| # | Category | Sub | Question | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | A&L | Architecture | Which civilization
were the first builders to fully appreciate the advantages of the arch, the vault and the dome? | Roman |
| 2 | A&L | Arts | Who sculptured the
famous 1902 sculpture "The Thinker"? | Auguste Rodin |
| 3 | A&L | Author | Who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank",
"If Life Is a Bowl Cherries, What Am I Doing In the Pits?", and "Motherhood : The Second Oldest
Profession"? | Erma Bombeck |
| 4 | A&L | Bible | According to the bible, who was 600 years old when "the waters of the flood were upon the earth"? | Noah |
| 5 | A&L | Children | What was the name
of the baby pig that "Dr. Dolittle" talked to? | "Gub Gub" |
| 6 | A&L | Comics | What is the name
of the General's secretary in the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip? | "Miss Buxley" and "Private
Blips" |
| 7 | A&L | Fiction | What is the "Answer to the Great Question Of Life, the Universe and Everything", according
to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? | 42 |
| 8 | A&L | Fiction | What is the name of the family in John Steinbeck's novel "The
Grapes of Wrath"? | "Joads" |
| 9 | A&L | Fiction | Which 1929 author wrote "A Farewell To Arms"? | Ernest "Papa" Hemingway |
| 10 | A&L | Language | What was the last letter added to the modern English alphabet? | "J" |
| 11 | A&L | Nonfiction | According to Ben
Franklin "Early to bed and early to rise, makes one …" what? | Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise |
| 12 | A&L | Play | Shakespeare's play "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in which country - England, Greece, Italy, or Spain? | Greece |
| 13 | Geography | United States | According to United
States Geological Survey, what are the two most "earthquake-prone states"? | Alaska and California |
| 14 | Geography | United
States | Isa
Lake (in Yellowstone National Park) is the only lake in the world, on the continental divide, which drains to two different oceans, backwards
- True or False? | True (east side drains to Pacific and west side drains to Atlantic) |
| 15 | Geography | United
States | The
Rio Grande river empties into which body of water - Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, or the Sea of Cortez? | Gulf of Mexico |
| 16 | Geography | United
States | What
is the most populated U. S. city in the Central Time Zone? | Chicago |
| 17 | Geography | United States | What U. S. state shares the longest border with Kentucky? | Tennessee |
| 18 | Geography | United
States | Which
U. S. State has "counties" called "parishes"? | Louisiana |
| 19 | Geography | World | Agra's "Taj Mahal" is located in which country? | India |
| 20 | Geography | World | What two "European"
countries, with names beginning with "U", were listed on worldatlas.com in 2004? | Ukraine United Kingdom |
| 21 | Geography | World | What country emerged
constitutionally as Pakistan in 1947, then East Pakistan in 1952, and finally became independent in 1971? | Bangladesh |
| 22 | Geography | World | What do these 20th
century countries have in common today - East Germany, Prussia, Soviet Union, South Vietnam, and United Arab Republic? | the are countries
that no longer exist |
| 23 | Geography | World | Which city is the capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma) - Bangkok, Hanoi, or Yangon? | Yangon (Rangoon) |
| 24 | Geography | World | Which one of these
countries does NOT border on Russia - Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, or Ukraine? | Lithuania |
| 25 | History | United States | What airline was
"The Official Airline of Disneyland and Walt Disney World" in 1989? | Delta Airlines |
| 26 | History | United States | What is the most consumed hot beverage in the world?
or What is the most widely consumed hot beverage in the world? (I'm taking a poll on this question - how should it be properly worded & which should be the correct answer?) | Tea? (1.8 billion kilograms consumed each year by 40% of the world population) Coffee? (2.8 billion kilograms consumed each year by 30% of the world population) |
| 27 | History | United States | What is the term
for a shirt sleeve badge indicating the wearer's rank and service (also a brand of gasoline)? | Chevron |
| 28 | History | United States | Which was the first
"Public Building" in Washington D. C.? | White House |
| 29 | History | United States | Who was the first
U. S. President to be a graduate of West Point? | Ulysses Simpson Grant |
| 30 | History | United States | Who was the only U. S. President to have graduated from the Naval Academy
at Annapolis? | James "Jimmy" Earl Carter |
| 31 | History | World | How many letters make up "Roman Numerals"? | seven (7) (I, X, V, C, M, D, L) |
| 32 | History | World | The "Gold Eagle", "Kangaroo Nugget", "Kuger-Rand",
"Maple Leaf" and "Vienna Philharmonic" are all gold coins issued by what five different countries? | Australia Kangaroo Nugget, Austria
Vienna Philharmonic, Canada Maple Leaf, South Africa Kuger-Rand, USA Gold Eagle |
| 33 | History | World | What was the largest
aircraft ever built? | German Zeppelins "Hindenburg" and "Graf Zeppelin
II" |
| 34 | History | World | Which "Commodore" forced Japan to "open" its ports to the United
States in 1854 - Jones, Perry, or Rodney? | Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry |
| 35 | History | World | Which title (name) is most commonly
applied to "Charles the Great" also called "Charles I" (the first "Holy Roman Emperor")? | "Charlemagne" |
| 36 | History | World | Who invented the
game of monopoly in 1933 - Charles Darrow, Clarence Darrow, or Tom Doherty? | Charles Darrow |
| 37 | Movies | 1929- | What were presented, for the first time, at Hollywood's Roosevelt
Hotel, May 16th 1929? | Academy Awards ("Oscars") |
| 38 | Movies | 1951 | What is the name
of Charlie Allnut's boat in the classic Humphrey Bogart movie "The African Queen"? | "African
Queen" |
| 39 | Movies | 1965 | In the musical "The Sound of Music", how many children were there
in the Von Trapp family? | Seven (7) (Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta,
Gretl) |
| 40 | Movies | 1970 | Which actor was smokin in "Kelly's Heroes" as "Sgt. Oddball",
the spaced-out hippie, tank commander? | Donald Sutherland |
| 41 | Movies | 1977 | Who played "God", in the 1977 movie "Oh, God!"? | George Burns |
| 42 | Movies | 1983 | What is the title
of the 1983 Streisand movie about a feisty young woman who wants to become a Rabbi? | "Yentl" |
| 43 | Movies | 1987 | Who portrayed 1959
rock 'n roll singer "Richie Valens" in the 1987 movie "La Bamba"? | Lou Diamond Phillips |
| 44 | Movies | 1988 | What 1988 movie starred
Emilio Estevez and Richard Dreyfuss as Seattle cops waiting for the bad guys? | "Stakeout" |
| 45 | Movies | 1992 | What actor played
the coach in the original "Mighty Ducks"? | Emilio Estevez |
| 46 | Movies | 1995 | In the 1995 movie "French Kiss", who co-starred with
Meg Ryan as the French man - "Luc"? | Kevin Kline |
| 47 | Movies | 1995-2008 | What is the name of the fictional pizzeria restaurant in "Toy
Story" (and referenced in every Pixar movie to date)? | "Pizza Planet" |
| 48 | Movies | 2001 | Who won the 2001 Best Actress
Oscar - Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Nicole Kidman ("Moulin Rouge"), or
Renée Zellweger ("Bridget Jones's Diary")? | Halle Berry ("Monster's
Ball" playing "Leticia Musgrove") |
| 49 | Music | 1962- | Where was country singer Clint Black born - Long Branch (NJ), Longview
(TX), or Macon (GA)? | Long Branch (NJ) (2/4/1962) |
| 50 | Music | 1966 | What Beatles ballad, including the French lyrics, won the 1966 Grammy as "Song
of the Year"? | "Michelle" |
| 51 | Music | 1966 | Who sang the 1966 top hit "Strangers in the Night"? | Frank Sinatra |
| 52 | Music | 1966 2000 | What
#2 country hit for the 1966 Statler Brothers hit the country charts again in 2000 for Eric Heatherly? | "Flowers
on the Wall" |
| 53 | Music | 1967 | Which Beatles album featured the song "I Am The Walrus" and "All
You Need Is Love"? | "Magical Mystery Tour" |
| 54 | Music | 1976 | When Jeff Hanna left the "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" in 1976,
the group changed its name to the "Stone Ponys" - True or False? | False (They became
the "Dirt Band" 1976-82) |
| 55 | Music | 1981-88 | How many "Boys" made up the pop group "The Pet Shop Boys"? | Two (2) |
| 56 | Music | 1983 | How many times did
Boy George spit out "Karma" before getting down to "Chameleon"? | Five (5) |
| 57 | Music | 1983 | The song "Flashdance…What
A Feeling", from the movie "Flashdance", was a #1 pop hit for Donna Summer - True or False? | false (#1 Irene Cara) |
| 58 | Music | 1993 | What Aerosmith song said "There's something wrong with the world
today - I don't know what it is."? | "Livin' on the Edge" |
| 59 | Music | Classical | Which instrument
represents the "cat" in Prokofiev's symphonic fairy tale "Peter and The Wolf" - Flute, Oboe, or Trumpet? | Oboe |
| 60 | Music | Year | The following songs
were all #1 pop hits in which year - "Abracadabra", "Centerfold", "Eye of the
Tiger", and "Man-eater"? | 1982 |
| 61 | S&L | Baseball | In major league baseball, if a fielder holds a fly ball for two seconds it's a
catch - True or False? | False (a catch is legal when umpire judges fielder has COMPLETE
control of ball) |
| 62 | S&L | Baseball | The Toronto Blue Jays belong to which baseball league - American League or National
League? | American League (AL) |
| 63 | S&L | Baseball | Who was the 27th and last major league baseball player to get 3,000 career hits? | Craig Biggio (Houston Astros 6/28/07 3013) |
| 64 | S&L | Beer | The word "Ale" comes from a Viking word for beer - True or
False? | True |
| 65 | S&L | College | What is the only
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) school with a nickname that did not end with an "S"? | Wolfpack (North Carolina State) |
| 66 | S&L | Food/Beverage | What chicken dish was named after Edward VII, "King of England"? | "Chicken
ala King" |
| 67 | S&L | Games | What is the "Dart term" for the line behind which darts players stand when
throwing - Notch, Oche, or Stripe? | Oche (pronounced like hockey without the initial
h) |
| 68 | S&L | Golf | Is it permissible
to use a club other than a putter to play a stroke on the putting green? | Yes (Rules do
not stipulate type of club that must be used for making a putt or anyplace on the golf course) |
| 69 | S&L | Golf | What is the golf
term for the amount of lateral slope to a 'Putt'? | Break |
| 70 | S&L | Golf | What is the name of the Golf Scoring System in which "high score"
wins? | "Stableford" |
| 71 | S&L | Hobby | What is still the
most popular hobby in America? | Coin Collecting |
| 72 | S&L | Misc. | What is the highest rank of the Boy Scouts? | Eagle |
| 73 | S&L | Racing | In May 2009, who
became the first filly to win the Preakness in 85 years? | "Rachel Alexandra" |
| 74 | S&L | Track&Field | Who was the first
woman to run the mile in under 4½ minutes? | Mary Decker Slaney |
| 75 | S&N | Anatomy | What is the more common name for the "Sternum Bone" in a human
body? | Breastbone |
| 76 | S&N | Astronomy | How many degrees
from vertical is the tilt of the earth's axis (in the plane of the Sun) - 13½°, 18½°, or 23½°? | 23½° |
| 77 | S&N | Botany | What is the state
tree for California? | Redwood |
| 78 | S&N | Chemistry | Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide - True or False? | True |
| 79 | S&N | Computer | What does "ROM"
stand for in computer terminology? | Read Only Memory |
| 80 | S&N | Geology | Which is bigger - an Acre or a Hectare? | Hectare (2.471
acres) |
| 81 | S&N | Inventions | Van Leeuwenhoek is credited with inventing what Scientific Instrument - Microscope,
Stethoscope, or Telescope? | Microscope |
| 82 | S&N | Math | If "nine thousand, nine hundred and nine" is written 9,909, how should "twelve
thousand, twelve hundred, and twelve", be written? | 13,212 |
| 83 | S&N | Medicine | What oath begins "I swear by Apollo, the physician …"? | Hippocratic Oath (Physician's Oath) |
| 84 | S&N | Physics | What is the term (word) for the
upward force exerted on a submerged (or floating) object in a liquid? | Buoyancy |
| 85 | S&N | Physics | Who postulated that "For every action, there is an opposite and
equal reaction"? | Sir Isaac Newton |
| 86 | S&N | Technology | Which was invented first - the bicycle or the sewing machine? | Bicycle (1839-MacMillan) Sewing Machine (1846-Howe) |
| 87 | S&N | Zoology | Do all birds hatch from eggs? | yes |
| 88 | S&N | Zoology | What Butterfly migrates
to Mexico in the fall, and returns to the U. S. each spring? | Monarch |
| 89 | TV | 1957-59 | Guy Williams played what Spanish-masked hero in a 1957 TV series by Disney? | "Zorro" |
| 90 | TV | 1966 | Several TV shows
have become movies (with same cast and show title), but what comic book turned TV series was the first? | "Batman" |
| 91 | TV | 1966-69 | According to the
1966 introduction, "Star Trek's" Enterprise was on a mission for how many years? | Five (5) |
| 92 | TV | 1975 | What "pony-tailed
stand-up-comic" knew more than "seven dirty words" and hosted the first "Saturday Night Live" show
October 11, 1975? | George Carlin |
| 93 | TV | 1984 | What star of "Airwolf" had a personalized license plate that read "BORG9"? | Ernest Borgnine |
| 94 | TV | 1989 | What series won the
1989 Emmy for "Best Comedy Series"? | "Cheers" |
| 95 | TV | 1991-94 | What was "Doug's"
last name on Nickelodeon's animated show "Doug"? | "Funnie" (Douglas
"Doug" Yancy Funnie) |
| 96 | TV | 1993-98 | What "Queen Latifah" sitcom centered on four women and two men living in a brownstone in
Brooklyn, New York? | "Living Single" |
| 97 | TV | 1995-96 | Which program, according to Nielsen rating 9/95- 5/96, had the larger
audience share - "NFL Monday Night Football" or "Home Improvement"? | "NFL Monday Night Football" |
| 98 | TV | 2000 | With Julie Chen as
host, what TV show debut had 10 strangers share a German house, constantly watched by dozens of cameras? | "Big
Brother" |
| 99 | TV | 2000-03 | On the animated series "Clifford the Big Red Dog", "Clifford" lives on
which island - "Barclay", "Birdwell", or "Blefuscu"? | "Birdwell Island" |
| 100 | TV | Year | What year did "American
Idol" debut? | 2002 (6/11/2002) |