: When you're on the left bank in Paris, you're "left" of this river Q: Seine $300 A: Once a Mediterranean fishing village, it's now famous for a film festival Q: Cannes $400 A: University of Paris, known by the name of its most famous college Q: Sorbonne $500 A: Founded about 600 B.C. by Greeks, it's France's main seaport Q: Marseilles ~~~~~~ France ~~~~~~ $100 A: After the revolution, Viollet-Le-Duc supervised the repair of this famed French cathedral Q: Notre Dame De Paris $200 A: Until recently, France's finance ministry was headquartered in this museum Q: Louvre $300 A: You can travel about 270 km per hour on the TGV, which is this type of transportation Q: Train $400 A: Guinness says it took 2 years, 2 months & 2 days to build at a cost of 7,799,401 francs & 21 centimes Q: Eiffel Tower $500 A: Between 1871-1945 ownership of this disputed region passed back & forth between Germany & France Q: Alsace-Lorraine ~~~~~~ France ~~~~~~ $100 A: France's unknown soldier of WW I is buried under this Paris landmark Q: Arc De Triomphe $200 A: This capital of Burgundy is known for its spice bread & mustard Q: Dijon $300 A: Louis XIV built this palace, famed for its hall of mirrors Q: Versailles $400 A: Colorful main attraction of the cathedral in Chartres Q: Stained Glass Windows $500 A: This village on the Riviera became a hot resort when Brigitte Bardot moved there Q: St Tropez ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ French Royalty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Great-niece of Henry VIII who was Queen Consort of France & later Queen of Scotland Q: Mary Queen of Scots $200 A: King who died on the place De La Revolution on January 21, 1793 Q: Louis XVI $300 A: Princess Henrietta Maria of France married this king of England who was beheaded in 1649 Q: Charles I $400 A: The Chateau De Bagatelle was built in 1777 as a result of a bet made by this Austrian-born queen Q: Marie Antoinette $500 A: Marie-Louise, daughter of a holy Roman emperor, married this man who abolished the holy Roman empire Q: Napoleon ~~~~~~ Fruits ~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1875, a Chinese farmer in Oregon named Bing helped develop a variety of these Q: Cherries $200 A: When dried, the fruit of the litchi tree is known as this Q: Litchi Nut $300 A: While muskrats are rodents, muscats are these Q: Grapes $400 A: This popular muskmelon was named for a village in Italy Q: Cantaloupe $500 A: Related to the apple & pear, this fruit is usually made into preserves rather than eaten raw Q: Quince ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fruits & Vegetables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Root vegetable that was the root of Peter Rabbit's passion Q: Carrot $200 A: Europeans once believed that this vegetable with purple skin, cousin to the tomato, caused insanity Q: Eggplant $300 A: Syrup originally made from pomegranates processed on the Caribbean Island of Grenada Q: Grenadine $400 A: The "Hospitality" fruit, it can keep Jell-O from jelling Q: Pineapple $500 A: Autumn edible which figured in the Alger Hiss case Q: Pumpkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fruits & Vegetables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The pickled pepper Peter might have picked for stuffing green olives Q: Pimentos $200 A: Often called a cross between a plum & a peach it's actually an unfuzzy variety of peach Q: Nectarine $300 A: The Chinese consider it good luck to receive gifts of this tiny orange-like fruit Q: Kumquat $400 A: Cultivated for its long, white, edible root, it's the pale unpopular cousin to the carrot Q: Parsnip $500 A: Member of the cabbage family that's an essential ingredient in chicken divan Q: Broccoli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fruits & Vegetables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The term "yam" is commonly but incorrectly applied to this vegetable Q: Sweet Potato $200 A: "Prunus Avium" to a Botanist, it garnishes sundaes & slot machines Q: Cherry $300 A: State which produces more plums than all others combined Q: California $400 A: Peas, beans & peanuts are members of this 2nd largest family of flowering plants Q: Legumes $500 A: The only fruit that produces a common cooking oil Q: Olive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fruits and Vegetables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This dried fruit is often found in carrot cake Q: Raisins $200 A: As stated on most gelatin boxes, this fruit should be cooked before adding to a gelatin mixture Q: Pineapple $300 A: Also called the "Pie Plant," its long reddish stalks are edible when cooked Q: Rhubarb $400 A: Collards, kale & bok choy are all types of this vegetables Q: Cabbage $500 A: In France, this onion-like vegetable is known as the "asparagus of the poor" Q: Leeks ~~~~~~~~~ Funny Men ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Danish dilettante of the paino who intersperses quips with chords Q: Victor Borge $200 A: Brooklyn-born Leonard Hacker, he took over Groucho's spot in a "You Bet Your Life" revival Q: Buddy Hackett $300 A: In 1974, over 300,000 callers daily heard his dial-a-jokes like "See A Cop? No? Good, Stick 'em Up" Q: Henny Youngman $400 A: Famous for a routine on "Jeopardy!" this New Yorker is married to an opera singer Q: Robert Klein $500 A: "Goon Show" star known for lines like "he walked with a pronouned limp, l-i-m-p pronounced limp" Q: Spike Milligan ~~~~~~~~~ Furniture ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A rabbit residence, or a cupboard placed on top of a buffet Q: Hutch $200 A: In phony antiques, these "Parasite" flaws are made with buckshot or a find dental drill Q: Wormholes $300 A: Archie Bunker jealously guarded this, the "Comfortable" throne of his kingdom Q: Easy Chair $400 A: Duncan Phyfe was a Scottish cabinetmaker known for his work in this country Q: United States $500 A: In 16th century Europe, this thin wood sheeting was hand-cut to only 1/10th of an inch thick Q: Veneer ~~~~~~~~~~ Game Shows ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He gave up plans to become a doctor & became "TV's big dealer" Q: Monty Hall $200 A: Show which asked its mystery guests to "sign in, please" Q: What's My Line $300 A: "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" was usually the 1st question asked on this show Q: 20 Questions $400 A: Ray Combs' kisser was seen on this game's revival Q: Family Feud $500 A: On the 1st version of this show, contestants wore sneakers to run faster, ring the bell & give the answer Q: Name That Tune ~~~~~~~~~~ Game Shows ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Some departing "Jeopardy!" contestants have received this "San Francisco treat" Q: Rice-A-Roni $200 A: Game in which toss-up questions were thrown to campus combatants by Allen Ludden Q: College Bowl $300 A: "Just Men" had 7 keys & 1 of these, while "split second" had 1 key & 5 of these Q: Car $400 A: It's the number 1 show in the history of syndication Q: Wheel of Fortune $500 A: If Beulah the Buzzer beat the contestant to the "truth," he then had to pay this Q: Consequences ~~~~~ Games ~~~~~ $100 A: Monopoly players going there "do not pass go; do not collect $200" Q: Jail $200 A: On this game's wheel 0 & 00 are green; the rest of the numbers, red or black Q: Roulette $300 A: Number of red checkers in a checkers game Q: 12 $400 A: In chess, piece which starts to the right of the white king Q: Bishop $500 A: What the dice are called when 1 lands on the other Q: Cocked ~~~~~ Games ~~~~~ $100 A: Mumblety-pet is played by throwing this implement Q: Pocket Knife $200 A: In Monopoly, Atlantic Avenue is yellow & Pacific Avenue is this color Q: Greed $300 A: In a pinochle deck, each of the 4 suits has this many card Q: 12 $400 A: Board game in which a player can create a prime, a barrier of 6 points which an opponent cannot pass Q: Backgammon $500 A: Author J.R.R. Tolkien helped inspire Gary Gygax & Dave Arneson to invent this role-playing game Q: Dungeons & Dragons ~~~~~~~~~ Gardening ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: As Mark Twain could probably tell you, this berry, also called tangleberry, has 10 hard seeds Q: Huckleberry $200 A: Onions can be grown from seeds, & like tulips, from these Q: Bulbs $300 A: Bark, cocoa hulls, hay, coffee grounds & straw can all be used as this type of plant protection Q: Mulch $400 A: A lath house is designed to keep your plants from getting too much of this Q: Sun $500 A: Bamboo is a member of this plant family Q: Grass ~~~~~~~~ Gay 90's ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: By 1897 they had air-filled tires, coaster brakes & adjustable handlebars Q: Bicycles $200 A: It sank in Havana Harbor & set off a war Q: Maine $300 A: On March 18, 1891, this mode of communication was introduced between London & Paris Q: Telephone $400 A: "40 whacks" or not, she was found not guilty in 1893 Q: Lizzie Borden $500 A: N.Y. restaurant owners called this bejeweled millionaire "the best 25 customers they ever had" Q: Diamond Jim Brady ~~~~~~~~ Generals ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Presidents Hayes, Garfield, & Benjamin Harrison were all generals in this war Q: Civil War $200 A: General who told Congress in 1951, "There is no substitute for victory" Q: Douglas MacArthur $300 A: Generals Lee, Sherman, Grant, Pershing & Patton have all had a type of these named after them Q: Tank $400 A: Though not even a U.S. citizen, he was made a major general in the American army at age 20 Q: Marquis De Lafayette $500 A: General Curtis Lemay was this man's running mate in 1968 Q: George Wallace ~~~~~~~~~ Geography ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The Strait of Messina separates the Velebria region in the "Toe" of Italy from this island Q: Sicily $200 A: This state's largest city was named for the Viceroy of New Spain, the duke of Albuquerque Q: New Mexico $300 A: The Turkmen are a Turkic people who once had their own republic within this country Q: Soviet Union $400 A: The Plain of Sharon is the most densely populated area in this country Q: Israel $500 A: Cape Agulhas is this continent's southernmost point Q: Africa ~~~~~~~~~ Geography ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest point Q: Mount McKinley $200 A: It's across the Danube from pest Q: Buda $300 A: New Zealand, Midway & Hawaii are all part of this "many islands" group Q: Polynesia $400 A: The Netherlands, Belgium & this country make up the Benelux Economic Union Q: Luxembourg $500 A: Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 2 of the 7 states that make up this middle eastern federation Q: United Arab Emirates ~~~~~~~ Geology ~~~~~~~ $100 A: When it flows above the ground, magma is called this Q: Lava $200 A: Varieties of this gem include fire & black; the finest come from Australia Q: Opal $300 A: Created by perpetual snow, they move when weight on top causes bottom to flow Q: Glaciers $400 A: It's located above the "fire place" of the molten core & below the crust Q: Mantle $500 A: Descriptive of their formation, their principal categories are volcanic, block & folded Q: Mountains ~~~~~~~~~ Geography ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: There are nearly 13,000 people per square mile in this S.E. Asian British Colony Q: Hong Kong $200 A: What a Swiss state is called Q: Canton $300 A: "Land's End" is the westernmost point of this country Q: England $400 A: Country where you'd find kalgoorlie, ballarat & toowoomba Q: Australia $500 A: Most of "Zorba the Greek" takes place on this largest Greek isle Q: Crete ~~~~~~~~~ Geography ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Christmas, Easter or Bermuda, for example Q: Island $200 A: Europe's only wild monkeys live on this "rock" Q: Gibraltar $300 A: This royal kingdom, 1/3 the size of the U.S., has no rivers or lakes, but lots of oil Q: Saudi Arabia $400 A: The largest country entirely in Europe Q: France $500 A: Clocks in Lima, Peru read the same as those in this U.S. time zone Q: Eastern ~~~~~~ Ghosts ~~~~~~ $100 A: The 999 ghosts at the mansion in this Anaheim landmark say "there's always room for 1 more" Q: Disneyland $200 A: After he was Scrooge's business partner, he became the 1st ghost to appear in "A Christmas Carol" Q: Jacob Marley $300 A: Silver City, Idaho & Bodie, California, for example Q: Ghost Towns $400 A: In the Superman TV series, editor Perry White frequently invoked this spirit Q: Great Caesar's Ghost $500 A: In Shakespeare's play, the ghost who sat in Macbeth's place at the banquet table Q: Banquo ~~~~~~ Ghosts ~~~~~~ $100 A: In the U.S., it's traditionally the best night of the year to see ghosts Q: Halloween $200 A: Not surprisingly, this assassin is said to haunt Ford's theatre in Washington, D.C. Q: John Wilkes Booth $300 A: At Windsor castle, this Tudor queen supposedly haunts the queen's library Q: Elizabeth I $400 A: Shakespearean king visited by 11 ghosts of his victims before the battle of Bosworth Field Q: Richard III $500 A: A hideous Arabian ghost who steals corpses, it's come to mean any grave robber Q: Ghoul ~~~~~~ Ghosts ~~~~~~ $100 A: From German, meaning "knocking spirit," it's a mischievous, boisterous ghost Q: Poltergeist $200 A: Someone who "pinch hits" for another's autobiography Q: Ghost Writer $300 A: He & Bill Murray went from "Saturday Night Live" gutbusting to ghostbusting Q: Dan Aykroyd $400 A: 20's football star called the "galloping ghost" Q: Red Grange $500 A: Interested in psychic research while president, his ghost is said to haunt the White House Q: Abraham Lincoln ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Golden Oldies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1961, Rick Nelson was a "travelin' man," Roy Orbison was "running scared," & Ray Charles was told to do this, Jack Q: Hit the Road $200 A: In the 1960's, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was a hit, once for Marvin Gaye & once for this group Q: Gladys Knight & the Pips $300 A: This 1st four seasons' hit went all the way to number 1, baby Q: Sherry $400 A: "Moon River" & this other 1961 hit both have "River" & "Moo" in their titles Q: Moody River $500 A: Freddy Cannon top 10 hit featuring the Florida capital in its title Q: Tallahassee Lassie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great Thinkers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 19th century German author of "Thus Spake Zarathustra" Q: Nietzsche $200 A: While prisoner of the Germans in WWII, this French existentialist wrote some of his greatest work Q: Jean Paul Sartre $300 A: Greek philosopher whose works were the basis for most scientific study well into the 17th century Q: Aristotle $400 A: French soldier & mathematician whose motto was, "I think therefore I am" Q: Rene Descartes $500 A: This 17th century Dutch Jew was excommunicated from his synagogue for independent thinking Q: Baruch Spinoza ~~~~ H.H. ~~~~ $100 A: This playboy married one of his playboy centerfolds Q: Hugh Hefner $200 A: The billionaire in Terry Moore's "The Beauty and the Billionaire" Q: Howard Hughes $300 A: She is called "The 1st lady of the American stage" Q: Helen Hayes $400 A: Along with Muskie, he lost to Nixon-Agnew in '68 Q: Hubert Humphrey $500 A: Meredith's "Music Man" Q: Harold Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H'Wood Marriage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Mike Todd's son was best man when she married Eddie Fisher Q: Elizabeth Taylor $200 A: She's the wife of actor Maxwell Caulfield & the daughter of sir John Mills Q: Juliet Mills $300 A: Matt Lattanzi, who played a small role in "Grease 2" married this star of "Grease" No. 1 Q: Olivia Newton-John $400 A: He might have sung his own song, "What Kind of Fool am I?" when he got divorced from Joan Collins Q: Anothony Newley $500 A: No longer married to Quincy Jones, this "Mod Squad" star has returned to acting Q: Peggy Lipton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historic Names ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Lionel Barrymore, Christopher Lee & Tom Baker have all played this mad monk on film Q: Rasputin $200 A: Empress Sophie the Great didn't sound right, so she changed her name to this in 1762 Q: Catherine $300 A: "The lady with the lamp" Q: Florence Night Ingale $400 A: This great violin maker's 1st name was Antonio & his last name didn't originally end in "us" Q: Stradivari $500 A: His dime novels made Buffalo Bill legendary Q: Ned Buntline ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historic Names ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Landing on Leyte in 1944, he said, "I have returned" Q: General Douglas Macarthur $200 A: Supposedly descended from a gray wolf, this macho Mongol acquired his famous title in 1206 Q: Genghis Khan $300 A: In 1869, she said, "join the union, girls, and together say 'equal pay for equal work'" Q: Susan B. Anthony $400 A: Reigning from 37-41 A.D., he thought himself Alexander, Caesar & God Q: Caligula $500 A: First lady whose cousin Dorothea Dandridge was Patrick Henry's 2nd wife Q: Martha Washington ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historic Names ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1872 the 1st mail order catalog was issued by this man's company, not sears Q: Aaron Montgomery Ward $200 A: Illinois senator who held Lincoln's hat during his st inaugural address in Washington Q: Stephen Douglas $300 A: In 1946, this "little flower" served as director general of the U.N. relief & rehab admin. Q: Fidrello La Guardia $400 A: Called "the Sam Adams of Virginia," he took a fatal dose of Mercury in 1799 trying to cure a severe ailment Q: Patrick Henry $500 A: While an Ohio congressman, he was elected both senator & president in 1880 Q: James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historic Places ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In ancient times, criminals were thrown from the south face of this city's Capitoline hill Q: Rome $200 A: It was completed between 221-207 B.C. under the rule of emperor Shih Huang- Ti Q: Great Wall of China $300 A: One of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history was fought on this island, also known as "Naka Iwo" Q: Iwo Jima $400 A: In the 1880's gold was found in this island group, called "Land of Fire" by Magellan Q: Tierra Del Fuego $500 A: Located between Pakistan & Afghanistan, this 33-mile mountain gap was famous in the annals of British India Q: Khyber Pass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historic Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "The decision was mine alone," said Truman of the use of this monumental item in 1945 Q: Atom Bomb $200 A: Jefferson said, "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with" this "of patriots" Q: The Blood $300 A: In 1938, this prime minister said the Munich Pact brought "peace for our time" Q: Neville Chamberlain $400 A: Marx & Engels wrote, in "the communist manifesto," "proletarians have nothing to lose but" these Q: Their Chains $500 A: In an Irish election campaign in 1790, John Philpot Curran said this "is the price of liberty" Q: Eternal Vigilance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historical Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "He is his own worst enemy" was said 1st by Cicero about this Roman leader Q: Julius Caesar $200 A: In 1500, he asked to "be judged as a captain who went..." the the Indies to conquer a people" Q: Christopher Columbus $300 A: President who said, "this nation... has man's 1st chance to build a great society" Q: Lyndon Johnson $400 A: Irish revolutionary John Curran is said to be the 1st to say this "is the price of liberty" Q: Eternal Vigilance $500 A: "We are in a period... of cold peace," said this secretary general of the U.N. Q: Trygve Lie ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: This nation's conquistadors called the new world "El Dorado" Q: Spain $200 A: Signal to kill a vanquished gladiator, it imitated a sword thrust Q: Thumbs Down $300 A: Century of both American & French revolutions Q: 18th $400 A: The treaty of Vereeniging ended this conflict, which was more interesting than it sounded Q: Boer War $500 A: The number of days between Napoleon's return from Elba & his final defeat Q: 100 ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Omar Khayyam's Ancient Iran Q: Persia $200 A: Ancient Yucatan tribe that had no schools but were excellent astronomers Q: Maya $300 A: In 1938, the Munich agreement allowed Germany to partition this country Q: Czechoslovakia $400 A: British prime minister who crowned queen Victoria "Empress of India" Q: Benjamin Disraeli $500 A: George Washington surprised these mercenary troops after crossing the Delaware on December 25, 1776 Q: Hessians ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1502, he made his 4th & final voyage to the new world Q: Christopher Columbus $200 A: In 1997, ownership of this British colony reverts to China Q: Hong Kong $300 A: After 35 ballots, the house broke an electoral tie to make him president in 1801 Q: Thomas Jefferson $400 A: She did a "hatch job" on bars & saloons in 1900 Q: Carrie Nation $500 A: This settlement was established by Antoine Cadillac on July 24, 1701 Q: Detroit ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1790, mutineers from this ship settled on Pitcairn Island Q: Bounty $200 A: The term "Cold War" was used in the 30's to describe this country's conquering of nations with little fighting Q: Germany $300 A: Forcing a Treaty in 1883, this nation gained control of Vietnam for almost 70 years Q: France $400 A: In 1689, China signed its 1st Treaty with this neighbor defining their border Q: Russia $500 A: In 1867, these 2 European nations became a dual monarchy under Franz Joseph Q: Austria & Hungary ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1867, when it was sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million, only 30,000 people lived there Q: Alaska $200 A: After a revolt failed in 1834, Garibaldi fled overseas to this continent to fight in a guerrilla war Q: South America $300 A: In 1930, he made the news when he broke the law by making salt from sea water Q: Mohandes Gandhi $400 A: The 1st reigning queen of the English House of Tudor Q: Bloody Mary I $500 A: The need to transport salt from Syracuse, N.Y. was on of the main reasons this was built in the 1800's Q: Eree Canal ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Peter the hermit preached the first of these Christian vs. Muslim wars in 1095 Q: Crusades $200 A: N. 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Fick Q: Contact Lenses $500 A: You have to keep an eye on this M.D. Q: Ophthalmologist ~~~~~~~ Hunting ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Dog breed used to flush rabbits from cover, though Snoopy prefers big game Q: Beagles $200 A: The Dall, Stone & Desert Bighorn are North American species of this game animal Q: Sheep $300 A: Snares, pitfalls & baits are used in this very old method of hunting Q: Trapping $400 A: After the kill, you do this to game with a knife, not high heels & an evening gown Q: Dressing $500 A: These aiming lines in a scope are sometimes made of spider web Q: Crosshairs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Words Could Kill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: New York newspaper that prints a weekly best-seller list Q: Times $200 A: Author of best-seller "The Firm" & "The Pelican Brief" Q: John Grisham $300 A: Author of best-sellers "H is for Homicide" & "I is for Innocent" Q: Sue Grafton $400 A: Author of best-seller "Oh! The Places You'll Go" Q: Dr Seuss $500 A: Author of best-seller "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" Q: Robert Fulghum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imaginary Islands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Sir Thomas More created this idyllic island 15 miles off the coast of the Americas Q: Utopia $200 A: Friday's Beach is one of several beaches on this character's island in the Atlantic Q: Robinson Crusoe $300 A: Supposedly near Mexico, its name comes from captain Flint's Booty buried there Q: Treasure Island $400 A: This monstrous animal came to New York from Skull Island, southwest of Sumatra Q: King Kong $500 A: "The island of the busy bees" is in the Tyrrhenian Sea in this children's classic by Carlo Collodi Q: Pinocchio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In The Dictionary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Originally a nickname for Robert, a "Dobbin" is 1 of these animals Q: Horse $200 A: An intense feeling of repugnance & fear, or the genre of film that makes you experience it Q: Horror $300 A: This word for an elephant or a rhino comes from the Greek for "thick skin" Q: Pachyderm $400 A: From the Latin "Fuscare," to darken, this verb means to confuse or make obscure Q: Obfuscate $500 A: The act of process of proving a will Q: Probate ~~~~~~~~ Initials ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The "C" in S.P.C.A. stands for this Q: Cruelty $200 A: The initials W.C. on a British lavatory stand for this Q: Water Closet $300 A: The initials of America's oldest Civil Rights Organization Q: NAACP $400 A: The initials BTU stand for this thermodynamics Q: British Thermal Unit $500 A: The "E" in BPOE represents this word Q: Elks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Insect Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A comedian might find one in his soup Q: Fly $200 A: A police special weapons team or what you do to a pesky mosquito Q: Swat $300 A: Completes a Ben Franklin phrase: "here skugg lies snug..." Q: As a Bug in a Bug $400 A: This beetle, named for an eastern country, was first spotted in the U.S. in 1916 in New Jersey Q: Japanese Beetle $500 A: Balls of naphthalene are protection against them Q: Moths ~~~~~~~ Insects ~~~~~~~ $100 A: This "fever" carried by ticks is actually more prevalent in the Appalachians than it is out west Q: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever $200 A: This disease carrier poses the greatest health threat to humans of all insects worldwide Q: Mosquito $300 A: These bees who do nothing but fertilize queens have the shortest life span of any bee, 4 weeks Q: Drones $400 A: Found on land, not in the water, this "colorful" insect feeds on anything starchy Q: Silverfish $500 A: An insect's body consists of a thorax and these other 2 parts Q: Head & Abdomen ~~~~~~~ Insects ~~~~~~~ $100 A: All workers in an ant colony are this sex Q: Female $200 A: Named for the color of scales on its body, this insect loves to eat cereal, glue & your starched clothes Q: Silverfish $300 A: This "regal" bees sometimes fight until one stings the other to death Q: Queen Bees $400 A: The most formidable of man's insect foes is this ubiquitous "musca domestica" Q: Housefly $500 A: The appropriately named largest North American wasp, which hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey Q: Tarantula Hawk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International Cuisine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: These Chinese dumplings are commonly served in soup or fried as a side dish Q: Wontons $200 A: Hungarian Goulash is traditionally seasoned with this powdered pepper Q: Paprika $300 A: Temales are sometimes steamed in banana leaves but are usually wrapped in these Q: Corn Husks $400 A: This chicken dish made with noodles, cheese & cream sauce was named for an Italian opera singer Q: Chicken Tetrazzini $500 A: Served on meat, Maitre D'Hotel butter contains salt, pepper, parsley & this juice Q: Lemon Juice ~~~~~~~~~~ Inventions ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Marconi's Wonderful Wireless Q: Radio $200 A: In 1869, an American minister created this "Oriental" transport Q: Rickshaw $300 A: Clarence Birdeye's 1920's hunting trip to Canada inspired this method of food preservation Q: Freezing $400 A: This fastener gets its name from a brand of galoshes it was used on Q: Zipper $500 A: Designed over 100 years before airplanes to save people who jumped from burning buildings Q: Parachute ~~~~~~~~~~ Inventions ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He invented the Franklin Stove Q: Benjamin Franklin $200 A: 2160 people at a time could ride on this at the 1893 Chicago world's fair Q: Ferris Wheel $300 A: Edison suggested it be used to record phone calls & make clocks talk Q: Phonograph $400 A: The first patent issued to more than one person went to Howe, Hunt & Singer for this Q: Sewing Machine $500 A: He invented the Polaroid camera introduced in 1947 Q: Edwin Land ~~~~~~~~~~ Inventions ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It is generally believed that gunpowder was invented in this country Q: China $200 A: Himself blind, he modified a military secret code to invent writing for the blind Q: Louis Braille $300 A: Willis Carrier's 1902 invention Q: Air Conditioner $400 A: Not surprisingly, he invented the disposable blade safety razor Q: King Gillette $500 A: Though his name is also associated with blades, he invented the electric shaver Q: Jacob Schick ~~~~~~~~~ Inventors ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Despite only 3 months of formal schooling, he patented 1,093 inventions Q: Thomas Alva Edison $200 A: Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes out of remorse for having invented this Q: Dynamite $300 A: Inventor of the revolver, his "peacemaker" helped win the west Q: Samuel Colt $400 A: Unable to make money on his patent for vulcanized rubber, he died $200,000 in debt Q: Charles Goodyear $500 A: Italian inventor of the thermometer, better known as an astronomer of the renaissance Q: Galileo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inventors & Inventions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The "Book of Inventions" says the rolex "oyster" was the 1st watch that was completely this Q: Waterproof $200 A: In 1948, Peter Goldmark devised this, usually abbreviated "LP" Q: Long-Playing Record $300 A: It's claimed element no. 102 was 1st isolated at the Swedish Institute named for this inventor Q: Alfred Nobel $400 A: As a teenager, he invented an automatic surgical stapler, & later perfected an artificial heart Q: Dr. Robert Jarvik $500 A: In the 18th century, this city in England produced the 1st steel razors Q: Sheffield ~~~~~~~ Islands ~~~~~~~ $100 A: Largest island off Alaska's Pacific coast; 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Sentinel are aimed primarily at these readers Q: Blacks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kiddie Literature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: After the ogre turned himself into one of these, puss in boots ate him Q: Mouse $200 A: He was "bred and born in a brier patch" Q: Brer Rabbit $300 A: In the Hans Christian Andersen Tale, she was born inside a tulip-like flower Q: Thumbelina $400 A: One version say she slept in the hearth; another, that she used to sit in the chimney corner Q: Cinderella $500 A: Where 3 darling children & Peter Pan "always always" fly Q: Never-Never Land ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kiddie Literature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's Theodor Geisel's middle name, as the cat in the hat could tell you Q: Seuss $200 A: In "Sing a Song of Sixpence," one of these snapped off the maid's nose Q: Blackbird $300 A: He was carved out of a stick of talking wood found by Master Cherry Q: Pinocchio $400 A: 1st book in Latin to make the U.S. best-seller lists was a translation of this A.A. 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Tolkien $400 A: She's Carolyn Keene's sleuthing teen Q: Nancy Drew $500 A: She "blossomed" into adult literature with "wifey" in 1978 Q: Judy Blume ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kings & Queens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Hers was the longest reign in English history Q: Queen Victoria $200 A: To learn about building a navy, this "great' Czar worked as a ship carpenter in Holland Q: Peter the Great $300 A: Louis XVIII became king of France after this ruler's exile in 1814 Q: Napoleon Bonaparte $400 A: James II fled England in the "glorious revolution" of 1688, & they became joint sovereigns Q: William & Mary $500 A: Illiterate himself, this great Frankish ruler founded a palace school & attended it with his children Q: Charlemagne ~~~~~~~~~ Landmarks ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Paris' cathedral of Notre Dame is on an island in this river Q: Seine $200 A: Number of pyramids at Giza in Egypt Q: 3 $300 A: "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God" is inscribed on the tomb of this Q: Unknown Soldier $400 A: This admiral's statue stands atop a column in London's Trafalgar square Q: Horatio Nelson $500 A: If you're standing on Mt. 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Q: Professor Henry Higgins ~~~ Law ~~~ $100 A: A 2nd prosecution for the same offense, or the 2nd round of this game Q: Double Jeopardy $200 A: It's measured in degrees, all of which are deadly Q: Murder $300 A: An amendment is to the constitution as this is to a will Q: Codicil $400 A: To avoid litigation, this type of insurance or divorce avoids affixing blame Q: No-Fault $500 A: While a summons asks nicely, this demands you appearance in court Q: Subpoena ~~~ Law ~~~ $100 A: A law that sets a time frame for filing lawsuits or prosecuting crimes in a statute of these Q: Limitations $200 A: Testimony of a witness unable to appear in court is an affidavit or this Q: Deposition $300 A: Latin for "you shall have the body," its application protects against illegal imprisonment Q: Habeas Corpus $400 A: Under English law in the middle ages, these women couldn't be charged with crimes Q: Wives $500 A: An unwitnessed will written by a person in his own handwriting, from Greek for "writing" Q: Holographic Will ~~~ Law ~~~ $100 A: Works whose copyrights have expired have "fallen into" this Q: Public Domain $200 A: While slander is spoken, a case of defamatory words written or printed is called this Q: Libel $300 A: The only state whose basic law is not based on British common law but on the Napoleonic code Q: Louisiana $400 A: On the site of Newgate Prison, London's central criminal court is commonly called this Q: Old Bailey $500 A: The 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson decision declared this illegal Q: Segregation ~~~ Law ~~~ $100 A: An attorney named Scheuster probably inspired this nickname for a dishonest lawyer Q: Shyster $200 A: "Justice is incidental to law and order" said this former FBI chief Q: J. 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Somerset Maugham ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Literary Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "Isn't it pretty to think so" is the last line of this author's "The Sun Also Rises" Q: Ernest Hemingway $200 A: T.S. 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Q: Sperm Whales ~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: His celebrated jumper from Calaveras country was one of these Q: Frog $200 A: The full name Twain's mother gave him Q: Samuel Langhorne Clemens $300 A: Huck Finn swore he'd never betray this runaway slave Q: Jim $400 A: It appeared in the skies the year he was born and the year he died Q: Halley's Comet $500 A: According to Twain, "the only animal that blushes... or needs to" Q: Man ~~~~ Math ~~~~ $100 A: The total price, in dollars and cents, of 5 "2-bit" haircuts Q: 1.25 $200 A: Total number of humps of 1 bactarian camel & 2 dromedaries Q: 4 $300 A: A googol is the number written as 1 followed by this many zeros Q: 100 $400 A: 1.73 is the approximate square root of this number Q: 3 $500 A: The next number in the series of 1, 3, 6, 10 Q: 15 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathematics ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's the inverse of multiplication Q: Division $200 A: Unit of area used for sizes as small as the cross sections of an atom, it'd be tough to hit 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Erebus, the world's most southerly known active volcano, is on this continent Q: Antarctica ~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Math ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "The 5000 fingers of dr t" minus "5 easy pieces" Q: 4995 $200 A: Sum of the digits in "THX-1138" Q: 13 $300 A: "10 North Frederick" divided by "2 for the road" times "3 days of the condor" Q: 15 $400 A: Highest common denominator of "48 hours" & "16 candles" Q: 16 $500 A: "The faces of Dr. Lao" plus "the faces of eve" Q: 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Monsters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In the 1976 remake, he fell from the World Trade Center Q: King Kong $200 A: In Japan, he's known as "Gojira" Q: Godzilla` $300 A: In "Young Frankenstein" he put on the Ritz as Frankenstein's monster Q: Peter Boyle $400 A: Bram Stoker popularized this monster, the one most often portrayed in movies Q: Dracula $500 A: These giant insects were the title monsters in "Them" Q: Ants ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: After killing a union soldier, this character says, "I'll think about that tomorrow" Q: Scarlett O'Hara $200 A: Actor so good in "This Gun for Hire" he was asked to "Come Back" in "Shane" Q: Alan Ladd $300 A: Ruby Keeler wa told in this film, "you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star" Q: 42nd Street $400 A: In this film, Robby Benson says, "we forgot about the flowers" to blind skater Holly Johnson Q: Ice Castles $500 A: Film of theater life in which Katharine Hepburn croons, "the balla lilies are in bloom again" Q: Stage Door ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Actress who spoke the immortal line, "love is never having to say you're sorry" Q: Ali McGraw $200 A: Disney film in which you'd find the song "Feed the Birds" Q: Mary Poppins $300 A: Actor who captained "the mean machine" in "The Longest Yard" Q: Burt Reynolds $400 A: Movie whose sequel was "Class of '44" Q: Summer of '42 $500 A: "Moonlighting" star who was the voice of the baby in "Look Who's Talking" Q: Bruce Willis ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1990, Warren Beatty played this comic strip detective Q: Dick Tracy $200 A: Phileas Fogg's global travels took this amount of time Q: Eighty Days $300 A: Line frequently misquoted from "Casablanca," it became the title of a Woody Allen movie Q: Play it Again, Sam $400 A: David O. Selznick spent $92,000 & interviewed 1,400 candidates to fill this role Q: Scarlett O'Hara $500 A: This Howard Hughes film starring Jane Russell was the 1st to challenge the Hays Production code Q: The Outlaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He was Jerome Littlefield, "the disorderly orderly" Q: Jerry Lewis $200 A: The 1st film featuring father Flanagan Q: Boys Town $300 A: The unofficial inspiration for TV's "Happy Days," this film asked, "where were you in '62?" Q: American Graffiti $400 A: It was Noman Bates' Hobby in "psycho" so don't tell him to "stuff it" Q: Taxidermy $500 A: He played Mr. Miniver to Greer Garson's "Mrs. Miniver" Q: Walter Pidgeon ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A hand injury kept Frank Sinatra from playing this role, so Clint Eastwood copped it Q: Dirty Harry $200 A: He founded Utah's Sundance Institute, which encourages the work of independent filmmakers Q: Robert Redford $300 A: This famous female flyer was once the aviation editor of cosmopolitan Q: Amelia Earhart $400 A: The person who played the title role in the 1971 film "Klute" Q: Donald Sutherland $500 A: Romantic comedy in which Kookey Audrey Hepburn was secretly married to Buddy Ebsen & has a cat named Cat Q: Breakfast at Tiffany's ~~~~~~~ Museums ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The nightgown Barbara Mandrell wore on her wedding night is displayed in her museum in this city Q: Nashville $200 A: City whose museum of the confederacy adjoins the White House of the confederacy Q: Richmond $300 A: An entire museum in this city is devoted to 40's movie star Carmen Miranda, as The Cariocas could tell you Q: Rio De Janeiro $400 A: The Stuhr Museum in Nebraska displays the cottage in which this "Grapes of Wrath" star was born Q: Henry Fonda $500 A: This New York City Arts Museum was founded by & named for Gloria Vanderbilt's aunt Q: Whitney Museum ~~~~~ Music ~~~~~ $100 A: 4th note of the musical scale, it's "a long long way to run" Q: Fa $200 A: Piano style sprung from the blues, it describes Bette's "bugle boy" Q: Boogie-Woogie $300 A: Tyrolean trick of moving the voice from natural to Falsetto Q: Yodeling $400 A: The male voice range lower than tenor & higher than bass Q: Baritone $500 A: Italian for "first lady," the leading opera singer in a company Q: Prima Donna ~~~~~ Music ~~~~~ $100 A: In writing the light opera "El Capitan," this "March King" wrote a march of the same name Q: John Philip Sousa $200 A: You hold your lips the same way to play a brass instrument or this exotic shell Q: Conch Shell $300 A: While rooted in spirituals, as a distinct style this date only from the 1930's Q: Gospel Music $400 A: A song from the musical "I do, I do," or a line from the 23rd psalm Q: My Cup Runneth Over $500 A: Both "Rhapsody in Blue" & "The Grand Canyon Suite" were composed for this popular, rotund bandleader Q: Paul Whiteman ~~~~~ Music ~~~~~ $100 A: Beethoven wrote 3 equale compositions for 4 of these instruments, not 76 Q: Trombones $200 A: German for "song collection," it's also the name of a soft cheese resembling a mild limburger Q: Liederkranz $300 A: French for "study," it's an instrumental piece designed to improve a player's technique Q: Etude $400 A: As a reed instrument, it's played with the mouth; made of glass, it's played with wet fingers or mallets Q: Harmonica $500 A: Chopin wrote over 50 of these Polish folk dances performed by 4 or 8 couples Q: Mazurkas ~~~~~ Music ~~~~~ $100 A: Anna's choreographic invitation to the king of Siam Q: Shall We Dance $200 A: First name of composers Liszt, Haydn & schubert Q: Franz $300 A: This word, the plural of "opus," also means a drama that's sung Q: Opera $400 A: He was inspired by East Indian dance to write "begin the beguine" Q: Cole Porter $500 A: "Donkey," "Moonlight," & "For Strings," for example Q: Serenades ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musical Astronomy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Francis Scott key wrote it Q: Star-Spangled Banner $200 A: Tevye's Dawn to Dusk lament of time passing Q: Sunrise, Sunset $300 A: In 1983, it happened to the sun & Bonnie Tyler's heart Q: Total Eclipse $400 A: Grace slick has rejoined this "aireborne" band Q: Jefferson Starship $500 A: "Hair's" "Gliddy Glup Glop, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo" Q: Good Morning Starshine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musical Instruments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In "Joshua," Thomas Morell wrote, "See! The conquering hero comes! Sound" these Q: The Trumpets $200 A: You won't get bad "Vibes" listening to Lionel Hampton play this instrument Q: Vibraphone $300 A: The descant or soprano is the most popular size of this instrument, often the 1st a child learns Q: Recorder $400 A: A band in Japanese Noh Theater consists of a flute & 3 of these Q: Drums $500 A: On a standard guitar, the strings stretch from the bridge to these Q: Tuning Pegs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musical Instruments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Goodman's "licorice stick" Q: Clarinet $200 A: Afro-Cuban "skins" that kept the beat for beatnik poetry Q: Bongo Drums $300 A: Percussive "plates" that serve up a din Q: Cymbals $400 A: Ravi Shankar inspired George Harrison to use this instrument with the Beatles Q: Sitar $500 A: Plucked instrument brought to the U.S. by slaves, now a fixture in bluegrass Q: Banjo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musical Instruments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The shakuhachi & samisen are instruments of this country Q: Japan $200 A: "X" marks the spot in the encyclopedia where you'll find this instrument, the only 1 commonly under "x" Q: Xylophone $300 A: Russian lute shaped like a triangle, it's also popular with gypsies Q: Balalaika $400 A: Their music, which might be the oldest still played, is played on instruments like the didgeridoo Q: Aborigines $500 A: Tone quality is set on this "wind" instrument by depressing tabs or by pulling out stop knobs Q: Organ ~~~~~~~~ Musicals ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It opens with Tevye Touting "tradition" Q: Fiddler on the Roof $200 A: John Van Druten's "I am a camera" developed into this musical picture of pre-war Germany Q: Cabaret $300 A: George M. Cohan played this president in "I'd rather be right" Q: Franklin D. Roosevelt $400 A: A Pulitzer-prize winning book by James Michener became this Pulitzer-prize winning show Q: South Pacific $500 A: Gene Kelly originally played this title cad who "bewitched, bothered & bewildered" the ladies Q: Pal Joey ~~~~~~~~~ Mythology ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A "complex" man: loved mom, killed dad Q: Oedipus $200 A: January was named for this 2-faced god Q: Janus $300 A: The goddess of victory, now the name of a major athletic shoe company Q: Nike $400 A: The only god in common to the Greeks, the Romans & NASA Q: Apollo $500 A: Sister of Orestes, mourning became her Q: Electra ~~~~~~~~~ Mythology ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Cerberus, guardian of hell, is a monster version of this household pet Q: Dog $200 A: She was so ugly, she not only turned men off, she turned them to stone Q: Medusa $300 A: This winged horse is a constellation & Mobil's System Q: Pegasus $400 A: Tormenting bird with a woman's head whose name means a shrewish woman Q: Harpy $500 A: A hoofed & horned beast or an oversexed male Q: Satyr ~~~~~ Myths ~~~~~ $100 A: Jupiter himself was said to have founded this sports event which was 1st repeated in 5-year cycles Q: Olympics $200 A: Pliny said it had the body "of a horse.. head of a deer, feet of an elephant, and a single black horn" Q: Unicorn $300 A: Son of Poseidon who hunts in the night sky Q: Orion $400 A: Greek goddess who personifies the soul, her name now means soul or mind Q: Psyche $500 A: Mythology expert who explained "the Greek way" & "the Roman way" Q: Edith Hamilton ~~~~~~~~~ Namesakes ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Stuffed toy named for president Roosevelt Q: Teddy Bear $200 A: Thinned-down perfume was first made in this German city Q: Cologne $300 A: To protest against hoop skirts, this magazine editor gave her name to women's pantaloons Q: Amelia Bloomer $400 A: Wild west gambling game named for the Egyptian kings on old playing cards Q: Faro $500 A: Eleanor Porter heroine whose name is synonymous with an unrealistic optimist Q: Pollyanna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ National Landmarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It came from France to harbor America's freedom Q: Statue of Liberty $200 A: When he was home, George Washington slept here Q: Mt Vernon $300 A: This "Cornerstone" of Massachusetts bears the date 1620 Q: Plymouth Rock $400 A: Building where John Hancock signed his "John Hancock" Q: Independence Hall $500 A: D.C. building shaken by Nov. '83 bomb blast Q: Capitol ~~~~~~ Nature ~~~~~~ $100 A: The larvae of moths & butterflies Q: Caterpillars $200 A: Type of plant such as cactus & aloe, this name means "juicy" Q: Succulent $300 A: Owls depend on their keep sense of sight & this to hunt Q: Hearing $400 A: Tropical woods with at least 100 inches of precipitation annually Q: Rain Forest $500 A: Collective name of the 3 kinds of North American wild sheep Q: Bighorn ~~~~~~~~~~~ Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Today very few Hollanders can be found clompin' around in these "klompen" Q: Wooden Shoes $200 A: As of June 1989, 2.26 of these equaled 1 American Dollar Q: Guilders $300 A: Until the 1700's, this city was noted for its fine blue patterned china Q: Delft $400 A: Queen Juliana's daughter, she is the present queen of the Netherlands Q: Beatrix $500 A: The 1975 independence of this S. American colony caused mass emigration to the Netherlands Q: Surinam ~~~~~~~~~~~ New England ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This New England state is about the same size as the other 5 combined Q: Maine $200 A: Shortest state motto, "Hope!," appropriately belongs to this New England state Q: Rhode Island $300 A: The last president born in New England Q: George Bush $400 A: In '64, it became the 1st in the nation to have a state lottery Q: New Hampshire $500 A: Sikorsky built the 1st 1-rotor helicopter in this state, which still makes the most helicopters Q: Connecticut ~~~~~~~~~~~ New Orleans ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "Fat Tuesday" festivities Q: Mardi Gras $200 A: A section of the city called Algiers is located on the west bank of this river Q: Mississippi $300 A: Brand of jazz played by Al Hirt & Pete fountain Q: Dixieland $400 A: Stadium where the "saints" go marching in Q: Superdome $500 A: The French quarter's coffee, made with this root, is bitter, but smooth Q: Chicory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: New York City's "fruity" nickname Q: Big Apple $200 A: Over the years, there have been 3 different indoor sports arenas called by this name Q: Madison Square Garden $300 A: Though part of NYC, Liberty Island is within the terrirotial waters of this state Q: New Jersey $400 A: Handsome mayor of New York from 1966-74, he called it "Fun City" Q: John Lindsay $500 A: In 1977, its twin towers replaced the Empire State Building as the city's tallest Q: World Trade Center ~~~~~~~~~ Nicknames ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When this actor was a child, he was nicknamed after his dog, Duke Q: John Wayne $200 A: Mighty man "at the bat" or engineer John Jones Q: Casey $300 A: The robin hood of modern crime, Simon Templar Q: Saint $400 A: The shape of the original coke bottle & the WWII life preserver were named for her Q: Mae West $500 A: Nickname of gangster Benjamin Siegel, but his friends never called him it Q: Bugsy ~~~~~~~~~ Nicknames ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: English sailors were nicknamed this from the fruit they ate to prevent scurvy Q: Limeys $200 A: One source we have call Betty Grable the "no. 1" this, while another hangs it on Dorothy Lamour Q: Pin Up Girl $300 A: Supreme court justice known as "whizzer" Q: Byron White $400 A: During the 1950's, this 5'4" blonde was known as "the singing rage" Q: Patti Page $500 A: U.S. general who was called "The Napoleon of Luzon" & "The Beau Brummel of the army" Q: Douglas MacArthur ~~~~~~~~~ Nicknames ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Not Ronald Reagan's nationality, but his boyhood nickname Q: Dutch $200 A: The "cooperative for American relief everywhere" is better known by this name Q: Care $300 A: Name Indians gave the cavalry because they carried swords Q: Long Knives $400 A: Janis Joplin's nickname & her posthumous album Q: Pearl $500 A: Her mother, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, called her "Lilibet" Q: Queen Elizabeth II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1949 Costa Rica's constitution abolished this, replacing it with a small civil guard Q: Army $200 A: Between his teams as Cuba's leader, Fulgencio Batista lived for a while in this U.S. state Q: Florida $300 A: In 1903, Panama proclaimed its independence from this adjacent country Q: Colombia $400 A: Barons, Earls, Viscounts & 1 woman, Jeanne Sauve, have all been governors general of this country Q: Canada $500 A: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Milina was a dictator of this island country for 3 decades until his 1961 assassination Q: The Dominican Republic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Mountains ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1981, the U.S. geological survey published a post-eruption map of this mountain Q: Mount Saint Helens $200 A: This mountain range occupies 1/6 of California & contains 3 national parks Q: Sierra Navada $300 A: Located in Washington, the greatest U.S. single peak glacier system radiates from it Q: Mount Rainier $400 A: The highest mountain in Canada Q: Mount Logan $500 A: Jackson Hole is a 7,000 ft. high valley in this Wyoming range of the rockies Q: Tetons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notable Animals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Siam, the 1st of this cat breed in the U.S., was a gift to president Hayes in 1878 Q: Siamese $200 A: Buddy, the 1st dog trained as 1 of these helpers, came to the U.S. in 1928 Q: Seeing Eye Dog $300 A: In 1961, Enos, who was one of these, orbited the Earth Q: Chimpanzee $400 A: Ralphie, the female buffalo mascot of the U. of Colorado, was so popular she was elected this Q: Homecoming Queen $500 A: In 1947, "Islero," a fierce bull, killed & was killed by him, perhaps the world's greatest bullfighter Q: Mandlete ~~~~~~~~~ Notorious ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Fairy tale animal usually referred to as "big" and "bad" Q: Wolf $200 A: Nosferatu, Dracula & Barnabas Q: Vampires $300 A: Manuel Noriega, indicted in the U.S. on numerous charges, was once the dictator of this Latin country Q: Panama $400 A: He shot the man who shot J.F.K. Q: Jack Ruby $500 A: The accused in this city's trials included Von Ribbentrop, Goerring & Hess Q: Nuremberg ~~~~~~~~~ Notorious ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It was probably a lyre, not a fiddle, if he played it while Rome burned Q: Nero $200 A: His book, translated as "My Struggle," outlined plans to conquer Europe Q: Adolf Hitler $300 A: Lenin called him ruthless, & his purges proved he was Q: Joseph Stalin $400 A: He was both an American & British general in the Revolutionary War Q: Benedict Arnold $500 A: This man who ruled Uganda from 1971-79 is now believed to live in Saudi Arabia Q: Idi Amin ~~~~~~ Novels ~~~~~~ $100 A: The last name of sisters Amy, Beth, Jo, & Meg Q: March $200 A: This novel concludes, "after all, tomorrow is another day" Q: Gone with the Wind $300 A: "Tom Sawyer" character who might lend you a fiver Q: Huckleberry Finn $400 A: Thorton Wilder novel that delves into the lives of 5 travelers who fall to their deaths in Peru Q: The Bridge of San Luis Rey $500 A: Under this pen name, E.Z.C. Judson originated the dime novel & gave William F. Cody his famous nickname Q: Ned Buntline ~~~~~~~ Numbers ~~~~~~~ $100 A: The decimal system is based on this number Q: 10 $200 A: MCMXCII Q: 1992 $300 A: The digit on the phone represented by "Def" Q: 3 $400 A: The number of the piggy in the children's nursery rhyme who had no roast beef Q: 4th $500 A: When it's 12 noon in Washington state, it's this time in Washington, D.C. Q: 3 P.M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Numbers In Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: According to Bobby Vee, the night has this many eyes Q: A Thousand $200 A: "She was just" this, "you know what I mean? And the way she looked was way beyond compare" Q: 17 $300 A: "You came out of a dream, peaches & cream, lips like strawberry wine, you're" this age Q: 16 $400 A: According to Gene McDaniels, the 1st woman wasn't made of Adam's rib, but this much clay Q: 100 Lbs $500 A: it's the girl-boy ratio in "Surf City" Q: 2 to 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The number of points on a compass, or the number of permanent teeth in the normal human mouth Q: 32 $200 A: The number of colors traditionally identified in a rainbow or spectrum Q: 7 $300 A: Offices of Baskin-Robbins are at this number of Baskin-Robbins place in Glendale, California Q: 31 $400 A: In "Treasure Island," the pirates sing of this number of "Men on a Dead Man's Chest, Yo-Ho-Ho" Q: 15 $500 A: The solid-colored ball with the highest number in a standard game of pocket billiards Q: 8 ~~~~~~~~~ Nutrition ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 3 oz. of this pickled cabbage has only 18 calories Q: Sauerkraut $200 A: This mineral, which forms teeth & bones, is by weight the most common mineral in the body Q: Calcium $300 A: A primary food type along with carbohydrates & proteins, they help the body prevent viral infections Q: Fats $400 A: There are 2 types of vitamins, fat-soluble & this kind Q: Water-soluble $500 A: Starches are complex forms of these simple carbohydrates Q: Sugars ~~~~~~~~~~~ Odd Customs ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Waving as Americans do is an insult in this Hellenic country Q: Greece $200 A: In the Netherlands, a hostess may serve herself first, from the custom of tasting food to prove it wasn't this Q: Poisoned $300 A: Frenchmen kiss cheeks, but in Rumania, friends often kiss this way Q: On The Mouth $400 A: Men in this arctic culture sometimes settled disputes by singing insults at each other Q: Eskimos $500 A: Tibetans & Mongolians supposedly put this in their tea instead of sugar Q: Salt ~~~~~~~~ Odd Jobs ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 4-letter word for a spiritual guide, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is one Q: Guru $200 A: For 10% of the bail, he'll spring you from jail Q: Bail Bondsman $300 A: He raises penmanship to a fine art Q: Calligrapher $400 A: Horse racing figures the British call "turf accountants" Q: Bookies $500 A: What a fletcher makes Q: Arrows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Old Testament ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Delilah gave him a real trimming Q: Samson $200 A: In Hebrew its name means "sea of reeds" Q: Red Sea $300 A: Through sons Isaac & Ishmael, both Jews & Arabs trace descent from him Q: Abrahama $400 A: The name "Palestine" comes from these biblical enemies of Israel Q: Philistines $500 A: A sorrowful old testament prophet, his name now refers to predictors of doom Q: Jeremiah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Old Testament ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The animals King Darius furnished his "den" with Q: Lions $200 A: Desiring her, David sent her husband off to his death in battle Q: Bathsheba $300 A: The Villians Delilah & Goliath both belonged to this group of Aegean people Q: Philistines $400 A: Deception ensued when Isaac sent this son hunting for venison Q: Esau $500 A: Because he was a stranger in a strange land, he called his son Gershom, meaning "a stranger there" Q: Moses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Old Testament ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: As a baby, he went sailing down the Nile in a basket boat Q: Moses $200 A: Milton described him as "eyeless in gaza" Q: Samson $300 A: In order to stop a storm at sea, he told the sailors to throw him overboard Q: Jonah $400 A: Because he asked God for wisdom & not wealth, he got both Q: King Solomon $500 A: The only 2 women whose names are on books of the Old Testament Q: Ruth & Esther ~~~~~ Opera ~~~~~ $100 A: Country where madame butterfly flitted Q: Japan $200 A: Flying creature that is "die Fledermaus" in Johann Strauss' opera Q: Bat $300 A: "La Boheme," by this composer, is based on the novel "Scenes from Bohemian Life" Q: Puccini $400 A: She wrote the lyrics to "Four Saints in Three Acts" & Virgil Thomson wrote the score Q: Gertrude Stein $500 A: Verdi's operatic version of "Camille" Q: La Traviata ~~~~~ Opera ~~~~~ $100 A: "Tosca" was based on a play written for this great French actress of the late 1800's Q: Sarah Bernhardt $200 A: Gershwin spent time in this state, the setting of "Porgy & Bess," to get the Opera's atmosphere right Q: South Carolina $300 A: In Verdi's "Otello," Iago is sung by a Baritone & Otello by one of these Q: Tenor $400 A: The Arias from Bellini's "La Sonnambula" were favorites of this "Swedish nightingale" Q: Jenny Lind $500 A: This play inspired over 20 operas, including "Les Amants De Verone" Q: Romeo & Juliet ~~~~~ Opera ~~~~~ $100 A: The Lone Ranger's theme is this opera's overture Q: William Tell $200 A: Profession of Rossini's Figaro Q: Barber $300 A: Italian tenor whose aria "Pagliacii" aria was the 1st record ever to sell a million copies Q: Enrico Caruso $400 A: Lt. Pinkerton's girlfriend, Cio-Cio San Q: Madame Butterfly $500 A: 1976 was also the bicentennial of this famed Milan opera house Q: La Scala ~~~~~ Opera ~~~~~ $100 A: If you hear "it ain't necessarily so," you are necessarily hearing music from this opera Q: Porgy & Bess $200 A: In Verdi's "MacBeth," he's killed right after singing a beautiful aria & before becoming a ghost Q: Banquo $300 A: This country's national opera company is the Ethniki Lyriki Skini Q: Greece $400 A: In the "ring cycle" he is raised by a Nibelung Q: Siegfried $500 A: Term for the speech that's sung between arias Q: Recitative ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oscar Firsts ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1934, she became the 1st child star to receive an Oscar Q: Shirley Temple $200 A: In 1988, she became the 1st person known by a single name to win a best acting Oscar Q: Cher $300 A: This silent screen swashbuckler was the 1st person to emcee the awards Q: Douglas Fairbanks Sr $400 A: This star of "The Song of Bernadette" was the 1st ton win an Oscar for playing a saint Q: Jennifer Jones $500 A: Some say he was swiss, some say German & some say American, but all say he won the 1st Oscar as best actor Q: Emil Jannings ~~~~~~~~~~~ Oscar Songs ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: As Dr. Doolittle, Rex Harrison sang this 1967 Oscar-winner to people, too Q: Talk to the Animals $200 A: 1942 Irving Berlin classic that has sold more records than any other Q: White Christmas $300 A: This 1st winner, from "Gay Divorcee," is also a car Q: Continental $400 A: In "Going My Way," Bing Crosby asks "would you rather be" doing this or be a fish Q: Swinging on a Star $500 A: Doris Day has sung 2 Oscar winners in films, "Que Sera, Sera" & this Q: Secret Love ~~~~~~~~~~~ Palindromes ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A chick's chirp Q: Peep $200 A: Men & women engage in the battle of these Q: Sexes $300 A: Type of "tube" viewer who wouldn't watch "Jeopardy!" Q: Boob $400 A: Precedes "whistle, plunk & boom" in classic Disney cartoon Q: Toot $500 A: To apply wall coverings again Q: Repaper ~~~~~~~ Parades ~~~~~~~ $100 A: 1988 was the year of this creature, which traditionally leads the annual Chinese New Year parade Q: Dragon $200 A: Parades on this day might honor Flora, the Roman goddess of Spring, or a country's laborers Q: May Day $300 A: This had to be stoked up for the performance & traditionally came last in the circus parade Q: Calliope $400 A: For most of its route, the tournament of roses parade follows this Pasadena Boulevard Q: Colorado Boulevard $500 A: Annual British parade that arose from the need to show mercenary troops which flag to follow Q: Tropping the Colour ~~~~~ Parks ~~~~~ $100 A: This Boston park where young Ben Franklin grazed the family cow is America's oldest Q: Boston Common $200 A: Baseball's 1st-ever all-star game was played in 1933 in this Chicago stadium Q: Comiskey Park $300 A: Al Pacino's 1st starring role dealt with "Panic In" a NYC park nicknamed this Q: Needle Park $400 A: People voice opinions on everything in London's speakers corner, in this park Q: Hyde Park $500 A: In 1962, Freddy cannon had a hit about this now-defunct New Jersey amusement park Q: Palisades park ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patriotic Songs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: An actor named Thomas A Becket said he wrote this patriotic "Gem," but others claimed it too Q: Columbia, Gem of the Ocean $200 A: It was originally a poem titled "The Defense of Fort Mchenry" Q: The Star-Spangled Banner $300 A: The 2nd line of this beloved patriotic song is "Land That I Love" Q: God Bless America $400 A: Song that says, "You're the Emblem of the Land I Love" Q: You're a grand old flag $500 A: The song parody "Be king to your web-footed friends: is sung to the tune of this patriotic march Q: Stars & Stripes Forever ~~~~~~ People ~~~~~~ $100 A: "I was a soldier for beauty & live. I was completely selfless," said this former Philippine 1st lady Q: Imelda Marcos $200 A: Also known for stupid human tricks, he got Ted Koppel to balance a dog biscuit on his nose Q: David Letterman $300 A: Before he created Jeno's Frozen Pizzas, Jeno Paulucci started this Chinese food company in Duluth, MN Q: Chun King $400 A: She said Warren Beatty acts like he can't wait to get out of the room when she talks about spirits Q: Shirley Maclaine $500 A: This famous feminist's middle initial stood for Brownell Q: Susan B. Anthony+ ~~~~~~ People ~~~~~~ $100 A: Pen name of Lafayette Hubbard, who died in 1986 after spending years in seclusion Q: L. Rom Hubbard $200 A: This lyricist co-edited the Choate Prep School yearbook with John F. 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Hyatt created the 1st "Celluloid" to replace the ivory balls used in this sport Q: Billiards $300 A: Meaning "upon oxygen," it's any of the resins that form a strong adhesion Q: Epoxy $400 A: In 1988, this Danish "city" made out of little plastic bricks celebrated its 20th anniversary Q: Lego land $500 A: The plastic fiber that was the title of a 1981 film starring the late divine Q: Polyester ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poetic Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: One of them begins, "there once was a man from Kent" Q: Limerick $200 A: Congreve found that its charms can "soothe the savage breast" Q: Music $300 A: Alan Seeger had "a rendezvous with" it & met it in WWII in the fields of France Q: Death $400 A: Sir John Suckling felt "tis not the meat, but" this that "makes eating a delight" Q: Appetite $500 A: A.E. 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Q: Tiger $400 A: James Whitcomb Riley wrote, "a feller is a-feelin' at his best" when this is "on the punkin'" Q: Frost $500 A: This lengthy poem about the Civil War won Stephen Vincent Benet the Pulitzer prize in 1929 Q: John Brown's Body ~~~~~~ Poetry ~~~~~~ $100 A: 3-letter Sandburg weather phenomenon that "comes in on little cat feet" Q: Fog $200 A: New England "swinger of birches" who read his poetry for JFK's inauguration Q: Robert Frost $300 A: Great Scot who wrote the poem "Auld Lang Syne" Q: Robert Burns $400 A: Poetic Device illustrated by "a peck of pickled peppers" Q: Alliteration $500 A: He said his poem "Kubla Khan" was inspired by a dream Q: Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~~~~~~ Poetry ~~~~~~ $100 A: Completes John Howard Payne's line "be in ever so humble..." Q: There's No Place Like Home $200 A: His poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" begins "whose woods these are I think I know" Q: Robert Frost $300 A: In the poem named for her, Stonewall Jackson says, who touches a hair of yon gray head dies like a dog!" Q: Barbara Frietchie $400 A: The town of Pippapass, Kentucky, was renamed Pippa passes after a verse drama by this Englishman Q: Robert Browning $500 A: His tragic 1841 ballad, "The Wreck of the Hesperus" was inspired by an actual shipwreck Q: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~~~~~ Poets ~~~~~ $100 A: He was a poet & a playwright as well as a Victorian prime minister Q: Benjamin Disraeli $200 A: He wrote about "Ships That Pass in the Night" in "Tales of a Wayside Inn" Q: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow $300 A: This poet's great 14th century masterpiece helped establish Italian as a national language Q: Dante Alighieri $400 A: This poet known for his odes was only 25 when he died of tuberculosis in 1821 Q: John Keats $500 A: As a soldier he used the Alias Silas Tomkyn Comberbache, so he didn't have to change him monogram Q: Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~~~~~~~~~~~ Police Work ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Job held by the Beatles' "Lovely Rita" Q: Meter Maid $200 A: Interpol is headquartered in this capital city Q: Paris $300 A: In old England, he was reeve of the shire; today he is this Q: Sheriff $400 A: What S.W.A.T. stands for Q: Special Weapons and Tactics $500 A: It's a dog's life in this branch of the police force Q: K-9 Corps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Political Nicknames ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He's been called "The Peanut Politician" Q: Jimmy Carter $200 A: In office from 1955 until his death in 1976, he was called "The Last of the Big-City Bosses" Q: Richard J. 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Hayakawa said, "we should keep" this; "after all, we stole it fair and square" Q: Panama Canal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Political Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He introduced himself as "the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris" Q: John F. 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Funeral Pyre ~~~~~~~ Rituals ~~~~~~~ $100 A: You do it before blowing out the candles on your birthday cake Q: Make a Wish $200 A: Sometimes held in secret, it gets you into a fraternity or a cult Q: Initiation $300 A: The cha-no-yu as performed by Japanese women Q: Tea Ceremony $400 A: Throughout the Pacidic, this toe-dingeing ritual is held when the ti plant ripens Q: Walking on Fire $500 A: Since 1903, members of this New York City club have gone swimming in the icy Atlantic Q: Polar Bears ~~~~~~ Rivers ~~~~~~ $100 A: The Porcupine River flows into this U.S. state form the Yukon territory Q: Alaska $200 A: At Niagara Falls, 90% of the flow of the Niagara River goes over this fall Q: Horseshoe Falls $300 A: This river enters the east end of Lake Geneva near Montreux & leaves the west end in Geneva Q: Rhone $400 A: Though much of the Yangtze is navigable, very little of this 3000-mile long Chinese river is Q: Yellow River $500 A: Europe's 2nd-busiest airport serves frankfurt & is 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& still have begged for more" Q: Danced $500 A: Song from "Annie" that ends with "you're always a day away" Q: Tomorrow ~~~~~~~~~ Soul Food ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Mammy's little baby loves it Q: Shortnin' Bread $200 A: Also called groundnuts or goobers Q: Peanuts $300 A: A fried fritter named for the hungry dot it "hushed" Q: Hush Puppy $400 A: Hominy and Grits are both made of this grain Q: Corn $500 A: Southern pancake grain or a "Little Rascal" Q: Buckwheat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This "Land of Silver" exports more beef than any other South American country Q: Argentina $200 A: You'd "C" Cucuta, Cali & Cartagena in this country Q: Colombia $300 A: What you do with yerba mate Q: Drink It $400 A: In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered ruins of the great medieval city of Machu Picchu in this country Q: Peru $500 A: With an October to February season, it's the only South American country whose national sport is baseball Q: Venezuela ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Oceangoing boats can travel 2300 miles up this river to Iquitos, Peru Q: Amazon $200 A: Over 1/3 of its population lives in its capital, Montevideo Q: Uruguay $300 A: The Spaniards named this country little Vernice, after the Italian city Q: Venezuela $400 A: The only 1 of the Guianas that's still a colony Q: French Guiana $500 A: Famous William Hudson novel that set in the South American jungle Q: Green Mansions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Space & Aviation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1979, Pioneer II revealed that its rings are composed of ice-covered rocks Q: Saturn $200 A: The magazine "Gleanings in Bee Culture" published the 1st complete account of their early flights Q: Wright Brothers $300 A: 90,002 Americans currently hold Pam Am reservations to this destination, & they're not taking any more Q: Moon $400 A: Hughes president Steven Dorfman told NASA they'd be reimbursed for trying to save 1 with a flyswatter Q: Satellite $500 A: It was the power source of the Gossamer Condor, launched in 1977 Q: Man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speak of the Dickens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Almost every year from 1843 to 1867 Dickens wrote a special story or book for this holiday Q: Christmas $200 A: George Cruikshank did these for "Oliver Twist" while Hablot K Browne or "Phiz" did them for other works Q: Illustrations $300 A: The Defarges run a wine shop in this novel Q: A Tale of Two Cities $400 A: It was the 1st novel Dickens wrote in the 1st person, probably because it was so personal Q: David Copperfield $500 A: Dickens described this condition as "a London particular" in the novel "Bleak House" Q: Fog ~~~~~~~~ Spelling ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A space from which all or most of the air has been removed, or a Hoover Q: Vacuum $200 A: In fish restaurants, restrooms are often marked "gulls" & this Q: Buoys $300 A: Word always used to describe Al Yankovic, who "lost on Jeopardy" Q: Weird $400 A: To spell in an incorrect way Q: Misspell $500 A: From the French, a person employed to drive a motor vehicle Q: Chauffeur ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sport of Kings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Nicknamed "The Shoe," he holds the record for single season wins Q: Willie Shoemaker $200 A: Type of betting whose name is from the French for "mutual stake" Q: Pari-Mutuel $300 A: The oldest race in the triple crown Q: Belmont Stakes $400 A: A 3/4 mile race is this long in furlongs Q: 6 $500 A: In 1919-20, this 4-legged "battleship" won 20 of 21 starts Q: Man O' War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sport of Kings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The pari-mutuel system lets you place one of these legally Q: Bet $200 A: A race where faster horses carry more weight than slower ones Q: Handicap Race $300 A: Racehorse that runs well on a wet track, or a Bronx mommy Q: Mudder $400 A: The oldest race in the triple crown Q: Belmont Stakes $500 A: In 1919-20, this 4-legged "battleship" won 20 of 21 starts Q: Man O'War ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: Sport which scores in increments of 1, 3, 6 and occasionally 2 points Q: Football $200 A: In baseball, if a fair ball pops out of the glove of an outfielder, & over the fence, it's ruled this Q: Home Run $300 A: When Judges' marks are announced for gymnastics events, these 2 scores are discarded Q: Highest & Lowest $400 A: Sport in which Australia might beat Pakistan by an inning & 21 runs Q: Cricket $500 A: In this, you get 1 point for each stone in the house & closer to the tee than any stone of the opposing side Q: Curling ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1982, Gordon Johncock won this auto race by only .16 seconds over Rick Mears Q: Indianapolis 500 $200 A: Its regulation circumference is 26-27" so watch out when it gets spiked at 70 M.P.H. Q: Volleyball $300 A: The 1st world championships of this ocean sport were held in the early 1960's in Australia Q: Surfing $400 A: Baseball was supposedly invented in this N.Y. village, now home to the Baseball Hall of Fame Q: Cooperstown $500 A: The 1950 U.S. defeat of England has been called the greatest upset in the history of this sport Q: Soccer ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: The team of Pam Shriver & this champion have won more women's doubles titles than any other team Q: Martina Navratilova $200 A: In golf, a bunker isn't a fortified position, but this type of hazard Q: Sand Trap $300 A: "Trick" term for a player scoring 3 goals in 1 game Q: Hat Trick $400 A: The only woman since Sonja Henie to win the gold in ladies' figure skating at 2 consecutive Olympics Q: Katarina Witt $500 A: After the Atlanta Braves went on a 17-game losing streak in 1977, he made himself the team's manager Q: Ted Turner ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: Nickname of the dragster Don Garlits Q: Big Daddy $200 A: In 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0 in this sport Q: Football $300 A: A hackel is a long, narrow neck feather, usually from a cock, used by fisherman to make these Q: Flies $400 A: After losing 737 games in just 7 years, they won the 1969 world series Q: New York Mets $500 A: Diving position where diver stays bent at hips with legs held straight & grasps the back of the knees Q: Pike ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: It's the run for the roses in the Bluegrass State Q: Kentucky Derby $200 A: In Japan, its name is sumo, in nightclubs, its name is mud Q: Wrestling $300 A: Legendary site of the 1st baseball game & the baseball Hall of Fame Q: Cooperstown NY $400 A: Her hairstyle & style on the ice made her famous in the 1976 Olympics Q: Dorothy Hamill $500 A: Great-grandson of chief Black Hawk & one of the 1st in the NFL Hall of Fame Q: Jim Thorpe ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: A perfect score in bowling, or the length of a football field in feet Q: 300 $200 A: NFL & Major League Baseball teams are both named for this bird Q: Cardinal $300 A: Baseball's "earned run average" is a measure of prowess at this position Q: Pitcher $400 A: Total number of minutes in a pro basketball game Q: 48 $500 A: He was coach of the Chicago Bears for nearly 40 years Q: George Halas ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: When James Naismith invented it in 1891, he used peach baskets Q: Basketball $200 A: In a perfect game in this sport, you score 300 Q: Bowling $300 A: Joan Benoit's type of road race Q: Marathon $400 A: "The Hogs" block for this NFL team Q: Washington Redskins $500 A: After surviving a car wreck, this former Dodger catcher wrote "It's Good to be Alive" Q: Roy Campanella ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: Olympic sport divided into "freestyle" & "greco-roman" Q: Wrestling $200 A: In basketball it's dribbling with both hands or resuming to dribble after you've stopped Q: Double Dribbling $300 A: Baseball's senior circuit Q: National League $400 A: In hockey, where you're sitting if you're in the "sin bin" Q: Penalty Box $500 A: Sport where you could find someone working on the "chain gang" Q: Football ~~~~~~ Sports ~~~~~~ $100 A: This popular offshoot of soccer evolved after Harvard insisted upon playing "the Boston game" Q: Football $200 A: Term for skiing across the face of a hill Q: Traversing $300 A: 4 horses died & only 9 of 29 finished in England's 1954 Grand National, this kind of race Q: Steeplechase $400 A: In 1934, as a beginning pro. this great heavyweight won only $52 for his 1st fight Q: Joe Louis $500 A: From the German for "bowling pin," it's a nickname for a bowler Q: Kegler ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When he won the U.S. amateur golf title in 1959, this "Golden Bear" was just a cub Q: Jack Nicklaus $200 A: This Yankee "Iron Horse" played 2,219 games, beginning June 2, 1925 Q: Lou Gehrig $300 A: At a Penna High School in Feb. 1938, this athletic event was called due to fog--in the gym! Q: A Basketball Game $400 A: Wyoming seminary & Mansfield teachers college played the 1st night game in this sport in 1892 Q: Football $500 A: On July 4, 1981, John McEnroe stopped him from winning a 6th straight Wimbledon championship Q: Bjorn Borg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Stadiums ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "The house that Ruth built" Q: Yankee Stadium $200 A: Boston's "green monster" is in this stadium Q: Fenway Park $300 A: Major league baseball's 1st domed stadium is in this city Q: Houston $400 A: The Chicago Cubs can now go out and play at night here Q: Wrigley Field $500 A: Ann Arbor school that has the largest U.S. college stadium Q: University of Michigan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Andre the Giant & "The Road Warrior" are among the "Heavies" in this sport Q: Wrestling $200 A: The British Princess competed in Equestrian events in the 1976 Olympics Q: Anne $300 A: From Scandinavian for "shoot," its goal is hitting clay targets thrown into the air Q: Skeet Shooting $400 A: Pitching for the Yankees, he threw a perfect game in the 1956 world series Q: Don Larsen $500 A: At 200' below sea level, the lowest golf course in the world is in this California "Low" spot Q: Death Valley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Until the speedway was built in 1959, the auto races were held on this Florida beach Q: Daytona Beach $200 A: In 1927 the Toronto St. Patricks took this more botanical name Q: Maple Leafs $300 A: Field position in baseball in which one can get "knocked out of the box" Q: Pitcher $400 A: In 1 day, May 25, 1935, he equaled or broke 4 track & field world records Q: Jesse Owens $500 A: Oreo cookie eater whose Palm Springs LPGA tournament is sponsored by Nabisco Q: Dinah Shore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A perfect score in figure skating Q: 6 $200 A: Italy & this South American nation have won the most world cups in soccer Q: Brazil $300 A: The real name of this great middleweight was Walker Smith, Jr. Q: Sugar Ray Robinson $400 A: IN 1924, this Boston team was the 1st American team to join the NHL Q: Bruins $500 A: Game where 2 four-man teams slide stones over ice toward a circle Q: Curling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: At age 21, Dwight Filley Davis donated this sport's famous cup Q: Tennis $200 A: Sport whose front line could be abbreviated LE, LT, LG, C, RG, RT, RE Q: Football $300 A: This paper celebrated its 100th anniversary on March 11, 1986 Q: Sporting News $400 A: Shoichi Nakajima did it from Korea to Japan & plans to try it from Hawaii to San Francisco Q: Windsurf $500 A: When Bernhard Langer won this April tourney, he became Germany's most famous golfer since Hermann Tissies Q: Masters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "B" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Goodyear's gasbag Q: Blimp $200 A: Nickname of Gil Gerard's futuristic captain William Rogers Q: Buck $300 A: In the proverb, a "new one" sweeps clean Q: Broom $400 A: Quality of a Scot's brogue which makes the "R" r-r-r-oll Q: Burr $500 A: Australian bay named for the many plants growing on its shore Q: Botany Bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "G" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This blessing can be said either before or after a meal Q: Grace $200 A: A notable exploit, whether or not it's performed by a man named Beau Q: Geste $300 A: It's the short last name of John Robert, the Irishman known for his shorthand Q: Gregg $400 A: From the word for hunted meat, it can mean off-color or off-flavor Q: Gamy $500 A: Stheno, Euryale, & Medusa Q: Gorgons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "G" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: First American to orbit the Earth in space Q: John Glenn $200 A: "Oscar" is to acting as this is to music Q: Grammy $300 A: "Adolescent" version of the cucumber Q: Gherkin $400 A: "Away he'll shlep with his elephant shep, while Stella & Ursula sway in step" Q: George of the Jungle $500 A: This poisonous lizard is only found in the southwest U.S. Q: Gila Monster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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hilarious joke might be described as "a real" one of these Q: Kneeslapper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "M" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Daniel Boone's cherokee chum, played by Ed Ames Q: Mingo $200 A: Planet Flash Gorden saved the Earth from Q: Mongo $300 A: Native to India, this tree of the Sumax family, is prized for its fruit Q: Mango $400 A: Goes with "Jerrie" for a T.S. Eliot cat Q: Mungo $500 A: When it precedes "cane," it's a dog's world Q: Mondo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "U" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A "Monocycle" Q: Unicycle $200 A: Howard, Emory, & Rice, among others Q: Universities $300 A: A final proposition or demand made by 1 of 2 negotiating parties Q: Ultimatum $400 A: In psychology the part of the mind that rarely has awareness Q: Unconscious $500 A: Formerly called Urga, it's the capital of Mongolia Q: Ulan Bator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts with "V" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: From Latin for "hunting," it's the flesh of a deer Q: Venison $200 A: Broadcasting's VOA stands for this Q: Voice of America $300 A: Vanuatu, Vatican City, & these two other independent countries begin with V Q: Vietnam & Venezuela $400 A: From the old French "To come." it's the location of a gathering such as an Olympic event Q: Venue $500 A: The foremost position in an army or fleet Q: Vanguard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts With "Vi" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Cranberries grow on these Q: Vines $200 A: A treacherous person or a venomous snake Q: Viper $300 A: From a French word for "face," it's the front piece of a knight's helmet Q: Visor $400 A: A, C, D, E, or K Q: Vitamin $500 A: Government official whose title means "in place of the king" Q: Viceroy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starts With "W" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In professional boxing, it's the classification of a boxer whose weight is 136-147 pounds Q: Welterweight $200 A: Warp, weft & woof are terms used in this process Q: Weaving $300 A: While skiers "think snow," river rafters think this Q: White Water $400 A: Business lunches, interest charges, & alimony, for example Q: Write-Offs $500 A: This 20th century newspaperman is credited with making the gossip column a regular feature in newspapers Q: Walter Winchell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Capitals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Juneau was its capital when it became a U.S. state; Sitka was its capital under Russian rule Q: Alaska $200 A: Originally called "Waterloo," it's the capital of Texas Q: Austin $300 A: State whose capital is properly pronounced "peer" Q: South Dakota $400 A: Though Augusta, GA is much larger, the only Augusta that's a state capital is here Q: Maine $500 A: State capital that's home to a service academy Q: Annapolis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Capitals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Until 1875 its dual capitals were Hartford & New Haven Q: Connecticut $200 A: This New Mexico town is the oldest city that's a state capital Q: Santa Fe $300 A: Crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776, Washington defeated the Hessians at this New Jersey Capital Q: Trenton $400 A: It actually is 5,280 feet above sea level Q: Denver $500 A: It's the capital of the nation's smallest & most densely populated state Q: Providence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Holidays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Kamehameha Day is celebrated on June 11 in this state Q: Hawaii $200 A: In Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire & South Dakota, it's always observed on May 30 Q: Memorial Day $300 A: Huey P. Long Day, August 30, is a holiday in this state, but only if proclaimed by the governor Q: Louisiana $400 A: October holiday called pioneer's day in South Dakota & discoverer's day in Hawaii Q: Columbus Day $500 A: May 8th, his birthday, is a legal holiday in Missouri Q: Harry S Truman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ States in Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's where I came from with a banjo on my knee Q: Alabama $200 A: According to the Beach Boys' hit, it's the state with the cutest girls in the world Q: California $300 A: Elvis sang of this state's rain; Neil Diamond of it woman Q: Kentucky $400 A: In alternative lyrics to "I've Been Working on the Railroad," this state's eyes are upon you Q: Texas $500 A: Patti Page Hit that is an official song of a southern state Q: Tennessee Waltz ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Super Heroes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He's been played by Reeves & Reeve Q: Superman $200 A: There's no need to fear knowing that Wally Cox gave this hero his voice Q: Underdog $300 A: Rodent who would cry, here I am, to save the day" Q: Mighty Mouse $400 A: His archenemy, Dr. Sivana, nicknamed him "The Big Cheese" Q: Captain Marvel $500 A: Originally Reed Richards, his wife Sue, the Human Torch & the Thing Q: Fantastic Four ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superstitions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: They say it's bad luck to put this shoe on 1st Q: Left $200 A: Supposedly, a bee can't do this while you're holding your breath Q: Sting You $300 A: Sticking a piece of this on the top of a baseball cap bring good luck to the team Q: Chewing Gum $400 A: Dark-colored socks with this color toes protect you from being tripped by elves Q: White $500 A: A mouse, roasted, minced & eaten, will cure a child of this childhood disease Q: Measles ~~~~~~ Sweets ~~~~~~ $100 A: The "Joy of cooking" recipe for these makes "About 8 5" long fat men or 16 thinner ones" Q: Gingerbread Men $200 A: These desserts can be Indian, cottage, cabinet or rice Q: Puddings $300 A: Pastry chefs know that sugar is mixed with these to make meringue Q: Egg Whites $400 A: Pralines are most commonly made with this nut Q: Pecan $500 A: The part of Great Britain best known for its shortbread Q: Scotland ~~~~~~~~~~~ Switzerland ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Swiss national hero known for shooting an apple off his son's head Q: William Tell $200 A: Johanna Spyri's children's classic about a mountain girl Q: Heidi $300 A: Its 4 national languages are German, French, Romanish & this Q: Italian $400 A: The "Gnomes of Zurich" are these Q: Bankers $500 A: What a swiss state is called or the name of a large city in China Q: Canton ~~~~~~~~~~ Technology ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In the 1960's, most beverage cans were made of steel; now most are made of this Q: Aluminum $200 A: Otis built a new 29-story skyscraper without offices to test elevators & these Q: Escalators $300 A: In 1984, for the 1st time, the Census Bureau megan keeping track of these non-human workers Q: Robots $400 A: In November 1936 a government corporation in this country began the world's 1st scheduled TV programming Q: Great Britain $500 A: This building material consists of sun-dried mud brick reinforced with straw Q: Adobe ~~~~~~~~~~ Television ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This NBC series won Emmys in 8 categories in 1981, a single-season record Q: Hill Street Blues $200 A: Fred MacMurray was considered for this role before Raymond Burr landed it Q: Perry Mason $300 A: Name of the variety show Rob Petrie wrote for Q: Alan Brady Show $400 A: This sitcom could have been called "Fred & Lamont" Q: Sanford & Son $500 A: The "coke time" crooner of the 50's Q: Eddie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~ Television ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Nickname for the "Pacific Princess," it was also the name of a series Q: Love Boat $200 A: Rhoda," "Phyllis," & Lou Grant" were all spun off this series Q: The Mary Tyler Moore Show $300 A: According to the title, How Ann Romano Brought Up Julie & Barbara Q: One Day at a Time $400 A: Bette Davis checked into & out of this series Q: Hotel $500 A: Laura Holt's "Iron Man," played by Pierce Brosnan Q: Remington Steele ~~~~~~~~~~ Television ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Actor who traded his female finery on "M.A.S.H" for a suit & tie in "Aftermash" Q: Jamie Farr $200 A: After "Hart to Hart" she co-starred in the miniseries "Mistral's daughter" Q: Stefanie Powers $300 A: He left his "prairie" home for a "highway to heaven" Q: Michael Landon $400 A: We "wonder" if you remember she was Loni Anderson's partner in "Partners in Crime" Q: Lynda Carter $500 A: Late star whose daughter Kate appeared with him in the miniseries "Ellis Island" Q: Richard Burton ~~~~~~~~~~ Television ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: He's gone from Chachi in Milwaukee to "Charles in charge" Q: Scott Baio $200 A: In "He & She", Richard Benjamin was He and this actress, his wife was She Q: Paula Prentiss $300 A: Branch of the service where "Major Dad" serves Q: Marine Corps $400 A: State Dick Loudon's Inn is in Q: Vermont $500 A: Thursday night stars Phylicia Ayers-Allen & Judith light both came from this soap Q: One Life to Live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tennessee Williams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Season he paired with "smoke" & "suddenly" Q: Summer $200 A: "The Roman spring of Mrs. Stone" was one of only two he had published Q: Novels $300 A: Play which featured a gentleman caller & was originally called "the gentleman caller" Q: The Glass Menagerie $400 A: His real first name Q: Thomas $500 A: He rewrote the 3rd act of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the request of this stage & screen director Q: Elia Kazan ~~~~~~~~~~ The 1700's ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1796, the population of this Asian nation was 275 million Q: China $200 A: In 1755, an earthquake killed 30,000 people in this Portuguese city Q: Lisbon $300 A: In 1709, Russian prisoners were sent here for the first time Q: Siberia $400 A: The last eruption of this Japanese Volcano occurred in 1707 Q: Fujiyama $500 A: The U.S. congress met for the 1st time under the constitution in this year Q: 1789 ~~~~~~~~~~ The 1930's ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1939 he said, "as soon as I've carried out my program for Germany, I shall take up painting" Q: Adolf Hitler $200 A: In 1933, the Mayo Clinic established the 1st "bank" of this type Q: Blood Bank $300 A: His entire reign as king of England was in 1936 Q: Edward VIII $400 A: Constantinople officially changed its name to this in 1930 Q: Istanbul $500 A: In 1931, he received an 11-year sentence for tax evasion, but was released mortally ill, in 1939 Q: Al Capone ~~~~~~~~~~ The 1950's ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A reproduction of this famous ship sailed from Plymouth, England to Massachusetts in 1957 Q: Mayflower $200 A: Testifying before a senate committee in 1957, teamster president Dave Beck invoked this some 80 times Q: Fifth Amendment $300 A: In April 1955, for the 1st time in 33 years of publication, reader's digest carried these Q: Advertisements $400 A: Occupation of William Howard Mays that put him in the news Q: Baseball Player $500 A: This industrialist sold RKO Pictures to general tire in July 1955 Q: Howard Hughes ~~~~~~~~~~ The 1970's ~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: After he died January 13, 1978, his widow Muriel was appointed to fill out his senate term Q: Hubert Humphrey $200 A: He escaped 2 assassination attempts in September 1975 Q: Gerald Ford $300 A: On November 16, 1973 president Nixon signed the bill authorizing construction of this 789-mile long project Q: Alaska Pipeline $400 A: In 1975 NASA launched Viking I & II, & in 1977 launched 2 space probes with this name Q: Voyager $500 A: In 1976 president Ford awarded this piano virtuoso the medal of freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor Q: Arthur Rubinstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 20th Century ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1950, its command in Korea included the U.S. 8th army & the Republic of Korea army Q: United Nations $200 A: Albania declared itself independent of this empire in November 1912 Q: Ottoman Empire $300 A: In June 1947, 90 tons of food were sent to war-ravaged Italy by this Argentine president Q: Juan Peron $400 A: Born 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A: The Mrs. Putnam who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 Q: Amelia Earhart $300 A: The British actress who won an Oscar for her role in 1939's "Best Picture" Q: Vivien Leigh $400 A: The bandleader of "Baker's broadcast," he married co-star Harriet Hilliard Q: Ozzie Nelson $500 A: On March 3, 1931, this president made "The Star Spangled Banner" our national anthem Q: Herbert Hoover ~~~~~~~~ The 30's ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In theater, Kaufman & Ferber's "dinner" time Q: Eight $200 A: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel that won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize Q: The Yearling $300 A: Winter Olympic champ in '32 who "iced" her success with movie stardom Q: Sonja Henie $400 A: India's "great soul" who began "a fast unto death" in 1932 Q: Mahatma Gandhi $500 A: In 1933, Joe Zangara killed Chicago's mayor Cernak but missed this main target Q: Franklin D. Roosevelt ~~~~~~~~ The 40's ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Though "faster than a speeding bullet," he was ruled 4-F Q: Superman $200 A: By war's end, they had banked over 13 million units of blood for plasma Q: Red Cross $300 A: Not his sining, but a lack of lunch caused a fan to swoon at his paramount theater concert Q: Frank Sinatra $400 A: Destination of McArthur's "I shall return" Q: The Philippines $500 A: Wartime pseudonym of Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino Q: Tokyo Rose ~~~~~~~~ The 50's ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Developer William J. Levitt built 3 suburban communities all named this Q: Levittown $200 A: After posing for pictures, she was asked what she had on & replied, "the radio" Q: Marilyn Monroe $300 A: John & Stewart Alsop Revived the word "egghead" to describe this candidate's supporters Q: Adlai Stevenson $400 A: San Francisco police confiscated this beat poet's epic "howl" when it 1st came out Q: Allen Ginsberg $500 A: "Brown vs. Board of Education" dealt with school segregation in this Midwest city Q: Topeka Kansas ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Americas ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Spaniards named this Central American country the "rich coast" Q: Costa Rica $200 A: The only borough of NYC not connected to Manhattan by a bridge or tunnel Q: Staten Island $300 A: Niagara Falls borders on this Canadian province Q: Ontario $400 A: This capital of the largest U.S. state is twice the size of the smallest state Q: Juneau $500 A: The only country with a flag whose front & back differ, its capital is Asuncion Q: Paraguay ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: When "Joshua fit the battle of Jericho," these took a tumble Q: Walls $200 A: His price was 30 pieces of silver Q: Judas $300 A: Jesus urged, "don't cast your pearls before..." them Q: Swine $400 A: Though it means "city of peace," it's seen over 30 wars, the last in 1967 Q: Jerusalem $500 A: According to 1st Timothy, love of this is "the root of all evil" Q: Money ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This doubter wanted to put his finger into the nail marks on Jesus' palm Q: Thomas $200 A: In Exodus 3, one of these burned, but wouldn't burn up Q: Bush $300 A: Nephew whom Abraham rescued in Genesis 14, he also needed rescuing from Sodom by Genesis 19 Q: Lot $400 A: King whose reign was so rich that silver was said to have been as common as stones in Jerusalem Q: Solomon $500 A: It's the battlefield where good & evil will fight their final battle Q: Armageddon ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Jesus catered a dinner for thousands with 7 loaves of bread & a few of these Q: Fish $200 A: Both Joseph in the old testament & Jesus in the new were "sold" for this substance Q: Silver $300 A: He was a harp player as well as a giant killer Q: David $400 A: The 12 tribes of Israel were named for his sons Q: Jacob $500 A: "The last supper" was an observance of this Jewish holiday Q: Passover ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord," he said patiently Q: Job $200 A: The old testament has two books of kings, Chronicles, and of this prophet Q: Samuel $300 A: "As for me & my house, we shall serve the Lord," said this successor to Moses Q: Joshua $400 A: The Lord gave this son to Ada & Eve to take the place of Abel Q: Seth $500 A: The people of Lystra believed he & Barnabas were the gods Mercury & Jupiter Q: Paul ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This group is probably best known for the Bibles it places in hotel rooms Q: Gideons $200 A: The last word of the new testament Q: Amen $300 A: Abraham was four scope & 7 years old when this son born to him by Hagar turned 1 Q: Ishmael $400 A: The lyrics of The Byrds' hit "turn, turn, turn" come from this book of the Bible Q: Ecclesiastes $500 A: Now-disputed strip of land where Samson brought down the house Q: Gaza ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Signs that a person was "in" this included torn clothes, ashes on the dead, & wearing sackcloth Q: Mourning $200 A: He encouraged his son Solomon to build the temple & even gave him the plans Q: King David $300 A: Deuteronomy ends with his death at age 120 on a mountain overlooking the promised land Q: Moses $400 A: Jesus told his disciples, "the very hairs of your head are all" this Q: Numbered $500 A: According to Mark, he was the "voice crying in the wilderness" Q: John the Baptist ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: According to the Bible, he gave Eve her name Q: Adam $200 A: The 2nd book of the old testament Q: Exodus $300 A: Idol built of old jewelry while Moses was on the mountain Q: Golden Calf $400 A: Jewish holiday when the Book of Esther is read Q: Purim $500 A: As he was riding it, his ass spoke to him Q: Balaam ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Among the 31 kings he smote were the kings of Megiddo, Dor & Jericho Q: Joshua $200 A: Jewish holiday that commemorates the events in Exodus 12 Q: Passover $300 A: In Exodus 3:5, God ordered him to take his shoes off Q: Moses $400 A: The 2 types of birds Noah sent out to check for dry land Q: Dove & Raven $500 A: He was stoned at Lystra Q: Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Big Top ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: "Circus" is Latin for these, of which most large American circuses have 3 Q: Rings $200 A: You'd flip, flip, flip over A. 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Gunsmoke $500 A: Current late night host whose daytime show won an Emmy after being canceled Q: David Letterman ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Funnies ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: This fat cat celebrated his 10th anniversary with a TV special in May 1988 on CBS Q: Garfield $200 A: In June 1988 she fell in love with Sluggo but he was afraid to commit so it only lasted a week Q: Nancy $300 A: This creator of "Steve Canyon" died in April 1988 Q: Milton Caniff $400 A: He rules his legion fort with an iron fist, literally Q: Vermin Crock $500 A: The last name of this comic strip couple is sometimes Flagston Q: Hi & Lois ~~~~~~~~ The Home ~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Of the average shower & bath, the one that uses less water Q: Shower $200 A: The food elevator named for the silent service it provides Q: Dumbwaiter $300 A: Tuber that soaks up excess salt when added to your stew Q: Potato $400 A: Trickle, trundle, Murphy & now futons Q: Beds $500 A: These roung wooden shingles give houses a rustic look Q: Shakes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Human Body ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: A phalanx, it's often stubbed Q: Toe $200 A: Off the top of my head, I'd say it's at the top of the axial skeleton Q: Skull $300 A: Longest, strongest bone in the body Q: Femus $400 A: It's a spherical structure about 1" in diameter, with a pronounced bulge on its forward surface Q: Eye $500 A: In the average person they comprise about 40% of the body's weight Q: Muscles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The King's English ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The additional letter in the British spelling of "honor" & "color" Q: U $200 A: What w.c. literally stands for Q: Water Closet $300 A: What a "minder" is Q: Bodyguard $400 A: An American family goes on vacation while a British family goes on this Q: Holiday $500 A: If you get into a tube you're not mailing yourself, you're in one of these Q: Subway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Lone Ranger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Horse to whom the ranger yelled, "hi-yo" Q: Silver $200 A: The radio series began in 1933 on WXYZ in this Michigan 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Q: Nuclear Power $300 A: Vehicle to which a harness racing horse is hitched Q: Sulky`` $400 A: It can run a thread back & forth through a loom or people back & forth to the airport Q: Shuttle $500 A: Some say this van's name came from the Irish cops using it; others say from the Irishmen locked inside it Q: Paddy Wagon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transportation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: By attaching a piston engine to a bicycle, Gottlieb Daimler invented this Q: Motorcycle $200 A: In answer to the age-old question, archaeologists believe it was invented by the Sumerians Q: Wheel $300 A: When Cleopatra 1st met Antony, she dressed as Aphrodite & entertained him on board this type of ship Q: Barge $400 A: During the 1950's, students tried to stuff as many of themselves as possible into one of these cars Q: Volkswagen $500 A: Eskimos have large boats called Umiaks or "woman's boats" & these smaller ones, meaning "men's boats" Q: Kayaks ~~~~~~ Travel ~~~~~~ $100 A: This necessary document cost $10 in 1980 and $35 in 1990 Q: Passport $200 A: Non-sexist name for a stewardess Q: Flight Attendant $300 A: A vaccination is no longer required since this disease has been eradicated Q: Smallpox $400 A: Tags for luggage headed for this airport appropriately read "LAX" Q: Los Angeles $500 A: Ship passengers are greeted & dunked by King Neptune the 1st time they cross this line Q: Equator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel & Tourism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: You can visit this sport's Hall of Fame on PGA Boulevard in Pinehurst, NC Q: Golf $200 A: Except when it's on tour, the most important King Tut collection is housed in this city Q: Cairo $300 A: The 1st public museum in England, the Ashmolean, opened at this university in 1683 Q: Oxford $400 A: The name of this world-famous museum is Spanish for "meadow" Q: Prado $500 A: You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the choo choo Hilton in this city Q: Chattanooga ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel & Tourism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Special resorts in these Penna. mountains have heart-shaped tubs for honeymooners Q: Poconos $200 A: Not in Ohio but in this Spanish city can you visit El Greco's home Q: Toledo $300 A: These ticket holders anxiously await no-shows & cancellations in order to board the plane Q: Stand-Bys $400 A: The world's highest suspension bridge spans this famous "kingly" Colorado canyon Q: Royal Gorge $500 A: This large resort island off the Yucatan coast was the setting for the movie "Against All Odds" Q: Cozumel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel & Tourism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Fantasy World, S.E. Asia's 1st hi tech theme park is next to a huge slum in this Indonesian capital Q: Jakarta $200 A: You can visit the U.S.S. 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respected British novelist Q: Virginia Woolf $300 A: Colleen McCullough's Australian saga of Father Ralph & Meggie Q: The Thorn Birds $400 A: Author, columnist & TV wit who said, "housework, if you do it right, can kill you" Q: Erma Bombeck $500 A: Long-time companion of Dashiell Hammett, she was played in "Julia" by Jane Fonda Q: Lillian Hellman ~~~~~~~~~~~ Women First ~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Until Emma Nutt said, "number please" in 1878 this job was held only by men Q: Telephone Operator $200 A: First lady of the supreme court Q: Sandra Day O'Connor $300 A: NYC's Lorna Kelley was the 1st female art auctioneer for this Long-based auction house Q: Sotheby's $400 A: It is claimed that this future founder of the American Red Cross was the 1st woman to hold a white-collar gov't job Q: Clara Barton $500 A: 1920's "Winnie Winkle" was the 1st of these to feature a career girl as central character Q: Comic Strip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women Writers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: In 1909, Sweden's Selma Lagerlof 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Q: Moscow $500 A: The largest capital in the Sahara Desert Q: Cairo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Almost all of Siberia lies within this country Q: Russia $200 A: This largest Spanish seaport has an exact replica of Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria Q: Barcelona $300 A: Kilauea sits on the S.E. slope of Mauna Loa, which sits on this island Q: Hawaii $400 A: Mexicali is the capital of this Mexican state, which sits "below" California Q: Baja California $500 A: The Transylvanian alps are part of this major mountain system of Central & Eastern Europe Q: Carpathians ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It's the only South American country bordered by a central American country Q: Colombia $200 A: This war-ravaged country is alphabetically 1st in the world Q: Afghanistan $300 A: The highest point in the west Indies is 10,417 ft. duarte peak in this country on Hispaniola Q: The Dominican Republic $400 A: Continent where most of the major mountain ranges extend from a knot of peaks called the Pamir Q: Asia $500 A: Near the geographic center of Australia, this scenic "rock" was a sacred place to the aborigines Q: Ayers Rock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Ranges within this mountain system include the Bighorn, Teton & Wasatch Q: Rocky Mountains $200 A: The Netherlands Antilles, an equal partner in the kingdom of the Netherlands, lie in this body of water Q: Caribbean Sea $300 A: Its counties include Clwyd, Gwynedd, & Dyfed Q: Wales $400 A: The island of Cyprus is considered part of this continent Q: Asia $500 A: Traditional name of southwestern France; 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Toklas, this writer presided over a literary salon in Paris Q: Gertrude Stein $400 A: Creator of Penrod, he once served as an Indiana state legislator Q: Booth Tarkington $500 A: Like his father, this great romantic German writer practiced law Q: Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World of Fashion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: The hat in the Mexican hat dance Q: Sombrero $200 A: South seas garb worn by Dorothy lamour on "The Road" Q: Sarong $300 A: Where on his body an Arab would wear the traditional keffiyeh Q: Head $400 A: About 7 yards long, it's the loose body wrap worn by Hindu women Q: Sari $500 A: The sash worn with the Japanese Kimono Q: Obi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World of Food ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Like chop suey, this Chinese sweet was invented in America Q: Fortune Cookie $200 A: When its coffee crop was destroyed in 1869, Ceylon switched to growing this Q: Tea $300 A: The fruit of a palm, Merv Griffin had a lovely bunch of them in song Q: Coconuts $400 A: Often mated with oil, it can be made from apples, grapes, barley or oats Q: Vinegar $500 A: Steam of a variety of lily, known in old England as "sparrow grass" Q: Asparagus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Politics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: Chiang Kai-Shek's son now rules this country Q: Taiwan $200 A: While "outer" Mongolia is a seperate nation, inner Mongolia belongs to this country Q: China $300 A: Spain recently ended its blockage of this last remaining colony in Europe Q: Gibraltar $400 A: "No nation in history has come as far as fast," this country says of itself in its ads Q: Saudi Arabia $500 A: New Caledonia, with 25% of the world's nickel supply, revolted agains this country Q: France ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Religion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: 1st published in Palmyra, New York in 1830, this book was reportedly translated from golden plates Q: Book of Mormon $200 A: This religion was founded by Guru Nanak, a Hindu teacher Q: Sikhism $300 A: The Catholic Trinity is the father, son & holy ghost & the Hindu Trinity is Shiva, Brahma & this deity Q: Vishnu $400 A: House of Worship where you'd find an Imam leading the people in prayer Q: Mosque $500 A: Most of the people in Burma, Sri Lanka & Laos are followers of this religion Q: Buddhism ~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Series ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: It took them 65 years to win for Brooklyn, & only 2 to win for L.A. Q: Dodgers $200 A: 5 home runs in the 1977 series earned him the nickname "Mr. October" Q: Reggie Jackson $300 A: The 3rd game of the 1989 world series was postponed due to one of these Q: Earthquake $400 A: The team that threw the series in the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal Q: Chicago White Sox $500 A: Though they'd never before finished better than 9th, amazingly they won the 1969 series Q: New York Mets ~~~~~~~~~~~~ World War II ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: FDR called him "uncle Joe" Q: Joseph Stalin $200 A: On July 20, 1944 German Colonel Claus Von Staffenberg tried to assassinate him Q: Adolf Hitler $300 A: 9 months before D-Day, American troops invaded this country Q: Italy $400 A: If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone, wrote this correspondent Q: Ernie Pyle $500 A: In 1942, this southeast Asian monarchy joined the Axis Q: Thailand ~~~~~~~~~~~~ World War II ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: As an observer, this CBS correspondent flew 25 combat missions "person to person" Q: Edward R. Murrow $200 A: Belgian colony that was a source of strategic metals & industrial diamonds for the allied effort Q: The Congo $300 A: Fog & mist which grounded allied planes helped this massive German assault in December 1944 Q: Battle of the Bulge $400 A: Over 600,000 bombs destroyed this German city on February 13 & 14, 1945 Q: Dresden $500 A: History's 1st carrier vs. carrier battle was this one, named for a sea off Australia Q: Battle of the Coral Sea ~~~~~ WW II ~~~~~ $100 A: In 1944, this country was hit by 650,000 tons of bombs Q: Germany $200 A: In December 1940, the Japanese referred to this forthcoming attack as "Operation Z" Q: Pearl Harbor $300 A: Before the stop at Bitburg cemetery, Reagan visited this site of this concentration camp Q: Bergen-Belsen $400 A: German's Tiger Tanks were built by this auto manufacturer Q: Porsche $500 A: City where De Gaulle set up the provisional Nat'l committee of the free French in 1940 Q: London ~~~~~~~~~~~~ WW II Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $100 A: With only 4 ships, this neighbor of Australia had the smallest navy Q: New Zealand $200 A: The U.S. navy had a ship whose sole purpose was to make this dessert Q: Ice Cream $300 A: In 1942, approaches to the Mississippi River were mined by this type of German vessel Q: U-Boats $400 A: This axis leader had a complete set of dental tools taken everywhere he went Q: Adolf Hitler $500 A: Over 5,000 of them were pilots in the Soviet air force Q: Women _________________________________________________________________________ _/ \_ |_ 4. Final Jeopardy! _| \_________________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~ 1968 ~~~~ A: This ship was seized by North Korea January 23 & the crew was held until December 22 Q: U.S.S. Pueblo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1980's Musicals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The hero of this Tony award-winning "best musical" is sometimes known by a number, 24601 Q: Les Miserables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Actors & Roles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Sean Connery, Richard Todd & Dick Gautier have all played this legendary fugitive Q: Robin Hood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Historically significant event of June 17, 1972 Q: Watergate Break-In ~~~~~~~ Artists ~~~~~~~ A: Brightly colored paintings by this British-born L.A. painter toured the U.S. in the 80's Q: David Hockney ~~~~~~~ Authors ~~~~~~~ A: This U.S. poet laureate was the only writer who won Pulitzer prizes for both poetry & fiction Q: Robert Penn Warren ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best Sellers ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Her "Money Book" was subtitled "How to Earn it, Spend it, Invest it, Borrow it & Use it to Better Your Life" Q: Sylvia Porter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business & Industry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: This auto maker introduced the alternator, power steering, & the electronic ignition Q: Chrysler ~~~~~~ Canada ~~~~~~ A: The province named for Queen Victoria's daughter Loise Q: Alberta ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colonial America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The southernmost of the original 13 colonies Q: Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ Composers ~~~~~~~~~ A: Once forced by poverty to sleep in the streets of Vienna, he went on to create "the creation" Q: Franz Joseph Hayon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Countries of the World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The northernmost island in the world is a possession of this country Q: Denmark ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Famous Names ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Surveyor general of India from 1830-1843, in 1865 a mountain was renamed in his honor Q: Sir George Everest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fictional Characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: "Alice in Wonderland" character named after the county in which Lewis Carroll was born Q: Cheshire Cat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fictional Characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: In 1861 she was 16 & the Belle of Clayton county, Georgia Q: Scarlett O'Hara ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ A: It was the world's largest city for the entire 19th century Q: London ~~~~~~~ History ~~~~~~~ A: He wasn't appointed secretary of state until after he had negotiated the Viet Nam cease fire in 1973 Q: Henry Kissinger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holidays & Observances ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: It didn't become a federal holiday until 1971, though it was 1st celebrated in 1792 Q: Columbus Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International Cuisine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Popular is India, tandoort chicken is named for the tandoor, which is this Q: Oven ~~~~~~~ Islands ~~~~~~~ A: In 1542, this island group was named for the future king of Spain Q: Philippines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Letter Perfect ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Vowel found in the names of 7 of the 9 planets Q: U ~~~~~~ Lyrics ~~~~~~ A: Sitcom whose theme song begins, "making your way in the world today takes ev'rything you've got" Q: Cheers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Directors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Joan Fontaine is the only performer who won an Oscar for acting in any of his 53 films Q: Alfred Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Movie Trivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The plot of this 1977 film pivoted around Oklahoma City, on & off the stage Q: The Turning Point ~~~~~~~~ Musicals ~~~~~~~~ A: This Lerner & Loewe musical was written directly for the screen & wasn't a Broadway musical until 1973 Q: Gigi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Maine is the only state that borders this Canadian province Q: New Brunswick ~~~~~~~~~ Operettas ~~~~~~~~~ A: This Johann Strauss classic, coolly received in 1874, had 171 productions in German alone within 6 years Q: Die Fledermaus ~~~~~~ People ~~~~~~ A: This talk show host says her feet are still on the ground, "they're just wearing more expensive shoes" Q: Oprah Winfrey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Physical Science ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Known for his principle of displacement, he's been called the "father of experimental science" Q: Archimedes ~~~~~~~~~~ Publishing ~~~~~~~~~~ A: The world almanac is published either 48 hrs after a presidential election or after this October event Q: World Series ~~~~~~ Rivers ~~~~~~ A: It carries more water than the longest rivers in Asia, Africa & North America combined Q: Amazon ~~~~~~~~~~~ Shakespeare ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: In the play "Julius Caesar," this character has the most lines Q: Brutus ~~~~~~~~~~~ Shakespeare ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The first line spoken in this Shakespearean play is one word: "bos'n!" Q: The Tempest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sports & Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Invented in 1895 in Massachusetts, it became as Olympic sport at the 1964 Tokyo games Q: Volleyball ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Capitals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The 2 state capitals located on the Mississippi River Q: Baton Rouge & St Paul ~~~~~~~~~~ Technology ~~~~~~~~~~ A: They 1st appeared in British shops, motels & railway stations in 1884 & were called silence cabinets Q: Telephone Boots ~~~~~~~~~~ Television ~~~~~~~~~~ A: From 1965-79 you could "point" to her on "60 minutes" while she debated with James J. Kilpatrick Q: Shana Alexander ~~~~~~~~~ The Bible ~~~~~~~~~ A: Saul & these 2 others were the only three men to reign as king over all 12 tribes of Israel Q: David & Solomon ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cabinet ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The flag of the secretary of this department bears a clipper ship & a lighthouse Q: Commerce ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Calendar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Year that fell "four score and seven" years after Lincoln's Gettysburg address Q: 1950 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Calendar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The only day of the week named for a Roman god Q: Saturday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Civil War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The 2 union states that were invaded by general Lee's confederate army Q: Maryland & Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~ The Movies ~~~~~~~~~~ A: Guinness says this fairy tale has been the subject of more movies than any other Q: Cinderella ~~~~~~~~~~ The Movies ~~~~~~~~~~ A: Charles Laughton, Trevor Howard & Anthony Hopkins all played this historic figure Q: Captain William Bligh ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Olympics ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Of the 5 continents symbolized by Olympic rings, the only 1 never to host the games Q: Africa ~~~~~~~~~~ The Orient ~~~~~~~~~~ A: In the 18th century, this city, then call Edo, was larger than any city in Europe Q: Tokyo ~~~~~~~~~~ The Oscars ~~~~~~~~~~ A: This 1951 musical is the only movie with a world capital in its title to win "best picture" Q: An American in Paris ~~~~~~~~~~ The Oscars ~~~~~~~~~~ A: He won an Oscar as "best actor" of 1969 for a western Q: John Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The U.S. Capitol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The only state to contribute a statue of a king for our capitol's national statuary hall Q: Hawaii ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transportation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The Robert E. Lee & Natchez ran a famous steamboat race from the Gulf of Mexico to this city Q: St. Louis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The longest boundary between any two states is the one between these two Q: Texas & Oklahoma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Landmarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Its cornerstone was laid February 12, 1915 Q: Lincoln Memorial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Landmarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: The outer layer of the Statue of Liberty is made of this metal Q: Copper ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. States ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: This state has more earthquakes than the other 49 combined Q: Alaska ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. States ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Sate with the smallest population Q: Wyoming ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. States ~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Only state bordering on 4 of the 5 great lakes Q: Michigan ~~~~ Wars ~~~~ A: The only time a U.S. president personally led troops in battle while in office was during this war Q: War of 1812 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: Central American country whose name in Spanish means "depths," from the deep waters off its north coast Q: Honduras ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Geography ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: For $35,000,a tour company will fly you to this remote point & let you tour the Amundson-Scott station Q: The South Pole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A: In 1804, this Caribbean country became the 1st black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule Q: Haiti _________________________________________________________________________ _/ \_ |_ 5. Copyright _| \_________________________________________________________________________/ This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Copyright 2006 & 2008 David Morris