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1TV1964-66On the sitcom "", "Mr. Munster's" first name was "Gomez" - True or False?False  ("Herman Munster")
2TV1965-71A New York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of "Hooterville" on what sitcom?"Green Acres"
3TV1969 -The most asked for "Muppet" in 1996 was "Elmo", but is he left handed or right handed?Left Handed
4TV1988-2008What four actors have played "Lex Luther" in the three (non-animated) TV versions of "Superman"?Scott Wells and Sherman Howard
("Superboy")
John Shea
("Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman")
Michael Rosenbaum
("Smallville")
5TV1993-02What was the first name of FBI agent "Mulder" (played by David Duchovny) on "The X-Files"?"Fox"
6TV1994What 1994 TV talk show had a security guard named "Steve"?"Jerry Springer"
7TV1995-01Who portrayed Captain Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager"?Kate Mulgrew
8TV1998-presentOn the animated TV show "Fairly Odd Parents", what are the names of the married pair of fairy godparents assigned to "Timmy"?"Cosmo"
(voiced by Daran Norris)
"
Wanda"
(voiced by Susan Blakeslee)
9TV1999-06What widely acclaimed TV drama was set in the "White House"?"West Wing"
10TV2002-05Who played "Cate's" father ("Jim") on "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter"?James Garner
11TV2004Who was the "American Idol" winner at the end of season three?Fantasia Barrino
12TV2007-presentThe dramatic television series "Mad Men" is set in the 1960s, initially at WHAT fictional advertising agency?"Sterling Cooper"
13S&NAnatomyWhat is the toughest and strongest human tendon named for a Greek hero?Achilles
14S&NAstronomyWhat does a 180 pound earthling weigh on the moon?30 pounds (1/6th)
15S&NBiologyWhat fish delicacy is also known as pickled "roe"?Caviar
16S&NBotanySugar, Norway and Swamp are all varieties of what kind of tree - Ash, Maple, or Pine?Maple
17S&NChemistryWhat is the lightest element?Hydrogen
18S&NComputerWhat human-anatomical sounding term did "Trek Technology" use for their computer "USB Flash Drive" in early 2000?"Thumb Drive"
19S&NComputer"Ethernet" is a registered trademark of what company?Xerox
20S&NMathHow many years will it take to spend $1 billion dollars if you spend at the rate of $1/second, every second, 24/7?31.7 years
21S&NMedicineWhat blood test is most useful in assessing the risk of a heart attack?Cholesterol (Blood Cholesterol)
22S&NPaleontologyWhat Dinosaur name means "Arm Lizard" - Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus or Velociraptor?Brachiosaurus
("brachio" means arm and "saurus" means lizard)
23S&NPhysicsWhat unit of measurement of atmospheric pressure was introduced in 1909, by the director of the Meteorological Office in London, William Napier Shaw?Bar
24S&NPhysicsWhat is the term for the "general force of attraction between bodies in the Universe"?Gravity
25S&NZoologyHow many "tentacles" does an octopus have?none
(octopuses do not have tentacles: they have arms)
26S&NZoologyWhich adult animal usually has more teeth - Cattle, Sheep or Pig?Pig (44)  (cattle and sheep 32 each)
27S&LBaseballWhat are the only three current major league baseball teams named for birds?Baltimore Orioles
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Bluejays
28S&LBasketballWhat was the first University to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball championships (1939) (now called "March Madness")?University of Oregon
29S&LBasketballWhat former ABA team won its first NBA title in 1999?San Antonio Spurs
30S&LBasketballThe "Raptors" NBA franchise started out in what 1995 city?Toronto (Canada)
31S&LBoxingWhat 19th century heavy-weight boxer was nicknamed "Gentleman Jim"?James J. Corbet
32S&LCollegeWhat is the nickname for sports teams from Central Connecticut State University and Duke University?Blue Devils
33S&LGamesHow many points is the center of a Bull's Eye worth in a game of darts?Fifty (50)
34S&LHockeyWhat franchise was added to the NHL in 1999?Atlanta Thrashers
35S&LHockeyWhich NHL team was once nicknamed the "St. Pats"?Toronto Maple Leafs
36S&LMisc.What is the first rank obtainable in the Boy Scouts of America?Tenderfoot
37S&LOlympicWhat 1930s female from Norway, won the most Figure Skating Titles (both Olympic and World)?Sonja Henie
38S&LRacingUntil 2006, who were the only two Americans to ever win the Tour de France?Greg Lemond (1986, 1989, 1990)
Lance Armstrong (1999-05)
39S&LRacingWhich brand name is Britain's "best-known" bicycle (since 1890), moved their U.S. manufacturing plant to Kent, WA (1985)?Raleigh
40S&LSportWhat two day Madison Square Garden event claims "No other continuously held sporting event in the United States is older, except for the Kentucky Derby" (1975)?Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
41Music1937-71Whose tag line "Swing and sway with ___ ___" became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era?"Sammy Kaye"
42Music1958Who was the creator of "Alvin and the Chipmunks"?David Seville
(Ross Bagdasarian)
43Music1965What is "A Drop Of Golden Sun", in a song from "The Sound Of Music"?Re
44Music1965-70Who were the four members of the "Monkees"?Mike Nesmith
Davy Jones
Mickey Dolenz
Peter Tork
45Music1967The song "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" was #7 pop hit for which "Springfield" - Buffalo, Dusty, or Rick?Buffalo Springfield
46Music1968-presentAccording to RIAA, what is the "biggest selling Canadian band in the world"?"Rush"
47Music1972What Don McLean song laments the day Buddy Holly died?"American Pie"
48Music1974What blind guitarist composed and sang the theme song for the 1974 series "Chico and the Man"?Jose Feliciano
49Music1978-83What new wave band had a #9 pop hit in 1978 with "Take Me To The River" and was "Burning Down The House" in 1983?Talking Heads
50Music1986What was Bananarama's only #1 hit song?"Venus"
51Music2004Whose debut album was titled "Speak"?Lindsay Lohan
52Music2005From her album "Concrete Rose", who sang the #10 hit "Only U"?Ashanti
53Movies1914-40What was the most famous character that Charlie Chaplin created for the silent movies?The Little Tramp
54Movies1928What was the name of the first animated cartoon with sound, starring Mickey Mouse?"Steamboat Willie"
55Movies1935-59Champion was the horse of what cowboy star - Gene Autry, Tom Mix, or Roy Rogers?Gene Autry (07-98)
56Movies1973What actress played "Lily Von Shtupp" in 1973 movie "Blazing Saddles"?Madeline Kahn
57Movies1979A Space Shuttle provided part of the setting for what "James Bond" movie?"Moonraker"
58Movies1981-94Which one of these movies did the American public see first (last) - "Our Family Business", "Pontiac Moon", "Three Men and a Little Lady", or "We Are the Children"?"Our Family Business" (1981)
"We Are The Children" (1987)
"Three Men and a Little Lady" 1990) "Pontiac Moon" (1994)
59Movies1985The 1985 song "Oh Yeah" by the Swiss band "Yello" became famous after being featured in what 1985 movie?"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
60Movies1985Who won the 1985 Best Actress Oscar - Whoopi Goldberg ("Color Purple"), Geraldine Page ("Trip to Bountiful") or Meryl Streep ("Out of Africa")?Geraldine Page
("The Trip to Bountiful", playing "Mrs. Watts")
61Movies1985Which movie featured "Mikey and Brandon Walsh" looking for the treasure stolen by the pirate "One-Eyed Willie"?"Goonies"
62Movies1989The voice was provided by Samuel Wright, but what was the name of the "Crab" in "The Little Mermaid"?"Sebastian"
63Movies1989Who starred as a "ditsy" mom who becomes the troop leader for the "Wilderness Girls" in "Troop Beverly Hills"?Shelley Long
64Movies1998What 1998 movie won 7 Oscars including "Best Picture"?"Shakespeare in Love"
65HistoryUnited StatesAmerican soldiers were called "minutemen" in what "war"?American Revolutionary War
66HistoryUnited StatesWho was the "commanding officer" of the American military unit, killed at the "Battle of the Little Big Horn"?Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
67HistoryUnited StatesWhat 1964 classic Ford model automobile was the first to establish Lee Iacocca's reputation in the car business?Mustang
68HistoryUnited StatesUlysses S. Grant was a member of which political party - Democrat or Republican?Republican
69HistoryUnited StatesWho was the only U. S. President to have been filmed in a NAZI Uniform?Ronald Reagan
(1942 "Desperate Journey" with Errol Flynn)
70HistoryUnited StatesWhere was the first battle of the Civil War fought - Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia?South Carolina
("Battle of Fort Sumter" 4/12-13/61 Charleston SC)
71HistoryWorldWho became King of Belgium in 1993 - Albert II or Leopold III?Albert II
72HistoryWorldWhat country did French President Charles DeGaulle veto from "European Union" membership, in 1960?Great Britain
(which also blocked Denmark, Ireland, and Norway)
73HistoryWorldWhich Roman leader was murdered on the "Ides of March"?Julius Caesar
74HistoryWorldWhat type of school and curriculum uses the name of the Italian female doctor who inspired this shift in education?Maria Montessori
75HistoryWorldWhat country's flag was Christopher Columbus flying when he "discovered" America?Spain
76HistoryWorldWhich "war" was not ended with a "Treaty of Paris" - American Revolution (1783), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), or WWI (1919)?World War I (WWI 1919)
(Treaty of Versailles and Paris Peace Conference 1919)
77GeographyUnited StatesHow many U. S. states have a name ending with the same vowel that it begins with?4   Alaska (AK), Alabama (AL), Arizona (AZ), Ohio (OH)
78GeographyUnited StatesWhat U. S. State, since 1942, has been ranked first every year in total dollars of livestock, crop and farm products?California (CA)
79GeographyUnited StatesWhat city is the capital of New Hampshire?Concord
80GeographyUnited StatesDiamond Head is located in what U. S. State?Hawaii (HI)
81GeographyUnited StatesWhat are the two biggest rivers that come together at St. Louis, Missouri?Mississippi
Missouri
82GeographyUnited StatesWhat U. S. state is named for a Greek island?Rhode Island
83GeographyWorldThe "Strait of Gibraltar" links the Mediterranean Sea to what Ocean?Atlantic
84GeographyWorldWhat Asian city is in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the city with the longest name, in the world"?Bangkok
("Krung-Thep-Mahanakorn …" 18 words long) - Thailand
85GeographyWorldThe cities of Leipzig, Dresden, and Magdeburg are all still found in what country?Germany
86GeographyWorldWhich one of these countries does not border on Lebanon - Israel, Jordan, or Syria?Jordan
87GeographyWorldWhat are the three colors on the French national flag since 1790?Red, White and Blue   ("Tricolore")
88GeographyWorldThe "Bouchart Gardens" are on which Canadian island?Vancouver Island
89A&LArchitectureWhat is the architectural term for an "area just inside the main exterior door for the removal of coats and overshoes" - Balustrade, Foyer, or Soffit?Foyer
90A&LArtsWhat has been called "The Mother Of The Arts" - Architecture, Music or Poetry?Architecture
91A&LAuthorHans Christian Andersen was born in what country?Denmark
92A&LChildrenWhat literary Bear's first words every day are "What's for breakfast"?"Winnie-The-Pooh"
93A&LComicsGaylord was the goofy looking Buzzard, friend to what 1980s comic strip witch - "Broomhilda" or "Hazel"?"Broomhilda"
94A&LFictionWho wrote "Shogun", "Noble House" and "Tai-Pan"?James Clavell
95A&LFictionIshmael survives the shipwreck by clinging to a coffin, in what classic Melville novel?"Moby Dick"
96A&LFictionWhat Johann Wyss book, about a marooned family, begins "For many days we had been tempest-tossed."?"The Swiss Family Robinson"
97A&LLanguageWhat internet word did the American Dialect Society chose as the "most useful word of 2002" and the verb was officially added to English dictionaries in 2006?"Google"
98A&LLanguageWhat are the Latin words for the Latin abbreviation "P.S."?
(What is the English Translation?)
post scriptum
(after writing)
99A&LNonfictionWho was the only U. S. President to have won a Pulitzer Prize?John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
100A&LPoetryWhat poem by Robert Frost ends "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"?"Road Not Taken"

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