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w01 TV 1925 What "Grand Old" country program began broadcasting on radio in 1925? "Grand Ole Opry"
w02 TV 1965-present "Choosy moms choose …" which brand of peanut butter? Jif
w03 TV 1965-present What was the name of the tuna in the Star-Kist tuna TV ads? Charlie the Tuna
w04 TV 1973-80 What TV detective did Buddy Ebsen portray after the "Beverly Hillbillies"? "Barnaby Jones"
w05 TV 1977-78/1987-94 Who portrayed the young "Kunta Kinte" on the mini series "Roots" and "Geordi La Forge" on "Star Trek: Next Generation"? Levar Burton
w06 TV 1980-92 What was the name of the junior detectives, who used science to solve crimes, at the end of each "3-2-1 Contact" show? "Bloodhound Gang"
w07 TV 1983-87 What was the first TV series for "Mr. T"? "A-Team"
w08 TV 1989-93 On the sitcom "Major Dad", "Mac's" wife "Polly" had how many daughters? Three (3)
(Elizabeth, Robin, and Casey)
w09 TV 1990-95 What "rural comedy-drama" was set in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska (population 215)? "Northern Exposure"
w10 TV 1993-04 On what sitcom did the regulars frequent "Café Nervosa", a coffeehouse on the corner of 3rd and Pike Streets in Seattle? "Frazier"
w11 TV 1993-1999 Who starred as Captain Benjamin Sisko on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"? Avery Brooks
w12 TV 2000-02 Who was the "technical expert" on Comedy Central's show "BattelBots"? Bill Nye
w13 S&N Anatomy What tiny vessel connects an artery with a vein? capillary
w14 S&N Astronomy Which planet, in our solar system, is NOT named for a Greek or Roman deity? Earth
w15 S&N Botany Broccoli and Cauliflower were both developed from what vegetable? Cabbage
w16 S&N Chemistry What happens to its volume if you increase the pressure on a "gas"? Decreases
w17 S&N Code What is the NATO Radio Code Word for the letter "Z", if "A" is "alpha" and "B" is "bravo"? Zulu
w18 S&N Computer What is the computer term for "electronic mail"? e-mail
w19 S&N Food Which is Campbell's biggest selling soup - Chicken Noodle or Tomato? Chicken Noodle
w20 S&N Geology What "Birthstone" for January is a gem of variable color? Garnet
w21 S&N Math How many sides does an octagon have? eight (8)
w22 S&N Medicine What is the medical term for a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells? Leukemia
w23 S&N Meteorology The jet stream, in the northern hemisphere, is fastest in the winter time - True or False? True
w24 S&N Physics Will a 5 Lb. steel ball, dropped 45 inches, travel more rapidly through a tank of water @ 30 degrees F, 40 degrees F, or will there be no difference, (at sea level)? forty degrees F. (40°F)
(30° F. = Ice)
w25 S&N Psychology What do the letters "IQ" stand for? Intelligence Quotient
w26 S&N Zoology The "Dingo" and The "Wallaby" are native to what continent? Australia
w27 S&L Baseball The San Francisco Giants belong to which Major League Baseball league - American League or National League? National League (NL)
w28 S&L Basketball What 1962 NBA player set a record by scoring 4,029 points in just 80 games? Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
w29 S&L Basketball What NBA team set a record in the 1971-72 season by winning 33 games in a row? Los Angeles Lakers
w30 S&L Basketball What NBA player was nicknamed "The Mailman"? Karl Malone
w31 S&L College What is the nickname for sports teams from Ohio State University? Buckeyes
w32 S&L Football Who is the only NFL player to win the Super Bowl MVP award three times? Joe Montana
(1982, 1985, 1990)
w33 S&L Football There has been only one Super Bowl, in which one team scored NO points - true or false? False
w34 S&L Football What quarterback holds NFL record for "most touchdowns passes, in one Super Bowl game - Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Steve Young, or Kurt Warner? Steve Young
w35 S&L Football Has NFL's "Super Bowl" ever been played on any day of the week other than Sunday? No
w36 S&L Football What is the name of the trophy awarded to the Super Bowl winning team? Vince Lombardi Trophy
w37 S&L Hockey Used to judge if a player is offside, how many blue lines are there on a hockey rink? Two (2)
w38 S&L Hockey How many goals must a single player score in a game to have a "Hat Trick"? three (3)
w39 S&L Sport In 2006, what was the second most popular professional sport in terms of U. S. television ratings? NASCAR
w40 S&L Track&Field Most outdoor athletics tracks have how many lanes? eight (8)
w41 Music 1915-98 Which singer (nicknamed "Ole Blue Eyes") started his singing career in 1939 with the Harry James Band? Frank Sinatra
w42 Music 1951 What do "They Call The Wind ...", according to the Lerner and Loewe musical "Paint Your Wagon"? Maria
("They Call The Wind Maria")
w43 Music 1967-72 What did John Fogerty's group "The Golliwogs" rename themselves in 1967? Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
w44 Music 1970 Which was the first rock band to enter the singles chart at #1 and is the best-selling American rock band of all time? Aerosmith
w45 Music 1971 What Led Zeppelin song warns "Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know"? "Stairway To Heaven"
w46 Music 1981 The last time the Billboards pop chart featured #1 country singles, back to back (in the #1 position) was Dolly's Partons "9-5" and what hit by Eddie Rabbit? "I Love a Rainy Night"
w47 Music 1991 What Violent Femmes song said "You were born too late, I was born too soon, and every time I look at that ugly moon it reminds me of you"? "American Music"
w48 Music 1993-06 Until 2006, how many guys made up the group "Backstreet Boys" - 4 or 5? Five (5)
w49 Music 2001 Formed in 1994, what Australian pop duo (Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones) officially announced their breakup in October 2001? Savage Garden
w50 Music 2005 Who had a #8 hit with his hip-hop song "When I'm Gone"? Eminem
w51 Music Classical Who composed the "Swan Lake Ballet"? Tchaikovsky
w52 Music Instruments The Mandolin, originating in 18th century Naples, had how many "pairs" of strings? four (4) "pairs"
of steel strings (eight in total)
w53 Movies 1933
1976
What title movie character climbed the Empire State Building in 1933 and the World Trade Center in 1976? King Kong
w54 Movies 1936-40 Who was Flash Gordon's arch enemy - Dr. Alexis Zarkov or Ming the Merciless? Ming the Merciless
w55 Movies 1959-03 What actor when from "Ben Hur" to "Planet of the Apes" to president of the NRA? Charlton Heston
w56 Movies 1972
2005
The capsized ocean liner was the real star of what 1972 Irwin Allen "disaster" movie, remade in 2005 with John Putch directing? "Poseidon Adventure"
w57 Movies 1977 What 1977 Burt Reynolds movie caused Americans to go CB crazy? "Smokey and the Bandit"
w58 Movies 1983 What 1983 Helicopter movie became a 1984 ABC police drama - "Air Wolf" or "Blue Thunder"? "Blue Thunder"
w59 Movies 1992 What Wesley Snipes/Woody Harrelson movie saw "Billy and Sidney" hustling the basketball courts of California? "White Men Can't Jump"
w60 Movies 1996 Who starred as "Roger Dearly", the owner of "Pongo" in the 1996 live-action Disney movie "101 Dalmatians"? Jeff Daniels
w61 Movies 2000 Who portrayed "Erin Brockovich"? Julia Roberts
w62 Movies 2001 What was the title of the first movie in the Harry Potter series? "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
(UK - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone")
w63 Movies 2005 Emma Thompson starred as what "nanny", with discipline and magic, whose looks continue to change through out the movie? "Nanny McPhee"
w64 Movies 2010 According to the NY Daily News, what 2010 movie ended "Titanic's" reign as highest grossing movie ever? "Avatar"
w65 History United States What was the verdict in the criminal trials of Lizzie Borden and O.J. Simpson? Not Guilty
w66 History United States John W. Nordstrom started his store with money he acquired how - Inherited, Gold Strike, or a Shoe Invention? Gold Strike
(1897 Klondike)
w67 History United States Which was the wife of President James Madison - Dorothea, Elizabeth, or Martha? Dorothea
(They called her "Dolly")
w68 History United States How many signal lanterns appeared in Boston's "Old North Church" to start Paul Revere on his midnight ride - one or 2? Two (2)
(One if by land, and two if by sea)
w69 History United States What is the first Alphabetic Registration Letter on every airplane registered in the United States - A or N? N
w70 History United States What U. S. president died at the youngest age? John F. Kennedy
w71 History World In what year did the Communists built the "Berlin Wall" - 1941, 1951, or 1961? nineteen sixty one (1961)
w72 History World Which Roman Emperor made his horse a Roman Senator - Augustus, Caligula, Nero, or Octavius? Caligula
w73 History World How many locks are there in the Suez Canal? Zero (0) none
w74 History World What Dutch dancer was a famous German spy during World War I? Mata Hari
w75 History World The "Spanish Inquisition" only lasted about 50 years - True or False? False
(beginning 1478 it lasted until 1834 - 356 years)
w76 History World What country was once ruled by the Houses of "Rurik" and "Romanov"? Russia
w77 Geography United States What U. S. State was known as "Russian America", prior to 1867? Alaska (AK)
w78 Geography United States What city is the capital of Arkansas? Little Rock
w79 Geography United States Which one of these U. S. states does not border on Vermont - Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or New York? Delaware
w80 Geography United States What is the largest river flowing through Denver, Colorado - Arkansas, Colorado, or South Platte? South Platte
w81 Geography United States What is the deepest lake in the United States (and second deepest in North America)? Crater Lake
(Canada's Great Slave Lake is deepest in North America)
w82 Geography United States What west coast city has the two steepest streets in the United States? San Francisco
w83 Geography World What was the second-largest, French speaking city in the world? Montreal
w84 Geography World Which city is the capital of the Philippines - Lampur, Manila, or Sumatra? Manila
w85 Geography World Which European country is abbreviated "CH" according to international two letter abbreviations? Switzerland
w86 Geography World What is the "official language" of Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco? Arabic
w87 Geography World What country has the most "time zones" (10) of any country in the world? Russia
w88 Geography World What is the "official language" of Japan? Japanese
w89 A&L Architecture What is the architectural term for a "horizontal load-bearing timber that forms a principal part of a structure, and can also be steel or concrete"? Beam
w90 A&L Arts The first "Impressionist Exhibition" was in Paris, name deriving from painting titled "Impression: Sunrise", painted by whom - Manet or Monet? Claude Monet
(1840-1926)
w91 A&L Author Did William Shakespeare write "Speak low, if you speak love."? Yes
("Much Ado About Nothing")
w92 A&L Children What E.B. White book begins "When Mrs. Frederick C. Little's second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse"? "Stuart Little"
w93 A&L Comics According to the "Peanuts" comic strip, who is "Charlie Brown's" most favorite baseball player? Joe Schlabotnik
(of the Waffletown Syrups)
w94 A&L Fiction Holden Caulfield appears in which 1951 J. D. Salinger book - "Catcher in the Rye" or "From Here to Eternity"? "Catcher in the Rye"
w95 A&L Fiction What novel won Pearl Buck the 1932 Pulitzer Prize in fiction? "The Good Earth"
w96 A&L Fiction Who wrote the 1937 detective fiction "Death On The Nile"? Agatha Christie
w97 A&L Language In English, a "gerund" is a form of a verb that functions as a noun and ends in which three letters - est, -ily, or -ing? -ing
w98 A&L Language What three languages do linguists and economists believe will dominate, by the end of the 21st century? Chinese
English
Spanish
w99 A&L Mythology Who, according to Greek Mythology, flew too near the sun wearing wings attached with wax? Icarus
w100 A&L Poetry What 19th century English poet wrote "Ode To A Grecian Urn" and "Ode To A Nightingale"? John Keats
(1795-1821)