Jeopardy! (Nintendo 64) FAQ by ironyisntdead
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Table of Contents
1 - Introduction (NTDT)
2 - Answers & Questions
# (ANQX) A (ANQA) B (ANQB) C (ANQC) D (ANQD)
E (ANQE) F (ANQF) G (ANQG) H (ANQH) I (ANQI)
J (ANQJ) K (ANQK) L (ANQL) M (ANQM) N (ANQN)
O (ANQO) P (ANQP) Q (ANQQ) R (ANQR) S (ANQS)
T (ANQT) U (ANQU) V (ANQV) W (ANQW) Z (ANQZ)
3 - Legal (LEGL)
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1 - Introduction (NTDT)
Jeopardy! is a television quiz program, which tests the knowledge of three
contestants. Each person is given the same clue, which is the answer to a
question. The first individual to sound their buzzer and correctly state the
original question will then win money and be able to select the next clue. If
the person is incorrect or doesn't respond quickly enough, the clue's monetary
value will be subtracted from their total score and the other players can
answer the question.
The first round of Jeopardy! consists of six categories, each containing five
clues. The categories and clues are placed on a board with thirty-six
television screens. The category names are displayed on the screens in the top
row and the clues are sorted underneath by the amount of money that can be
awarded.
The second round, which is called Double Jeopardy!, will start after the
questions are cleared from the board. Double Jeopardy! adds six additional
categories and gives twice as much cash for each clue.
In the first two rounds, Daily Doubles can be encountered. The three
participants are unaware of where they will be hidden on the board. The person
who stumbles upon a Daily Double will be the only one allowed to answer. Before
the clue is revealed, they must decide how much money they are willing to bet,
because it can potentially double their current total.
The last round is Final Jeopardy!, which is where all contestants are given the
same clue, and each must write an answer. They can wager any amount from their
current winnings.
The Nintendo 64 video game adaptation of Jeopardy! retains the show's format.
You can play against the computer or with a friend or two (if so, be sure to
have extra controllers). You're also allowed to select the difficulty of the
computer, the questions and the spelling. The amount of money ranges from $100
to $500 per clue for the first round, and multiplies those figures by two for
the second round.
You'll use the directional pad to type in your solution using an on-screen
keyboard. The answer can be automatically filled in by partially typing it in
or you can enter everything in letter by letter. Only one answer for each
question is provided in this document. There are alternative answers for some
questions. For example, shortening a person's full name to just their surname
usually works.
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2 - Answers & Questions
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Categories beginning with a number (ANQX)
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Category: 1776
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A - THIS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CITY WAS FOUNDED AS YERBA BUENA BY THE SPANISH IN
1776
Q - SAN FRANCISCO
A - NOW FAMOUS FOR ITS CLIFF DIVERS, THIS MEXICAN CITY WAS DESTROYED BY AN
EARTHQUAKE IN 1776
Q - ACAPULCO
A - HE PUBLISHED "AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF
NATIONS"
Q - ADAM SMITH
A - THIS BAHAMAS CITY NAMED FOR WILLIAM III'S FAMILY WAS HELD BRIEFLY BY
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONISTS
Q - NASSAU
A - ON JULY 4, 1776 THE CONGRESS APPOINTED ADAMS, JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN TO
DESIGN THIS EMBLEM
Q - GREAT SEAL
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Category: 1885
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A - WHEN THIS ARRIVED FROM FRANCE ON JUNE 19, ITS PEDESTAL ON BEDLOE'S ISLAND
WASN'T FINISHED
Q - STATUE OF LIBERTY
A - THE FIRST U.S. STREET RAILROAD EMPLOYING THIS TYPE OF POWER OPENED IN
BALTIMORE ON AUGUST 10
Q - ELECTRICITY
A - CHARTERED IN 1880, BRYN MAWR COLLEGE OPENED IN THIS STATE IN 1885
Q - PENNSYLVANIA
A - THIS 18TH U.S. PRESIDENT & HIS VICE PRESIDENT SCHUYLER COLFAX BOTH DIED
DURING THE YEAR
Q - ULYSSES S. GRANT
A - HE COMPLETED HIS FIRST IMPORTANT PAINTING, "THE POTATO EATERS," IN NUENEN
Q - VINCENT VAN GOGH
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Category: 1895
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A - HE FOLLOWED THE SUCCESS OF "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE" WITH "THE BLACK
RIDERS AND OTHER LINES"
Q - STEPHEN CRANE
A - IN 1895 THIS COUNTRY CEDED TAIWAN TO JAPAN
Q - CHINA
A - U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD OLNEY INVOKED THIS DOCTRINE AGAINST BRITAIN
IN A BORDER DISPUTE WITH VENEZUELA
Q - MONROE DOCTRINE
A - SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY ISOLATED THIS LIGHT GAS, ATOMIC NUMBER 2, FROM THE
MINERAL CLEVEITE
Q - HELIUM
A - IN JANUARY, CARSTEN BORCHGREVINK WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST PARTY TO SET
FOOT ON THIS CONTINENT'S MAIN PART
Q - ANTARCTICA
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Category: 1917
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A - THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY ADOPTED THIS NAME, TAKING IT FROM A CASTLE
Q - WINDSOR
A - THESE JOURNALISM PRIZES WERE AWARDED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR THE FIRST
TIME
Q - PULITZER PRIZES
A - THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS WAS FOUNDED IN THIS ILLINOIS
CITY
Q - CHICAGO
A - THIS PAINTER & SCULPTOR OF BALLET DANCERS DIED IN FRANCE ON SEPTEMBER 27
Q - EDGAR DEGAS
A - MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA GREW RAPIDLY AFTER THIS NATURAL RESOURCE WAS
DISCOVERED NEARBY IN 1917
Q - PETROLEUM
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Category: 1919
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A - ON JULY 21 THIS RUBBER COMPANY'S BLIMP WINGFOOT CRASHED IN CHICAGO, KILLING
13 PEOPLE
Q - GOODYEAR
A - WHILE TRAVELING TO WICHITA ON SEPTEMBER 26, THIS PRESIDENT SUFFERED WHAT
WAS PROBABLY A MILD STROKE
Q - WOODROW WILSON
A - IN APRIL 1919 THIS CITY WAS NAMED AS HEADQUARTERS TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Q - GENEVA
A - THIS SCOTTISH-BORN STEEL MAGNATE DIED OF PNEUMONIA ON AUGUST 11
Q - ANDREW CARNEGIE
A - IN DECEMBER THIS IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER OF "THE LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING
PARTY" DIED AT CAGNES, FRANCE
Q - PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
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Category: 1920
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A - THE SAAR REGION, NOW PART OF THIS COUNTRY, WAS TURNED OVER TO THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS IN FEBRUARY
Q - GERMANY
A - IN AUGUST THIS COUNTRY LED BY PILSUDSKI DEFEATED THE SOVIETS AT THE BATTLE
OF THE VISTULA
Q - POLAND
A - IN NOVEMBER HE CAPTURED 404 ELECTORAL VOTES TO DEMOCRAT JAMES COX'S 127
Q - WARREN G. HARDING
A - THIS LEGENDARY TENOR'S LAST PERFORMANCE WAS IN "LA JUIVE" AT THE MET ON
CHRISTMAS EVE
Q - ENRICO CARUSO
A - HELEN KELLER WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED THIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION IN 1920
Q - AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
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Category: 1923
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A - ON A TRIP TO ALASKA, THIS PRESIDENT WAS PRESENTED WITH A MOOSE-HIDE COLLAR
FOR HIS DOG LADDIE BOY
Q - WARREN G. HARDING
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "LORD JIM" MADE HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
Q - JOSEPH CONRAD
A - THIS MAN, CONVICTED OF MURDER WITH BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI, WENT ON A PRISON
HUNGER STRIKE
Q - NICOLA SACCO
A - AN OPERATION RESTORED THE SIGHT OF THIS IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER & HE BEGAN
PAINTING WATER LILIES AGAIN
Q - CLAUDE MONET
A - THOMAS J. WALSH CHAIRED THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THIS SCANDAL
Q - TEAPOT DOME
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Category: 1943
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A - TO SAVE COPPER, THE U.S. TREASURY ISSUED THIS COIN IN ZINC-COATED STEEL
Q - PENNY
A - IN INDIA, 25 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST HUNGER STRIKE, HE BEGAN ANOTHER TO
PROTEST CONDITIONS OF HIS CONFINEMENT
Q - MOHANDAS GANDHI
A - FDR & CHURCHILL MET IN THIS MOROCCAN CITY FOR 10 DAYS BUT STALIN WAS UNABLE
TO ATTEND
Q - CASABLANCA
A - THIS FIRST LADY OF CHINA BECAME THE FIRST PRIVATE CITIZEN TO ADDRESS OUR
CONGRESS, IN FEBRUARY
Q - MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK
A - THIS INVENTOR OF A FAMOUS ELECTRIC "COIL" DIED JANUARY 7 IN NEW YORK CITY
Q - NIKOLA TESLA
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Category: 1946
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A - THIS "LUCKY" RACKETEER WAS DEPORTED TO ITALY IN FEBRUARY
Q - CHARLES LUCIANO
A - THIS UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CONTINUE ALLOWING RADCLIFFE COEDS IN
SOME CLASSES
Q - HARVARD
A - IN APRIL THIS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION EXPIRED, TURNING OVER ITS PROPERTY
TO THE U.N.
Q - LEAGUE OF NATIONS
A - IN MARCH FRANCE RECOGNIZED THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM WITH THIS MAN AS
PRESIDENT
Q - HO CHI MINH
A - THIS GENERALISSIMO COMPLETED EDITING A NEW CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT
Q - CHIANG KAI-SHEK
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Category: 1956
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A - WHILE RECUPERATING FROM SURGERY IN GETTYSBURG, HE ANNOUNCED HE'D SEEK A 2ND
TERM AS PRESIDENT
Q - DWIGHT EISENHOWER
A - MANY PRO-PERONISTS WERE EXECUTED IN THIS COUNTRY AFTER A 12-HOUR REVOLT
Q - ARGENTINA
A - THIS FIGHTER BORN ROCCO MARCHEGIANO ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT ON APRIL 27
Q - ROCKY MARCIANO
A - THIS 27-YEAR-OLD PASTOR WAS FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY IN THE MONTGOMERY
BUS BOYCOTT
Q - MARTIN LUTHER KING
A - HE & HIS BRIDE GRACE KELLY SPENT A LENGTHY HONEYMOON ABOARD HIS YACHT DEO
JUVANTE II
Q - PRINCE RAINIER
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Category: 1968
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A - FAMOUS OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED JANUARY 30, 1968
Q - TET OFFENSIVE
A - IN MAY THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD A LAW MAKING IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO BURN
OR MUTILATE THESE
Q - DRAFT CARDS
A - IN OCTOBER APOLLO 7 WAS LAUNCHED, JACKIE BECAME JACKIE O., & THE OLYMPICS
BEGAN IN THIS N. AMERICAN CITY
Q - MEXICO CITY
A - THIS MAN WAS ORDAINED IN 1968; 20 YEARS LATER HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Q - JESSE JACKSON
A - ON DECEMBER 16 THE KINGS OF LAOS & THAILAND MET IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RIVER
TO CELEBRATE AN AGREEMENT
Q - MEKONG
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Category: 1970
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A - ON APRIL 26 A BOMB RIPPED THROUGH THE LOUISIANA STATE CAPITOL IN THIS CITY
Q - BATON ROUGE
A - CURT FLOOD FILED A SUIT CHARGING THIS SPORT WITH VIOLATION OF ANTITRUST
LAWS
Q - BASEBALL
A - THIS 27-YEAR-OLD COLONEL ASSUMED THE POSTS OF PREMIER & DEFENSE MINISTER IN
LIBYA
Q - MUAMMAR QADDAFI
A - ALL U.S. GROUND FORCES WERE REPORTED WITHDRAWN TO VIETNAM FROM THIS
NEIGHBORING COUNTRY
Q - CAMBODIA
A - ON MAY 17 THIS NORWEGIAN EMBARKED ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE
ATLANTIC IN A PAPYRUS BOAT
Q - THOR HEYERDAHL
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Category: 1978
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A - THIS COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT WAS ENDING PRODUCTION OF ITS BEETLE AUTOMOBILE IN
WEST GERMANY
Q - VOLKSWAGEN
A - A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IN INDIA ORDERED THIS FORMER P.M. TO STAND TRIAL
FOR CONTEMPT
Q - INDIRA GANDHI
A - THIS MAN'S WIDOW, MURIEL, WAS NAMED TO TAKE OVER HIS SEAT IN THE U.S.
SENATE
Q - HUBERT HUMPHREY
A - UNDER THIS NAME ALBINO LUCIANI WAS POPE FOR 34 DAYS IN AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
Q - JOHN PAUL I
A - THIS 85-YEAR-OLD YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT PAID A 3-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
U.S.
Q - JOSIP BROZ TITO
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Category: 1980
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A - JOSIP BROZ TITO, PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY, DIED IN MAY
Q - YUGOSLAVIA
A - HE PROMISED THAT IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, HE'D APPOINT A WOMAN TO THE SUPREME
COURT... & HE DID
Q - RONALD REAGAN
A - PRESIDENT CARTER DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THIS CHEMICALLY
CONTAMINATED NIAGARA FALLS NEIGHBORHOOD
Q - LOVE CANAL
A - CYRUS VANCE RESIGNED AS SECRETARY OF STATE IN APRIL & WAS REPLACED BY THIS
MAINE SENATOR
Q - EDMUND MUSKIE
A - THIS COUNTRY'S FIRST PRESIDENT & PRIME MINISTER WERE REV. CANAAN BANANA &
ROBERT MUGABE
Q - ZIMBABWE
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Category: 10-LETTER WORDS
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A - IT'S THE ACT OF CROWNING A KING OR QUEEN
Q - CORONATION
A - IT CAN BE ANY TOOL USED IN MEDICINE, OR ANY DEVICE THAT PRODUCES MUSIC
Q - INSTRUMENT
A - RINGS & POMMEL HORSE ARE USED IN THIS SPORT
Q - GYMNASTICS
A - IN GRAMMAR THE PRESENT ONE ENDS IN -ING, WHILE THE PAST ONE USUALLY ENDS IN
-ED OR -EN
Q - PARTICIPLE
A - IT'S THE ACT OF TAKING ANOTHER'S IDEAS OR WRITINGS & PASSING THEM OFF AS
ONE'S OWN
Q - PLAGIARISM
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Category: 12-LETTER WORDS
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A - IT'S THE CUSTOMARY BREAK BETWEEN ACTS OF A PLAY
Q - INTERMISSION
A - OVER 80% OF 5-YEAR-OLDS IN THE U.S. ATTEND THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL OR PROGRAM
Q - KINDERGARTEN
A - IT'S THE PROCESS THAT SOURS MILK & TURNS GRAPE JUICE INTO WINE
Q - FERMENTATION
A - OFTEN USED FOR OUTDOOR CONCERTS, IT'S A ROUND BUILDING WITH A CENTRAL ARENA
& RISING TIERS OF SEATS
Q - AMPHITHEATER
A - IT'S THE STUDY OF MAN, INCLUDING HIS PHYSICAL & CULTURAL ASPECTS
Q - ANTHROPOLOGY
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Category: THE 16TH CENTURY
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A - YEARS AFTER FINISHING THIS PAINTING PROJECT IN 1512, MICHELANGELO STILL
SUFFERED PAIN IN HIS NECK
Q - SISTINE CHAPEL
A - ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 30, 1520, HE BARELY ESCAPED FROM RAMPAGING AZTECS AT
TENOCHTITLAN
Q - HERNAN CORTES
A - THIS ENGLISH "QUEEN OF NINE DAYS" WAS BEHEADED FEBRUARY 12, 1554 AT AGE 16
Q - LADY JANE GREY
A - HE STUDIED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD IN FRANCE, BUT BECAME A PROTESTANT C. 1533 &
LATER MOVED TO GENEVA
Q - JOHN CALVIN
A - THIS BRIDGE THAT CROSSES A NARROW PART OF THE GRAND CANAL WAS BUILT AT THE
END OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Q - RIALTO BRIDGE
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Category: THE 1880S
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A - IN THE 1880 CENSUS, THIS STATE BECAME THE FIRST TO REACH A POPULATION OF 5
MILLION
Q - NEW YORK
A - DESIGNED BY HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON, THIS CITY'S MARSHALL FIELD BUILDING
WAS COMPLETED IN 1887
Q - CHICAGO
A - IN 1884 HE PATENTED ROLL FILM FOR CAMERAS
Q - GEORGE EASTMAN
A - IN 1882 REVEREND MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGIVNEY FOUNDED THIS CATHOLIC MEN'S
FRATERNAL SOCIETY IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Q - KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
A - ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1886 THIS CHIRICAHUA APACHE SURRENDERED TO GENERAL NELSON
MILES IN ARIZONA
Q - GERONIMO
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Category: 18TH CENTURY AMERICA
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A - AFTER PUBLISHING IT FOR 25 YEARS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOLD THIS "ALMANACK" IN
1758
Q - POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
A - ON NOVEMBER 26, 1789 THIS HOLIDAY WAS OBSERVED NATIONALLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME
Q - THANKSGIVING
A - THOUGH FOUNDED IN 1701, IT WASN'T UNTIL 1716 THAT THIS UNIVERSITY MOVED TO
NEW HAVEN
Q - YALE
A - IN 1766 AMERICA'S FIRST PERMANENT THEATRE OPENED IN PHILADELPHIA WITH
"KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO," BASED ON THIS PLAY
Q - TAMING OF THE SHREW
A - IN 1798, AT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S REQUEST, THIS FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY WAS
NAMED INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE ARMY
Q - ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Category: 18TH CENTURY AMERICA
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A - IN 1774 NEW JERSEY CITIZENS DRESSED AS INDIANS FOR THE GREENWICH TEA PARTY,
WHICH RESEMBLED THIS 1773 EVENT
Q - BOSTON TEA PARTY
A - THIS FAMOUS FLAGMAKER WAS THE 8TH OF 17 CHILDREN BORN TO SAMUEL & REBECCA
GRISCOM
Q - BETSY ROSS
A - ON OCTOBER 25, 1764 ABIGAIL SMITH MARRIED THIS ATTORNEY
Q - JOHN ADAMS
A - THE FIRST THEATRE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES OPENED IN 1716 IN THIS COLONIAL
CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA
Q - WILLIAMSBURG
A - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S BROTHER JAMES FOUNDED THIS COLONY'S FIRST NEWSPAPER IN
1732 IN NEWPORT
Q - RHODE ISLAND
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Category: THE 1920S
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A - ON THE 5TH DAY OF THE 5TH MONTH OF 1921, SHE INTRODUCED HER NO. 5 PERFUME
Q - COCO CHANEL
A - NAMED FOR A SOUTH CAROLINA CITY, THIS DANCE WAS THE RAGE
Q - CHARLESTON
A - HE CAME TO POWER AFTER LEADING HIS BLACK-SHIRTED FASCISTS ON A "MARCH ON
ROME"
Q - BENITO MUSSOLINI
A - IN 1927 THIS AMERICAN BIRTH CONTROL PIONEER HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST WORLD
POPULATION CONFERENCE
Q - MARGARET SANGER
A - CONDEMNED EARLIER TO INTERNAL EXILE, HE WAS BANISHED FROM THE USSR IN 1929
Q - LEON TROTSKY
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Category: THE 1930S
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A - IN 1939 THIS TEAM BECAME THE FIRST TO WIN 4 WORLD SERIES IN A ROW
Q - NEW YORK YANKEES
A - AFTER INITIALLY REJECTING IT, PARKER BROTHERS BEGAN TO CASH IN ON THIS
BOARD GAME IN 1935
Q - MONOPOLY
A - "MY FIRST DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE" WAS A 1935 FANTASY WRITTEN BY THIS
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
Q - HUEY LONG
A - IN 1936 A NEWSPAPER SAID, ASK A BOY WHO HE WANTS TO BE LIKE & 10-1 HE'LL
SAY THIS OFFICIAL, "THE DIRECTOR"
Q - J. EDGAR HOOVER
A - THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING OCCURRED IN THIS STATE
Q - NEW JERSEY
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Category: THE 1970S
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A - IN 1977 ANWAR SADAT MADE A HISTORIC VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY, WHERE HE
ADDRESSED THE KNESSET
Q - ISRAEL
A - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RETURNED TO MILWAUKEE WHEN THE SEATTLE PILOTS BECAME
THIS TEAM
Q - MILWAUKEE BREWERS
A - IN MAY 1977 IT MADE ITS LAST REGULAR RUN FROM PARIS TO ISTANBUL
Q - ORIENT EXPRESS
A - IN 1979 JERRY FALWELL FOUNDED THIS POLITICAL ACTION GROUP
Q - MORAL MAJORITY
A - IN 1975 JOHN PAUL STEVENS TOOK OVER THE SUPREME COURT SEAT OF THIS MAN, WHO
RETIRED AFTER 36 1/2 YEARS
Q - WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
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Category: THE 1990S
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A - 10 YEARS OF RESTORATION WORK ON THE CEILING OF THIS CHAPEL WAS COMPLETED IN
1990
Q - SISTINE CHAPEL
A - IN 1994 THE MEN CONVICTED IN THE BOMBING OF THIS NYC COMPLEX WERE EACH
SENTENCED TO 240 YEARS IN PRISON
Q - WORLD TRADE CENTER
A - IN APRIL 1992 THE WORLD'S FAIR OPENED IN SEVILLE & EURO DISNEY OPENED IN A
SUBURB OF THIS CITY
Q - PARIS
A - IN 1990, AFTER MANY YEARS OF DELAYS, THIS TELESCOPE WAS FINALLY PUT INTO
ORBIT
Q - HUBBLE
A - IN 1991, TERRY ANDERSON'S 2,455-DAY ORDEAL FINALLY ENDED WHEN HIS CAPTORS
RELEASED HIM IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - LEBANON
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Category: THE 19TH CENTURY
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A - IN 1822 J.F. CHAMPOLLION PUBLISHED HIS DECIPHERMENT OF THIS EGYPTIAN
ARTIFACT FOUND IN 1799
Q - ROSETTA STONE
A - A FAMOUS DOCTRINE CAME OUT OF THIS PRESIDENT'S DECEMBER 2, 1823 ADDRESS TO
CONGRESS
Q - JAMES MONROE
A - IN JULY 1822 & AGAIN IN 1825 THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE NOMINATED THIS MAN
FOR PRESIDENT
Q - ANDREW JACKSON
A - THE TRANSLATION OF THE GOLD PLATES THAT HE DUG UP IN 1827 IS NOW THE BOOK
OF MORMON
Q - JOSEPH SMITH
A - IN 1886 THE PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY BEGAN IN THIS STATE WITH PLANTS IMPORTED
FROM JAMAICA
Q - HAWAII
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Category: 19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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A - THADDEUS STEVENS, WHO LED THE FIGHT FOR THIS PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT, WAS
SO FRAIL HE HAD TO BE CARRIED TO THE TRIAL
Q - ANDREW JOHNSON
A - IN 1838 THIS MAN WHO LATER BOUGHT ALASKA WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
Q - WILLIAM SEWARD
A - IN 1856 THE FIRST BRIDGE FOR THESE VEHICLES OVER THE MISSISSIPPI OPENED
BETWEEN ROCK ISLAND, ILL. & DAVENPORT, IOWA
Q - TRAINS
A - IN THE 1870S THIS PARTY DIVIDED INTO 2 FACTIONS, THE HALF-BREEDS & THE
STALWARTS
Q - REPUBLICANS
A - FUR TRAPPER & SCOUT JIM BRIDGER DISCOVERED THIS BODY OF WATER IN LATE 1824
Q - GREAT SALT LAKE
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Category: 19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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A - DURING THE WAR OF 1812, CONGRESS AUTHORIZED HIM TO BUILD A STEAM-DRIVEN
WARSHIP
Q - ROBERT FULTON
A - THE MODERN VERSION OF THIS NATIONAL SYMBOL FIRST APPEARED IN THE FEB. 6,
1869 EDITION OF HARPER'S WEEKLY
Q - UNCLE SAM
A - IN FEB. 1805 THIS SHOSHONE WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY PRIOR TO TRAVELING
WITH LEWIS & CLARK
Q - SACAJAWEA
A - DUE TO THE ERIE CANAL, NEW YORK REPLACED THIS CITY AS THE NATION'S TOP PORT
BY THE LATE 1840S
Q - PHILADELPHIA
A - ON AUGUST 16, 1858 THE FIRST CABLE MESSAGE WAS SENT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO THIS PRESIDENT
Q - JAMES BUCHANAN
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Category: 19TH CENTURY BUSINESS
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A - CREATED IN 1898 BY THE SEIBERLING BROTHERS, THIS COMPANY WAS NAMED FOR THE
INVENTOR OF VULCANIZED RUBBER
Q - GOODYEAR
A - THE FIRST AD FOR THIS "FLOATING SOAP" APPEARED IN 1882
Q - IVORY
A - IN 1879 THIS COMPANY SOLD JACKETS, VESTS, COATS & PANTS; SEVERAL YEARS
LATER, THE PANTS WERE CALLED 501S
Q - LEVI STRAUSS & CO
A - THIS CANDIED POPCORN & PEANUTS CONFECTION CELEBRATED ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY
IN 1993
Q - CRACKER JACK
A - THIS STEAK SAUCE DATES BACK TO THE COURT OF GEORGE IV & A CHEF NAMED BRAND
Q - A1
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Category: 19TH CENTURY HISTORY
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A - IN 1868 EMPEROR MEIJI TOOK THE "CHARTER OATH" OF 5 PRINCIPLES, LAUNCHING
WESTERNIZATION IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - JAPAN
A - THIS ISLAND SOUTH OF AUSTRALIA WAS COLONIZED IN 1803-04 FOR FEAR THE FRENCH
MIGHT SEIZE IT
Q - TASMANIA
A - HE BECAME PRUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER IN 1862 & DEDICATED HIMSELF TO UNITING
GERMANY
Q - OTTO VON BISMARCK
A - IN 1806 THIS INVENTOR OF THE STEAM ENGINE WAS MADE AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF
LAWS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
Q - JAMES WATT
A - IN 1873 A MILITARY PRISON WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS KANSAS POST
Q - FORT LEAVENWORTH
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Category: 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE
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A - STEPHEN CRANE CONSIDERED CALLING THIS NOVEL "PRIVATE FLEMING, HIS VARIOUS
BATTLES"
Q - RED BADGE OF COURAGE
A - HE TRIED TO IMITATE THE STYLE OF JANE AUSTEN IN HIS FIRST NOVEL,
"PRECAUTION;" NATTY BUMPPO ISN'T IN IT
Q - JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
A - HE PUBLISHED HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, "WESSEX TALES," IN
1888
Q - THOMAS HARDY
A - EMILY DICKINSON'S BEST POEMS WERE PRODUCED DURING THIS WAR
Q - CIVIL WAR
A - HE WROTE HIS POLITICAL SATIRE "THE INFERNAL MARRIAGE" IN 1834, DECADES
BEFORE HE WAS BRITAIN'S P.M.
Q - BENJAMIN DISRAELI
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Category: THE 20TH CENTURY
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A - PARLIAMENT PROCLAIMED THIS SONG CANADA'S OFFICIAL ANTHEM JULY 1, 1980
Q - O CANADA
A - IN 1913 INDIANS LED BY GANDHI IN THIS COUNTRY AGITATED AGAINST RESTRICTIONS
ON THEIR MOVEMENT
Q - SOUTH AFRICA
A - IN FEBRUARY 1931 CONGRESS PASSED A VETERANS' BONUS BILL OVER THIS
PRESIDENT'S VETO
Q - HERBERT HOOVER
A - IN 1941 REZA SHAH ABDICATED AS LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - IRAN
A - THIS BASQUE VILLAGE WAS DESTROYED BY GERMAN BOMBERS DURING AN APRIL 26,
1937 AIR RAID
Q - GUERNICA
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Category: THE 20TH CENTURY
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A - IN 1947 GREAT BRITAIN GAVE CONTROL OF SIKKIM TO THIS COUNTRY
Q - INDIA
A - IN 1930 CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THIS UNDERGROUND NATIONAL PARK IN THE
SOUTHWEST
Q - CARLSBAD CAVERNS
A - AFTER 22 YEARS OF SEPARATION, NORTH & SOUTH VIETNAM WERE REUNITED IN 1976
WITH THIS CITY AS THE CAPITAL
Q - HANOI
A - IN 1988 THE U.N. FIRST DESIGNATED DECEMBER 1 AS THE DAY TO SPOTLIGHT THIS
EPIDEMIC DISEASE
Q - AIDS
A - THIS PIANIST RETURNED TO RUSSIA IN 1986 FOR HIS FIRST CONCERT THERE IN 61
YEARS
Q - VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
--------------------------
Category: THE 20TH CENTURY
--------------------------
A - GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF THIS ZONE
Q - PANAMA CANAL ZONE
A - CAPITAL CITY THAT WAS A MAJOR BOMBING TARGET OF OPERATION DESERT STORM
Q - BAGHDAD
A - THE MAIN WITNESS IN A 1963 SENATE INVESTIGATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME, HIS
"PAPERS" WERE PUBLISHED IN 1969
Q - JOSEPH VALACHI
A - RIOTS ENSUED IN MADAGASCAR IN 1984 WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO SUPPRESS
THIS MARTIAL ART, GRASSHOPPER
Q - KUNG FU
A - AGHA MUHAMMAD YAHYA KHAN RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY IN 1971
AFTER HE LOST BANGLADESH
Q - PAKISTAN
--------------------------
Category: THE 20TH CENTURY
--------------------------
A - IN 1917 FINLAND BECAME INDEPENDENT OF THIS COUNTRY THAT HAD ANNEXED IT IN
1809
Q - RUSSIA
A - IN 1984 THIS BRITISH P.M. NARROWLY MISSED BEING BLOWN UP BY AN IRA BOMB IN
BRIGHTON
Q - MARGARET THATCHER
A - THIS PLO LEADER SURVIVED AN APRIL 7, 1992 PLANE CRASH IN THE LIBYAN DESERT
Q - YASIR ARAFAT
A - IN APRIL 1959 PRIME MINISTER NEHRU MET WITH THIS EXILED TIBETAN LEADER IN
INDIA
Q - DALAI LAMA
A - IN 1929 OILMAN HARRY SINCLAIR WENT TO JAIL FOR HIS PART IN THIS HARDING
ADMINISTRATION SCANDAL
Q - TEAPOT DOME
------------------------------
Category: 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
------------------------------
A - IN 1964 A CHEVROLET SPORT COUPE BECAME THE 50 MILLIONTH CAR TO ROLL OFF
THIS COMPANY'S ASSEMBLY LINE
Q - GENERAL MOTORS
A - IN MARCH 1963, AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN OPERATION, THE PRISON ON THIS
CALIFORNIA ISLAND CLOSED
Q - ALCATRAZ
A - HENRY LUCE & BRITON HADDEN BROUGHT OUT THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS NEWSMAGAZINE
DATED MARCH 3, 1923
Q - TIME
A - IN 1993 8 NAMES WERE ADDED TO THIS MEMORIAL, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 58,191
Q - VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
A - IN 1960 DEL WEBB OPENED THE FIRST OF THESE RETIREMENT TOWNS JUST OUTSIDE
PHOENIX
Q - SUN CITY
-----------------------------
Category: 20TH CENTURY DESIGN
-----------------------------
A - HE DESIGNED AIRPLANES & A MAN-LIFTING KITE BUT IS BETTER KNOWN FOR THE
TELEPHONE
Q - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
A - A PAINTER & 2 ARCHITECTS DESIGNED THE 1935 STUDIO 42 MODEL OF THIS FOR
OLIVETTI
Q - TYPEWRITER
A - THE U.S. PAVILION AT MONTREAL'S EXPO 67 WAS COVERED BY ONE OF THESE
Q - GEODESIC DOME
A - LIGHTER THAN STEEL, THIS METAL IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODERNIST STYLE
OF THE '20S AND '30S
Q - ALUMINUM
A - THE FIRM OF PIANO & ROGERS IS FAMOUS FOR THIS HIGH-TECH PARIS LANDMARK
BUILT 1971-77
Q - CENTRE POMPIDOU
-----------------------------
Category: 20TH CENTURY OPERAS
-----------------------------
A - CONCEPTION'S LOVERS HIDE INSIDE CLOCKS IN THIS "BOLERO" COMPOSER'S OPERA
"L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE"
Q - MAURICE RAVEL
A - "THE UNICORN, THE GORGON & THE MANTICORE" IS A SATIRICAL OPERA BY THIS MAN
WHO CREATED AMAHL
Q - GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
A - HE WROTE THE MUSIC FOR "THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY"; BRECHT
WROTE THE LIBRETTO
Q - KURT WEILL
A - THIS SWEDE'S 1907 PLAY "THE GHOST SONATA" INSPIRED A 1984 CHAMBER OPERA BY
ARIBERT REIMANN
Q - AUGUST STRINDBERG
A - "THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE" IS A BIBLICAL OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER OF "BILLY
BUDD"
Q - BENJAMIN BRITTEN
----------------------------
Category: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
----------------------------
A - SHE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INDIA'S CONGRESS PARTY IN 1959, WHILE HER
FATHER WAS PRIME MINISTER
Q - INDIRA GANDHI
A - FOR WORK ON THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF CELL GROWTH, RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI WON THIS
MEDICINE PRIZE IN 1986
Q - NOBEL PRIZE
A - AFTER HER HUSBAND'S IMPEACHMENT, MIRIAM "MA" FERGUSON WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR
OF THIS STATE IN 1924
Q - TEXAS
A - THIS FOLK SINGER & ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST IS NICKNAMED "THE QUEEN OF PROTEST"
Q - JOAN BAEZ
A - THE FINANCIAL DEALINGS OF HER HUSBAND, JOHN ZACCARO, CAUSED CONTROVERSY
DURING HER RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Q - GERALDINE FERRARO
------------------------
Category: 2-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - TO CALL ATTENTION TO YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PLACE ONE
OF THESE IN THE NEWSPAPER
Q - AD
A - THIS PRONOUN IS THE OBJECTIVE CASE OF "I"
Q - ME
A - THIS CONJUNCTION IS USED TO INDICATE AN ALTERNATIVE
Q - OR
A - THIS INTERJECTION CAN FOLLOW "WESTWARD" OR "LAND"
Q - HO
A - IT FOLLOWS MU IN THE GREEK ALPHABET
Q - NU
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Category: 3-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - IT'S THE COLOR THAT AN ANGRY PERSON "SEES"
Q - RED
A - IN GEOMETRY IT'S ANY PART OF A CURVE OR CIRCLE
Q - ARC
A - IT MEANS BY WAY OF
Q - VIA
A - IT CAN BE THE BILL OF A BIRD, OR THE POINT OF A PEN
Q - NIB
A - A BABY BEAR, OR A NOVICE REPORTER
Q - CUB
------------------------
Category: 4-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - THE CROP OF A BIRD; SOMETHING MAY GET STUCK IN YOURS
Q - CRAW
A - CUT INTO CUBE-SHAPED PIECES
Q - DICE
A - IT'S A FEUDAL ESTATE
Q - FIEF
A - THE NAME OF THIS FRUIT ALSO MEANS SOMETHING VERY DESIRABLE
Q - PLUM
A - IT CAN PRECEDE ROW, ROAD OR DOO
Q - SKID
-----------------------
Category: THE 50 STATES
-----------------------
A - THIS "EMPIRE STATE" IS THE ONLY ONE THAT TOUCHES THE ATLANTIC OCEAN & THE
GREAT LAKES
Q - NEW YORK
A - HOLY COW! IN 1993 THIS STATE LOST TO CALIFORNIA ITS TITLE AS THE LEADING
MILK PRODUCER
Q - WISCONSIN
A - THIS STATE'S SEACOAST EXTENDS 130 MILES FROM SANDY HOOK TO CAPE MAY
Q - NEW JERSEY
A - A MAP IN FRONT OF THIS STATE'S CAPITOL DEPICTS ALL OF ITS COUNTIES,
INCLUDING LAKE OF THE WOODS
Q - MINNESOTA
A - THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORMS ITS EASTERN BORDER; THE MISSOURI & BIG SIOUX
RIVERS, ITS WESTERN BORDER
Q - IOWA
------------------------
Category: 6-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - A MAN'S HAIRPIECE
Q - TOUPEE
A - TO GET ONE'S BEARINGS, OR ANOTHER TERM FOR THE FAR EAST
Q - ORIENT
A - TO MOVE ABOUT HURRIEDLY, OR A FRAMEWORK FORMERLY WORN BY WOMEN TO PUFF OUT
THEIR SKIRTS
Q - BUSTLE
A - IT'S THE CLUB-SHAPED TOOL USED TO POUND SUBSTANCES IN A MORTAR
Q - PESTLE
A - FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR "BEAR," IT'S AN ADJECTIVE MEANING BEARLIKE
Q - URSINE
------------------------
Category: 6-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - IT'S THE TYPE OF "PIE" THAT APOLOGETIC PEOPLE ARE SAID TO EAT
Q - HUMBLE
A - IT CAN BE A PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER A WALKWAY, OR AN ORNAMENTAL COVERING
OVER A BED
Q - CANOPY
A - IT'S A HORSE'S NATURAL GAIT BETWEEN A TROT & A GALLOP
Q - CANTER
A - A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY TRADING ON THE STOCK MARKET, OR A BRIEF SNOWFALL
Q - FLURRY
A - IT'S A SACRED WORD OR FORMULA THAT'S REPEATED IN PRAYER OR MEDITATION
Q - MANTRA
-------------------------------
Category: THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS
-------------------------------
A - THOUGH THERE ARE ABOUT 75 OF THESE, SOME LISTS ONLY INCLUDE ONE OF THEM
Q - PYRAMIDS
A - IT'S SAID THAT ON THE DAY THAT THIS CONQUEROR WAS BORN IN 356 B.C.
HEROSTRATUS BURNED DOWN THE TEMPLE OF DIANA
Q - ALEXANDER THE GREAT
A - SOME SOURCES SAY A SHIP COULD SAIL UNDER THIS WONDER, SOME SAY IT HAD ITS
FEET TOGETHER
Q - COLOSSUS OF RHODES
A - PLINY SAID THAT BY HIS TIME THE HANGING GARDENS OF THIS PLACE WERE JUST A
DESOLATE WILDERNESS
Q - BABYLON
A - WHEN FINISHED BY PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS, IT WAS OVER 400 FEET HIGH
Q - LIGHTHOUSE
------------------------
Category: 8-LETTER WORDS
------------------------
A - THE NAME OF THIS MARSUPIAL CAN PRECEDE COURT OR VINE
Q - KANGAROO
A - A MUSICAL MEDLEY OF FAMILIAR THEMES, OR A 1940 DISNEY ANIMATED FILM
FEATURING 8 MUSICAL SEQUENCES
Q - FANTASIA
A - IT'S A FRAMEWORK OF PARALLEL BARS USED TO BROIL MEAT, OR A FOOTBALL FIELD
Q - GRIDIRON
A - PROGRAMS SUCH AS WORD PERFECT USED TO DIRECT THE OPERATION OF A COMPUTER
Q - SOFTWARE
A - ODYSSEUS WON THE HAND OF THIS WOMAN BY WINNING A FOOT RACE ORGANIZED BY HER
FATHER
Q - PENELOPE
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Categories beginning with A (ANQA)
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-----------------
Category: ABBREV.
-----------------
A - ALAS, ALAS. IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR THIS STATE
Q - ALASKA
A - THIS LETTER CAN BE USED AS AN ABBREVIATION FOR CHRIST OR A KISS
Q - X
A - A TENSE TEACHER KNOWS PLUPF. IS SHORT FOR THIS
Q - PLUPERFECT
A - FKA IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR THIS, AS IN THE ARTIST FKA PRINCE
Q - FORMERLY KNOWN AS
A - THIS LATIN PHRASE FOR AN UNDESIRABLE PERSON IS ABBREVIATED P.N.G.
Q - PERSONA NON GRATA
-----------------------
Category: ABBREVIATIONS
-----------------------
A - THIS CENTER OF OPERATIONS FOR A BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION IS ABBREVIATED HQ
Q - HEADQUARTERS
A - IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO BUY PROPERTY, YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT DUP. STANDS FOR
THIS
Q - DUPLEX
A - TO COIN COLLECTORS, UNC. STANDS FOR THIS
Q - UNCIRCULATED
A - A CONTEMPORARY TERM, DINK STANDS FOR "DUAL INCOME, NO" THESE
Q - KIDS
A - AS YOU MIGHT SURMISE, AS IS THE POSTAL ABBREVIATION FOR THIS U.S.
TERRITORY
Q - AMERICAN SAMOA
----------------------------
Category: ACTORS & ACTRESSES
----------------------------
A - THIS "EVENING SHADE" STAR'S INSTITUTE FOR THEATRE TRAINING IS IN TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA
Q - BURT REYNOLDS
A - THIS ACTOR WHO WAS AN AVID GARDENER NAMED ONE OF HIS ORCHIDS FOR HIS TV
CO-STAR, BARBARA HALE
Q - RAYMOND BURR
A - PHILIP CASNOFF WORE BLUE CONTACT LENSES WHEN HE PLAYED THIS SINGER IN AN
ACCLAIMED 1992 MINISERIES
Q - FRANK SINATRA
A - HE MADE HIS FILM DEBUT IN 1947 IN "LIFE WITH FATHER;" "ROUTE 66" &
"ADAM-12" CAME LATER
Q - MARTIN MILNER
A - HER ORIGINAL NAME WAS ROSE DIANE LADNER & HER DAUGHTER LAURA DERN FOLLOWED
IN HER FOOTSTEPS
Q - DIANE LADD
------------------------
Category: ACTORS ONSTAGE
------------------------
A - THIS ACTOR'S LAST BROADWAY PLAY, "THE IMMORALIST," LED TO HIS STARRING ROLE
IN "EAST OF EDEN"
Q - JAMES DEAN
A - WHEN THIS PLAY OPENED ON BROADWAY IN 1980, JANE SEYMOUR PLAYED THE ROLE OF
MOZART'S WIFE, CONSTANZE
Q - AMADEUS
A - IN 1965 TEENAGE MERYL STREEP PLAYED MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN IN HER HIGH
SCHOOL'S PRODUCTION OF THIS MUSICAL
Q - MUSIC MAN
A - SURPRISINGLY, MARLON BRANDO WASN'T NOMINATED FOR A TONY FOR PLAYING THIS
ROLE IN "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"
Q - STANLEY KOWALSKI
A - JACK PALANCE PLAYED THE UNCOUTH CALIBAN IN A 1955 PRODUCTION OF THIS
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
Q - TEMPEST
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Category: ACTRESSES
-------------------
A - THE WELCOME MAT OUTSIDE HER PARAMOUNT DRESSING ROOM SAID, "COME UP AND SEE
ME SOMETIME"
Q - MAE WEST
A - HER FATHER, JOHN, WAS DIRECTING "THE AFRICAN QUEEN" WHEN SHE WAS BORN IN
1951
Q - ANJELICA HUSTON
A - BEFORE BREAKING INTO SHOW BIZ, THIS ACTRESS WHO PLAYED REBECCA ON "CHEERS"
WAS AN INTERIOR DECORATOR
Q - KIRSTIE ALLEY
A - BETH HENLEY WROTE A LEADING ROLE IN HER PLAY "CONTROL FREAKS" FOR THIS
ACTRESS WHO STARRED IN "THE PIANO"
Q - HOLLY HUNTER
A - THIS ACTRESS WHO PLAYED A WOMAN NAMED MELANIE IN "THE BIRDS" IS THE MOTHER
OF MELANIE GRIFFITH
Q - TIPPI HEDREN
-------------------------
Category: AFRICAN HISTORY
-------------------------
A - IN 1971 THIS LEADER CHANGED HIS COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL NAME TO THE ARAB
REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Q - ANWAR SADAT
A - IN 1975 & 1976 THIS UGANDAN LEADER WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION OF
AFRICAN UNITY
Q - IDI AMIN
A - IN 1878 KING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM HIRED THIS EXPLORER TO SET UP POSTS
ALONG THE CONGO RIVER
Q - HENRY STANLEY
A - IN 1826 GORDON LAING BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO REACH THIS TRADING CENTER
IN MALI
Q - TIMBUKTU
A - THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN COLONY TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE, THE GOLD COAST, IS NOW
KNOWN BY THIS NAME
Q - GHANA
-------------------------
Category: AFRICAN HISTORY
-------------------------
A - IN 1986 HE DREW A "LINE OF DEATH" ACROSS THE GULF OF SIDRA DUE TO THE
PRESENCE OF THE U.S. SIXTH FLEET
Q - MUAMMAR QADDAFI
A - IN 1498 THIS PORTUGUESE EXPLORER BECAME THE 1ST EUROPEAN TO REACH
MOZAMBIQUE
Q - VASCO DA GAMA
A - THE LAND OF CUSH, AN ANCIENT TRADING CENTER, LAY SOUTH OF THE SECOND
CATARACT OF THIS RIVER
Q - NILE RIVER
A - WALLS UP TO 40 FEET HIGH PROTECTED THIS PHOENICIAN CITY NEAR PRESENT-DAY
TUNIS
Q - CARTHAGE
A - IN 1953 THIS FUTURE PRESIDENT WAS CONVICTED OF LEADING THE MAU MAU MOVEMENT
IN KENYA & WAS IMPRISONED
Q - JOMO KENYATTA
--------------------
Category: AGREEMENTS
--------------------
A - IT'S THE TYPE OF AGREEMENT FORMALIZED IN VERSAILLES, JUNE 28, 1919
Q - TREATY
A - A 4-LETTER WORD FOR AN AGREEMENT, PRECEDED BY "COM" IT BECOMES A 7-LETTER
WORD MEANING THE SAME THING
Q - PACT
A - THIS WORD FOR AN AGREEMENT TO MARRY COMES FROM OLD ENGLISH FOR "IN RELATION
TO TRUTH"
Q - BETROTHAL
A - IT'S A BINDING AGREEMENT, OR ONE OF GOD'S PROMISES TO MAN IN THE BIBLE
Q - COVENANT
A - FRENCH FOR A FORMAL AGREEMENT, IT'S FROM THE LATIN FOR "AGREE"
Q - CONCORDAT
---------------------
Category: AGRICULTURE
---------------------
A - THIS GRAIN WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT OF AZTEC AGRICULTURE
Q - CORN
A - THIS DICTATOR'S SUPPORT FOR THE ERRONEOUS THEORIES OF TROFIM LYSENKO SET
BACK SOVIET AGRICULTURE
Q - JOSEPH STALIN
A - THIS TYPE OF PLANT, THE OFFSPRING OF GENETICALLY DIFFERENT PARENTS, IS
IMPORTANT IN AGRICULTURE
Q - HYBRID
A - INDIANS TAUGHT THE PILGRIMS TO FERTILIZE CROPS BY PUTTING ONE OF THESE IN
THE GROUND
Q - FISH
A - THIS SCIENCE OF GROWING PLANTS WITHOUT SOIL WAS DEVELOPED IN THE MID-19TH
CENTURY
Q - HYDROPONICS
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Category: "A" IN GEOGRAPHY
--------------------------
A - AT OVER 9,500 FEET, MOUNT TAHAT IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THIS NORTH AFRICAN
COUNTRY
Q - ALGERIA
A - VORARLBERG, WHICH IS NOTED FOR ITS SKIING, IS THIS COUNTRY'S "LITTLE
PROVINCE," OR LANDLE
Q - AUSTRIA
A - THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN CALLED THE BACKBONE OF THIS EXTENSIVE
MOUNTAIN CHAIN
Q - APPALACHIANS
A - IN AREA, IT'S CANADA'S FOURTH-LARGEST PROVINCE
Q - ALBERTA
A - THIS WORLD CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE DEAD SEA
Q - AMMAN
--------------------------
Category: "A" IN MYTHOLOGY
--------------------------
A - THESE WARRIOR WOMEN DIDN'T GET RID OF ALL THEIR MALE CHILDREN; THEY KEPT
SOME AS SLAVES
Q - AMAZONS
A - THIS GODDESS OF LOVE PUNISHED THE WOMEN OF LEMNOS BY MAKING THEM SMELL SO
BAD THAT THEIR HUSBANDS LEFT THEM
Q - APHRODITE
A - GIANTS CAPTURED THIS WAR GOD, BOUND HIM WITH CHAINS & KEPT HIM IN A JAR FOR
13 MONTHS
Q - ARES
A - THEY COULD BE CALLED THE 50 FLEECE FETCHERS
Q - ARGONAUTS
A - THIS GOD OF MUSIC LOVED HYACINTHUS BUT ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIM WITH A
DISCUS
Q - APOLLO
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Category: ALBERT EINSTEIN
-------------------------
A - EINSTEIN WAS IN THE ORIENT WHEN HE LEARNED THAT HE HAD WON THIS PRIZE FOR
PHYSICS IN 1921
Q - NOBEL PRIZE
A - SHORTLY AFTER EINSTEIN BECAME A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY, HE TOOK A PATENT
OFFICE JOB IN BERN
Q - SWITZERLAND
A - EINSTEIN'S LETTER TO FDR ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN A-BOMB LED TO THIS
PROJECT TO BUILD ONE
Q - MANHATTAN PROJECT
A - EINSTEIN SERVED ON THIS INT'L. ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL
COOPERATION
Q - LEAGUE OF NATIONS
A - FOR RELAXATION EINSTEIN SAILED A BOAT & PLAYED THIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Q - VIOLIN
---------------------------
Category: ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
---------------------------
A - HE DEDICATED "MOBY DICK" TO HIS FRIEND NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Q - HERMAN MELVILLE
A - IMPRESSED BY THE DEDUCTIVE SKILLS OF DR. JOSEPH BELL, HIS MENTOR, HE BASED
A DETECTIVE ON HIM
Q - ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "HEIDI" BEGAN WRITING TO EARN MONEY FOR FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
REFUGEES
Q - JOHANNA SPYRI
A - AMONG HIS CHILDREN'S TALES ARE "THE SWINEHERD" & "THE STEADFAST SOLDIER"
Q - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A - HE PUBLISHED TWO UNSUCCESSFUL NOVELS BEFORE "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" BECAME A
BESTSELLER
Q - RIDER HAGGARD
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Category: A.M.
--------------
A - MUNCHING ON SOME CRACKERS MAY HELP WITH THIS MALADY OF MOTHERS-TO-BE
Q - MORNING SICKNESS
A - MUSICAL IN WHICH YOU'D FIND THE SONG "GOOD MORNING STARSHINE"
Q - HAIR
A - IT'S THE BUGLE CALL THAT ORDERS, "GET UP, GET UP, YOU SLEEPY-HEAD!"
Q - REVEILLE
A - THE INITIAL ODDS POSTING BEFORE BETTING BEGINS ON A HORSE RACE
Q - MORNING LINE
A - SHE'S THE ROMAN GODDESS OF DAWN
Q - AURORA
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Category: AMERICANA
-------------------
A - THIS "PEACH STATE" HAS 2 NATIONAL FORESTS, CHATTAHOOCHEE & OCONEE
Q - GEORGIA
A - IF YOU WANT TO BE CROWNED MISS JALAPENO IN LAREDO TEXAS, YOU HAVE TO WEAR
THIS COLOR
Q - GREEN
A - NORTH DAKOTA IS CALLED THE "FLICKERTAIL STATE" IN HONOR OF A "GROUND" TYPE
OF THIS RODENT
Q - SQUIRREL
A - IN 1629 NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA WERE PART OF THE PROVINCE OF CAROLINA, NAMED
FOR THIS MAN
Q - CHARLES I
A - THE CUI-IU, A LARGE SUCKERFISH, IS FOUND ONLY IN PYRAMID LAKE IN THIS
STATE
Q - NEVADA
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Category: AMERICANA
-------------------
A - ALASKA WAS ONCE CALLED THIS MAN'S "FOLLY," BUT AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF
$7,200,000 IT WAS A TERRIFIC DEAL
Q - WILLIAM SEWARD
A - THE FRAME HOME IN WHICH THIS PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN 1917 IS ONE OF THE MAIN
ATTRACTIONS IN BROOKLINE, MASS.
Q - JOHN F. KENNEDY
A - LAKE WORTH IN THIS STATE WAS NAMED FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WORTH OF THE
SEMINOLE WARS
Q - FLORIDA
A - JOHN WOOLMAN, ONE OF AMERICA'S EARLIEST ABOLITIONISTS, WAS A MEMBER OF THIS
RELIGIOUS GROUP
Q - QUAKERS
A - THE HUGE UNFINISHED STATUE OF THIS INDIAN CHIEF NEAR CUSTER, S.D. IS LIT
FOR 1 HOUR A NIGHT
Q - CRAZY HORSE
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Category: AMERICANA
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A - THIS STATE IS SOMETIMES CALLED "ICEBERGIA"
Q - ALASKA
A - THE MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT OF SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA GREW INTO A CITY KNOWN BY
THIS HYPHENATED NAME
Q - WINSTON-SALEM
A - CABBAGE ROW IN THIS SOUTH CAROLINA CITY WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR CATFISH ROW
IN "PORGY AND BESS"
Q - CHARLESTON
A - CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND IN THIS STATE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS PONY AUCTION BUT IT
ALSO HAS AN OYSTER MUSEUM
Q - VIRGINIA
A - THE TURQUOISE TRAIL IS A SCENIC ROUTE THAT TRAVELS ALONG THE SANDIA
MOUNTAINS IN THIS STATE
Q - NEW MEXICO
--------------------------
Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - THE ROARING TWENTIES ENDED ABRUPTLY WHEN THIS THING CAME CRASHING DOWN
OCTOBER 29, 1929
Q - STOCK MARKET
A - ON APRIL 20, 1865 THE WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUED A POSTER OFFERING $50,000 FOR
THE CAPTURE OF THIS MAN
Q - JOHN WILKES BOOTH
A - IN 1825 CONGRESS AUTHORIZED A FEDERAL SURVEY TO MARK THIS ROUTE BETWEEN THE
MISSOURI RIVER & NEW MEXICO
Q - SANTA FE TRAIL
A - JOHN BROWN WAS WOUNDED & LOST 2 OF HIS SONS DURING THE RAID ON THE ARSENAL
AT THIS SITE
Q - HARPER'S FERRY
A - BETWEEN 1621 & 1656, HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY 31 TIMES
Q - WILLIAM BRADFORD
--------------------------
Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - 8 MINUTEMEN WERE KILLED AT THE APRIL 19, 1775 BATTLE HERE; SEVERAL OTHERS
DIED AT CONCORD
Q - LEXINGTON
A - ON JUNE 14, 1846 SETTLERS PROCLAIMED THE BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC IN WHAT LATER
BECAME THIS STATE
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - ON JULY 14, 1853 HE DELIVERED A LETTER FROM MILLARD FILLMORE TO THE
JAPANESE
Q - MATTHEW PERRY
A - IN 1727 THIS PENNSYLVANIAN FORMED THE JUNTO DEBATING CLUB
Q - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A - IN 1967 WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER BECAME THIS STATE'S FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
SINCE RECONSTRUCTION
Q - ARKANSAS
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Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THIS SILVERSMITH COMMANDED CASTLE WILLIAM, A
BOSTON FORTRESS
Q - PAUL REVERE
A - ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962, THIS MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT COLONEL ORBITED THE
EARTH 3 TIMES
Q - JOHN GLENN
A - IN 1899 SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN HAY PROPOSED AN "OPEN DOOR POLICY" OF TRADE
WITH THIS COUNTRY
Q - CHINA
A - P.G.T. BEAUREGARD WON THE NEARLY BLOODLESS BATTLE THAT TOOK THIS FORT APRIL
13, 1861
Q - FORT SUMTER
A - AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, HE BECAME THE ONLY CONTINENTAL NAVY OFFICER
AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL
Q - JOHN PAUL JONES
--------------------------
Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - ON MAY 22, 1906 THEY RECEIVED A PATENT FOR AN IMPROVED MODEL OF THEIR
AIRPLANE
Q - WRIGHT BROTHERS
A - SAMUEL ADAMS REFERRED TO THIS APRIL 19, 1775 BATTLE WHEN HE SAID, "WHAT A
GLORIOUS MORNING FOR AMERICA!"
Q - LEXINGTON
A - PRIOR TO HIS ELECTION TO THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE IN 1821, THIS
FRONTIERSMAN WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Q - DAVY CROCKETT
A - AROUND 1630 THE DUTCH FOUNDED A FORT CALLED THE HOUSE OF HOPE ON THE
PRESENT SITE OF THIS CONNECTICUT CAPITOL
Q - HARTFORD
A - OF THE 3 WRITERS OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, 2 WERE NEW YORKERS & HE WAS A
VIRGINIAN
Q - JAMES MADISON
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Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
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A - THE 1776 NEW YORK CAMPAIGN GAVE HIM HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A COMMANDER IN
A MAJOR BATTLE
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - WHEN THIS WAR ENDED IN DECEMBER 1814, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FACED A DEBT
OF OVER $120 MILLION
Q - WAR OF 1812
A - IN 1968 HIS POWER LED CONGRESS TO RULE THAT FUTURE FBI DIRECTORS MUST BE
SENATE-APPROVED & HAVE 10-YEAR TERMS
Q - J. EDGAR HOOVER
A - ON MAY 16, 1910 THE BUREAU OF MINES BECAME A PART OF THIS CABINET
DEPARTMENT
Q - INTERIOR
A - ON FEBRUARY 18, 1965 THIS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CALLED FOR A NATIONWIDE
NETWORK OF BOMB SHELTERS
Q - ROBERT MCNAMARA
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Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - ON JANUARY 1, 1902 MICHIGAN DEFEATED STANFORD IN THIS, THE FIRST
POST-SEASON FOOTBALL GAME
Q - ROSE BOWL
A - IN 1961 JFK PROPOSED "THE ALLIANCE FOR" THIS TO GIVE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO
LATIN AMERICA
Q - PROGRESS
A - THE 1806 EDITION OF THIS PARSON'S LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS THE 1ST
WITH THE CHERRY TREE TALE
Q - PARSON WEEMS
A - PALLBEARERS AT THIS GENERAL & PRESIDENT'S JULY 13, 1850 FUNERAL INCLUDED
HENRY CLAY & DANIEL WEBSTER
Q - ZACHARY TAYLOR
A - IN 1949 THIS FUTURE GENERAL OF THE ARMY BECAME THE 1ST PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
Q - OMAR BRADLEY
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Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - IN 1890 CASTLE GARDEN CLOSED AS A NEW YORK IMMIGRATION DEPOT & 2 YEARS
LATER THIS ONE OPENED
Q - ELLIS ISLAND
A - ON MAY 31, 1913 THE 17TH AMENDMENT TOOK EFFECT, PROVIDING FOR THE DIRECT
ELECTION OF THESE OFFICIALS
Q - U.S. SENATORS
A - ON AUGUST 4, 1977 THIS NEW CABINET DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED & JAMES
SCHLESINGER BECAME ITS FIRST SECRETARY
Q - ENERGY
A - AFTER HE DENIED PASSING DOCUMENTS TO WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, HE WAS CONVICTED
OF PERJURY IN 1950
Q - ALGER HISS
A - MOLLY PITCHER PARTICIPATED IN THIS REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE, THE LAST MAJOR
CLASH IN THE NORTH
Q - MONMOUTH
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Category: AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - ON ARMISTICE DAY, 1921 THE FIRST OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS WAS BURIED AT THIS
NATIONAL CEMETERY
Q - ARLINGTON
A - AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THE SERAPIS IN 1779, HIS DAMAGED SHIP THE BONHOMME
RICHARD WAS LEFT TO SINK
Q - JOHN PAUL JONES
A - IN 1877 FEDERAL TROOPS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SOUTH, MARKING THE END OF
THIS POST-CIVIL WAR PERIOD
Q - RECONSTRUCTION
A - THIS 888-PAGE SUMMARY OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION WAS MADE
PUBLIC SEPT. 27, 1964
Q - WARREN REPORT
A - TO BRING FARMERS TOGETHER, OLIVER HUDSON KELLEY FOUNDED THIS FRATERNAL
ORDER IN 1867
Q - GRANGE
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Category: AMERICAN INDIANS
--------------------------
A - MANY CHUMASH INDIANS ONCE LIVED IN THE SANTA BARBARA AREA OF WHAT IS NOW
THIS STATE
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - DRAGGING A BUFFALO SKULL IS SOMETIMES PART OF THE PLAINS INDIAN DANCE NAMED
FOR THIS HEAVENLY BODY
Q - SUN
A - ON AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, THIS TRIBE IS USUALLY
LAST
Q - ZUNI
A - WHEN THIS CHIRICAHUA APACHE DIED IN 1874, HIS SON TAZA SUCCEEDED HIM AS
CHIEF
Q - COCHISE
A - IN FAMOUS NAMES OF CHIEF THIS COLOR PRECEDES CLOUD & JACKET
Q - RED
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Category: AMERICAN LITERATURE
-----------------------------
A - HIS 1938 COLLECTION "THE LONG VALLEY" INCLUDES ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS
STORIES, "THE RED PONY"
Q - JOHN STEINBECK
A - EDGAR LEE MASTERS' MOST FAMOUS BOOK, IT'S A SERIES OF EPITAPHS WRITTEN IN
FREE VERSE
Q - SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY
A - THIS 1ST THEODORE DREISER NOVEL SHOCKED THE PUBLISHER'S WIFE, WHO KEPT IT
FROM WIDE DISTRIBUTION
Q - SISTER CARRIE
A - "THE SAME DOOR" IS A COLLECTION OF JOHN UPDIKE STORIES THAT ORIGINALLY
APPEARED IN THIS MAGAZINE
Q - NEW YORKER
A - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CONSIDERED HER NOVELLA "THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE" A
MASTERPIECE
Q - CARSON MCCULLERS
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Category: AMERICAN LITERATURE
-----------------------------
A - HE BASED TOM SAWYER'S HALF-BROTHER SID ON HIS OWN YOUNGER BROTHER HENRY
Q - MARK TWAIN
A - LILLIAN HELLMAN WAS THE MODEL FOR NORA CHARLES IN HIS NOVEL "THE THIN MAN"
Q - DASHIELL HAMMETT
A - NICK ADAMS IS THE HERO OF MANY OF THE STORIES IN HIS 1925 COLLECTION "IN
OUR TIME"
Q - ERNEST HEMINGWAY
A - HIS 1949 BOOK "KNIGHT'S GAMBIT" IS A COLLECTION OF INTERRELATED DETECTIVE
STORIES SET IN MISSISSIPPI
Q - WILLIAM FAULKNER
A - THIS NATIVE OF SALEM, MASS. PUBLISHED HIS NOVEL "FANSHAWE" ANONYMOUSLY &
NEVER ADMITTED THAT HE WROTE IT
Q - NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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Category: AMERICAN MUSEUMS
--------------------------
A - A MOCK-UP OF ARTIST GRANT WOOD'S HOUSE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DAVENPORT MUSEUM
OF ART IN THIS STATE
Q - IOWA
A - IN 1994 THE L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBITED THIS SPANIARD'S "WEEPING
WOMEN"
Q - PABLO PICASSO
A - THE HILLWOOD MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS 2 OF HIS EASTER EGGS
Q - PETER CARL FABERGE
A - THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART IN KANSAS CITY HAS A GARDEN OF 13 OF THIS
BRIT'S SCULPTURES
Q - HENRY MOORE
A - "WHERE" THIS AUTHOR'S "WILD THINGS ARE" IS AT THE ROSENBACH MUSEUM &
LIBRARY IN PHILADELPHIA
Q - MAURICE SENDAK
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Category: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
---------------------------------
A - THE 1783 TREATY OF PARIS GAVE THE U.S. ALL LAND EAST OF THIS RIVER EXCEPT
SPANISH FLORIDA
Q - MISSISSIPPI
A - THE FIRST OF 5 INTOLERABLE ACTS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN EARLY 1774 CLOSED
THIS CITY'S PORT
Q - BOSTON
A - AFTER THIS JUNE 17, 1775 BATTLE, THE AMERICAN TROOPS RETREATED VIA THE
CHARLESTOWN NECK
Q - BUNKER HILL
A - AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, HER HUSBAND, JOHN HAYS WAS A GUNNER IN THE
PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT
Q - MOLLY PITCHER
A - THIS PRUSSIAN WROTE A MANUAL FOR "THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS,"
USED UNTIL THE WAR OF 1812
Q - BARON VON STEUBEN
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Category: AMERICAN REVOLUTION
-----------------------------
A - ONLY CHARLES THOMSON & THIS MAN SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON
JULY 4, 1776
Q - JOHN HANCOCK
A - ALL COLONIES EXCEPT THIS SOUTHERNMOST ONE SENT DELEGATES TO THE FIRST
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Q - GEORGIA
A - BORN IN CONNECTICUT, HE WAS A GENERAL IN BOTH THE AMERICAN & BRITISH ARMIES
DURING THE WAR
Q - BENEDICT ARNOLD
A - BY THE TERMS OF THIS 1783 TREATY, AMERICANS RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO FISH OFF
NEWFOUNDLAND
Q - TREATY OF PARIS
A - IN THIS PAMPHLET, THOMAS PAINE WROTE, "EVERYTHING THAT IS RIGHT OR NATURAL
PLEADS FOR SEPARATION"
Q - COMMON SENSE
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Category: THE AMERICAN WEST
---------------------------
A - SAN GERONIMO DE TAOS, AN ANCIENT PUEBLO INDIAN VILLAGE, LIES NORTH OF THE
TOWN OF TAOS IN THIS STATE
Q - NEW MEXICO
A - PART OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST STAND OF PONDEROSA PINES IS IN PRESCOTT
NATIONAL FOREST IN THIS STATE
Q - ARIZONA
A - IF YOU HAVE A "GRAIN" OF SENSE, YOU'LL KNOW THE NAVAJO ARE NOTED FOR THIS
ART ALSO KNOWN AS DRY PAINTING
Q - SAND PAINTING
A - UTAH WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF DESERET, A NAME THAT CAME FROM THIS
BOOK
Q - BOOK OF MORMON
A - THIS TEXAS CITY OF 935,000 IS NAMED FOR A SAINT OF PADUA
Q - SAN ANTONIO
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Category: ANAGRAMS
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A - A SPY MIGHT USE THE INVISIBLE TYPE OF THIS TO SEND MESSAGES TO HIS KIN
Q - INK
A - MANY COLLECTORS FILE AWAY COPIES OF THIS MAGAZINE
Q - LIFE
A - SIDNEY WON'T WATCH ANY FILMS THAT WEREN'T MADE BY THIS STUDIO
Q - DISNEY
A - IF AN ARTIST DOESN'T OWN THIS KIND OF SUPPORT, HE SHOULD LEASE ONE
Q - EASEL
A - NINA'S HOBBIES ARE PRESSING PETALS IN A SCRAPBOOK & COLLECTING THESE ITEMS
OF TABLEWARE
Q - PLATES
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Category: ANCIENT HISTORY
-------------------------
A - THIS MACEDONIAN VISITED SIWA OASIS IN 331 B.C. & WAS HAILED AS A SON OF
AMON BY THE ORACLE
Q - ALEXANDER THE GREAT
A - THIS COUNTRY'S 28TH DYNASTY HAD JUST ONE RULER: AMYRTAEUS
Q - EGYPT
A - THUCYDIDES' HISTORY OF THIS WAR ENDS IN 411 B.C., 7 YEARS BEFORE THE WAR
ENDED
Q - PELOPONNESIAN WAR
A - A FEW YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ANTIPATER IN 43 B.C., ROME MADE THIS "GREAT"
RULER KING OF JUDAH
Q - HEROD THE GREAT
A - HER FIRST 2 HUSBANDS WERE HER BROTHERS, BOTH NAMED PTOLEMY
Q - CLEOPATRA
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Category: THE ANCIENTS
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A - THIS DICTATOR OF ROME, ASSASSINATED IN 44 B.C., ALWAYS WORE A LAUREL WREATH
TO COVER HIS BALDNESS
Q - JULIUS CAESAR
A - AFTER LEADING HIS ARMY ACROSS THE ALPS, HE CAMPAIGNED IN ITALY FOR 16
YEARS
Q - HANNIBAL
A - PEISISTRATUS WAS TYRANT OF THIS GREEK CITY-STATE FROM 546-527 B.C.
Q - ATHENS
A - APPOLONIUS RHODIUS WROTE "ARGONAUTICA," AN EPIC DEALING WITH THIS MAN'S
QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Q - JASON
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "THE FROGS" IS THE ONLY "OLD COMEDY" WRITER FOR WHOM
COMPLETE PLAYS SURVIVE
Q - ARISTOPHANES
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Category: ANCIENT TIMES
-----------------------
A - THESE PEOPLE OF ANCIENT ETRURIA CALLED THEMSELVES RASNA OR RASENA
Q - ETRUSCANS
A - INCITATUS WAS CALIGULA'S FAVORITE OF THESE ANIMALS, BUT THE STORY THAT HE
MADE HIM A CONSUL IS UNTRUE
Q - HORSE
A - NABONIDUS, THE LAST KING OF BABYLON, REMODELED THE ZIGGURAT IN THIS CITY
THAT HAD A 2-LETTER NAME
Q - UR
A - THE ARCHITECT MNESICLES DESIGNED THE PROPYLAEA, THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY ON
THIS GREEK HILL
Q - ACROPOLIS
A - ARTAXERXES III, WHO RULED THIS EMPIRE, WAS MURDERED BY A EUNUCH NAMED
BAGOAS IN 338 B.C.
Q - PERSIAN EMPIRE
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Category: ANCIENT TIMES
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A - KNOWN IN ANCIENT TIMES AS BERYTUS, THIS MIDDLE EASTERN SEAPORT IS NOW A
WORLD CAPITAL
Q - BEIRUT
A - A GREAT TEMPLE WAS BUILT AT UR TO HONOR NANNAR, THE SUMERIAN GOD OF THIS
HEAVENLY BODY
Q - MOON
A - EURIPIDES' SATYR PLAY "THE CYCLOPS" SATIRIZES AN EPISODE FROM BOOK 9 OF
THIS HOMERIC WORK
Q - ODYSSEY
A - THE ZAPOTECS ERECTED THEIR CAPITAL, MONTE ALBAN, IN WHAT IS NOW THE STATE
OF OAXACA IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - MEXICO
A - IN THE 5TH CENTURY THIS SAINT FOUNDED A CHURCH IN WHAT'S NOW THE DISTRICT
OF DOWN
Q - ST. PATRICK
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Category: ANIMAL FACTS
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A - MEERKATS, NATIVE TO THIS CONTINENT, OFTEN STAND UPRIGHT TO LOOK FOR BIRDS
THAT MAY ATTACK THEM
Q - AFRICA
A - THE PAINTED LADY, ALSO KNOWN AS VANESSA CARDUI, IS A WELL-TRAVELED ONE OF
THESE WINGED INSECTS
Q - BUTTERFLY
A - THE BEADED LIZARD & THIS CLOSE RELATIVE ARE THE ONLY 2 POISONOUS LIZARDS IN
THE WORLD
Q - GILA MONSTER
A - THE TAYRA IS A FURRY MEMBER OF THIS MAMMALIAN FAMILY; SO IS THE MINK
Q - WEASEL
A - CARPINCHO IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS LARGEST LIVING RODENT
Q - WATER PIG
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Category: ANIMAL HOUSE
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A - THIS BEAR THAT LIVES IN FRIGID REGIONS IS ALSO CALLED THE ICE BEAR
Q - POLAR BEAR
A - EAGLES & FERRETS ARE ENEMIES OF THESE "CANINE" RODENTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
Q - PRAIRIE DOGS
A - THE NAME OF THIS SHAGGY BEAST OF BURDEN COMES FROM THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE
Q - YAK
A - NAMED FOR AN ISLAND, THIS GIGANTIC INDONESIAN LIZARD OCCASIONALLY DINES ON
WILD PIGS & SMALL DEER
Q - KOMODO DRAGON
A - THIS AUSTRALIAN BIRD IS CALLED THE "BUSHMAN'S CLOCK" BECAUSE ITS LAUGHING
CRIES ARE HEARD AT DAWN & DUSK
Q - KOOKABURRA
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Category: ANIMALS
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A - THIS "MASKED" NORTH AMERICAN MAMMAL IS RELATED TO THE GIANT & LESSER PANDAS
OF ASIA
Q - RACCOON
A - THIS AFRICAN RIVER MAMMAL'S TUSKS WERE ONCE USED FOR FALSE TEETH BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T YELLOW
Q - HIPPOPOTAMUS
A - THIS AUSTRALIAN DOG RARELY BARKS, BUT HOWLS LIKE A COYOTE
Q - DINGO
A - THE ADELIE SPECIES OF THIS BIRD WAS NAMED FOR THE WIFE OF FRENCH EXPLORER
DUMONT D'URVILLE
Q - PENGUIN
A - THE POPULATION OF THIS FISH-EATING HAWK FELL IN THE 1960S DUE TO PESTICIDES
BUT HAS GROWN SINCE THEN
Q - OSPREY
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Category: ANIMALS
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A - THE "SPECTACLED" TYPE OF THIS SNAKE HAS MARKINGS ON ITS HOOD THAT RESEMBLE
A PAIR OF SPECTACLES
Q - COBRA
A - SADLY, THE JAVAN SPECIES OF THIS HORNED MAMMAL IS ALMOST EXTINCT
Q - RHINOCEROS
A - FOR A GOLDEN HAMSTER, IT'S 15 TO 18 DAYS; FOR A NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE,
210 TO 217 DAYS
Q - PREGNANCY
A - THE MAORI GAVE THIS SMALL FLIGHTLESS BIRD ITS NAME, AN IMITATION OF ITS
CALL
Q - KIWI
A - THIS 2-HUMPED CAMEL HAS A LONGER COAT THAN THE DROMEDARY
Q - BACTRIAN CAMEL
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Category: ANIMALS
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A - THIS EQUINE MAMMAL IS A FAVORITE PREY OF THE AFRICAN LION
Q - ZEBRA
A - THIS BRIGHT YELLOW BIRD CAN BE GROUPED INTO 2 TYPES OF SINGERS: ROLLERS &
CHOPPERS
Q - CANARY
A - THIS AQUATIC RODENT IS NAMED FOR THE ODOR THAT IT EMITS
Q - MUSKRAT
A - THE DARK BROWN PELT OF THIS SIBERIAN ANIMAL, A TYPE OF MARTEN, IS ONE OF
THE MOST VALUABLE FURS
Q - SABLE
A - THIS FISH LIVES IN FRESHWATER RIVERS BEFORE TRAVELING UP TO 3500 MILES TO
THE SARGASSO SEA TO LAY EGGS
Q - EEL
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Category: ANIMALS
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A - THIS SMALL, HERRINGLIKE FOOD FISH IS OFTEN USED ON PIZZAS & IN SAUCES
Q - ANCHOVY
A - THE LARGEST TYPE OF THIS AFRICAN SCAVENGER IS THE SPOTTED OR LAUGHING
SPECIES
Q - HYENA
A - THIS TUSKED PINNIPED'S "MUSTACHE" CONSISTS OF ABOUT 400 SENSITIVE
BRISTLE-LIKE STRUCTURES
Q - WALRUS
A - THIS ANIMAL NATIVE TO CHINA SERVES AS THE SYMBOL OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE
FUND
Q - PANDA
A - KNOWN FOR ITS BUGLE-LIKE CALL, THIS RARE BIRD IS NORTH AMERICA'S TALLEST,
AT ABOUT 5 FEET
Q - WHOOPING CRANE
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Category: ANIMALS' OTHER NAMES
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A - IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE NATIVE BEAR, BUT IT'S A TEDDY-BEAR LIKE MARSUPIAL,
NOT A REAL BEAR
Q - KOALA
A - IT'S ANOTHER NAME FOR THE SNOW LEOPARD, AS WELL AS ONE-SIXTEENTH OF A
POUND
Q - OUNCE
A - THIS WILD CANINE FOUND ON AMERICA'S PRAIRIES IS ALSO CALLED THE PRAIRIE
WOLF
Q - COYOTE
A - THESE RED & WHITE CATTLE NAMED FOR AN ENGLISH COUNTY ARE POPULARLY KNOWN AS
WHITEFACES
Q - HEREFORDS
A - THIS INSECT WITH A MYTHICAL BEAST IN ITS NAME IS ALSO CALLED A SNAKE
DOCTOR
Q - DRAGONFLY
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Category: ANIMAL SUPERLATIVES
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A - AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE SMALLEST NEST, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A THIMBLE, IS
MADE BY THIS BIRD
Q - HUMMINGBIRD
A - THE HEAVIEST VENOMOUS SNAKE IS THE EASTERN DIAMONDBACK SPECIES OF THIS
SNAKE
Q - RATTLESNAKE
A - SOMETIMES OVER 20' LONG, THE SALTWATER SPECIES OF THIS ANIMAL IS THE
LARGEST OF ALL LIVING REPTILES
Q - CROCODILE
A - THE GESTATION PERIOD OF THIS AMERICAN MARSUPIAL CAN BE AS SHORT AS A RECORD
8 DAYS
Q - OPOSSUM
A - THE HEAVIEST LIVING INSECT IS THE GOLIATH SPECIES OF THIS INSECT FROM THE
FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE
Q - BEETLE
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Category: ANNUAL EVENTS
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A - BOAT RACES ARE A FEATURE OF THIS STATE'S ALOHA WEEK EACH FALL
Q - HAWAII
A - "KING" CROP THAT'S HONORED DURING THE 2-WEEK-LONG CARNIVAL MEMPHIS EACH
SPRING
Q - COTTON
A - EACH OCTOBER, BRIDGE CITY, LOUISIANA HOSTS A FESTIVAL HONORING THIS STEW
THICKENED WITH OKRA
Q - GUMBO
A - BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT HAS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL HONORING THIS SHOWMAN &
ONE-TIME MAYOR
Q - P.T. BARNUM
A - FLORENCE, ALABAMA HAS A FESTIVAL EACH AUGUST HONORING THIS "FATHER OF THE
BLUES"
Q - W.C. HANDY
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Category: ANTHROPOLOGISTS
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A - IN THE 1920S ALES HRDLICKA CLAIMED THAT MOST AMERICAN INDIANS WERE
ORIGINALLY FROM THIS CONTINENT
Q - ASIA
A - IN 1906-07 VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON LIVED WITH THESE PEOPLE AT THE MOUTH OF
THE MACKENZIE RIVER
Q - INUIT
A - THE BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT NEAR LOS ALAMOS IN THIS STATE IN NAMED FOR
ANTHROPOLOGIST ADOLPH BANDELIER
Q - NEW MEXICO
A - RUTH BENEDICT IS KNOWN FOR "THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE SWORD," HER BOOK ON
THIS CULTURE
Q - JAPANESE
A - IN 1970 HE AGAIN TRIED TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A REED BOAT; HIS FIRST
ATTEMPT IN 1969 FAILED
Q - THOR HEYERDAHL
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Category: APRIL
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A - ACCORDING TO TRADITION, ROMULUS FOUNDED THIS CITY IN APRIL 753 B.C.
Q - ROME
A - THIS SPRING EVENT WAS FIRST HELD ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN ON APRIL 22, 1878
Q - EASTER EGG ROLL
A - THIS RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL OPENED ON BROADWAY ON "SOME ENCHANTED
EVENING" IN APRIL 1949
Q - SOUTH PACIFIC
A - IN A FLIGHT LASTING 108 MINUTES, THIS COSMONAUT BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO
ORBIT THE EARTH APRIL 12, 1961
Q - YURI GAGARIN
A - ALTHOUGH HIS EXPEDITION REACHED THE NORTH POLE IN APRIL 1909, HE COULDN'T
RELAY THE NEWS UNTIL SEPTEMBER
Q - ROBERT PEARY
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Category: ARCHAEOLOGY
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A - THE OLDEST PAVED ROAD, BUILT 4,600 YEARS AGO, WAS DISCOVERED RECENTLY NEAR
THIS EGYPTIAN CAPITAL
Q - CAIRO
A - ARCHAEOLOGISTS ON THIS ISLAND DISCOVERED THE RUINS OF A CHURCH PROBABLY
BUILT BY ERIC THE RED'S FAMILY
Q - GREENLAND
A - NOW IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, THE ELGIN MARBLES INCLUDE A FRIEZE BY PHIDIAS
FROM THIS ANCIENT TEMPLE
Q - PARTHENON
A - IT TOOK OVER 20 YEARS TO DECIPHER THIS RELIC, FOUND BY ONE OF NAPOLEON'S
MEN IN 1799
Q - ROSETTA STONE
A - IN VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN & THIS OTHER COLONIAL CAPITAL ARE THE SITES OF
ONGOING EXCAVATIONS
Q - WILLIAMSBURG
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Category: ARCHITECTURE
----------------------
A - FRANCOIS HENNEBIQUE WAS A PIONEER IN THE USE OF THIS "REINFORCED" MATERIAL
IN ARCHITECTURE
Q - CONCRETE
A - THIS CHINESE-BORN AMERICAN ARCHITECT DESIGNED BEIJING'S XIANGSHAN HOTEL
Q - I.M. PEI
A - SIR EDWIN LUTYENS DESIGNED THE VICEROY'S HOUSE, NOW RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN, IN
THIS CITY
Q - NEW DELHI
A - BENJAMIN LATROBE REDID MUCH OF HIS OWN WORK ON THIS WASHINGTON BUILDING
AFTER THE 1814 FIRE
Q - U.S. CAPITOL
A - THIS NAZI DESIGNED THE NEW REICH CHANCELLERY & THE NUREMBERG ZEPPELIN FIELD
FOR ADOLF HITLER
Q - ALBERT SPEER
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Category: ARCHITECTURE
----------------------
A - ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTS ICTINUS & CALLICRATES BUILT THIS TEMPLE DEDICATED
TO ATHENA
Q - PARTHENON
A - AFTER THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IN 1666, HE DESIGNED MORE THAT 50 NEW
CHURCHES
Q - CHRISTOPHER WREN
A - JEFFERSON'S DESIGN OF THIS UNIVERSITY'S ROTUNDA WAS INSPIRED BY THE
PANTHEON IN ROME
Q - UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
A - THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME AT REIMS IS A MASTERPIECE OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE
Q - GOTHIC
A - FREI OTTO DESIGNED STRUCTURES WITH TENT-LIKE ROOFS FOR THE 1972 SUMMER
OLYMPICS IN THIS CITY
Q - MUNICH
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Category: ARCHITECTURE
----------------------
A - HE DESIGNED VIRGINIA'S STATE CAPITOL WITH THE HELP OF CHARLES-LOUIS
CLERISSEAU
Q - THOMAS JEFFERSON
A - TERRAZZO FLOORING IS USUALLY COMPOSED OF CHIPS OF THIS STONE IN CEMENT
MORTAR
Q - MARBLE
A - PAVILION, SADDLEBACK & MANSARD ARE TYPES OF THIS PART OF A BUILDING
Q - ROOF
A - JAMES RENWICK DESIGNED "THE CASTLE," PART OF THIS AMERICAN MUSEUM COMPLEX,
IN NORMAN ROMANESQUE STYLE
Q - SMITHSONIAN
A - THE TURKISH STYLE OF THESE ISLAMIC PRAYER TOWERS IS SLENDER, PENCIL-SHAPED
& GIRDLED WITH BALCONIES
Q - MINARET
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Category: ARIZONA
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A - THE STATE'S BUSIEST AIRPORT IS SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL IN THIS CAPITAL
CITY
Q - PHOENIX
A - A HOLE IN COCONINO COUNTY 4,150 FEET WIDE & 570 FEET DEEP WAS CREATED BY
ONE OF THESE
Q - METEOR
A - ARIZONA ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 2/3 OF THE USA'S PRODUCTION OF THIS METAL USED
IN ELECTRICAL WIRING
Q - COPPER
A - ARIZONA'S LAND SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER WAS ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO IN THIS
1853 "PURCHASE"
Q - GADSDEN PURCHASE
A - EACH MAY THIS SMALL COMMUNITY CELEBRATES WYATT EARP DAYS
Q - TOMBSTONE
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Category: AROUND THE HOUSE
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A - A "CRAZY" ONE OF THESE COVERS IS A PATCHWORK TYPE WITHOUT A REGULAR DESIGN
Q - QUILT
A - YOU MAY HAVE ONE OF THESE FRAMES FOR SHOES, SPICES OR WINE
Q - RACK
A - A GLASS ENCLOSURE FOR FISH IS AN AQUARIUM; ONE THAT HOLDS PLANTS & ANIMALS
IS THIS
Q - TERRARIUM
A - IT'S A SMALL, ROUND DECORATIVE PIECE OF LINEN USED TO PROTECT A TABLE FROM
SOMETHING SET ON IT
Q - DOILY
A - IT'S A 5-LETTER SYNONYM FOR VESTIBULE
Q - FOYER
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Category: AROUND THE WORLD
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A - THIS EGYPTIAN LANDMARK AT GIZA HAS A FACE THAT'S OVER 13 FEET WIDE
Q - GREAT SPHINX
A - THE CAROLINE INSTITUTE, WHICH AWARDS THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE, IS IN
THIS SWEDISH CAPITAL
Q - STOCKHOLM
A - OFTEN COLLECTED, MAJOLICA POTTERY IS NAMED FOR THIS SPANISH ISLAND FROM
WHICH IT WAS SHIPPED
Q - MAJORCA
A - A VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY WOULD MOSTLY LIKELY START & END AT THE NINOY AQUINO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Q - PHILIPPINES
A - THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP THE BALTIC STATES ARE LATVIA, ESTONIA & THIS
Q - LITHUANIA
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Category: AROUND THE WORLD
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A - ASO & YAKE DAKE ARE 2 OF THIS COUNTRY'S ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Q - JAPAN
A - THE SPANISH CALL THIS PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ESCOCIA
Q - SCOTLAND
A - LAUNCESTON, THE 2ND-LARGEST CITY IN THIS AUSTRALIAN ISLAND STATE, WAS NAMED
FOR A TOWN IN CORNWALL
Q - TASMANIA
A - THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE IS IN THIS CAPITAL CITY
Q - SANTIAGO
A - THIS CANADIAN PROVINCE'S ONLY UNIVERSITY IS MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY IN ST.
JOHN
Q - NEWFOUNDLAND
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Category: AROUND THE WORLD
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A - THIS CITY LIES ON THE AMSTEL RIVER & ITS NAME MEANS "DAM OF THE AMSTEL"
Q - AMSTERDAM
A - SOME OF THIS CITY'S FINEST MUSEUMS ARE IN CHAPULTEPEC PARK
Q - MEXICO CITY
A - IN 1364 KING ALBERT ADDED LITTLE CROWNS TO THIS SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY'S COAT
OF ARMS
Q - SWEDEN
A - GERMAN CRUSADERS FOUNDED THIS CITY IN 1201; IT'S NOW THE CAPITAL OF LATVIA
Q - RIGA
A - IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA WHOSE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS
ENGLISH
Q - BELIZE
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Category: AROUND THE WORLD
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A - THE RHEINGAU IS ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS WINE-PRODUCING REGIONS
Q - GERMANY
A - THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY COMES FROM THE BANTU WORDS ZIMBA, "HOUSES," &
MABGI, "STONES"
Q - ZIMBABWE
A - THIS CAPITAL CITY IS HOME TO THE MUSEUM OF PUERTO RICAN ART & THE MUSEUM OF
THE PUERTO RICAN FAMILY
Q - SAN JUAN
A - THE HILL OF MONTEVIDEO REPRESENTS STRENGTH ON THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL COAT
OF ARMS
Q - URUGUAY
A - THIS COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, KHMER, HAS ITS OWN ALPHABET
Q - CAMBODIA
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Category: ART
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A - IN 1950 SPANISH PAINTER JOAN MIRO CREATED A MURAL FOR THIS CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSITY
Q - HARVARD
A - BARBARI'S "DEAD BIRD" OF 1504 IS CONSIDERED THE 1ST MODERN EXAMPLE OF THESE
PAINTINGS OF INANIMATE OBJECTS
Q - STILL LIFES
A - PISSARRO WAS THE ONLY ARTIST DISPLAYED IN ALL 8 OF THIS MOVEMENT'S
EXHIBITIONS OF 1874-1886
Q - IMPRESSIONISM
A - PRIOR TO CANVAS IN THE 15TH CENTURY, MOVABLE PAINTINGS WERE USUALLY
PRODUCED ON THIS MATERIAL
Q - WOOD
A - AN ALTARPIECE COMPOSED OF 2 MAIN PANELS IS CALLED A DIPTYCH; IF IT HAS 3
MAIN PANELS IT'S CALLED THIS
Q - TRIPTYCH
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Category: ART
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A - MAURICE UTRILLO IS FAMOUS FOR HIS PAINTINGS OF THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY OF
MONTMARTRE
Q - PARIS
A - ONE OF ANDY WARHOL'S FAVORITE SUBJECTS WAS THIS FOUNDER OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Q - MAO ZEDONG
A - IN 1961 THE MET PURCHASED HIS "ARISTOTLE CONTEMPLATING THE BUST OF HOMER"
FOR $2.3 MILLION
Q - REMBRANDT
A - IN 1978 3 OF HIS BRONZES, INCLUDING "THE CLENCHED HAND," WERE STOLEN FROM
THE ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM
Q - AUGUSTE RODIN
A - HIS SON JAMIE IS THE DAY-DREAMING BOY WITH THE COONSKIN HAT IN HIS 1952
WATERCOLOR "FARAWAY"
Q - ANDREW WYETH
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Category: ART & ARTISTS
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A - HE MADE 2 SURREALIST FILMS WITH LUIS BUNUEL: "AN ANDALUSIAN DOG" & "THE
GOLDEN AGE"
Q - SALVADOR DALI
A - SOME CONSIDER HIS "LAST SUPPER" IN MILAN THE FIRST WORK OF THE HIGH
RENAISSANCE
Q - LEONARDO DA VINCI
A - SOME SCHOLARS CALL HIS LATE WATER LILIES PAINTINGS THE STARTING POINT OF
ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONISM
Q - CLAUDE MONET
A - THIS DUTCHMAN'S FINEST PUPIL, CAREL FABRITIUS, WAS KILLED IN THE GREAT
DELFT EXPLOSION OF 1654
Q - REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A - HIS "SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE" WAS SHOWN AT THE
LAST IMPRESSIONIST EXHIBITION
Q - GEORGES SEURAT
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Category: ART & ARTISTS
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A - THIS ARTIST'S DEVOTED BROTHER THEO DIED JUST 6 MONTHS AFTER HIS 1890
SUICIDE
Q - VINCENT VAN GOGH
A - WASSILY KANDINSKY WAS BORN IN MOSCOW BUT RECEIVED HIS TRAINING IN THIS
BAVARIAN CAPITAL
Q - MUNICH
A - THE EARLIEST KNOWN SURVIVING WORKS OF ANDREA PISANO ARE THE FIRST BRONZE
DOORS OF THIS CITY'S BAPTISTERY
Q - FLORENCE
A - THIS SURREALIST IS BURIED AT HIS MUSEUM IN FIGUERAS, SPAIN
Q - SALVADOR DALI
A - IN 1957 THIS CUBIST PAINTED 44 VARIATIONS ON VELAZQUEZ' "THE MAIDS OF
HONOR"
Q - PABLO PICASSO
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Category: ART & ARTISTS
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A - THIS CREATOR OF "THE BIRDS OF AMERICA" STUDIED UNDER JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
Q - JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
A - THIS SCULPTOR OF "BRONCO BUSTER" STUDIED AT YALE & THE ART STUDENTS' LEAGUE
OF NEW YORK
Q - FREDERIC REMINGTON
A - DORA MAAR, ONE OF HIS MISTRESSES, HELPED HIM COMPLETE "GUERNICA" IN ABOUT A
MONTH
Q - PABLO PICASSO
A - HE BEGAN HIS CAREER CREATING HISTORICAL PAINTINGS BEFORE TURNING TO BALLET
DANCERS & RACING SCENES
Q - EDGAR DEGAS
A - AFTER STUDYING IN MUNICH & TOURING IN ITALY, PAUL KLEE RETURNED HOME TO
THIS COUNTRY & BEGAN MAKING ETCHINGS
Q - SWITZERLAND
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Category: ART & ARTISTS
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A - IN 1950 GIACOMO MANZU WON A COMMISSION TO CREATE BRONZE DOORS FOR THIS
ROMAN BASILICA
Q - ST. PETER'S
A - ANTOINE COYSEVOX PRODUCED MUCH OF THE SCULPTURE IN THIS FRENCH PALACE & ITS
GARDENS
Q - VERSAILLES
A - CANADIAN ARTIST JAMES WILSON MORRICE WAS THE MODEL FOR CRONSHAW IN HIS
NOVEL "OF HUMAN BONDAGE"
Q - W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
A - AUSTRIAN PAINTER EGON SCHIELE DIED IN 1918 OF THIS DISEASE THAT SWEPT
EUROPE
Q - INFLUENZA
A - A JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON BUST OF THIS "CANDIDE" AUTHOR IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY
OF ART WAS SCULPTED IN THE YEAR HE DIED
Q - VOLTAIRE
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Category: ARTISTIC QUOTES
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A - SOMEONE SAID OF HIS "THE LAST JUDGMENT," "SUCH THINGS MIGHT BE PAINTED IN A
VOLUPTUOUS BATHROOM"
Q - MICHELANGELO
A - MIRO CALLED THIS MOBILE SCULPTOR "THE TOUGH GUY WITH THE SOUL OF A
NIGHTINGALE"
Q - ALEXANDER CALDER
A - JOHN SINGER SARGENT SUPPOSEDLY SAID, "EVERY TIME I PAINT" THIS TYPE OF WORK
"I LOSE A FRIEND"
Q - PORTRAIT
A - STEVIE SMITH WROTE OF THIS ARTIST, "SEE HOW THEOTOCOPOULOS THROWS ON HIS
CANVAS COLORS OF HELL"
Q - EL GRECO
A - DEGAS SAID OF THIS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST, "I WILL NOT ADMIT THAT A WOMAN
CAN DRAW SO WELL"
Q - MARY CASSATT
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Category: ARTISTS
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A - RUFINO TAMAYO PAINTED MURALS FOR UNESCO & FOR THE 1967 EXPO IN THIS CITY
Q - MONTREAL
A - HIS LAST WORK WAS A HUGE RED & BLACK MOBILE NOW HANGING IN THE NATIONAL
GALLERY OF ART'S EAST WING
Q - ALEXANDER CALDER
A - OF 35, 350 OR 3,500, THE NUMBER OF SURVIVING CANVASES BY JAN VERMEER
Q - 35
A - PREDECESSORS OF THIS MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DALI WERE DADA & THE EARLY
WORKS OF DE CHIRICO
Q - SURREALISM
A - AMERICAN PAINTER LEE KRASNER WAS MARRIED TO THIS "ACTION PAINTER" WHO DIED
IN 1956
Q - JACKSON POLLOCK
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Category: ARTISTS
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A - ALBERT NAMATJIRA, AN ABORIGINAL ARTIST, WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WATERCOLOR
LANDSCAPES OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - WHEN HE WAS BORN IN CAPRESE IN 1475, HIS FATHER, LODOVICO BUONARROTI, WAS
THE TOWN'S MAYOR
Q - MICHELANGELO
A - THIS FRENCH SCULPTOR SUCCEEDED WHISTLER AS PRESIDENT OF A SOCIETY OF
SCULPTORS, PAINTERS & ENGRAVERS
Q - AUGUSTE RODIN
A - IN 1921 FERNAND LEGER UNVEILED "THREE WOMEN" & THIS ARTIST UNVEILED "THREE
MUSICIANS"
Q - PABLO PICASSO
A - HIS "AUTUMN RHYTHM" DRIP PAINTING OF 1950 MEASURES NEARLY 9 BY 17 1/2 FEET
Q - JACKSON POLLOCK
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Category: ARTISTS
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A - "THE MORNING WALK" BY THIS "BLUE BOY" ARTIST IS AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT OF AN
ARISTOCRATIC YOUNG COUPLE
Q - THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
A - THIS SURREALIST DEPICTED HIMSELF & HIS WIFE GALA IN HIS 1937 PAINTING
"INVENTION OF THE MONSTERS"
Q - SALVADOR DALI
A - DARTMOUTH COLLEGE'S BAKER LIBRARY BOASTS SOME FINE MURALS BY JOSE CLEMENTE
OROZCO, AN ARTIST FROM THIS COUNTRY
Q - MEXICO
A - THE WOMEN IN HIS 1891 OIL PAINTING "I HAIL THEE, MARY" ARE WEARING SARONGS
Q - PAUL GAUGUIN
A - SADLY, THIS POINTILLIST WAS ONLY 31 WHEN HE DIED IN 1891, AT THE HEIGHT OF
HIS CAREER
Q - GEORGES SEURAT
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Category: ARTISTS
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A - SADLY, HE NEVER COMPLETED HIS "RONDANINI PIETA"
Q - MICHELANGELO
A - THE GROUP OF SEVEN WAS DEDICATED TO PAINTING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS
NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRY
Q - CANADA
A - CEZANNE WAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THIS MODERN ART STYLE THAT FEATURES
GEOMETRIZATION OF FORMS
Q - CUBISM
A - HIS "FANCY PICTURES" DEPICT RURAL SCENES INSTEAD OF LITTLE BOYS IN FANCY
BLUE SUITS
Q - THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
A - THIS POP ART PIONEER PAINTED COWBOYS & INDIANS BEFORE HIS COMIC-STRIP
INSPIRED PAINTINGS MADE HIM FAMOUS
Q - ROY LICHTENSTEIN
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Category: ARTISTS
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A - SATURDAY EVENING POST ARTIST WHOSE 1960 AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAS TITLED "MY
ADVENTURES AS AN ILLUSTRATOR"
Q - NORMAN ROCKWELL
A - IN 1888 HE THREATENED GAUGUIN WITH A RAZOR, THEN CUT OFF HIS OWN EARLOBE
Q - VINCENT VAN GOGH
A - IN 1934 THIS "AMERICAN GOTHIC" ARTIST BECAME A PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Q - GRANT WOOD
A - FRIDA KAHLO, THIS MEXICAN ARTIST'S WIFE, CREATED SOME 200 PAINTINGS, MANY
OF THEM SELF-PORTRAITS
Q - DIEGO RIVERA
A - IN 1533 THIS VENETIAN PAINTER WAS KNIGHTED BY HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CHARLES V
Q - TITIAN
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Category: ARTS & CRAFTS
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A - READER'S DIGEST CRAFTS & HOBBIES SUGGESTS USING EGGSHELLS AS A MOLD FOR
THESE; THE WICKS ARE ADDED LATER
Q - CANDLES
A - IT'S THE CRAFT OF MAKING YARN, NOT PLAYING WITH A TOP
Q - SPINNING
A - THIS PROCESS HAS 3 STEPS: OPENING THE SHED, PASSING THE WEFT THROUGH &
BEATING THE WEFT
Q - WEAVING
A - IN THIS PRINTING PROCESS, INK IS FORCED THROUGH NO. 12 MESH XX GRADE SILK
BOLTING
Q - SILK SCREENING
A - YOU CAN USE SEASHELLS, AS WELL AS TILE OR GLASS TESSERAE, TO MAKE THESE
Q - MOSAICS
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Category: ASIAN CITIES
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A - IN 1984 THE CITY OF BHOPAL IN THIS COUNTRY WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF HISTORY'S
WORST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
Q - INDIA
A - CAPITAL OF JAPAN UNTIL 1868, IT WAS MODELED ON THE ANCIENT CHINESE CAPITAL
OF CH'ANG-AN
Q - KYOTO
A - THE LAOTIAN PORT CITY OF LOUANGPHRABANG LIES ON THIS RIVER, 130 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VIENTIANE
Q - MEKONG RIVER
A - JOGJAKARTA IN THIS COUNTRY WAS THE SITE OF AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY REVOLT
AGAINST DUTCH RULE
Q - INDONESIA
A - BASRA IS THIS COUNTRY'S PRINCIPAL PORT
Q - IRAQ
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Category: ASSASSINATIONS
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A - THIS ASSASSIN WAS AT LARGE FOR 12 DAYS AFTER SHOOTING ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Q - JOHN WILKES BOOTH
A - THIS CONQUEROR OF PERU WAS ASSASSINATED BY SUPPORTERS OF RIVAL EXPLORER
DIEGO DE ALMAGRO
Q - FRANCISCO PIZARRO
A - AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF SANCHO II IN 1072, THIS SPANISH NATIONAL HERO
ENTERED THE SERVICE OF ALPHONSO VI
Q - EL CID
A - THIS AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S WIFE ELIZABETH & NEPHEW FRANCIS FERDINAND WERE BOTH
ASSASSINATED
Q - FRANZ JOSEPH
A - PATRICE LUMUMBA, FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY, ONCE ZAIRE, WAS
ASSASSINATED IN 1961
Q - REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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Category: ASTROLOGY
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A - IF YOU HAD ASKED PRESIDENT MONROE, "WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?" HE SHOULD HAVE SAID
THIS, AND THAT'S NO BULL
Q - TAURUS
A - THIS SIGN IS CONNECTED WITH THE MYTH OF APHRODITE & EROS, WHO TURNED INTO
FISH TO ESCAPE A MONSTER
Q - PISCES
A - THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS WERE BORN UNDER THIS SIGN OF THE TWINS THAT'S
ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE BIRTHS
Q - GEMINI
A - THIS HEAVENLY BODY RULES THE SIGN OF CANCER; PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT MAKES
CANCERIANS MOODY
Q - MOON
A - SOME ASSOCIATE THIS SIGN WITH THE GREEK GODDESS THEMIS, THE PERSONIFICATION
OF JUSTICE
Q - LIBRA
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Category: ASTRONOMY
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A - THE GREATEST METEOR SHOWERS RADIATE FROM THIS CONSTELLATION OF THE LION
EVERY 33 YEARS
Q - LEO
A - THEIR COMAS MAY EXCEED 500,000 MILES IN DIAMETER
Q - COMETS
A - HERCULINA, ONE OF THESE SMALL BODIES ORBITING THE SUN BETWEEN MARS &
JUPITER, HAS ITS OWN MOON
Q - ASTEROID
A - THE "SEAS" OF THE MOON, ACTUALLY REGIONS OF IRON-RICH BASALTIC LAVA, ARE
CALLED THIS IN LATIN
Q - MARIA
A - THIS DANE'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE "NEW STAR" OF 1572 WERE PUBLISHED IN HIS
"DE NOVA STELLA"
Q - TYCHO BRAHE
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Category: ASTRONOMY
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A - OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS IN THE ORION ARM OF THIS GALAXY
Q - MILKY WAY
A - THE MOON NEAREST A PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS PHOBOS, 5,800 MILES AWAY
FROM THIS PLANET
Q - MARS
A - JUST BEFORE IT WAS A NEBULA, THE CRAB NEBULA WAS A "SUPER" ONE OF THESE
Q - NOVA
A - FOR A SOLAR ECLIPSE TO OCCUR, THE MOON MUST BE IN THIS PHASE
Q - NEW
A - NUMBER OF STARS OFTEN VISIBLE IN THE PLEIADES, HENCE ITS "SISTERLY" OTHER
NAME
Q - SEVEN
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Category: ASTRONOMY & SPACE
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A - AS ONE OF THESE MOVES AWAY FROM THE SUN, IT LOSES ITS TAIL
Q - COMET
A - OUR GALAXY, KNOWN BY THIS NAME, IS ABOUT 170,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THE
NEAREST GALAXY
Q - MILKY WAY
A - HEADLINES IN APRIL 1994 TOUTED THE FIND OF 3 OF THESE HEAVENLY BODIES
AROUND STAR B1257+12
Q - PLANETS
A - IN 1967 BRITISH RADIO ASTRONOMERS DISCOVERED THE FIRST OF THESE SPINNING
NEUTRON STARS
Q - PULSAR
A - THE 1ST PROBE TO LEAVE THE SOLAR SYSTEM, NO. 10 IN THIS SERIES, MARKED 20
YEARS IN SPACE IN 1992
Q - PIONEER
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Category: ASTRONOMY & SPACE
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A - THE LARGEST OF THESE ON THE MOON APPEAR TO BE OF METEORIC ORIGIN, THE
SMALLEST ONES OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN
Q - CRATERS
A - IN 1994 THIS COUNTRY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED & BUILT
ROCKET FROM TANEGASHIMA ISLAND
Q - JAPAN
A - TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MANY "STAR TREK" FANS, THIS FIRST SHUTTLE NEVER
WENT INTO SPACE
Q - ENTERPRISE
A - THIS ORBITING TELESCOPE IS CONTROLLED BY RADIO FROM THE GODDARD FLIGHT
CENTER IN MARYLAND
Q - HUBBLE
A - LAIKA, THE FIRST CANINE COSMONAUT, FLEW ABOARD THE 2ND OF THESE RUSSIAN
SATELLITES IN 1957
Q - SPUTNIK
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Category: THE ATLANTIC
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A - IN MARCH 1918 THE CYCLOPS BECAME ONE OF THE LARGEST SHIPS EVER TO DISAPPEAR
IN THIS MYSTERIOUS AREA
Q - BERMUDA TRIANGLE
A - THIS CURRENT MAKES THE WINTER AIR WEST OF NORWAY MUCH WARMER THAN OTHER
AREAS IN THAT LATITUDE
Q - GULF STREAM
A - THE ANCIENT ROMANS NAMED THE ATLANTIC AFTER THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE IN NORTHERN
AFRICA
Q - ATLAS MOUNTAINS
A - THE NAME OF THIS OVAL-SHAPED AREA OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COMES FROM THE
PORTUGUESE WORD FOR "SEAWEED"
Q - SARGASSO SEA
A - IN 1956 THE 1ST TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE WAS LAID BETWEEN GREAT
BRITAIN & CLARENVILLE IN THIS CANADIAN PROVINCE
Q - NEWFOUNDLAND
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Category: THE ATOM
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A - WORLD BOOK SAYS THAT IN AN ATOM 4 MILES IN DIAMETER, THIS CENTER PART WOULD
BE THE SIZE OF A TENNIS BALL
Q - NUCLEUS
A - OF INDIVISIBLE, UNSEEN OR UNNATURAL, THE MEANING OF ATOMOS, THE WORD THAT
"ATOM" CAME FROM
Q - INDIVISIBLE
A - WHEN 2 ATOMS JOIN IN COMPOUNDS, THEY FORM UNITS CALLED THESE
Q - MOLECULES
A - THE CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF AN ATOM IS MAINLY DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF
THESE IN ITS OUTER SHELL
Q - ELECTRONS
A - OF THE 3 BASIC SUBATOMIC PARTICLES, IT HAS THE GREATEST MASS & HAS NO
CHARGE
Q - NEUTRON
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Category: AUTHORS
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A - HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT ISRAEL & READ SOME 300 BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT BEFORE
WRITING "EXODUS"
Q - LEON URIS
A - THOUGH HE NEVER COMPLETED "THE LAST TYCOON," HE DID LEAVE NOTES FOR THE
UNFINISHED PART
Q - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
A - THE INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM GOLDING'S "LORD OF THE FLIES" WAS WRITTEN BY
THIS AUTHOR OF "HOWARD'S END"
Q - E.M. FORSTER
A - WOUNDED DURING WWI, HE LATER WROTE ABOUT THE WAR'S HORRORS IN "ALL QUIET ON
THE WESTERN FRONT"
Q - ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
A - FLAUBERT REFERRED TO THIS FRENCH SHORT-STORY WRITER AS HIS DISCIPLE, SAYING
HE LOVED "HIM LIKE A SON"
Q - GUY DE MAUPASSANT
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Category: AUTHORS
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A - 3 OF THE 10 CHAPTERS IN HIS "THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER" CONCERN TIGGER,
WHO'S INTRODUCED IN THE BOOK
Q - A.A. MILNE
A - THE INGALLS FAMILY MOVES TO MINNESOTA IN HER BOOK, "ON THE BANKS OF PLUM
CREEK"
Q - LAURA INGALLS WILDER
A - IN 1846 THIS "ECLECTIC READER" AUTHOR'S BROTHER ALEXANDER PUBLISHED A
SPELLING BOOK
Q - WILLIAM MCGUFFEY
A - HER 1940 NOVEL "THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER" IS A PARABLE ON FASCISM
Q - CARSON MCCULLERS
A - ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY WROTE "SOUTHERN MAIL" ABOUT LIFE AS AN AIRMAIL
PILOT & THIS BOOK SET IN OUTER SPACE
Q - LITTLE PRINCE
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Category: AWARDS
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A - IN 1992 HE RECEIVED A PEABODY AWARD FOR "25 YEARS OF BEAUTIFUL DAYS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD"
Q - FRED ROGERS
A - ON HIS RETIREMENT IN 1993, THIS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
RECEIVED A 2ND PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
Q - COLIN POWELL
A - THE TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR RELIGION WAS 1ST GIVEN IN 1973 TO THIS FOUNDER OF
THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
Q - MOTHER TERESA
A - HER 2 NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARDS WERE FOR "TOYS IN THE ATTIC" &
"WATCH ON THE RHINE"
Q - LILLIAN HELLMAN
A - IN '68 THE CENTRAL BANK OF SWEDEN ESTABLISHED THIS NOBEL PRIZE CATEGORY IN
HONOR OF ITS 300TH ANNIVERSARY
Q - ECONOMICS
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Category: AWARDS
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A - IN 1994 THIS "BODYGUARD" CO-STAR WON 5 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS, INCLUDING
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Q - WHITNEY HOUSTON
A - THESE AWARDS ARE TRADITIONALLY PRESENTED ON DECEMBER 10, WITH THE KING OF
SWEDEN OFFICIATING
Q - NOBEL PRIZES
A - AWARDS GIVEN BY THIS CITY'S LIBRARY INCLUDE THE LIONS OF THE PERFORMING
ARTS & THE LITERARY LIONS
Q - NEW YORK CITY
A - THE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL & GROSVENOR MEDALS ARE AWARDED BY THIS
ORGANIZATION
Q - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
A - FOR HIS PLAY "WINTERSET," HE RECEIVED THE FIRST NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS'
CIRCLE AWARD
Q - MAXWELL ANDERSON
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Category: AWARDS
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A - AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IS
NAMED FOR THIS DANISH AUTHOR
Q - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A - IN 1994 MARY ANNE TYNDALL OF WHITEVILLE, N.C. WON THIS CONTEST'S GRAND
PRIZE WITH FUDGIE BONBONS
Q - PILLSBURY BAKE-OFF
A - THIS COMPOSER WON A 1961 GRAMMY FOR HIS SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FROM "BREAKFAST AT
TIFFANY'S"
Q - HENRY MANCINI
A - IN 1972 THIS CHAIRMAN OF MCDONALD'S RECEIVED THE HORATIO ALGER AWARD
Q - RAY KROC
A - THE GEORGE HALAS TROPHY IS PRESENTED TO THE OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF
THE YEAR IN THIS PRO SPORT
Q - FOOTBALL
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Category: AWARDS
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A - IN 1930 HE WAS GIVEN A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY MEDAL FOR FLYING OVER
THE SOUTH POLE
Q - RICHARD BYRD
A - IN 1973 THIS ARIZONA SENATOR RECEIVED THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MEMORIAL TROPHY
FOR HIS SERVICE TO U.S. AVIATION
Q - BARRY GOLDWATER
A - IN 1959 & 1977 CHESTER GOULD RECEIVED THE REUBEN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
CARTOONIST FOR THIS COMIC STRIP
Q - DICK TRACY
A - IN 1974 THIS COMPANY'S YSL FOR MEN WON A "FIFI" AWARD FROM THE FRAGRANCE
FOUNDATION
Q - YVES ST. LAURENT
A - IN 1981 THIS DETROIT MAYOR WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NAACP'S SPINGARN MEDAL
Q - COLEMAN YOUNG
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Category: BALLET
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A - THE NATIONAL BALLET OF THIS NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRY CELEBRATED ITS 45TH
ANNIVERSARY IN 1996
Q - CANADA
A - WHEN RUDOLF NUREYEV STAGED HIS OWN VERSION OF THIS BALLET, HE PLAYED BASIL
THE BARBER, NOT SANCHO PANZA
Q - DON QUIXOTE
A - JOSE LIMON PLAYED THIS SHAKESPEAREAN ROLE IN HIS OWN MODERN BALLET "THE
MOOR'S PAVANE"
Q - OTHELLO
A - ACT III, SCENE I OF THIS TCHAIKOVSKY FAIRY TALE BALLET IS CALLED "THE
AWAKENING"
Q - SLEEPING BEAUTY
A - "ENIGMA VARIATIONS" IS SET AT THE COUNTRY HOME OF THIS "POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE" COMPOSER
Q - EDWARD ELGAR
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Category: BALTIMORE
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A - THE CITY IS NAMED FOR THE LORDS BALTIMORE WHO ESTABLISHED THIS COLONY
Q - MARYLAND
A - 4 ADJOINING HOMES, INCLUDING THE ONE WHERE BABE RUTH WAS BORN, ARE NOW A
MUSEUM FOR THIS SPORTS TEAM
Q - BALTIMORE ORIOLES
A - THE BATTLE MONUMENT ON BALTIMORE'S FLAG HONORS THE MEN WHO DEFENDED THE
CITY DURING THIS WAR
Q - WAR OF 1812
A - H.L. MENCKEN WAS LONG ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PAPER, BALTIMORE'S MAJOR DAILY
Q - BALTIMORE SUN
A - THIS PRIVATE INSTITUTION HAS THE OLDEST U.S. UNIVERSITY PRESS IN CONTINUOUS
OPERATION, FOUNDED IN 1878
Q - JOHNS HOPKINS
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Category: BASEBALL HISTORY
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A - IN 1954 THE ST. LOUIS BROWNS MOVED TO BALTIMORE, BECOMING THIS NEW TEAM
Q - BALTIMORE ORIOLES
A - IN 1905 & 1906 THIS AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM WAS KNOWN AS THE BOSTON PILGRIMS
Q - BOSTON RED SOX
A - THE OLDEST MAN TO HIT .400 WAS THIS "GEORGIA PEACH," WHO ACCOMPLISHED IT IN
1922 AT AGE 35
Q - TY COBB
A - ONLY 2 PITCHERS HAVE OVER 400 ML WINS: WALTER JOHNSON & THIS MAN FOR WHOM A
PITCHING AWARD IS NAMED
Q - CY YOUNG
A - BOTH THE METS & THE YANKEES RETIRED THIS MANAGER'S UNIFORM NUMBER
Q - CASEY STENGEL
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Category: BATTLES
-----------------
A - OUR GREATEST LAND VICTORY IN THE WAR OF 1812 WAS THE BATTLE OF THIS CITY,
AFTER THE WAR ENDED
Q - NEW ORLEANS
A - HIS DEATH DURING THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD ENDED THE REIGN OF THE
PLANTAGENETS
Q - RICHARD III
A - LORD RAGLAN GAVE ORDERS THAT SENT THE LIGHT BRIGADE CHARGING IN THIS WAR'S
BATTLE OF BALAKLAVA
Q - CRIMEAN WAR
A - IN SEPTEMBER 1914, IN THE FIRST BATTLE OF THIS FRENCH RIVER, THE GERMAN
ADVANCE ON PARIS WAS HALTED
Q - MARNE
A - SANTA ANNA, TAKEN PRISONER IN THE BATTLE OF THIS PLACE, WAS FREED AFTER HE
AGREED TO RECOGNIZE TEXAS' INDEPENDENCE
Q - SAN JACINTO
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Category: BAYS
--------------
A - ALL ISLANDS WITHIN THIS 475,000-SQUARE-MILE BAY BELONG TO CANADA'S
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Q - HUDSON BAY
A - THIS BAY IS THE LARGEST INLET ON THE USA'S EAST COAST
Q - CHESAPEAKE BAY
A - THIS BAY ON THE COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LUZON HAS BEEN CALLED THE FINEST
HARBOR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Q - MANILA BAY
A - THE GANGES & BRAHMAPUTRA RIVERS EMPTY INTO THIS BAY, THE WORLD'S LARGEST
Q - BAY OF BENGAL
A - BEACHES ON THIS BAY INCLUDE SAN SEBASTIAN IN SPAIN & BIARRITZ IN FRANCE
Q - BAY OF BISCAY
-----------------------
Category: BEATLES SONGS
-----------------------
A - "WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, SO MUCH YOUNGER THAN TODAY, I NEVER NEEDED ANYBODY'S"
THIS "IN ANY WAY"
Q - HELP
A - "LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN, 'COS I'M GOING TO" THIS PLACE "WHERE NOTHING IS
REAL"
Q - STRAWBERRY FIELDS
A - "WELL, SHE WAS JUST" THIS AGE, "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND THE WAY SHE
LOOKED WAS WAY BEYOND COMPARE"
Q - SEVENTEEN
A - SHE "PICKS UP THE RICE IN THE CHURCH WHERE A WEDDING HAS BEEN"
Q - ELEANOR RIGBY
A - "NOW SOMEWHERE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAIN HILLS OF DAKOTA THERE LIVED A YOUNG
BOY NAMED" THIS
Q - ROCKY RACCOON
---------------------------
Category: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
---------------------------
A - BEN ORGANIZED PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST COMPANY TO FIGHT THESE, MUCH NEEDED
WHERE ALL BUILDINGS WERE WOOD
Q - FIRES
A - IN 1731 BEN JOINED THIS FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, BECOMING GRAND MASTER OF
THE GRAND PENN. LODGE IN 1749
Q - FREEMASONS
A - BEN'S LAST PUBLIC ACT WAS TO SIGN A PETITION TO CONGRESS URGING ABOLITION
OF THIS
Q - SLAVERY
A - FRANKLIN'S SON WILLIAM, GOVERNOR OF THIS COLONY, WAS A STAUNCH TORY
Q - NEW JERSEY
A - FRANKLIN LIVED ABROAD FOR 27 OF HIS 84 YEARS: 18 IN BRITAIN & 9 IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
-------------------
Category: THE BIBLE
-------------------
A - "IT IS WRITTEN THAT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY" THIS "ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD
OF GOD"
Q - BREAD
A - AN ANGEL TOLD JOSEPH TO "ARISE, AND TAKE THE YOUNG CHILD AND HIS MOTHER,
AND FLEE INTO" THIS LAND
Q - EGYPT
A - SOLOMON ASKED THE KING OF TYRE TO "HEW ME CEDAR TREES OUT OF" THIS COUNTRY
TO BUILD HIS TEMPLE
Q - LEBANON
A - "THEN CAME JESUS FORTH, WEARING THE CROWN OF THORNS, AND" THIS COLOR
"ROBE"
Q - PURPLE
A - "SO BOAZ TOOK" THIS MOABITE WIDOW, "AND SHE WAS HIS WIFE"
Q - RUTH
-------------------
Category: THE BIBLE
-------------------
A - THE GOPHER WOOD THAT NOAH USED TO BUILD THIS WAS PROBABLY A TYPE OF
CYPRESS
Q - ARK
A - THE NAME OF THIS SECOND SON OF ADAM & EVE MEANS "BREATH" OR "VAPOR" IN
HEBREW
Q - ABEL
A - ABSALOM'S PARENTS WERE MAACAH, A PRINCESS OF GESHGUR, & THIS KING OF
ISRAEL
Q - DAVID
A - THIS GOSPEL COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED LEVI, AS THAT WAS HIS OTHER NAME
Q - MATTHEW
A - THIS SUCCESSOR OF MOSES SUPERVISED ISRAEL'S CONQUEST OF CANAAN
Q - JOSHUA
-------------------
Category: THE BIBLE
-------------------
A - SHE TOLD SAMSON, "TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, WHEREIN THY GREAT STRENGTH LIETH"
Q - DELILAH
A - "AND THE LORD SAID UNTO" HIM, "SEE I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND JERICHO"
Q - JOSHUA
A - ACCORDING TO TRADITION, HE WROTE THE 23RD PSALM
Q - DAVID
A - IN 2 CORINTHIANS HE ESCAPED DAMASCUS "THROUGH A WINDOW IN A BASKET" LOWERED
DOWN A WALL
Q - PAUL
A - IN JOHN 17:12 JESUS CALLED THIS APOSTLE THE "SON OF PERDITION"
Q - JUDAS
-------------------
Category: THE BIBLE
-------------------
A - PSALM 78 SAYS THAT AMONG THE PLAGUES GOD SENT UPON THIS COUNTRY WAS
STRIKING ITS FLOCKS WITH HOT THUNDERBOLTS
Q - EGYPT
A - EXODUS'S RECIPE FOR ANOINTING OIL CALLS FOR MYRRH, CINNAMON, SWEET CALAMUS,
CASSIA & THIS OIL
Q - OLIVE OIL
A - HE LIVED 800 YEARS AFTER HE BEGAT SETH
Q - ADAM
A - NEHEMIAH 12 DESCRIBES THE CELEBRATION FOR THE DEDICATION OF THIS CITY'S
WALL
Q - JERUSALEM
A - IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW OF HIS "LAMENTATIONS," EACH VERSE IN 3 CHAPTERS
BEGINS WITH A NEW LETTER, FROM ALEPH ON
Q - JEREMIAH
----------------------------
Category: BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
----------------------------
A - THIS PLACE FROM WHICH MANKIND WAS EXPELLED WAS THE SOURCE OF FOUR RIVERS
Q - GARDEN OF EDEN
A - SOLOMON EXTENDED THE WALLS OF THIS CITY TO ENCLOSE THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Q - JERUSALEM
A - THE LAND OF NOD IS MENTIONED ONLY ONCE, AS THE PLACE OF HIS SELF-IMPOSED
EXILE
Q - CAIN
A - THIS PLACE WHERE JESUS GREW UP WAS AN INSIGNIFICANT SETTLEMENT NEAR A TRADE
ROUTE TO EGYPT
Q - NAZARETH
A - SALT SEA, SEA OF THE ARABAH & EASTERN SEA ARE SOME BIBLICAL NAMES FOR THIS
LAKE
Q - DEAD SEA
-------------------------
Category: BIBLICAL PEOPLE
-------------------------
A - EXODUS 7:17 MENTIONS THAT THIS BROTHER OF MOSES WAS 3 YEARS OLDER
Q - AARON
A - HIS NAME IN HEBREW MEANS "FATHER OF MANY NATIONS"
Q - ABRAHAM
A - HE'S PERHAPS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS
Q - JOSEPH
A - THE FIRST LINE OF DANIEL MENTIONS THIS BABYLONIAN KING WHO CAME TO
JERUSALEM & BESIEGED IT
Q - NEBUCHADNEZZAR
A - THE VIRGIN MARY'S VISIT TO THIS COUSIN IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE
VISITATION
Q - ELIZABETH
-------------------------
Category: BIBLICAL QUOTES
-------------------------
A - THE DAUGHTERS OF HERODIAS TOLD HEROD, "GIVE ME HERE" THIS MAN'S "HEAD IN A
CHARGER"
Q - JOHN THE BAPTIST
A - "AND WHEN" THIS QUEEN "HEARD OF THE FAME OF SOLOMON, SHE CAME TO PROVE
SOLOMON WITH HARD QUESTIONS"
Q - QUEEN OF SHEBA
A - "AND WHATSOEVER" HE "CALLED EVERY LIVING CREATURE, THAT WAS THE NAME
THEREOF"
Q - ADAM
A - TO HIM JESUS SAID, "THE COCK SHALL NOT CROW THIS DAY, BEFORE THAT THOU
SHALT THRICE DENY THAT THOU KNOWEST ME"
Q - PETER
A - OLD TESTAMENT BOOK IN WHICH YOU'D FIND "WHEREFORE THEY CALLED THESE DAYS
PURIM AFTER THE NAME OF PUR"
Q - ESTHER
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Category: BIOLOGY
-----------------
A - IN BOTANY SOMETHING THAT IS FOLIATE HAS OR IS COVERED WITH THESE
Q - LEAVES
A - EDENTATE MAMMALS, LIKE SLOTHS OR ARMADILLOS, LACK THESE OR HAVE ONLY
ENAMELLESS ONES
Q - TEETH
A - VIEWING AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN MAY CAUSE THIS LIGHT-SENSITIVE MEMBRANE TO
"BURN," DAMAGING VISION
Q - RETINA
A - SPIDERS' BLOOD IS THIS COLOR, NOT RED, DUE TO THE OXYGEN-CARRYING PIGMENT
HEMOCYANIN
Q - BLUE
A - NORMAN GREGG DISCOVERED THAT THIS DISEASE, ALSO CALLED RUBELLA, COULD CAUSE
BIRTH DEFECTS
Q - GERMAN MEASLES
-----------------
Category: BIOLOGY
-----------------
A - CROCODILIANS ARE THE ONLY REPTILES IN WHICH THIS ORGAN HAS 4 COMPLETELY
SEPARATED CHAMBERS
Q - HEART
A - THE ARMADILLO POSSESS BOTH ENDO- & EXO-TYPES OF THIS SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Q - SKELETON
A - IN THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MANY INSECTS, THE PUPA STAGE OCCURS BETWEEN THIS
ONE & ADULT
Q - LARVAL
A - THE DWARF SPECIES OF THIS FISH WITH A PREHENSILE TAIL MEASURES ONLY ABOUT 1
1/2 INCHES
Q - SEAHORSE
A - IT'S THE DARKISH PIGMENT THAT GIVES SKIN, HAIR & THE IRIS OF THE EYES THEIR
COLORING
Q - MELANIN
-----------------
Category: BIOLOGY
-----------------
A - VITAMIN K HELPS YOUR BLOOD DO THIS WHEN YOU'RE CUT
Q - CLOT
A - THEY'RE STIMULATED BY RED, BLUE & GREEN PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM AND HAVE
SHORTER RESPONSE TIMES THAN THE RODS
Q - CONES
A - PROTOZOANS DO THIS BY CONJUGATION OR FISSION
Q - REPRODUCE
A - BLOOD CELLS ARE SUSPENDED IN THIS WATERY MATRIX
Q - PLASMA
A - SLUGS & SNAILS, LIKE SQUIDS, ARE MEMBERS OF THIS PHYLUM
Q - MOLLUSCA
---------------
Category: BIRDS
---------------
A - ORNITHOLOGISTS SAY THAT DURING COURTSHIP THE MALE OF THIS BIRD TRANSFIXES
THE FEMALE WITH DOZENS OF "EYES"
Q - PEACOCK
A - THESE BIRDS ARE GROUPED BY EATING HABITS; PINTAILS ARE DABBLERS &
CANVASBACKS ARE DIVERS
Q - DUCKS
A - ONE OF THESE BIRDS MAY BE LAUGHING OR HERRING
Q - GULL
A - THE LARGEST OF THE PASSERINES ARE THESE BLACK BIRDS
Q - RAVENS
A - NAMED FOR A BUILDING IN WHICH THEY'RE FOUND, THIS GROUP OF OWLS HAS ITS OWN
FAMILY-- TYTONIDAE
Q - BARN OWLS
---------------
Category: BIRDS
---------------
A - THE NAME OF THIS TYPE OF FALCON MEANS "WANDERER" & CAME FROM THE SAME ROOT
AS PILGRIM
Q - PEREGRINE FALCON
A - THE RING-NECKED TYPE OF THIS GAME BIRD WAS INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA IN
THE 1800S
Q - PHEASANT
A - THIS REDBIRD CONCEALS ITS DISTINCTIVE CUP-SHAPED NEST IN A BUSH OR A
THICKET
Q - CARDINAL
A - WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, THESE TALL FLIGHTLESS BIRDS FROM DOWN UNDER HAVE
STRIPES
Q - EMUS
A - THE WHISTLING SPECIES OF THIS GRACEFUL BIRD BREEDS IN THE AMERICAN ARCTIC
Q - SWAN
-----------------------
Category: BLACK AMERICA
-----------------------
A - A FORMER HOME OF THIS "ROOTS" AUTHOR IN HENNING, TENNESSEE IS NOW A STATE
HISTORIC SITE
Q - ALEX HALEY
A - IN 1994 THIS NEW JERSEY-BORN BOXER, THE OLDEST MAN TO WIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT
TITLE, DIED AT AGE 80
Q - JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
A - IN 1946 JUDGE WILLIAM H. HASTIE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR OF THIS
U.S. POSSESSION IN THE CARIBBEAN
Q - VIRGIN ISLANDS
A - WHEN MALCOLM X JOINED THE BLACK MUSLIMS, HE DROPPED THIS LAST NAME
Q - LITTLE
A - SHE WROTE THE POEMS READ BY JANET JACKSON IN THE FILM "POETIC JUSTICE" &
ALSO APPEARED IN THE FILM
Q - MAYA ANGELOU
-------------------------
Category: BODIES OF WATER
-------------------------
A - THE WIDEST ENTRANCE TO THIS SEA IS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BETWEEN CUBA &
MEXICO
Q - CARIBBEAN SEA
A - THE EVAPORATION RATE OF THIS BODY OF WATER IN ISRAEL & JORDAN IS REPORTED
AT 1/2 INCH PER DAY
Q - DEAD SEA
A - ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK IS THE LARGEST CITY ON THIS CANADIAN BAY KNOWN FOR
ITS HIGH TIDES
Q - BAY OF FUNDY
A - THIS ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REACHES A DEPTH OF OVER 16,000' JUST SOUTH OF
THE PELOPONNESUS
Q - IONIAN SEA
A - AT 420 MILES IN LENGTH, THIS AFRICAN LAKE IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST FRESHWATER
LAKE
Q - LAKE TANGANYIKA
-------------------------
Category: BODIES OF WATER
-------------------------
A - THE RHINE & THE THAMES FLOW INTO THIS SEA
Q - NORTH SEA
A - JIDDAH IS A MAJOR PORT ON THIS SEA
Q - RED SEA
A - THE ISLAND OF TAIWAN DIVIDES THIS SEA INTO EAST & SOUTH PARTS
Q - CHINA SEA
A - GULFS OF THIS SEA INCLUDE THOSE OF BOTHNIA, FINLAND & RIGA
Q - BALTIC SEA
A - THE CZECHS CALL THIS RIVER THE DUNAJ
Q - DANUBE RIVER
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Category: BODIES OF WATER
-------------------------
A - THE MADEIRA RIVER ON THE BORDER BETWEEN BRAZIL & BOLIVIA IS A MAJOR
TRIBUTARY OF THIS RIVER
Q - AMAZON RIVER
A - ONE OF ITS ANCIENT NAMES WAS MARE INDICUM
Q - INDIAN OCEAN
A - THERE ARE 2 CAGAYAN RIVERS IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE ON LUZON, THE OTHER ON
MINDANAO
Q - PHILIPPINES
A - LOUGH LEANE, WHICH COVERS NEARLY 8 SQUARE MILES, IS THE LARGEST OF THIS
COUNTRY'S LAKES OF KILLARNEY
Q - IRELAND
A - AN ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, THIS SEA EXTENDS FROM THE GULF OF VENICE TO
THE STRAIT OF OTRANTO
Q - ADRIATIC SEA
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Category: THE BODY HUMAN
------------------------
A - 2 TINY BONES IN THE EAR, THE MALLEUS & THE INCUS, ARE BETTER KNOWN AS THE
HAMMER & THIS
Q - ANVIL
A - IT'S THE FAMILIAR NAME FOR YOUR THIRD & SMALLEST MOLARS
Q - WISDOM TEETH
A - COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA DESCRIBES THIS LARGEST INTERNAL ORGAN AS "A UNIFORM
BLOB OF REDDISH-BROWN TISSUE"
Q - LIVER
A - ORIGINATING IN THE SPINAL CORD & RUNNING DOWN THE BACK OF THE THIGH, IT'S
THE LARGEST NERVE IN THE BODY
Q - SCIATIC NERVE
A - DURING ADOLESCENCE, ACNE IS CAUSED BY AN OVERABUNDANCE OF OIL PRODUCED BY
THESE GLANDS
Q - SEBACEOUS GLANDS
---------------------
Category: BON APPETIT
---------------------
A - ONE RECIPE FOR BOUILLON D'ESCARGOTS CALLS FOR 36 OF THESE, ALREADY SHELLED
Q - SNAILS
A - A CLASSIC SAUCE FOR SEAFOOD, REMOULADE IS MADE BY ADDING HERBS & MUSTARD TO
THIS EMULSION
Q - MAYONNAISE
A - IN THE DISH CANARD ROTI AUX PECHES, THIS MEAT IS SERVED WITH PEACHES
Q - DUCK
A - THIS CREAMY LEEK & POTATO SOUP WAS CREATED IN THE U.S. BY A FRENCH CHEF
Q - VICHYSSOISE
A - FILLED WITH VARIOUS MIXTURES, CHAMPIGNONS FARCIS ARE STUFFED ONES OF THESE
Q - MUSHROOMS
-------------------------
Category: BOOKS & AUTHORS
-------------------------
A - BRUCE CATTON COMPLETED HIS 3-VOLUME "CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF" THIS WAR IN
1965
Q - CIVIL WAR
A - HE DESCRIBED HIS CHARACTER, FYODOR KARAMAZOV, AS "A DESPICABLE, VICIOUS MAN
AND AT THE SAME TIME SENSELESS"
Q - FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
A - "ANIMAL FARM" AUTHOR WHO DESCRIBED HIS VAGABOND YEARS IN "DOWN AND OUT IN
PARIS AND LONDON"
Q - GEORGE ORWELL
A - YOU COULD SAY HE GAVE BIRTH TO "ROSEMARY'S BABY," SINCE HE WROTE THE NOVEL
Q - IRA LEVIN
A - THE TITLE OF THIS AUTHOR'S 1906 NOVEL "THE MAN OF PROPERTY" REFERS TO
SOAMES FORSYTE
Q - JOHN GALSWORTHY
-------------------------
Category: BOOKS & AUTHORS
-------------------------
A - IAN FLEMING DEVISED HIS STORY ABOUT THIS EVIL DOCTOR AFTER VISITING A
FLAMINGO COLONY IN THE BAHAMAS
Q - DR. NO
A - IN "DISCLOSURE" THIS "RISING SUN" AUTHOR DEALT WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Q - MICHAEL CRICHTON
A - SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FROM "SCRUPLES" WERE FEATURED IN HER 1994 BESTSELLER
"LOVERS"
Q - JUDITH KRANTZ
A - "THE SILMARILLION," SORT OF A PREQUEL TO HIS FANTASY SERIES, WAS PUBLISHED
POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1966
Q - J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A - HIS "EYE OF THE NEEDLE" WAS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE "STORM
ISLAND"
Q - KEN FOLLETT
-------------------------
Category: BOOKS & AUTHORS
-------------------------
A - WHILE WRITING "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA," THIS NOVELIST LIVED AT FINCA VIGIA
NEAR HAVANA, CUBA
Q - ERNEST HEMINGWAY
A - THIS "TARZAN" AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK WAS "UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS,"
WRITTEN IN 1911
Q - EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
A - A YEAR AFTER "THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES" WAS PUBLISHED, HE WROTE A
CAMPAIGN BIO OF FRANKLIN PIERCE
Q - NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
A - THE TITLE OF THIS STEINBECK NOVEL REFERS TO A DISTRICT OF MONTEREY, CALIF.
POPULATED BY MEXICAN-AMERICANS
Q - TORTILLA FLAT
A - JACK HIGGINS' FOLLOW-UP TO THIS 1975 NOVEL IS CALLED "THE EAGLE HAS FLOWN"
Q - EAGLE HAS LANDED
-------------------------
Category: BOOKS & AUTHORS
-------------------------
A - IN "CASE CLOSED," GERALD POSNER SUPPORTS THE "MAGIC BULLET" THEORY IN THE
ASSASSINATION OF THIS PRESIDENT
Q - JOHN F. KENNEDY
A - "CREATURES OF THE KINGDOM" IS A BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES BY THIS AUTHOR OF
"HAWAII"
Q - JAMES MICHENER
A - THE SLEUTH IN HIS 1984 NOVEL "MURDER AND THE FIRST LADY" WAS HIS MOTHER,
ELEANOR
Q - ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT
A - THIS EARLY NOVEL BY MICHAEL CRICHTON TOLD OF A TOWN WIPED OUT BY A DEADLY
ORGANISM
Q - ANDROMEDA STRAIN
A - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1989, "A TIME TO KILL" WAS THIS AUTHOR'S FIRST
NOVEL
Q - JOHN GRISHAM
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Category: BOTANY
----------------
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR A PLANT THAT BLOOMS & DIES WITHIN A SINGLE YEAR
Q - ANNUAL
A - ON A TUBER SUCH AS A POTATO, THESE TINY SWELLINGS ARE CALLED THE EYES
Q - BUDS
A - MAIDENHAIR & MOONWORT ARE TYPES OF THIS NONFLOWERING PLANT
Q - FERN
A - IT'S THE COMMON NAME FOR AQUATIC PLANTS OF THE GENUS NYMPHAEA, INCLUDING
THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS
Q - WATERLILY
A - THE PILEUS, WHICH HAS GILLS ON ITS UNDERSIDE, IS THE UPPER PART OF THIS
TYPE OF PLANT
Q - MUSHROOM
-------------------------
Category: BRITISH HISTORY
-------------------------
A - IN 1958 THE FIRST WOMEN WERE ADMITTED TO THIS UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
Q - HOUSE OF LORDS
A - NEARLY 15,000 OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S MEN WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN
THIS ONE-DAY BATTLE JUNE 18, 1815
Q - WATERLOO
A - THE TUDOR DYNASTY ENDED IN 1603 WITH THE DEATH OF THIS QUEEN
Q - ELIZABETH I
A - ON AUGUST 15, 1947 BRITAIN GRANTED INDEPENDENCE TO THIS COUNTRY AFTER
NEARLY 200 YEARS OF RULE
Q - INDIA
A - IN 1174 HENRY II PERFORMED PUBLIC PENANCE AT CANTERBURY FOR THE MURDER OF
THIS MAN
Q - THOMAS A BECKET
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - THIS COMPANY INTRODUCED ITS CRUNCH BAR IN 1938
Q - NESTLE
A - MACHINE SALESMAN WALTER BOWES TEAMED WITH THIS POSTAGE METER INVENTOR IN
1920
Q - ARTHUR PITNEY
A - IN 1966 GIOVANNI AGNELLI II BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THIS ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL
GIANT
Q - FIAT
A - WALTER, WILLIAM & ARTHUR DAVIDSON & WILLIAM HARLEY SOLD THEIR FIRST OF
THESE VEHICLES IN 1903
Q - MOTORCYCLE
A - THIS FLATWARE COMPANY CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A NEW YORK RELIGIOUS COLONY
FOUNDED IN 1848
Q - ONEIDA
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - IN 1974 THIS FRENCH FIRM KNOWN FOR ITS PENS INTRODUCED THE DISPOSABLE
RAZOR
Q - BIC
A - A BREWER BEGAN PUBLISHING THIS BOOK IN 1955 TO HELP SETTLE ARGUMENTS IN
BRITISH PUBS
Q - GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
A - IN 1909 THIS AMERICAN OPENED HIS FIRST "THREE AND SIXPENCE" STORE IN
ENGLAND
Q - F.W. WOOLWORTH
A - IN 1955 IN DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, HE OPENED THE FIRST MCDONALD'S FRANCHISE
Q - RAY KROC
A - THIS LARGE MAKER OF OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN KILLERS IS HEADQUARTERED IN
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY
Q - BAYER
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - IN 1912 THIS CEREAL COMPANY ERECTED WHAT WAS THEN THE WORLD'S LARGEST SIGN
IN NYC; THE K WAS 66' HIGH
Q - KELLOGG'S
A - LA IS THE STOCK SYMBOL FOR THIS SPORTS APPAREL COMPANY THAT'S HEADQUARTERED
IN L.A.
Q - L.A. GEAR
A - IN 1891 THIS COMPANY INTRODUCED ITS FAMOUS TRAVELERS CHEQUES
Q - AMERICAN EXPRESS
A - ON AVERAGE, THIS DALLAS-BASED VIDEO RENTAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP. OPENS ONE
NEW STORE EACH DAY
Q - BLOCKBUSTER
A - NCR WAS THE 5TH-LARGEST U.S. COMPUTER CO. WHEN IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THIS
COMMUNICATIONS GIANT IN 1991
Q - AT&T
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - BEFORE SETTLING ON THIS NAME FOR HIS COMPANY, GEORGE EASTMAN TRIED MANY
WORDS BEGINNING & ENDING WITH K
Q - KODAK
A - AETNA, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL & CIGNA ARE THE USA'S LARGEST PUBLICLY-OWNED
COMPANIES IN THIS INDUSTRY
Q - INSURANCE
A - IN 1919 THE CANDLER FAMILY SOLD THIS BEVERAGE COMPANY TO ATLANTA BANKER
ERNEST WOODRUFF FOR $25 MILLION
Q - COCA-COLA
A - MAGAZINE PUBLISHER JAMES MCGRAW TEAMED UP WITH THIS PUBLISHER OF AMERICAN
MACHINIST IN 1909
Q - JOHN ALEXANDER
A - THIS SWEDISH CAR COMPANY'S NAME GOES BACK TO A BALL BEARING MAKER WHOSE
NAME WAS LATIN FOR "I ROLL"
Q - VOLVO
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - THIS MINERAL WATER HAS CALLED ITSELF "EARTH'S FIRST SOFT DRINK"
Q - PERRIER
A - RELATIVELY SPEAKING, QUAKER OATS OWNS THIS LEADING BRAND OF BREAKFAST
SYRUPS
Q - AUNT JEMIMA
A - THIS JAPANESE COMPANY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF PIANOS
Q - YAMAHA
A - ROYAL DUTCH IS 1 OF THE 2 PARENT COMPANIES OF THIS OIL GIANT
Q - SHELL
A - THIS SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS FIRM LEADS THE WORLD IN THE PRODUCTION OF
CELLULAR PHONES
Q - MOTOROLA
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - HEINEKEN & PHILIPS ARE HEADQUARTERED IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY
Q - NETHERLANDS
A - FOUNDED AS A MILK PRODUCER IN 1866, IT ADDED NESCAFE & NESTEA TO ITS LINE
IN THIS CENTURY
Q - NESTLE
A - IN 1984 HALLMARK BOUGHT BINNEY & SMITH, MAKERS OF THIS BRAND OF CRAYON
Q - CRAYOLA
A - AMONG THE ARTIFACTS FOUND IN THIS CHAIN'S RESTAURANTS ARE ELVIS'S
MOTORCYCLE & RINGO STARR'S SNARE DRUMS
Q - HARD ROCK CAFE
A - THIS COMPANY'S CHIPS SUPPLY THE BRAINS FOR ABOUT 85% OF ALL DESKTOP
COMPUTERS
Q - INTEL
-----------------------------
Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - THIS INSURANCE COMPANY'S TRADEMARK CAME FROM A SIGNATURE ON THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
Q - JOHN HANCOCK
A - THE COVER OF THE 1894 EDITION OF THIS COMPANY'S FAMOUS CATALOG CALLED IT
THE "CHEAPEST SUPPLY HOUSE ON EARTH"
Q - SEARS
A - IN 1967 DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT MERGED WITH THIS MILITARY AIRCRAFT SUPPLIER
Q - MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT
A - IN 1899 THIS SOFT DRINK WAS FIRST BOTTLED ON A LARGE SCALE IN CHATTANOOGA,
TENNESSEE, NOT ATLANTA
Q - COCA-COLA
A - FOUNDED IN 1884, THIS DAYTON, OHIO COMPANY CONTROLLED THE COUNTRY'S CASH
REGISTER BUSINESS BY 1910
Q - NCR
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Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
-----------------------------
A - THIS KANSAS CITY-BASED GREETING CARD COMPANY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST
CREATIVE STAFFS IN THE WORLD
Q - HALLMARK
A - IN 1994 HORMEL'S 5 BILLIONTH CAN OF THIS LUNCHEON MEAT ROLLED OFF THE
ASSEMBLY LINE
Q - SPAM
A - A 3M SCIENTIST CREATED THIS PRODUCT WHILE TRYING TO DEVISE PAGE MARKERS FOR
HIS CHURCH HYMNAL
Q - POST-IT NOTE
A - THIS COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED AT CHECKERBOARD SQUARE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Q - RALSTON PURINA
A - WHEN THIS COMPANY'S STOCK HIT $90.75 IN 1987, BILL GATES BECAME THE PC
INDUSTRY'S FIRST BILLIONAIRE
Q - MICROSOFT
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Category: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ANIMALS
-------------------------------------
A - A BIOGRAPHY OF THIS FINICKY 9-LIVES STAR WAS PUBLISHED IN 1974
Q - MORRIS THE CAT
A - STAR-KIST'S CHARLIE IS THIS TYPE OF FISH
Q - TUNA
A - GEOFFREY, GEEGEE & BABY GEE ARE GIRAFFES USED BY THIS COMPANY
Q - TOYS R US
A - THIS COMPANY'S LION WAS FIRST HEARD TO ROAR IN THE 1928 TALKIE "WHITE
SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS"
Q - MGM
A - THE LEVI'S LOGO FEATURES 2 OF THESE ANIMALS TRYING TO PULL APART A PAIR OF
JEANS
Q - HORSES
--------------------------
Category: BUSINESS BIGGIES
--------------------------
A - THIS INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY BEGAN MARKETING 35 MM CONVENTIONAL FILM IN
1989
Q - POLAROID CORP.
A - MCKESSON CORP. SELLS THIS PRODUCT UNDER THE SPARKLETTES & CRYSTAL BRAND
NAMES
Q - BOTTLED WATER
A - IN MAY 1994 SWISS CONGLOMERATE SANDOZ AGREED TO BUY THIS U.S. BABY FOOD
GIANT FOR $3.7 BILLION
Q - GERBER
A - THOUGH IT HAS PLANTS IN MANY COUNTRIES, MICHELIN IS BASED IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
A - ABBREVIATED HP, THIS COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY 2 YOUNG STANFORD ENGINEERS IN
1939
Q - HEWLETT-PACKARD
--------------------------
Category: BUSINESS HISTORY
--------------------------
A - PROCTER & GAMBLE OWNED THIS BLEACH COMPANY FROM 1957 TO 1968
Q - CLOROX
A - IN 1880 HE RENTED THE THIRD STORY OF A BUILDING IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. TO MAKE
HIS DRY PLATES
Q - GEORGE EASTMAN
A - THIS COMPANY KNOWN FOR ITS YELLOW RENTAL TRUCKS BEGAN IN 1933 WITH A 1931
BLACK MODEL A FORD TRUCK
Q - RYDER
A - THIS COUNTRY'S MESSERSCHMITT ME 163 WAS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL ROCKET PLANE
Q - GERMANY
A - H&R BLOCK & HALLMARK WERE BOTH FOUNDED IN THIS CITY
Q - KANSAS CITY
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Categories beginning with C (ANQC)
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Category: CANADA
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A - OF ALL THIS PROVINCE'S NEWSPAPERS, THE TORONTO STAR RANKS FIRST IN
CIRCULATION
Q - ONTARIO
A - COWBOYS GALLOP TO THIS CITY IN MARCH FOR THE RODEO ROYALE & IN JULY FOR THE
STAMPEDE
Q - CALGARY
A - THIS EDINBURGH NATIVE PRODUCED A HYDROFOIL & MANY OTHER INVENTIONS AT HIS
NOVA SCOTIA LABORATORY
Q - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
A - YOU CAN CHOW DOWN ON CHOWDER AT THE TYNE VALLEY OYSTER FESTIVAL IN THIS
SMALL ISLAND PROVINCE
Q - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
A - NAMED FOR A HOME OF THE GODS IN NORSE MYTH, GIMLI, MANITOBA WAS FOUNDED BY
PEOPLE FROM THIS VOLCANIC COUNTRY
Q - ICELAND
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Category: CANADA
----------------
A - IT'S THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STE.-ANNE IN NOVA
SCOTIA
Q - FRENCH
A - THE GROUSE MOUNTAIN SKYRIDE TAKES VISITORS 3,700 FEET ABOVE THIS BRITISH
COLUMBIA CITY
Q - VANCOUVER
A - OLD WIVES LAKE LIES SOUTHWEST OF REGINA IN THIS PROVINCE, & THAT'S NOT AN
OLD WIVES TALE
Q - SASKATCHEWAN
A - A MICMAC INDIAN LEGEND SAYS THIS SMALL ISLAND PROVINCE WAS THE FAVORITE
ISLAND OF A GOD NAMED GLOOSCAP
Q - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
A - THE ROYAL TYRELL MUSEUM, THE WORLD'S LEADING DINOSAUR MUSEUM, IS IN THIS
WESTERNMOST PRAIRIE PROVINCE
Q - ALBERTA
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Category: CAPITALS
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A - ON OCTOBER 3, 1990, THE TWO HALVES OF THIS CAPITAL CITY WERE OFFICIALLY
REUNITED
Q - BERLIN
A - ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY A PEASANT NAMED
BUCUR
Q - BUCHAREST
A - FOR A TIME THIS CAPITAL, THEN KNOWN AS EDO, WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE
WORLD
Q - TOKYO
A - IN 1927 AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL CAPITAL WAS TRANSFERRED FROM MELBOURNE TO THIS
CITY
Q - CANBERRA
A - THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR AVIANCA AIRLINES
Q - BOGOTA
-----------------------------
Category: CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
-----------------------------
A - WHILE CROSSING THE PACIFIC, THIS PORTUGUESE SEA CAPTAIN'S FIRST LANDFALL
WAS GUAM ON MARCH 6, 1521
Q - FERDINAND MAGELLAN
A - ON APRIL 28, 1789, HE & 18 CREWMEN WERE SET ADRIFT NEAR TONGA; 48 DAYS
LATER HE REACHED TIMOR
Q - WILLIAM BLIGH
A - BEFORE BECOMING A NAVAL HERO IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, HE WAS BRIEFLY AN
ACTOR IN THE WEST INDIES
Q - JOHN PAUL JONES
A - IN 1612 HE PUBLISHED HIS "MAP OF VIRGINIA, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE
COUNTRY..."
Q - JOHN SMITH
A - IN 1804 HE RECEIVED A CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION FOR BURNING THE PHILADELPHIA IN
TRIPOLI'S HARBOR
Q - STEPHEN DECATUR
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Category: CARS
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A - IN 1993 THIS CHEVY SPORTS CAR CELEBRATED ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY
Q - CORVETTE
A - THE EXPRESSION "A REAL DOOZY" BECAME POPULAR AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS
CAR IN THE 1920S
Q - DUESENBERG
A - IN 1989 NISSAN UNVEILED ITS INFINITI & TOYOTA LAUNCHED THIS LUXURY LINE
Q - LEXUS
A - SOME OF THIS SWEDISH COMPANY'S 1995 MODELS, INCLUDING THE 850 TURBO,
FEATURED SIDE-IMPACT AIR BAGS
Q - VOLVO
A - MAZDA'S MX-5 2 SEATER CONVERTIBLE IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME
Q - MIATA
-----------------------------
Category: CELEBRITY RELATIVES
-----------------------------
A - SHE'S WARREN BEATTY'S FAMOUS SIBLING
Q - SHIRLEY MACLAINE
A - ONE OF JANE FONDA'S ANCESTORS WAS THIS JANE, HENRY VIII'S THIRD WIFE
Q - JANE SEYMOUR
A - IN 1983 NICOLAS CAGE PLAYED SMOKEY IN "RUMBLE FISH," DIRECTED BY THIS MAN,
HIS FAMOUS UNCLE
Q - FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
A - "EMMA" STAR WHOSE MOTHER IS ACTRESS BLYTHE DANNER
Q - GWYNETH PALTROW
A - DIANE LADD GAINED NOTICE WHILE APPEARING IN A PRODUCTION OF THIS COUSIN'S
PLAY "ORPHEUS RISING"
Q - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
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Category: CHEESE
----------------
A - EDAM CHEESE IS COATED WITH THIS MATERIAL IN YELLOW OR RED
Q - WAX
A - THIS BEST-KNOWN GREEK CHEESE IS CURED IN WHEY OR BRINE
Q - FETA
A - THIS SWISS CHEESE IS NAMED FOR THE EMME VALLEY IN THE CANTON OF BERN
Q - EMMENTAL
A - MI-CHEVRE CHEESE ARE MADE OF COW'S MILK & AT LEAST 25% OF THIS ANIMAL'S
MILK
Q - GOAT
A - A GLASS OF PORT IS A TRADITIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THIS BRITISH BLUE
CHEESE
Q - STILTON
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Category: CHEMISTRY
-------------------
A - ON THE PERIODIC TABLE, THIS ELEMENT IS IN THE BOX AT GROUP IA, PERIOD I
Q - HYDROGEN
A - IN NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, A SINGLE NEUTRON MAY SET OFF ONE OF THESE
Q - CHAIN REACTION
A - THE LAW FOR AN IDEAL ONE OF THESE COMBINES BOYLE'S LAW, CHARLES'S LAW, &
AVOGADRO'S LAW
Q - GASSES
A - THE NAMES OF COMPOUNDS THAT HAVE ONLY 2 ELEMENTS ALWAYS END WITH THESE 3
LETTERS
Q - IDE
A - THE LIGHTEST ALKALI METAL, ITS SYMBOL IS FOUND IN THE WORD "LIGHTEST"
Q - LITHIUM
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Category: CHRISTMAS CAROLS
--------------------------
A - JOSEPH MOHR, A PRIEST OF OBERNDORF, AUSTRIA, WROTE THE GERMAN WORDS OF THIS
"QUIET" CAROL
Q - SILENT NIGHT
A - HARK! THIS CAROL WAS ADAPTED FROM A CHORUS WRITTEN BY FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Q - HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
A - THIS COLLABORATOR OF W.S. GILBERT ARRANGED THE MUSIC OF "IT CAME UPON THE
MIDNIGHT CLEAR"
Q - ARTHUR SULLIVAN
A - "GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN, LET NOTHING YOU" THIS
Q - DISMAY
A - "WHAT CHILD IS THIS?" IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THIS OTHER SONG
Q - GREENSLEEVES
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Category: "C" IN MUSIC
----------------------
A - IT'S DEFINED AS A TRADITIONAL SONG OF JOY; THE "CHRISTMAS" TYPE IS THE MOST
POPULAR
Q - CAROL
A - TO PLAY THE HI-HAT TYPE OF THIS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT, YOU CLASH THE METAL
PLATES TOGETHER WITH A PEDAL
Q - CYMBAL
A - THE "HABANERA" BIZET INCLUDED IN THIS OPERA IS AN ALTERATION OF A TUNE BY
THE SPANISH COMPOSER YRADIER
Q - CARMEN
A - AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, THIS KIND OF MUSIC MAY BE PLAYED IN A ROOM RATHER THAN
IN A THEATRE
Q - CHAMBER MUSIC
A - A VISIT TO MEXICO CITY INSPIRED THIS "APPALACHIAN SPRING" COMPOSER TO WRITE
"EL SALON MEXICO"
Q - AARON COPLAND
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Category: "C"ITIES
------------------
A - IN 1983 THIS LARGEST NORTH CAROLINA CITY ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK MAYOR,
HARVEY GANTT
Q - CHARLOTTE
A - IT'S MASSACHUSETTS'S "UNIVERSITY CITY"
Q - CAMBRIDGE
A - THIS CITY'S DAILY NEWSPAPER, A RECENT CONSOLIDATION, IS THE WYOMING
TRIBUNE-EAGLE
Q - CHEYENNE
A - PARKS IN THIS OHIO CITY INCLUDE BROOKSIDE, EDGEWATER & ROCKEFELLER
Q - CLEVELAND
A - THIS NEW JERSEY CITY, ONCE THE HOME OF WALT WHITMAN, WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED
COOPER'S FERRY
Q - CAMDEN
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Category: CITRUS FRUITS
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A - VARIETIES OF THIS MANDARIN FRUIT INCLUDE THE CLEMENTINE, PONKAN & DANCY
Q - TANGERINE
A - THE CHIEF RED VARIETY OF THIS LARGE FRUIT IS THE RUBY; THE CHIEF WHITE IS
THE MARSH
Q - GRAPEFRUIT
A - THE 2 MAIN TYPES OF THIS FRUIT ARE TAHITI & KEY
Q - LIME
A - THE JUICE OF THIS FRUIT IS SOMETIMES USED TO FIX DYE ON COTTON FABRICS
Q - LEMON
A - THE NAME OF THIS ORANGE-COLORED FRUIT COMES FROM THE CANTONESE WORD FOR
"GOLDEN ORANGE"
Q - KUMQUAT
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Category: THE CIVIL WAR
-----------------------
A - BATTLES IN THIS STATE INCLUDED THOSE AT FORT HENRY, FRANKLIN, &
MURFREESBORO
Q - TENNESSEE
A - ON MARCH 8, 1862 THIS CONFEDERATE SHIP DESTROYED 2 UNION SHIPS AT HAMPTON
ROADS
Q - VIRGINIA
A - BRAXTON BRAGG, ONE OF THE CONFEDERACY'S 8 FULL GENERALS, HAS A FORT NAMED
FOR HIM IN THIS STATE
Q - NORTH CAROLINA
A - IN THIS 1863 PENNSYLVANIA BATTLE, UNION TROOPS FORMED A DEFENSIVE POSITION
ALONG CEMETERY RIDGE
Q - GETTYSBURG
A - SOME OF THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING OF THE 1862 BATTLE NEAR THIS MARYLAND CREEK
TOOK PLACE AT DUNKER CHURCH
Q - ANTIETAM
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Category: THE CIVIL WAR
-----------------------
A - IN NOVEMBER 1863 EDWARD EVERETT GAVE THE LONG ORATION AT THE DEDICATION OF
THE NATIONAL CEMETERY HERE
Q - GETTYSBURG
A - KENNESAW MOUNTAIN & PEACHTREE CREEK WERE BATTLES IN SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN TO
TAKE THIS CITY
Q - ATLANTA
A - HE WAS OVER 60 YEARS OLD WHEN HE TOOK MOBILE BAY FROM THE CONFEDERATES IN
1864
Q - DAVID FARRAGUT
A - THIS MAN WHO BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1881 WAS CHIEF OF STAFF TO GENERAL
ROSECRANS DURING THE WAR
Q - JAMES GARFIELD
A - THE BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING IS ALSO CALLED THE BATTLE OF THIS, AFTER A
CHURCH ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Q - SHILOH
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Category: CIVIL WARS
--------------------
A - A CIVIL WAR BEGAN IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1871 WHEN DIAZ REBELLED AGAINST
JUAREZ
Q - MEXICO
A - SPAIN'S CIVIL WAR BEGAN WITH A MILITARY UPRISING IN SPANISH MOROCCO LED BY
THIS GENERAL
Q - FRANCISCO FRANCO
A - GAUCHO TROOPS SUPPORTED THE FEDERALISTS AGAINST THE UNITARIANS IN THIS
COUNTRY'S 19TH C. STRIKE
Q - ARGENTINA
A - SYRIA'S JUNE 1976 INTERVENTION IN THIS MIDEAST COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR WAS
ENDORSED IN OCTOBER BY THE ARAB LEAGUE
Q - LEBANON
A - IN A DEVASTATING 1960S CIVIL WAR, THIS COUNTRY RECAPTURED THE BREAKAWAY
STATE OF BIAFRA
Q - NIGERIA
-----------------------------
Category: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
-----------------------------
A - AFTER HEARING THE VARIATIONS ON "DON GIOVANNI," ROBERT SCHUMANN CALLED THIS
POLISH COMPOSER "A GENIUS"
Q - FREDERIC CHOPIN
A - IN 1874 HE MOVED INTO HIS BAYREUTH HOME, WAHNFRIED, WHICH MEANS "PEACE FROM
ILLUSION"
Q - RICHARD WAGNER
A - HE WROTE HIS WEDDING MARCH FROM MUSIC TO "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," 5
YEARS AFTER HIS OWN WEDDING
Q - FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A - THIS FRENCHMAN DEDICATED HIS 1908 "CHILDREN'S CORNER" SUITE TO HIS
DAUGHTER, CLAUDE-EMMA
Q - CLAUDE DEBUSSY
A - THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC, THE KAREVALA, INSPIRED MANY OF HIS WORKS,
INCLUDING "THE SWAN OF TUONELA"
Q - JEAN SIBELIUS
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Category: CLASSICAL MUSIC
-------------------------
A - ON APRIL 6, 1769, 8 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE ATTENDED A PERFORMANCE OF HIS
"MESSIAH" IN LONDON
Q - GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
A - AT AGE 26 THIS "WEDDING MARCH" COMPOSER WAS NAMED CONDUCTOR OF THE
GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA IN LEIPZIG
Q - FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A - IN 1826 THIS LIEDER COMPOSER TRIED BUT FAILED TO GET A POSITION AT THE
COURT OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
Q - FRANZ SCHUBERT
A - HIS "LES TROYENS" WAS COMPLETED 10 YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH, BUT NEVER
PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY DURING HIS LIFETIME
Q - HECTOR BERLIOZ
A - IN 1770 THE POPE MADE THIS "MAGIC FLUTE" COMPOSER A KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN
SPUR
Q - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Category: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
-----------------------------
A - ACHILLES DIED AFTER ONE OF THESE WEAPONS WOUNDED HIM IN THE HEEL
Q - ARROW
A - DEMETER SOMETIMES RIDES AROUND IN ONE OF THESE VEHICLES PULLED BY DRAGONS
Q - CHARIOT
A - THESE 3 GODDESSES WHO CONTROL HUMAN DESTINIES ARE ALSO CALLED THE MOIRAI
Q - FATES
A - URANIA IS USUALLY DESCRIBED AS THE MUSE OF THIS SCIENCE
Q - ASTRONOMY
A - SOME SAY THIS UNDERWORLD CANINE HAS SERPENTS ENTWINED AROUND HIS MULTIPLE
NECKS
Q - CERBERUS
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Category: CLOTHING
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A - IT'S THE ELONGATED BACK PORTION OF A GOWN THAT TRAILS BEHIND ITS WEARER
Q - TRAIN
A - THE SPENCER WAS A SHORT, TAILLESS ONE OF THESE WORN BY MEN & WOMEN IN THE
19TH CENTURY
Q - JACKET
A - THE NAME OF THIS SMALL, ROUND, BRIMLESS HAT SUGGESTS YOU CAN KEEP YOUR
MEDICINE IN IT
Q - PILLBOX
A - BISHOP, BELL & BUTTERFLY ARE 3 STYLES OF THESE BLOUSE FEATURES
Q - SLEEVES
A - A MATADOR'S COSTUME IS CALLED A TRAJE DE LUCES, SPANISH FOR A "SUIT OF"
THESE
Q - LIGHTS
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Category: COFFEE
----------------
A - CAFE AU LAIT IS MADE OF EQUAL QUANTITIES OF COFFEE & THIS BEVERAGE
Q - MILK
A - IN ITS PURE FORM THIS STIMULANT APPEARS AS GLISTENING WHITE CRYSTALS
Q - CAFFEINE
A - COFFEE BERRIES, EACH CONTAINING 2 BEANS, ARE THIS COLOR WHEN FULLY RIPE
Q - RED
A - A SYNONYM FOR COFFEE, IT'S A VARIETY GROWN IN INDONESIA
Q - JAVA
A - THIS PROCTER & GAMBLE PRODUCT IS THE LEADING BRAND OF COFFEE SOLD IN THE
U.S.
Q - FOLGER'S
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Category: COINS
---------------
A - PHYSICALLY, IT'S THE SMALLEST U.S. COIN NOW IN CIRCULATION
Q - DIME
A - THE 25-PENCE COIN OF THE ISLE OF MAN ISSUED IN 1975 FEATURED THIS ANIMAL ON
ONE SIDE
Q - MANX CAT
A - IN 1988 THIS COUNTRY ISSUED A 50,000-WON GOLD COIN TO COMMEMORATE THE
SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD THERE
Q - SOUTH KOREA
A - TAJIKISTAN USES THIS UNIT OF CURRENCY, AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS PART OF THE
SOVIET UNION
Q - RUBLE
A - SOME COINS OF THIS COUNTRY FEATURE THE PORTRAIT OF REVOLUTIONARY LEADER
AUGUSTO SANDINO
Q - NICARAGUA
---------------------------------
Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
---------------------------------
A - THIS UNIVERSITY HAS 13 SCHOOLS & COLLEGES; 11 IN ITHACA, N.Y. & 2 IN NEW
YORK CITY
Q - CORNELL
A - VICE PRESIDENTS AARON BURR & GEORGE DALLAS WERE GRADUATES OF THIS N.J.
UNIVERSITY
Q - PRINCETON
A - THE PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THIS U.S. POSSESSION IS LOCATED IN
PONCE
Q - PUERTO RICO
A - PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE & ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE ARE LOCATED IN THIS
CITY
Q - LITTLE ROCK
A - THIS PREDOMINATELY BLACK D.C. UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED FOR THE HEAD OF THE
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
Q - HOWARD UNIVERSITY
---------------------------------
Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
---------------------------------
A - THIS UNIVERSITY ALSO HAS CAMPUSES IN HILO & WEST OAHU
Q - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
A - THIS SOUTH AFRICAN CITY IS HOME TO RAND AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY
Q - JOHANNESBURG
A - THIS EX-U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVED AN INTERNATIONAL LAW DOCTORATE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS IN 1949
Q - BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
A - FOUNDED IN 1880, THIS L.A. SCHOOL IS THE OLDEST MAJOR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
Q - USC
A - HOME TO THE ORANGEMEN ATHLETIC TEAMS, ITS CARRIER DOME IS THE LARGEST DOMED
COLLEGE STADIUM
Q - SYRACUSE
---------------------------------
Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
---------------------------------
A - PAST PRESIDENTS OF THIS UNIVERSITY INCLUDE INCREASE MATHER, CHARLES W.
ELIOT & DEREK BOK
Q - HARVARD
A - THE MAIN CAMPUS OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY IS IN WEST LAFAYETTE IN THIS STATE
Q - INDIANA
A - IN 1897 THIS UNIVERSITY MOVED TO ITS CURRENT 36-ACRE CAMPUS IN UPPER
MANHATTAN
Q - COLUMBIA
A - THE HOOVER INSTITUTION ON WAR, REVOLUTION & PEACE IS PART OF THIS PRIVATE
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
Q - STANFORD
A - A COLLEGE WAS NAMED FOR THIS WOMAN, THE FIRST PERSON TO ESTABLISH A
SCHOLARSHIP AT HARVARD
Q - ANN RADCLIFFE
---------------------------------
Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
---------------------------------
A - STANFORD UNIV. MAINTAINS THE HOPKINS MARINE STATION IN PACIFIC GROVE IN
THIS STATE
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - PEMBROKE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN MERGED WITH THIS PROVIDENCE, R.I. UNIVERSITY IN
1971
Q - BROWN
A - IN 1993 A COURT UPHELD BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S CLAIM TO 83,000 OF THIS CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER'S PAPERS
Q - MARTIN LUTHER KING
A - HHS SECRETARY DONNA SHALALA WAS FORMERLY CHANCELLOR OF THIS MIDWEST
UNIVERSITY BASED IN MADISON
Q - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
A - DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OCCUPIES ABOUT 40 ACRES OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THIS
PENNSYLVANIA CITY
Q - PITTSBURGH
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Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
---------------------------------
A - THIS UNIVERSITY IN EAST LANSING WAS THE FIRST STATE SCHOOL TO OFFER
AGRICULTURAL COURSES FOR CREDIT
Q - MICHIGAN STATE
A - THE UNIVERSITY OF THIS U.S. TERRITORY HAS CAMPUSES ON ST. THOMAS & ST.
CROIX
Q - VIRGIN ISLANDS
A - FOUNDED IN 1769, IT'S NEW HAMPSHIRE'S OLDEST COLLEGE
Q - DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
A - THIS CHARLESTON SCHOOL IS KNOWN AS THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Q - CITADEL
A - THIS IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED IN WARREN, R.I. IN 1764, BUT MOVED TO
PROVIDENCE IN 1770
Q - BROWN UNIVERSITY
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Category: COLONIAL AMERICA
--------------------------
A - IN 1731 HE FOUNDED THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Q - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A - DURING THE COLONIAL ERA, THE MAIN CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA WERE RICE & THIS
PLANT USED TO MAKE DYES
Q - INDIGO
A - GEORGE WASHINGTON BUILD FORT NECESSITY IN THIS STATE BUT HAD TO SURRENDER
IT TO THE FRENCH JULY 3, 1754
Q - PENNSYLVANIA
A - AROUND 1622 PRISCILLA MULLINS MARRIED THIS BARRELMAKER
Q - JOHN ALDEN
A - WHEN THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY FIRST MET IN JAMESTOWN JULY 30, 1619, IT
CONSISTED OF 22 CITIZENS
Q - HOUSE OF BURGESSES
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Category: COLORADO
------------------
A - ON THE LAST DAY OF HIS 1993 VISIT, HE SPOKE TO OVER 350,000 AT A MASS SOUTH
OF DENVER
Q - JOHN PAUL II
A - THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPECIES OF THIS CREATURE IS THE STATE ANIMAL
Q - BIGHORN SHEEP
A - A NARROW-GAUGE ONE OF THESE RUNS FROM DURANGO TO SILVERTON
Q - RAILROAD
A - THIS CITY, HOME TO A FILM FESTIVAL & PRO SKI EVENT, IS NAMED AFTER A TYPE
OF ORE
Q - TELLURIDE
A - THIS DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CARRIED COLORADO THREE TIMES: IN
1896, 1900 & 1908
Q - WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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Category: COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY
----------------------------
A - THE CITY OF SANTA ANA IS THE SEAT OF THIS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTY
Q - ORANGE COUNTY
A - NO RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS SEA BETWEEN AFRICA & THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Q - RED SEA
A - A 1951 AGREEMENT WITH DENMARK GAVE THE U.S. RIGHTS TO MILITARY BASES ON
THIS ISLAND
Q - GREENLAND
A - AT 5,729 FEET, MT. ROGERS IN THIS RANGE IS VIRGINIA'S HIGHEST POINT
Q - BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
A - THIS SOUTHERNMOST TEXAS CITY GREW OUT OF A FORT WHOSE ESTABLISHMENT LED TO
THE MEXICAN WAR
Q - BROWNSVILLE
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Category: COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES
----------------------------------
A - IF YOU'RE OUT OF DEBT, YOU'RE "IN" THIS COLOR
Q - BLACK
A - A PATH TO FAME OR WEALTH, OR DOROTHY'S PATH TO THE EMERALD CITY
Q - YELLOW BRICK ROAD
A - IT'S A DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION, OR A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF AN
ARCHITECT'S PLANS
Q - BLUEPRINT
A - OPTIMISTS CLAIM YOU'LL FIND ONE OF THESE IN "EVERY CLOUD"
Q - SILVER LINING
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR A PERSON CHARGED WITH THE CARE & MAINTENANCE OF A GOLF
COURSE
Q - GREENSKEEPER
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Category: COLORS
----------------
A - FRUITY SHADES OF THIS COLOR INCLUDE PLUM & PRUNE
Q - PURPLE
A - IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ENVY & INEXPERIENCE
Q - GREEN
A - SINGER JOHNNY CASH IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS "THE MAN IN" THIS COLOR
Q - BLACK
A - THIS DARK REDDISH BROWN DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE FRENCH WORD FOR CHESTNUT
Q - MAROON
A - JONQUIL IS A SHADE OF THIS COLOR
Q - YELLOW
----------------
Category: COLORS
----------------
A - IT'S THE COLOR PEOPLE ARE "TICKLED"
Q - PINK
A - NEWTON INCLUDED A SEVENTH COLOR IN THE SPECTRUM, THIS ONE BETWEEN BLUE &
VIOLET
Q - INDIGO
A - LIGNITE IS THIS COLOR COAL
Q - BROWN
A - IN "AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM," POPE WROTE, "ALL LOOKS" THIS COLOR "TO THE
JAUNDICED EYE"
Q - YELLOW
A - IF YOUR RETINA IS COMPLETELY STIMULATED, YOU PERCEIVE THIS COLOR
Q - WHITE
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Category: COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS & COINS
--------------------------------------
A - THIS COUNTRY'S NEW GOLD $2 MAPLE LEAF IS .999 FINE
Q - CANADA
A - THE U.S. ISSUED SETS OF COINS HONORING THESE IN 1984, 1988 & 1992
Q - OLYMPICS
A - IN 1994 BARBUDA HONORED THIS 17TH CENTURY DUTCH ARTIST WITH A SERIES OF
STAMPS FEATURING HIS PAINTINGS
Q - REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A - A 1991 U.S. COIN HONORED ITS "50 YEARS SERVICE TO SERVICE PEOPLE"
Q - USO
A - IN 1982 THE U.S. MINT ISSUED ITS FIRST 90% SILVER COIN SINCE 1964 FOR THE
250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
----------------------
Category: COMMON BONDS
----------------------
A - ROYAL, GRAPE, PETROLEUM
Q - JELLIES
A - BAND, TORTOISE, COCKLE
Q - SHELLS
A - BANK, BUSMAN'S, BILLIE
Q - HOLIDAYS
A - SAW, CLOTHES, HOBBY
Q - HORSES
A - CHECK, COOK, MATCH
Q - BOOKS
----------------------
Category: COMMON BONDS
----------------------
A - FLY, SAND, LITMUS
Q - PAPER
A - FOX, EASTER EGG, SCAVENGER
Q - HUNTS
A - SPIRIT, CHEWING, BUBBLE
Q - GUMS
A - GATE, TRADING, EMILY
Q - POSTS
A - DARK, DRESSING, DELIVERY
Q - ROOMS
-------------------
Category: COMPOSERS
-------------------
A - IN MANY OF HIS WORKS, CHARLES IVES QUOTED THE "FATE MOTIVE" FROM THIS
GERMAN'S FAMOUS 5TH SYMPHONY
Q - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
A - IN HER NOVEL "LUCREZIA FLORIANI," GEORGE SAND PORTRAYED THIS COMPOSER, HER
LOVER, AS A WEAKLING
Q - FREDERIC CHOPIN
A - FERDE GROFE'S SUITE ABOUT THIS WATERFALL WAS PREMIERED BY THE BUFFALO
PHILHARMONIC IN 1961
Q - NIAGARA FALLS
A - MARC WILKINSON'S CANTATA "VOICES" IS BASED ON THE PLAY "WAITING FOR GODOT"
BY THIS AUTHOR
Q - SAMUEL BECKETT
A - THIS "BILLY THE KID" COMPOSER'S FIRST PUBLISHED PIECE OF MUSIC WAS "THE CAT
AND THE MOUSE"
Q - AARON COPLAND
-------------------
Category: COMPOSERS
-------------------
A - OFFENBACH'S ORIGINAL FIRST NAME WAS JAKOB; HE CHANGED IT TO THIS, WHICH
SOUNDS MORE FRENCH
Q - JACQUES
A - IN 1908 HE WROTE "SUGAR CANE: A RAGTIME CLASSIC TWOSTEP"
Q - SCOTT JOPLIN
A - THIS COMPOSER'S BROTHER FRED PLAYED THE LEARNED JUDGE IN THE ORIGINAL CAST
OF HIS OPERETTA "TRIAL BY JURY"
Q - ARTHUR SULLIVAN
A - THIS LIEDER COMPOSER WROTE INCIDENTAL MUSIC FOR THE 1823 PLAY "ROSAMUNDE,
PRINCESS OF CYPRUS"
Q - FRANZ SCHUBERT
A - THIS "MESSIAH" COMPOSER SAID CHRISTOPH GLUCK "KNOWS NO MORE COUNTERPOINT
THAN MY COOK"
Q - GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
-------------------
Category: COMPOSERS
-------------------
A - CIVIL WAR GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD COMPOSED THIS "LIGHTS OUT" BUGLE CALL
IN 1862
Q - TAPS
A - DOMENICO SCARLATTI WROTE OVER 550 PIECES FOR THIS PIANO PREDECESSOR
Q - HARPSICHORD
A - TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, GIUSEPPI VERDI BECOMES JOE GREEN & HE BECOMES JOHN
BROOK
Q - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
A - KANGAROOS, TORTOISES & AN ELEPHANT ARE AMONG THE CREATURES IN HIS "CARNIVAL
OF THE ANIMALS"
Q - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
A - HIS WORKS ARE CLASSIFIED BY D NUMBERS FOR OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH: D. 759 IS THE
"UNFINISHED SYMPHONY"
Q - FRANZ SCHUBERT
------------------------------
Category: COMPOSERS' RELATIVES
------------------------------
A - THIS AUSTRIAN'S OLDER SISTER, MARIA ANNA, WAS A CHILD PRODIGY, TOO; THEY
OFTEN PERFORMED TOGETHER
Q - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
A - 4 GENERATIONS OF THIS "TURANDOT" COMPOSER'S FAMILY HAD BEEN PROMINENT
MUSICIANS IN THE TOWN OF LUCCA
Q - GIACOMO PUCCINI
A - THE FATHER OF THIS "FIREBIRD" COMPOSER WAS A FAMOUS SINGER WITH THE
IMPERIAL OPERA IN ST. PETERSBURG
Q - IGOR STRAVINSKY
A - THIS "WILLIAM TELL" COMPOSER'S FATHER WAS THE TOWN TRUMPETER IN PESARO &
HIS MOTHER WAS AN OPERA SINGER
Q - GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
A - THIS GREAT GERMAN COMPOSER HAD 20 CHILDREN; 4 OF THEM BECAME PROMINENT
COMPOSERS
Q - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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Category: CONNECTICUT
---------------------
A - NATHAN HALE LIVED & STUDIED IN CONNECTICUT HALL, THIS UNIVERSITY'S OLDEST
BUILDING
Q - YALE
A - AN EAST HADDAM CHURCH BOASTS THE HEMISPHERE'S OLDEST CHURCH ONE OF THESE,
CAST IN SPAIN IN 815
Q - BELL
A - A SHRINE COMPLETE WITH GROTTO IN LITCHFIELD IS MODELED ON THE SHRINE OF OUR
LADY IN THIS FRENCH TOWN
Q - LOURDES
A - THIS TOWN IS HOME TO A MARINELIFE AQUARIUM AS WELL AS THE MORE FAMOUS
SEAPORT MUSEUM
Q - MYSTIC
A - A PLAQUE IN HARTFORD COMMEMORATES THIS HISTORIC TREE THAT STOOD UNTIL 1856
Q - CHARTER OAK
------------------------
Category: CONSTELLATIONS
------------------------
A - THIS SIGN OF THE ZODIAC MAY BE ABBREVIATED AQR.
Q - AQUARIUS
A - MONOCEROS IS ONE OF THESE MYTHICAL CREATURES
Q - UNICORN
A - SAGITTA TRANSLATES TO THIS WEAPON, SOMETHING SAGITTARIUS MAY USE
Q - ARROW
A - ARA AND THIS CONSTELLATION ARE THE ONLY 2 WITH 3-LETTER NAMES
Q - LEO
A - THIS CONSTELLATION & MECHANICAL DEVICE IS KNOWN IN LATIN AS HOROLOGIUM
Q - CLOCK
--------------------
Category: CONTAINERS
--------------------
A - SOME THINGS ARE AS ALIKE AS TWO PEAS IN ONE OF THESE CONTAINERS
Q - POD
A - THIS BASKET WITH A LID MAY CONTAIN FOOD OR DIRTY LAUNDRY
Q - HAMPER
A - IT'S A SHEATH THAT HOLDS A SWORD'S BLADE
Q - SCABBARD
A - OIL & VINEGAR ARE KEPT IN THESE SMALL BOTTLES FOR EASY SERVING
Q - CRUETS
A - "DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE; FIRE BURN AND" THIS CONTAINER "BUBBLE"
Q - CAULDRON
------------------------
Category: CONTEMPORARIES
------------------------
A - AT ABOUT THE TIME RICHELIEU BECAME A BISHOP, THIS CAPTAIN WAS SAVED BY
POCAHONTAS
Q - JOHN SMITH
A - IN 1295 DANTE SERVED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF FLORENCE & THIS EXPLORER
RETURNED TO VENICE
Q - MARCO POLO
A - IN THE 1780S CASANOVA WROTE HIS STEAMY MEMORIES & THIS MAN INVENTED A
GOVERNOR FOR THE STEAM ENGINE
Q - JAMES WATT
A - WHILE MARTIN LUTHER HID IN WARTBURG CASTLE IN 1521, THIS MAN TOOK
TENOCHTITLAN
Q - HERNAN CORTES
A - WHILE PYTHAGORAS TAUGHT PHILOSOPHY IN CROTONA, THIS RELIGION-FOUNDER WAS
UNDER A BO TREE IN INDIA
Q - BUDDHA
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Category: COOKING
-----------------
A - MUSHROOMS & PIMIENTOS GO INTO THE RICH CREAM SAUCE FOR CHICKEN A LA THIS
Q - KING
A - TO MAKE HARD SAUCE, START BY BEATING SUGAR & THIS BREAD SPREAD TOGETHER
UNTIL SMOOTH & CREAMY
Q - BUTTER
A - SUCRE DE POMME, A SPECIALTY OF ROUEN, IS A CONFECTION MADE FROM SUGAR &
THIS FRUIT
Q - APPLES
A - THIS GRATED CHEESE IS THE TRADITIONAL TOPPING FOR VEAL ORLOFF
Q - PARMESAN
A - THIS POPOVER-LIKE BRITISH PUDDING IS MADE WITH FLOUR, EGGS & MILK AND BAKED
IN BEEF DRIPPINGS
Q - YORKSHIRE PUDDING
-----------------------
Category: COOKING TERMS
-----------------------
A - COOKING FOOD JUST BELOW THE BOILING POINT IS CALLED THIS
Q - SIMMERING
A - IT'S TO SHRED FOOD BY RUBBING IT OVER A ROUGH-SURFACED UTENSIL WITH HOLES
Q - GRATE
A - OFTEN DONE WITH YAMS, IT MEANS TO COOK IN A HEAVY SYRUP OR SUGAR UNTIL
GLAZED
Q - CARAMELIZED
A - FOR A SIMPLE SNACK, COAT SALTED PEANUTS WITH THIS POWDER THAT'S POPULAR IN
INDIA & THEN BAKE THEM
Q - CURRY POWDER
A - THIS PRESERVE THAT CONTAINS PIECES OF A RIND MAY BE MADE WITH RHUBARB &
FIGS INSTEAD OF ORANGES
Q - MARMALADE
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Category: COUNTIES
------------------
A - KALAUPAPA IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF KALAWAO, THIS STATE'S LEAST MOST POPULOUS
COUNTY
Q - HAWAII
A - INDIANA, KENTUCKY & WEST VIRGINIA HAVE COUNTIES THAT SHARE THE NAME OF THIS
BUCKEYE STATE
Q - OHIO
A - IN AREA, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IS THIS STATE'S LARGEST
Q - NEW YORK
A - THIS STATE'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES ARE YELLOWSTONE, CASCADE & MISSOULA
Q - MONTANA
A - PART OF THIS STATE'S LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IS NORTH OF THE 49TH
PARALLEL
Q - MINNESOTA
--------------------------------
Category: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
--------------------------------
A - ON FEBRUARY 11, 1979 THE FOLLOWERS OF THE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI OVERTHREW THIS
COUNTRY'S PAHLAVI DYNASTY
Q - IRAN
A - GIZA IS ONE OF THREE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY WITH POPULATION EXCEEDING 1
MILLION
Q - EGYPT
A - THIS ISLAND NATION NORTH OF INDONESIA WAS NAMED FOR PHILIP II OF SPAIN
Q - PHILIPPINES
A - A LION ON THIS COUNTRY'S COAT OF ARMS HOLDS ST. OLAF'S BATTLE-AXE
Q - NORWAY
A - THE WORLD'S LARGEST MOSQUE IS THE SHAH FAISAL MOSQUE NEAR ISLAMABAD IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - PAKISTAN
--------------------------------
Category: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
--------------------------------
A - IN 1972 CEYLON BECAME A REPUBLIC & CHANGED ITS NAME TO THIS
Q - SRI LANKA
A - HATSHEPSUT WAS ONE OF THE FEW FEMALE PHARAOHS OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - EGYPT
A - THIS "MOST SERENE REPUBLIC" IS ONLY 24 SQUARE MILES IN AREA
Q - SAN MARINO
A - TRAVELERS TO THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY ARE URGED TO VISIT THE OPEN AIR
MUSEUM IN NIEUW AMSTERDAM
Q - SURINAME
A - SINCE 1949 THE PESCADORES OFF THE COAST OF CHINA HAVE BEEN UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THIS ISLAND COUNTRY
Q - TAIWAN
--------------------------------
Category: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
--------------------------------
A - THE KRISHNA RIVER ORIGINATES NEAR MAHABALESHWAR & FLOWS THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - INDIA
A - THE ASIAN PART OF THIS COUNTRY IS CALLED ANATOLIA; THE EUROPEAN PORTION IS
KNOWN AS THRACE
Q - TURKEY
A - INDEPENDENT HAITI'S FIRST FLAG WAS MODELED ON THE TRICOLOR OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
A - THIS ASIAN CITY-STATE'S HAW PAR VILLA BOASTS STATUES DEPICTING CHINESE
FOLKLORE
Q - SINGAPORE
A - KANGAROO ISLAND IS THIS COUNTRY'S THIRD-LARGEST ISLAND
Q - AUSTRALIA
--------------------------------
Category: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
--------------------------------
A - THIS WORLD'S OLDEST BLACK REPUBLIC OCCUPIES THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE
CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA
Q - HAITI
A - THE PARLIAMENT OF THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION IS IN SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA-KOTTE,
A SUBURB OF COLOMBO
Q - SRI LANKA
A - SHORTLY AFTER THIS COUNTRY LOST THE FALKLANDS WAR IN 1982, PRESIDENT
GALTIERI RESIGNED
Q - ARGENTINA
A - EDUARD A. SHEVARDNADZE HEADED THIS COUNTRY AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET
UNION
Q - GEORGIA
A - THE SELOUS GAME RESERVE SW OF DAR ES SALAAM IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S
LARGEST ANIMAL RESERVE
Q - TANZANIA
-----------------------------
Category: CROSSWORD CLUES "I"
-----------------------------
A - CAKE TOPPER (5 LETTERS)
Q - ICING
A - ANNOY (3 LETTERS)
Q - IRK
A - ELLINGTON'S "MOOD" (6 LETTERS)
Q - INDIGO
A - HIGH-FLYING GREEK (6 LETTERS)
Q - ICARUS
A - SPINELESS (12 LETTERS)
Q - INVERTEBRATE
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Categories beginning with D (ANQD)
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Category: DANCE
---------------
A - CENTURIES AGO THE SARUGAKU WAS PERFORMED AT SHINTO & BUDDHIST CEREMONIES IN
THIS COUNTRY
Q - JAPAN
A - THE GIGA IS AN ITALIAN VERSION OF THIS LIVELY DANCE POPULAR IN ENGLAND &
IRELAND
Q - JIG
A - IT'S THE PERSON WHO GIVES SQUARE DANCERS SUCH DIRECTIONS AS "SWING YOUR
PARTNER" & "PROMENADE"
Q - CALLER
A - THE NAME OF THIS SPANISH OR SPANISH-AMERICAN DANCE MAY BE DERIVED FROM
FADO, A TYPE OF PORTUGUESE SONG
Q - FANDANGO
A - GEORGES SEURAT'S PAINTING "LE CHAHUT" DEPICTS THIS RISQUE FRENCH DANCE
Q - CANCAN
---------------
Category: DANCE
---------------
A - THE PLANTING OF THIS GRAIN INSPIRED A WORK DANCE THAT'S PERFORMED IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Q - RICE
A - IN ROMANTIC BALLETS SUCH AS "LES SYLPHIDES," THIS BALLET SKIRT IS
CALF-LENGTH
Q - TUTU
A - THE HAMBO IS A FOLK DANCE NAMED FOR A PARISH IN HALSINGLAND IN THIS
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY
Q - SWEDEN
A - THE 1842 BALLET "NAPOLI" FEATURES ONE OF THESE FRENZIED DANCES CONNECTED
WITH SPIDER BITES
Q - TARANTELLA
A - FOR A CONTRA DANCE, COUPLES FORM 2 OF THESE AND FACE EACH OTHER
Q - LINES
--------------------
Category: DECEMBER 3
--------------------
A - HE WAS PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA WHEN THE UNION CARBIDE PLANT LEAKED,
DECEMBER 3, 1984
Q - RAJIV GANDHI
A - HE GAVE HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 3, 1901
Q - THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A - OBERLIN COLLEGE, THE FIRST TRULY COED COLLEGE IN THE U.S., OPENED DECEMBER
3, 1833 IN THIS STATE
Q - OHIO
A - KNOWN AS THE PRAIRIE STATE, IT ENTERED THE UNION DECEMBER 3, 1918
Q - ILLINOIS
A - ON DEC. 3, 1967, HE TRANSFERRED THE HEART OF A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN INTO LOUIS
WARSHANSKY, A 55-YEAR-OLD GROCER
Q - CHRISTIAAN BARNARD
---------------------
Category: DECEMBER 25
---------------------
A - ON DECEMBER 25, 1973 U.S. ASTRONAUTS ON THIS SPACE STATION PHOTOGRAPHED
COMET KOHOUTEK
Q - SKYLAB
A - THIS U.S. CITY'S STOCKYARDS OPENED DECEMBER 25, 1865 ON A TRACT OF
RECLAIMED SWAMPLAND SW OF THE CITY
Q - CHICAGO
A - ON DECEMBER 25, 1941 THE BRITISH SURRENDERED THIS COLONY TO THE JAPANESE
Q - HONG KONG
A - IN 1989 BERNSTEIN CONDUCTED BEETHOVEN'S 9TH AT A CELEBRATION OF THIS
LANDMARK'S DESTRUCTION
Q - BERLIN WALL
A - THIS WORLD LEADER RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT DECEMBER 25, 1991
Q - MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
-------------------------
Category: DECORATIVE ARTS
-------------------------
A - CELLINI'S ONLY MAJOR SURVIVING WORK AS A GOLDSMITH IS A MAGNIFICENT
CONTAINER FOR THIS SEASONING
Q - SALT
A - MORAVIANS ADORN THEIR HOMES WITH 3-DIMENSIONAL DEPICTIONS OF THESE HEAVENLY
BODIES ON THE 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Q - STARS
A - IN THE 1800S THIS RELIGIOUS SECT BECAME FAMOUS FOR MAKING SIMPLE, AUSTERE
FURNITURE, ESPECIALLY CHAIRS
Q - SHAKERS
A - A GEM CARVING PROCESS THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF INTAGLIO, OR A KIND OF
GLASSWARE THAT RESEMBLES IT
Q - CAMEO
A - THIS ARCHITECT DESIGNED SOME OF THE FURNITURE FOR HIS FAMOUS "PRAIRIE
HOUSES"
Q - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
-----------------
Category: DE GUYS
-----------------
A - DURING WWII THIS GENERAL & FUTURE LEADER OF FRANCE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
BY A COURT-MARTIAL
Q - CHARLES DE GAULLE
A - IN 1994, DEFEATED FOR REELECTION, THIS SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT TOOK ON A
NEW POST IN THE CABINET
Q - FREDERIK DE KLERK
A - THIS EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS BALBOA'S
BROTHER-IN-LAW
Q - HERNANDO DE SOTO
A - IN THE 1960S THIS TEXAS SURGEON SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED ONE OF THE FIRST
BYPASS HEART PUMPS
Q - MICHAEL DEBAKEY
A - HE DIRECTED "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" TWICE, ONCE AS A SILENT, THE OTHER TIME,
WITH SOUND
Q - CECIL B. DEMILLE
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Category: DESERTS
-----------------
A - THESE HAVE BEEN ARTIFICIALLY CREATED IN THE SAHARA BY DRILLING OVER 1,000'
DOWN FOR WATER
Q - WELLS
A - FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR EGGS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS DESERT THE CHINESE ALSO
CALL SHAMO
Q - GOBI DESERT
A - IN 1974 THIS COUNTRY DETONATED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR DEVICE IN ITS THAR DESERT
Q - INDIA
A - THIS DESERT COVERS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ISRAEL
Q - NEGEV DESERT
A - IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE NAMIB DESERT IS MAINLY IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - NAMIBIA
----------------
Category: DESIGN
----------------
A - WALTER TEAGUE DESIGNED THE BASIC STATION FOR TEXACO & IN 1934, A BABY
BROWNIE FOR THIS COMPANY
Q - KODAK
A - IN THE 1850S THIS AMERICAN INVENTOR PATENTED HIS DESIGN FOR A SEALED GLASS
STORAGE JAR
Q - JOHN MASON
A - GIORGIO GIUGIARO HAS DESIGNED SEIKO WATCHES & THIS 1974 VW MODEL, KNOWN IN
EUROPE AS THE GOLF
Q - RABBIT
A - FROM ABOUT 1897 TO WWII, P.J. TOWLE SOLD HIS MAPLE SYRUP IN A TIN SHAPED
LIKE ONE OF THESE STRUCTURES
Q - LOG CABIN
A - EERO AARNIO IS KNOWN FOR A BALL TYPE OF THIS ITEM OF FURNITURE, EERO
SAARINEN FOR A WOMB TYPE
Q - CHAIR
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Category: DINOSAURS
-------------------
A - AT UP TO 35', THE MAMENCHISAURUS HAD THE LONGEST ONE OF ANY KNOWN ANIMAL;
THE GIRAFFE'S CAN BE ABOUT 6'
Q - NECK
A - WHILE THE PENTACERATOPS' NAME INDICATES IT HAD 5 OF THESE, IT HAD ONLY 3; 2
WERE PROMINENT CHEEKBONES
Q - HORNS
A - THE LARGEST ANIMAL TO DO THIS WAS THE QUETZALCOATLUS
Q - FLY
A - THE FIRST PERMANENT MOUNTED SAUROPOD SKELETON WAS OF THIS DINOSAUR ONCE
CALLED BRONTOSAURUS
Q - APATOSAURUS
A - IT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE IGUANODON DISCOVERED
Q - TEETH
-------------------
Category: DISASTERS
-------------------
A - PATRICK O'LEARY'S HOUSE WAS UNDAMAGED IN THE 1871 DISASTER THAT BEGAN IN
HIS BARN IN THIS CITY
Q - CHICAGO
A - IN 1978 THE AMOCO CADIZ DUMPED ABOUT 1.5 MILLION BARRELS OF THIS INTO THE
WATERS OFF BRITTANY
Q - CRUDE OIL
A - IT TOOK ABOUT 30 SECONDS FOR THIS HYDROGEN-FILLED AIRSHIP TO BURN IN NEW
JERSEY IN 1937
Q - HINDENBURG
A - THESE PROTESTANTS, VICTIMS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE, MAY BE
NAMED FOR BESANCON HUGUES
Q - HUGUENOTS
A - HALF OF GHIBERTI'S BRONZE PANELS WERE RIPPED OFF FLORENCE'S BAPTISTERY IN A
1966 FLOOD ON THIS RIVER
Q - ARNO
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Category: DOGS
--------------
A - IN MEXICO THIS DOG IS KNOWN AS THE CHIHUAHUENO
Q - CHIHUAHUA
A - A SCHNAUZER IS BORN WITH A LONG ONE, BUT A VETERINARIAN OFTEN DOCKS IT A
FEW DAYS AFTER BIRTH
Q - TAIL
A - THIS CHINESE DOG, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL-LOOKING, IS KNOWN FOR ITS
LOOSE, WRINKLED SKIN
Q - SHAR-PEI
A - THE SEALYHAM TERRIER IS NAMED FOR AN ESTATE IN PEMBROKESHIRE IN THIS
COUNTRY, PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Q - WALES
A - THE KEESHOND, WHICH OFTEN LIVE ON BARGES, IS CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL DOG OF
THIS LOW COUNTRY
Q - NETHERLANDS
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Category: DOGS
--------------
A - THIS MEXICAN DOG IS ONE OF THE 20 MOST POPULAR BREEDS IN THE U.S.
Q - CHIHUAHUA
A - THE AKC RECOGNIZES 10 BREEDS OF THIS DOG, INCLUDING BRITTANY, SUSSEX &
ENGLISH SPRINGER
Q - SPANIELS
A - SOME SAY THE NAME OF THIS LONG-HAIRED TOY DOG IS FROM THE TOWN OF MELITA IN
SICILY
Q - MALTESE
A - NORWAY'S UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL DOG, IT WAS DEVELOPED TO HUNT MOOSE
Q - ELKHOUND
A - IN 1936 THE AKC FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BORZOI AS THE NAME OF THIS DOG
Q - WOLFHOUND
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Category: DOGS
--------------
A - THESE SPORTING DOGS ARE CALLED "LABS" FOR SHORT
Q - LABRADOR RETRIEVERS
A - ROMAN SOLDIERS BROUGHT THE ANCESTORS OF THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG TO THIS
COUNTRY OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO
Q - SWITZERLAND
A - THE CAIRN BREED OF THIS DOG IS KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO SQUEEZE INTO
CAIRNS, WHICH ARE HEAPS OF STONES
Q - TERRIERS
A - THE FACE OF A POMERANIAN RESEMBLES THE FACE OF THIS VULPINE MAMMAL
Q - FOX
A - THE AFFENPINSCHER WAS A FOREBEAR OF THIS GRIFFON THAT'S NAMED FOR A
EUROPEAN CAPITAL
Q - BRUSSELS GRIFFON
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Category: DOGS
--------------
A - THE 3 MAIN VARIETIES OF POODLE ARE STANDARD, MINIATURE & THIS
Q - TOY
A - THIS DOG DEVELOPED IN SIBERIA IS SOMETIMES CALLED A SAMMY
Q - SAMOYED
A - THIS BREED OF TERRIER IS THE ONLY NONSPORTING BREED DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED
STATES
Q - BOSTON TERRIER
A - IN THE 1920S CALVIN COOLIDGE HELPED POPULARIZE THIS BLUE-TONGUED BREED
Q - CHOW CHOW
A - THIS SMALL DOG ORIGINATED IN THE ARCTIC BUT WAS NAMED FOR A PRUSSIAN
PROVINCE WHERE IT WAS POPULARIZED
Q - POMERANIAN
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Category: DOLLS
---------------
A - ANCIENT DOLLS CARVED FROM THIS TUSK MATERIAL HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CYRENAICA,
IN WHAT IS NOW LIBYA
Q - IVORY
A - KEVIN, THE CHARACTER HE PLAYED IN "HOME ALONE," INSPIRED A DOLL THAT NOT
ONLY TALKED, BUT SCREAMED
Q - MACAULAY CULKIN
A - A MUSICAL STAGE SHOW CALLED "THE MAGICAL WORLD OF" THIS MATTEL DOLL
PREMIERED AT EPCOT IN 1993
Q - BARBIE
A - THESE "KIDS" THAT WERE WILDLY POPULAR IN THE 1980S COME WITH THEIR OWN
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
Q - CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
A - THESE DOLLS BASED ON TEUTONIC LEGEND MADE A BIG COMEBACK IN THE 1990S
Q - TROLLS
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Category: DRAMA
---------------
A - AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THIS THORNTON WILDER PLAY, EMILY HAS
DIED IN CHILDBIRTH
Q - OUR TOWN
A - IN "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE," SHE'S STELLA KOWALSKI'S SISTER
Q - BLANCHE DUBOIS
A - IN 1946 HE DIRECTED HIS OWN PLAY, "BORN YESTERDAY" ON BROADWAY
Q - GARSON KANIN
A - ACT I OF HIS COMEDY "BAREFOOT IN THE PARK" OPENS AT "ABOUT 5:30 ON A COLD
FEBRUARY AFTERNOON"
Q - NEIL SIMON
A - "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID," IS BOGART'S LAST LINE IN THIS WOODY ALLEN
PLAY
Q - PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
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Category: DRAMA
---------------
A - IN 1919 KATHARINE CORNELL STARRED AS JO IN A PLAY BASED ON THIS FAMOUS
NOVEL
Q - LITTLE WOMEN
A - 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN NOVELIST COUNT WHOSE PLAY "THE POWER OF DARKNESS" WAS
BASED ON A REAL MURDER
Q - LEO TOLSTOY
A - SINCE THE 1600S THE ICHIKAWA FAMILY HAS BEEN FAMOUS FOR ACTING IN THIS FORM
OF DRAMA
Q - KABUKI
A - THIS TITLE CHARACTER OF A SOPHOCLES TRAGEDY IS OEDIPUS'S DAUGHTER & HIS
HALF SISTER
Q - ANTIGONE
A - THIS ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHT WON A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS 1978 PLAY "BURIED
CHILD"
Q - SAM SHEPARD
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Categories beginning with E (ANQE)
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Category: ECOLOGY
-----------------
A - TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALUMINUM & STEEL CANS, USE ONE OF THESE;
IT'LL STICK ONLY TO THE STEEL CAN
Q - MAGNET
A - PARENTS USING THESE FOR 30 MONTHS WILL FIND DISPOSABLE ONES COST THEM $1500
& CLOTH ONES $300
Q - DIAPERS
A - GLIDDEN MAKES A TYPE OF THIS SUBSTANCE THAT DOESN'T EMIT VOCS, VOLATILE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Q - PAINT
A - CULLET IS THE USED & BROKEN PIECES OF THIS, RECYCLED BY MELTING IT DOWN
WITH NEW MATERIAL
Q - GLASS
A - "THE GREEN CONSUMER" SAYS THE 2 MOST RECYCLED TYPES OF THIS PRODUCT ARE
LABELED "PETE" & "HDPE"
Q - PLASTIC
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Category: AN EMBARRASSMENT OF "RICH"ES
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A - "LAST OF THE BIG CITY BOSSES" IS A NICKNAME OF THIS LONGTIME CHICAGO MAYOR
Q - RICHARD DALEY
A - THIS AVIATOR & EXPLORER DESCRIBED HIS 5 MONTHS BY HIMSELF NEAR THE SOUTH
POLE IN HIS BOOK "ALONE"
Q - RICHARD BYRD
A - HE MARRIED 28-YEAR-OLD PAT RYAN IN 1940
Q - RICHARD NIXON
A - HIS 1972 DICOVERIES IN KENYA SUPPORTED THE VIEW THAT GENUS HOMO COEXISTED
WITH AUSTRALOPITHECUS
Q - RICHARD LEAKEY
A - THIS AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER WORKED FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR 1945-1965 & ON STAFF
FOR VOGUE 1966-1970
Q - RICHARD AVEDON
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Category: ENDS IN "GO"
----------------------
A - A SONG SAYS IT "TAKES TWO TO" PERFORM THIS DANCE
Q - TANGO
A - IT'S SPANISH FOR FRIEND
Q - AMIGO
A - IT'S THE SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY OF A PARTICULAR DISCIPLINE OR FIELD
Q - LINGO
A - A LEADING MAKER OF MOTOR HOMES, THIS COMPANY CELEBRATED ITS 35TH
ANNIVERSARY IN 1993
Q - WINNEBAGO
A - EXPLORER VESPUCCI'S FIRST NAME
Q - AMERIGO
---------------------
Category: ENDS IN "X"
---------------------
A - FOUND IN CHURCHES & MANY HOMES, IT'S AN IMAGE OF JESUS ON THE CROSS
Q - CRUCIFIX
A - IT'S THE 4-LETTER TERM FOR THE HIGHEST POINT OF A MOUNTAIN
Q - APEX
A - IT'S THE KEY INGREDIENT IN MAKING RUBBER
Q - LATEX
A - IT'S THE RIVER IN WHICH ACHILLES' MOTHER DIPPED HIM TO MAKE HIM
INVULNERABLE
Q - STYX
A - IT'S THE SMALL TAILBONE AT THE VERY END OF THE SPINE
Q - COCCYX
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Category: ENDS IN "Y"
---------------------
A - THIS WORD FOR YOUR LITTLE FINGER PROBABLY COMES TO US FROM THE DUTCH
Q - PINKY
A - A DIALECTICAL WORD FOR A RABBIT'S TAIL EVOLVED INTO THIS WORD FOR A YOUNG
RABBIT
Q - BUNNY
A - THIS SLANG WORD FOR SOMETHING REMARKABLE IS AN ALTERATION OF "DELIGHTFUL;"
IT DOESN'T REFER TO A PICKLE
Q - DILLY
A - CHOREOGRAPHER BERKELEY, OR A BEARSKIN HAT
Q - BUSBY
A - THIS WORD FOR A SAUCY OR BRAZEN WOMAN IS DERIVED FROM AN EARLY FORM OF THE
WORD "HOUSEWIFE"
Q - HUSSY
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Category: ENGLISH GRAMMAR
-------------------------
A - IT'S THE MISUSED WORD IN THE SENTENCE "SKIPPY INVITED HE AND HIS BROTHER TO
A PARTY"
Q - HE
A - THE PAST TENSE OF A REGULAR VERB IS FORMED BY ADDING THESE 2 LETTERS TO THE
BASE OF THE VERB
Q - ED
A - IT'S THE SHORTEST PERSONAL PRONOUN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q - I
A - IN NAMES OF VERB TENSES, THIS "FLAWLESS" WORD FOLLOWS PRESENT, PAST &
FUTURE
Q - PERFECT
A - THIS KIND OF NOUN IDENTIFIES A GROUP OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS--
AUDIENCE, CROWD & TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE
Q - COLLECTIVE NOUN
----------------------------
Category: ENGLISH LITERATURE
----------------------------
A - THIS AUTHOR CREATED THE HOUYHNHNMS, TALKING HORSES WHO CONSIDER GULLIVER
THEIR INFERIOR
Q - JONATHAN SWIFT
A - HE TOLD US "HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS" IN ONE OF HIS "JUST SO STORIES"
Q - RUDYARD KIPLING
A - THIS LORD'S POEM "THE PRISONER OF CHILLON" IS BASED ON THE 16TH CENT.
IMPRISONMENT OF FRANCOIS DE BONNIVARD
Q - LORD BYRON
A - THE EPIGRAPH TO HIS NOVEL "HOWARD'S END" EXPRESSES HIS PERSONAL MOTTO,
"ONLY CONNECT"
Q - E.M. FORSTER
A - IT'S BELIEVED THAT HE BEGAN WRITING HIS UNFINISHED DREAM-POEM "THE HOUSE OF
FAME" IN THE 1370S
Q - GEOFFREY CHAUCER
----------------------------
Category: ENGLISH LITERATURE
----------------------------
A - HIS FRIEND EDWARD BULWER LYTTON CONVINCED HIM TO CHANGE THE ORIGINAL ENDING
OF "GREAT EXPECTATIONS"
Q - CHARLES DICKENS
A - THE POET WHO WROTE, "YE FLOWERY BANKS O' BONIE DOON, HOW CAN YE BLUME SAE
FAIR?"
Q - ROBERT BURNS
A - JOHN BUNYAN SAID THIS BOOK "WILL DIRECT THEE TO THE HOLY LAND, IF THOU WILT
ITS DIRECTIONS UNDERSTAND"
Q - PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
A - HE WROTE HIS 1742 NOVEL "JOSEPH ANDREWS" "IN IMITATION OF THE MANNER OF
CERVANTES"
Q - HENRY FIELDING
A - HER NOVEL "NORTHANGER ABBEY" IS THE STORY OF A GOTHIC NOVEL FAN WHO HAS A
WILD IMAGINATION
Q - JANE AUSTEN
----------------------------
Category: ENGLISH LITERATURE
----------------------------
A - C.S. LEWIS'S INITIALS STOOD FOR CLIVE STAPLES; THIS AUTHOR'S STOOD FOR
CECIL SCOTT
Q - C.S. FORESTER
A - THE MARTIAN INVASION IN THIS 1898 WORK TAKES PLACE IN WOKING, ENGLAND, NOT
NEW JERSEY
Q - WAR OF THE WORLDS
A - HARRY BAILLY, HOST OF THE TABARD INN, INITIATED THE STORYTELLING
COMPETITION IN THIS WORK
Q - CANTERBURY TALES
A - HIS "WOMEN IN LOVE" CONTINUES THE STORY OF 2 SISTERS FIRST FEATURED IN "THE
RAINBOW"
Q - D.H. LAWRENCE
A - BETSEY TROTWOOD IS THE ECCENTRIC BUT KINDHEARTED GREAT-AUNT OF THIS CHARLES
DICKENS CHARACTER
Q - DAVID COPPERFIELD
-------------------------
Category: THE ENVIRONMENT
-------------------------
A - IN MAY 1994 FLORIDA GOVERNOR LAWTON CHILES SIGNED A BILL TO CLEAN UP THIS
FAMOUS MARSHLAND
Q - EVERGLADES
A - IN JUNE 1994 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THIS NATIONAL BIRD WOULD BE REMOVED FROM
THE ENDANGERED LIST
Q - BALD EAGLE
A - IN 1989 PUBLIC CONCERN BLOSSOMED ABOUT THE USE OF DAMINOZIDE, OR ALAR, ON
THIS FRUIT
Q - APPLES
A - THIS TERM FOR THE RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANISMS TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT COMES FROM
GREEK OIKOS, "HOUSE"
Q - ECOLOGY
A - IN 1993 THIS STATE ADOPTED STANDARDS REQUIRING 10% OF CARS TO HAVE ZERO
EMISSIONS BY 2003
Q - CALIFORNIA
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Category: EUROPE
----------------
A - ON JANUARY 1, 1979 THIS COUNTRY CREATED THE CANTON OF JURA
Q - SWITZERLAND
A - THIS ROCKY SITE IS KNOWN AS THE "KEY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN"
Q - GIBRALTAR
A - THE DANISH NATIONAL ONE IS THE DANNEBROG, BROG BEING OLD DANISH FOR CLOTH
Q - FLAG
A - TO THE FRENCH THIS COUNTRY IS ALLEMAGNE
Q - GERMANY
A - ALBERT II HAS BEEN KING OF THIS COUNTRY SINCE AUGUST 9, 1993
Q - BELGIUM
-------------------------
Category: EUROPEAN CITIES
-------------------------
A - RESIDENTS OF MONACO ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE GAMING ROOMS OF THIS
CITY'S FAMOUS CASINO
Q - MONTE CARLO
A - FUNK & WAGNALLS SAYS THAT PIZZA & SPAGHETTI WERE DEVELOPED IN THIS LARGE
ITALIAN CITY LOCATED NEAR POMPEII
Q - NAPLES
A - LANDMARKS IN THIS GERMAN CITY INCLUDE NYMPHENBURG PALACE & A STADIUM BUILT
FOR THE 1972 OLYMPICS
Q - MUNICH
A - AROUND 1500 THIS BELGIAN PORT BECAME THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WESTERN
EUROPE
Q - ANTWERP
A - JAMES JOYCE IS BURIED IN THIS LARGEST SWISS CITY
Q - ZURICH
----------------------------
Category: EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
----------------------------
A - THIS SEA STRETCHES ABOUT 2,200 MILES FROM ISKENDERUN, TURKEY TO THE STRAIT
OF GIBRALTAR
Q - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A - AT 9,721 FEET, ZUGSPITZE IN THE BAVARIAN ALPS IS THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST
POINT
Q - GERMANY
A - THE LARGEST INLET OF THIS DANISH PENINSULA IS LIM FJORD, WHICH EXTENDS
ABOUT 112 MILES INLAND
Q - JUTLAND
A - THE 25TH OF APRIL BRIDGE CROSSES THIS RIVER IN LISBON
Q - TAGUS RIVER
A - THIS ISLE IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE IRISH SEA
Q - ISLE OF MAN
--------------------------
Category: EUROPEAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - JEAN LE BON, KING OF THIS COUNTRY, WAS CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH AT THE
BATTLE OF POITIERS IN 1356
Q - FRANCE
A - DUNCAN I WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF DUNKELD TO RULE THIS COUNTRY
Q - SCOTLAND
A - THIS AUSTRIAN ROYAL HOUSE TRACES ITS ANCESTRY BACK TO A MAN KNOWN AS
GUNTRAM THE RICH
Q - HAPSBURGS
A - THE MUSEUMS OF FLORENCE PAID TRIBUTE TO THIS "MAGNIFICENT" MEDICI IN 1992,
THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH
Q - LORENZO DE MEDICI
A - DURING AN INTERREGNUM FROM 1250-1273, THIS EMPIRE HAD NO EMPEROR
Q - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
--------------------------
Category: EUROPEAN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - UNDER A 1947 TREATY, THIS COUNTRY ACQUIRED THE DODECANESE ISLANDS IN THE
AEGEAN SEA
Q - GREECE
A - FROM 1328 TO 1707, MANTUA IN THE LOMBARDY REGION OF THIS COUNTRY WAS RULED
BY THE GONZAGA FAMILY
Q - ITALY
A - IN 1690 IT BECAME THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Q - PRESBYTERIAN
A - IN MARCH 1919 COUNT MIHALY KAROLYI RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY &
COMMUNIST BELA KUN TOOK CONTROL
Q - HUNGARY
A - THE CITY OF TRONDHEIM WAS FOUNDED IN 997 & ONCE SERVED AS THIS COUNTRY'S
CAPITAL
Q - NORWAY
-----------------------------
Category: EUROPEAN HODGEPODGE
-----------------------------
A - THIS DUTCH CITY'S NUMEROUS WATERWAYS EARNED IT THE NICKNAME "THE VENICE OF
THE NORTH"
Q - AMSTERDAM
A - IN LIECHTENSTEIN THESE PEOPLE WEREN'T GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 1984
Q - WOMEN
A - IT'S A TRADITION TO GIVE CHILDREN FAVE DEI MORTI, OR "BEANS OF THE DEAD,"
ON ALL SOULS' DAY IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - ITALY
A - THE 2 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF INSTRUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI ARE
FINNISH & THIS
Q - SWEDISH
A - THIS CITY BUILT ON THE SITE OF A ROMAN FORT BECAME THE CAPITAL OF WALES IN
1955
Q - CARDIFF
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Category: EUROPEAN RIVERS
-------------------------
A - PARIS LANDMARKS ON THE LEFT BANK OF THIS RIVER INCLUDE THE LATIN QUARTER &
THE LUXEMBOURG GARDENS
Q - SEINE
A - IRELAND'S LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC PLANT LIES ON THIS RIVER, BETWEEN LOUGH
DERG & LIMERICK
Q - SHANNON RIVER
A - IT REACHES ITS NORTHERNMOST POINT AT REGENSBURG IN BAVARIA & THEN FLOWS
SOUTHEAST TO VIENNA
Q - DANUBE RIVER
A - EUROPE'S LONGEST RIVER, IT RISES IN THE VALDAI HILLS NORTH OF MOSCOW &
FLOWS 2,290 MILES TO THE CASPIAN SEA
Q - VOLGA RIVER
A - THIS RIVER FORMS LIECHTENSTEIN'S WESTERN BORDER WITH SWITZERLAND
Q - RHINE RIVER
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Category: EXPLORERS
-------------------
A - A CITY, VALLEY, RIVER & CANYON IN THIS STATE ARE ALL NAMED FOR EXPLORER
PETER SKEENE OGDEN
Q - UTAH
A - THIS ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON KEPT SIR FRANCIS DRAKE FROM SEEING THE GOLDEN
GATE
Q - FOG
A - IN THE 1250S WILLIAM OF RUBROUCK VISITED MANGU KHAN, LEADER OF THESE
PEOPLE, IN KARAKORUM
Q - MONGOLS
A - LOUIS HENNEPIN FALSELY CLAIMED DISCOVERY OF THIS U.S. RIVER'S MOUTH & WAS
EXILED FROM FRANCE
Q - MISSISSIPPI
A - THIS ITALIAN EXPLORER OF NEW YORK BAY WAS KILLED & PROBABLY EATEN BY CARIB
INDIANS IN 1528
Q - GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO
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Category: EXPLORERS
-------------------
A - IN MAY 1926 THIS NORWEGIAN & 2 COMPANIONS BECAME THE 1ST TO FLY FROM EUROPE
TO AMERICA VIA THE NORTH POLE
Q - ROALD AMUNDSEN
A - ON NOVEMBER 15, 1533 HE & HIS MEN CAPTURED CUZCO & SEIZED ITS GOLD
Q - FRANCISCO PIZARRO
A - LOUIS JOLLIET MAY HAVE MET THIS FUTURE EXPLORING COMPANION IN 1666 AT A
MISSION IN QUEBEC
Q - JACQUES MARQUETTE
A - WHEN HE REACHED THE RIVER NOW NAMED FOR HIM IN N. CANADA, HE CALLED IT THE
RIVER OF DISAPPOINTMENT
Q - ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
A - IN 1642 THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY ASKED HIM TO DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN
EXTENT OF AUSTRALIA
Q - ABEL TASMAN
-------------------
Category: EXPLORERS
-------------------
A - HE FIRST REACHED THE MAINLAND OF THE AMERICAS ON THE COAST OF VENEZUELA IN
1498
Q - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A - HE EXPLORED THE SOUTH AMERICAN COAST FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO THE STRAIT THAT
NOW BEARS HIS NAME
Q - FERDINAND MAGELLAN
A - THE MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MAN'S CONQUEST OF PERU WAS
WRITTEN IN 1535 BY HIS SECRETARY
Q - FRANCISCO PIZARRO
A - HIS FATHER MADE HIM GOVERNOR OF THE PORTUGUESE PROVINCE OF ALGARVE, WHERE
HE BUILT A SCHOOL FOR NAVIGATION
Q - HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
A - ON JANUARY 4, 1643 THIS DUTCHMAN REACHED THE NORTHERNMOST POINT OF NEW
ZEALAND
Q - ABEL TASMAN
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Category: FABRICS
-----------------
A - ITALIANS CALL THIS FABRIC LINO
Q - LINEN
A - NANKEEN IS A DURABLE, YELLOWISH FABRIC THAT WAS ORIGINALLY HANDLOOMED IN
THIS COUNTRY
Q - CHINA
A - SATEEN, WHICH HAS A SATINLIKE FINISH, IS USUALLY MADE FROM THIS NATURAL
FIBER
Q - COTTON
A - GROS POINT DE VENISE, WHICH FEATURES A BOLD PATTERN IN VERY HIGH RELIEF, IS
A TYPE OF THIS DELICATE FABRIC
Q - LACE
A - NAPOLEON SAID, "WHAT IS THE THRONE-- A BIT OF WOOD GILDED AND COVERED WITH"
THIS FABRIC
Q - VELVET
--------------------------
Category: FAMILIAR PHRASES
--------------------------
A - WHEN YOU GIVE AWAY A SECRET, YOU "SPILL" THESE
Q - BEANS
A - THE PHRASE "CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO" THIS MAY BE DERIVED FROM ANCIENT HEBREW
WRITINGS
Q - GODLINESS
A - ACCORDING TO A MODERN-DAY PROVERB, IT'S THE AGE AT WHICH "LIFE BEGINS"
Q - FORTY
A - A PERSON WHO LOOKS SCARED IS SAID TO BE "WHITE ABOUT" THESE FISH FEATURES
Q - GILLS
A - TO CLEAR ONE'S MIND IS TO "BLOW AWAY" THESE SPIDER STRUCTURES
Q - COBWEBS
--------------------------
Category: FAMOUS AMERICANS
--------------------------
A - IN 1927 HE SET A DISTANCE RECORD BY FLYING FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS WITHOUT
REFUELING
Q - CHARLES LINDBERGH
A - THE OLDEST EXTANT HOME DESIGNED BY THIS ARCHITECT WAS BUILT IN 1889 IN OAK
PARK, ILLINOIS
Q - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
A - WHEN BOB FORD SHOT & KILLED HIM IN 1882 THIS OUTLAW WAS USING THE ALIAS
THOMAS HOWARD
Q - JESSE JAMES
A - IN 1955 HE WAS GIVEN COMMAND OF THE NAVY'S EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA,
OPERATION DEEP FREEZE
Q - RICHARD BYRD
A - HE TAUGHT CHEMISTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT NOTRE DAME BEFORE BECOMING HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH IN 1918
Q - KNUTE ROCKNE
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Category: FAMOUS AVIATORS
-------------------------
A - IN 1902 THEY SET NEW RECORDS FOR GLIDER FLIGHTS WITH THEIR THIRD BIPLANE
Q - WRIGHT BROTHERS
A - HE WON THE RAYMOND ORTEIG PRIZE OF $25,000 FOR THE FIRST NONSTOP FLIGHT
BETWEEN NEW YORK & PARIS
Q - CHARLES LINDBERGH
A - HE LANDED THE EAGLE MANUALLY JULY 20, 1969
Q - NEIL ARMSTRONG
A - THIS SPRUCE GOOSE PILOT DIED DURING A FLIGHT FROM MEXICO TO TEXAS APRIL 5,
1976
Q - HOWARD HUGHES
A - HE TOOK THE X-1 PAST THE SOUND BARRIER OCTOBER 14, 1947
Q - CHUCK YEAGER
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Category: FAMOUS LAST WORDS
---------------------------
A - THIS FRENCH EMPEROR'S LAST WORDS WERE "TETE D'ARMEE," OR "CHIEF OF THE
ARMY"
Q - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A - THIS ABOLITIONIST'S LAST WORDS ON DECEMBER 2, 1859 WERE "I AM READY AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT KEEP ME WAITING."
Q - JOHN BROWN
A - THIS NOVEL ENDS WITH THE LINE, "IT IS A FAR, FAR BETTER THING THAT I GO TO
THAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN"
Q - TALE OF TWO CITIES
A - AMONG THIS NATURALIST'S LAST WORDS IN 1882 WERE "I AM NOT THE LEAST AFRAID
TO DIE"
Q - CHARLES DARWIN
A - ON JULY 3, 1826, THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED, THIS U.S. PRESIDENT ASKED, "IS IT
THE FOURTH?"
Q - THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Category: FAMOUS LAWYERS
------------------------
A - THE F IN THE NAME OF THIS CRIMINAL LAWYER WHO DEFENDED PATTY HEARST STANDS
FOR FRANCIS
Q - F. LEE BAILEY
A - LATER A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, HE HEADED THE NAACP'S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FOR
OVER 20 YEARS
Q - THURGOOD MARSHALL
A - BEFORE CREATING PERRY MASON, HE WAS A LAWYER WHO SPECIALIZED IN DEFENDING
INDIGENT CLIENTS
Q - ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
A - HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LAWYER BEFORE DEFENDING "BIG BILL" HAYWOOD &
LEOPOLD & LOEB
Q - CLARENCE DARROW
A - CANADIAN LAWYER CLARENCE CAMPBELL SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS SPORTS
LEAGUE 1946-1977
Q - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS NAMES
----------------------
A - THIS LEADER OF THE "UNTOUCHABLES" LATER CLEANED UP CLEVELAND, OHIO
Q - ELIOT NESS
A - THE SITE OF THIS "LAST STAND" SOLDIER'S HOME IS NOW THE MONROE COUNTY,
MICHIGAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Q - GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER
A - AFTER HE BECAME A MAGISTRATE OF CARTHAGE IN 196 B.C., HE WENT INTO EXILE TO
AVOID BEING TURNED OVER TO THE ROMANS
Q - HANNIBAL
A - THIS DEFENDER OF SCOPES WAS ONCE TRIED & ACQUITTED OF ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A
JUROR
Q - CLARENCE DARROW
A - IN 1980, 125 WERE INJURED IN PROTESTS COINCIDING WITH HER INVESTITURE AS
QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS
Q - BEATRIX
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS NAMES
----------------------
A - DURING WWI THIS CREATOR OF MICKEY MOUSE DROVE AN AMBULANCE FOR THE RED
CROSS
Q - WALT DISNEY
A - HIS NAME BECAME A GENERIC TERM FOR A REVOLVER AFTER HE PATENTED ONE IN THE
1830S
Q - SAMUEL COLT
A - THIS RAILROAD SLEEPING CAR DESIGNER BUILT AN ENTIRE TOWN IN ILLINOIS TO
ACCOMMODATE HIS EMPLOYEES
Q - GEORGE PULLMAN
A - THIS WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR WHO WON A 1971 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LEFT OFFICE IN
1974 DUE TO A SPY SCANDAL
Q - WILLY BRANDT
A - THIS NATIVE OF LINARES, SPAIN WAS CREDITED WITH ESTABLISHING THE GUITAR AS
A CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT
Q - ANDRES SEGOVIA
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS NAMES
----------------------
A - THIS RUSSIAN EMPRESS'S LOVE OF LITERATURE PROMPTED A CORRESPONDENCE WITH
VOLTAIRE
Q - CATHERINE THE GREAT
A - THIS VICTOR AT THE ALAMO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF MEXICO FIVE DIFFERENT
TIMES
Q - SANTA ANNA
A - RECORDS OF HIS 1673 EXPEDITION WITH MARQUETTE WERE LOST WHEN HIS CANOE
CAPSIZED ON THE WAY BACK
Q - LOUIS JOLLIET
A - ROME'S GREATEST ORATOR, HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS TULLY
Q - CICERO
A - A STATUE OF THIS ORATOR REPRESENTS NEBRASKA IN STATUARY HALL IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Q - WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS NAMES
----------------------
A - THIS TALK SHOW HOSTESS WAS PRAISED FOR HER ACTING IN THE 1986 FILM "NATIVE
SON"
Q - OPRAH WINFREY
A - IN 1940 THIS "NIGHTLINE" ANCHOR WAS BORN IN LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND; HE MOVED
TO THE U.S. AT AGE 13
Q - TED KOPPEL
A - IN 1922 FILM DIRECTOR ROBERT FLAHERTY MADE THIS MAN "OF THE NORTH" FAMOUS
Q - NANOOK
A - IN THE 1960S HE STATED THAT ELECTRONIC MEDIA WERE TURNING THE WORLD INTO A
"GLOBAL VILLAGE"
Q - MARSHALL MCLUHAN
A - BEFORE HER MOVIE STARDOM, THIS DAUGHTER OF BRUCE DERN & DIANE LADD WAS MISS
GOLDEN GLOBE IN 1982
Q - LAURA DERN
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS WOMEN
----------------------
A - SHE'S A FORMER RESEARCH CHEMIST & A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
Q - MARGARET THATCHER
A - SHE'S NOT ONLY THE SUPERVISING PRODUCER OF HER OWN TALK SHOW, SHE OWNS THE
CHICAGO STUDIO WHERE IT'S TAPED
Q - OPRAH WINFREY
A - AFTER A DIVORCE, THIS FASHION DESIGNER WHO WAS BORN NORMA ARRAEZ OPENED A
SHOP CALLED OMO, FOR "ON MY OWN"
Q - NORMA KAMALI
A - THIS "ATLAS SHRUGGED" AUTHOR ONCE WORKED AS AN EXTRA AT A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
STUDIO
Q - AYN RAND
A - THIS FILM CRITIC CALLED HER 1965 COLLECTION "I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES"
Q - PAULINE KAEL
----------------------
Category: FAMOUS WOMEN
----------------------
A - IN 1993 SHE WAS HONORED ON COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE U.S.
AND MONACO
Q - GRACE KELLY
A - A 1946 FIRE THAT DESTROYED HER CONNECTICUT HOME ALSO CLAIMED HER UNFINISHED
BOOK ABOUT ANNE SULLIVAN MACY
Q - HELEN KELLER
A - SHE HAD 2 CHILDREN BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, ALEXANDRE DE BEAUHARNAIS, BEFORE
MARRYING NAPOLEON
Q - JOSEPHINE
A - SHE MODELED WAX FIGURES OF SUCH CONTEMPORARIES AS VOLTAIRE & BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN
Q - MADAME TUSSAUD
A - A DESSERT MADE WITH WHIPPED CREAM & STRAWBERRIES OR KIWI IS NAMED FOR THIS
RUSSIAN BALLERINA
Q - ANNA PAVLOVA
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Category: FASHION
-----------------
A - AS THIS FRENCH QUEEN'S "MINISTER OF FASHION," ROSE BERTIN DESIGNED LAVISH
GOWNS & EXCESSIVE HAIRDOS
Q - MARIE ANTOINETTE
A - A YUKATA, A COTTON TYPE OF THIS ASIAN GARMENT, IS PERFECT FOR TAKING A WALK
ON A SUMMER EVENING
Q - KIMONO
A - THESE FULL TROUSERS NAMED FOR A 19TH CENTURY REFORMER WERE GATHERED AT THE
ANKLES, IN THE TURKISH STYLE
Q - BLOOMERS
A - THIS DESIGNER OF THE TOPLESS SWIMSUIT WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS DARING
SEE-THROUGH BLOUSES
Q - RUDI GERNREICH
A - A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT OF THE EARLY 1900S WAS NAMED FOR THIS FRANZ LEHAR
OPERETTA WITH A "HAPPY" TITLE
Q - MERRY WIDOW
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Category: FASHION HISTORY
-------------------------
A - THE MINCING GAIT PRODUCED BY THE PAINFUL PRACTICE OF BINDING THESE WAS
ADMIRED IN CHINA FOR CENTURIES
Q - FEET
A - IN THE 1930S THIS PLATINUM BLONDE ACTRESS POPULARIZED SLINKY, BIAS-CUT
EVENING GOWNS
Q - JEAN HARLOW
A - ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DYED THEIR FINGERTIPS ORANGE-RED WITH THIS DYE MADE FROM
THE LEAVES OF A SHRUB
Q - HENNA
A - WORN BY MEN IN THE 1600S, THE "FALLING BAND" COLLAR WAS USUALLY EDGED WITH
THIS FANCY MATERIAL
Q - LACE
A - CHARLES FREDERICK WORTH, THE FOUNDER OF HAUTE COUTURE, CREATED OPULENT
GOWNS FOR THIS WIFE OF NAPOLEON III
Q - EUGENIE
-------------------------
Category: FASHION HISTORY
-------------------------
A - THE PALLA WAS THE FEMALE EQUIVALENT OF THIS LOOSE, DRAPED OUTER GARMENT
WORN BY ROMAN MEN
Q - TOGA
A - OF A SINGLET, A DOUBLET, OR A TRIPLET, THE GARMENT THAT WAS FASHIONABLE FOR
16TH CENTURY MEN
Q - DOUBLET
A - PAUL POIRET WAS FAMOUS FOR DESIGNING THE MINARET, HAREM & HOBBLE TYPES OF
THIS GARMENT
Q - SKIRT
A - THE RUSSIAN DRESS THAT THIS BROAD-SHOULDERED STAR WORE IN THE 1932 FILM
"LETTY LYNTON" BECAME A NATIONAL CRAZE
Q - JOAN CRAWFORD
A - A BODICE WITH A LOW, SQUARE NECKLINE IS NAMED FOR THIS CHICLY-COIFFED
MISTRESS OF LOUIS XV
Q - MADAME DE POMPADOUR
------------------
Category: FEBRUARY
------------------
A - ON FEBRUARY 10, 1931 IT BECAME THE CAPITAL OF INDIA
Q - NEW DELHI
A - HAWAII SIGNED A TREATY OF ANNEXATION TO THE U.S. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1893, THE
114TH ANNIV. OF THIS EXPLORER'S DEATH
Q - JAMES COOK
A - ON FEBRUARY 20, 1971 THIS MAJOR GENERAL PROMOTED HIMSELF TO GENERAL &
PRESIDENT OF UGANDA
Q - IDI AMIN
A - LEAP DAY FALLS ON THIS DATE IN FEBRUARY EVERY 4 YEARS
Q - FEBRUARY 29
A - ON FEBRUARY 24, 1920 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN MEMBER TO SPEAK IN THE
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
Q - LADY NANCY ASTOR
------------------
Category: FEBRUARY
------------------
A - ON FEBRUARY 23, 1863 CAPTAINS SPEKE & GRANT ANNOUNCED THEY HAD FOUND THE
SOURCE OF THIS RIVER
Q - NILE
A - ON FEBRUARY 14, 1989 THE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI ISSUED A FAMOUS FATWAH
CONCERNING THIS AUTHOR
Q - SALMAN RUSHDIE
A - IN FEBRUARY 1906 HE FORMED THE BATTLE CREEK TOASTED CORN FLAKE COMPANY
Q - W.K. KELLOGG
A - ON FEBRUARY 10, 1962 THE RUSSIANS RELEASED THIS U.S. PILOT
Q - FRANCIS GARY POWERS
A - ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA MARRIED HER ON FEBRUARY 10, 1840
Q - QUEEN VICTORIA
------------------------------
Category: FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
------------------------------
A - BRITISH COLLEGE TOWN THAT'S THE BEAT OF COLIN DEXTER'S INSPECTOR MORSE
Q - OXFORD
A - ONE OF THIS DETECTIVE'S APHORISMS IS "DO NOT LOSE CAREFULNESS. HOT HEADS
PLENTY IN HOT CLIMATE"
Q - CHARLIE CHAN
A - HE'S THE HERO OF ALL 7 OF RAYMOND CHANDLER'S NOVELS
Q - PHILIP MARLOWE
A - ROSS MACDONALD NAMED THIS CHARACTER AFTER SAM SPADE'S PARTNER
Q - LEW ARCHER
A - THIS POE DETECTIVE IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST TO SOLVE A "LOCKED ROOM" PUZZLE
Q - C. AUGUSTE DUPIN
------------------------
Category: FILE UNDER "H"
------------------------
A - THIS OFTEN DEVASTATING TROPICAL STORM TAKES ITS NAME FROM A WEST INDIAN
WORD FOR "BIG WIND"
Q - HURRICANE
A - IT'S A MUSTACHE WITH CURVED ENDS, OR THE PART OF A BICYCLE IT RESEMBLES
Q - HANDLEBAR
A - IN COMPUTER LINGO, IT'S SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO GAIN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
FILES
Q - HACKER
A - THIS VERSE FORM IS USUALLY DIVIDED INTO 3 LINES OF 5, 7 & 5 SYLLABLES
Q - HAIKU
A - IT'S THE ART OR SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH COATS OF ARMS
Q - HERALDRY
------------------------
Category: FILE UNDER "H"
------------------------
A - THE JIVARO INDIANS OF ECUADOR ARE FAMOUS FOR MAKING SHRUNKEN ONES OF THESE
Q - HEADS
A - AN OPENING IN THE DECK OF A SHIP, OR TO COME OUT OF A SHELL
Q - HATCH
A - WORD GAME TO PLAY AT A NECKTIE PARTY
Q - HANGMAN
A - IT'S ABOUT 5 FEET TALL, WEIGHS ABOUT 4 TONS & IS RELATED TO THE PIG
Q - HIPPOPOTAMUS
A - POPULAR NAME OF THE SECT BROUGHT TO THE U.S. IN THE 1960S BY A.C.
BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA
Q - HARE KRISHNA
------------------------
Category: FILE UNDER "J"
------------------------
A - VERSIONS OF THIS DANCE POPULAR IN THE 1930S & 1940S INCLUDE THE LINDY HOP &
THE JIVE
Q - JITTERBUG
A - SOWETO IS THE MOST POPULOUS TOWNSHIP OF THIS LARGEST SOUTH AFRICAN CITY
Q - JOHANNESBURG
A - IT'S A LARGE NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF BOY SCOUTS
Q - JAMBOREE
A - FROM THE SPANISH FOR "MEETING," IT'S A SMALL GROUP RULING A COUNTRY AFTER A
COUP D'ETAT
Q - JUNTA
A - IN NOVEMBER 1973 THIS TEXAS LAWYER WAS NAMED SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN THE
WATERGATE INVESTIGATION
Q - LEON JAWORSKI
------------------------
Category: FILE UNDER "M"
------------------------
A - 3 CHEERS FOR THIS CONE-SHAPED DEVICE THAT AMPLIFIES A CHEERLEADER'S CHEERS
Q - MEGAPHONE
A - THIS 14-LETTER NAME OF A DEVIL MAY COME FROM THE HEBREW WORDS MEPHITZ--
"DESTROYER" & TOPHEL-- "LIAR"
Q - MEPHISTOPHELES
A - A GYROVAGUE WAS ONE OF THESE WHO WANDERED FROM ONE MONASTERY TO ANOTHER
Q - MONK
A - IT'S SLUNG DURING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Q - MUD
A - THIS DEEP, SOFT WAVE WAS NAMED FOR THE FRENCH HAIRDRESSER WHO INVENTED IT
IN THE 1870S
Q - MARCEL WAVE
------------------------
Category: FILE UNDER "N"
------------------------
A - AFTER THE SANTA MARIA WAS WRECKED THIS BECAME CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S
FLAGSHIP
Q - NINA
A - HE'S THE DOG IN THE OLD RCA VICTOR TRADEMARK "HIS MASTER'S VOICE"
Q - NIPPER
A - IT'S A RICH, CREAMY SAUCE FOR LOBSTER, MADE WITH BUTTER, EGG YOLKS &
SHERRY
Q - NEWBURG
A - THEY CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST INDIAN TRIBE IN THE U.S.
Q - NAVAJO
A - NOT SURPRISINGLY, THIS FLOWER OF THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY IS OFTEN A SYMBOL OF
EGOTISM
Q - NARCISSUS
---------------------------
Category: FILMS OF THE '60S
---------------------------
A - SHIRLEY EATON WAS THE GILDED GIRL IN THIS 1964 JAMES BOND FILM
Q - GOLDFINGER
A - WILFRID BRAMBELL PLAYED PAUL'S GRANDFATHER, "A CLEAN OLD MAN," IN THIS
FIRST BEATLES FILM
Q - HARD DAY'S NIGHT
A - KIRK DOUGLAS IS TRAINED AT THE GLADIATOR SCHOOL OF BATIATUS IN THIS STANLEY
KUBRICK FILM
Q - SPARTACUS
A - THOUGH HER BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKIN', SHE WAS A BIKER NAMED MIKE IN "THE
WILD ANGELS"
Q - NANCY SINATRA
A - THIS 1967 FAYE DUNAWAY-WARREN BEATTY FILM LAUNCHED A WAVE OF NOSTALGIA FOR
1930S FASHIONS
Q - BONNIE AND CLYDE
---------------------------
Category: FILMS OF THE '70S
---------------------------
A - BESIDES DIRECTING THIS 1974 FILM, ROMAN POLANSKI PLAYED A GANGSTER WHO CUT
JACK NICHOLSON'S NOSE
Q - CHINATOWN
A - FILM IN WHICH PETER FINCH YELLED, "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO
TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
Q - NETWORK
A - MARLON BRANDO RECEIVED $3 MILLION TO PLAY JOR-EL IN THIS 1978 FILM
Q - SUPERMAN
A - DAVID CARRADINE STARRED IN "BOUND FOR GLORY," A 1976 BIOGRAPHY OF THIS FOLK
SINGER
Q - WOODY GUTHRIE
A - "MURDER ON" THIS TRAIN, A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY, TOOK PLACE DURING A
JOURNEY FROM ISTANBUL TO PARIS
Q - ORIENT EXPRESS
------------------------------
Category: FINAL RESTING PLACES
------------------------------
A - JIM MORRISON'S GRAVE IS THE BIG DRAW AT THIS CITY'S PERE LACHAISE CEMETERY
Q - PARIS
A - HIS LONDON TOMBSTONE BEARS THE REVOLUTIONARY INSCRIPTION "WORKERS OF ALL
LANDS UNITE"
Q - KARL MARX
A - THE MAST OF THIS BATTLESHIP MARKS THE ARLINGTON GRAVE OF 229 WHO DIED ON IT
AT HAVANA IN 1898
Q - MAINE
A - THIS POETESS IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN WEST CEMETERY, AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS
Q - EMILY DICKINSON
A - RICHARD NIXON WAS LAID TO REST IN THIS STATE WHERE HE WAS BORN
Q - CALIFORNIA
---------------
Category: FIRE!
---------------
A - AFTER ROME BURNED IN 64 A.D., THIS EMPEROR REBUILT HIS PALACE ON A COLOSSAL
SCALE
Q - NERO
A - MARIA THERESA ORDERED LA SCALA BUILT IN THIS ITALIAN CITY AFTER FIRE
DESTROYED THE OLD THEATRE
Q - MILAN
A - THIS THEATRE BURNED IN 1613 WHEN A PROP CANNON IGNITED ITS ROOF, BUT WAS
REBUILT WITHIN A YEAR
Q - GLOBE THEATER
A - IN 1947 FIRE DESTROYED MOST OF BAR HARBOR ON THIS STATE'S MOUNT DESERT
ISLAND
Q - MAINE
A - OVER 2,000 DIED IN 1863 WHEN THE CHURCH OF LA COMPANIA BURNED IN THIS
CHILEAN CAPITAL
Q - SANTIAGO
----------------------
Category: FIRST LADIES
----------------------
A - AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE HELPED PLAN HER HUSBAND'S PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY IN ATLANTA
Q - ROSALYNN CARTER
A - SHE MISSED HER HUSBAND'S 1797 INAUGURATION BECAUSE SHE WAS NURSING HIS SICK
MOTHER IN MASSACHUSETTS
Q - ABIGAIL ADAMS
A - SHE WAS TWICE NAMED TO THE LIST OF "THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS IN
AMERICA"
Q - HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
A - BESIDES FRANCES CLEVELAND, SHE WAS THE ONLY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL WIDOW TO
REMARRY
Q - JACQUELINE KENNEDY
A - MYRA BRADWELL, THE FIRST WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE ILLINOIS BAR, HELPED SECURE
HER RELEASE FROM AN INSTITUTION
Q - MARY TODD LINCOLN
---------------------
Category: FIRST NAMES
---------------------
A - COLLEEN, A POPULAR GIRL'S NAME IN THE 1960S, MEANS "GIRL" IN THIS LANGUAGE
Q - IRISH
A - 2 EMPRESSES OF RUSSIA & 3 OF HENRY VIII'S WIVES SHARED THIS NAME, ONE OF
THE OLDEST ON RECORD
Q - CATHERINE
A - ILSA IS A GERMAN FORM OF THIS COMMON ENGLISH NAME
Q - ELIZABETH
A - IT'S THE ITALIAN EQUIVALENT OF GUY
Q - GUIDO
A - ITS USE AS A FIRST NAME BEGAN AFTER AUSTRALIAN OPERA STAR HELEN MITCHELL
ADOPTED IT AS HER LAST NAME
Q - MELBA
---------------
Category: FLAGS
---------------
A - THE FLAG OF THIS BRITISH CROWN COLONY HAS A CASTLE DENOTING ITS STRATEGIC
IMPORTANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Q - GIBRALTAR
A - THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S FLAG IS THE BANNER OF THE ARMS OF HIS ANCESTRAL
FAMILY IN ENGLAND
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - ISRAEL'S FLAG CONSISTS OF THIS OBJECT & 2 STRIPES OF BLUE ON A WHITE FIELD
Q - STAR OF DAVID
A - ITS STATE FLAG HAS A WHITE STAR PLACED BETWEEN THE YELLOW LETTERS N & C
Q - NORTH CAROLINA
A - THIS ALLIANCE'S FLAG CONTAINS ALL THE FLAGS OF ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING PERU,
GRENADA & THE U.S.
Q - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
---------------
Category: FLAGS
---------------
A - IN 1911 THIS STATE ADOPTED A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE BEAR REPUBLIC'S FLAG
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - THE SUN AND THIS OTHER CELESTIAL OBJECT ADORN THE FLAG OF NEPAL
Q - MOON
A - THE FLAG OF THE SECRETARY OF THIS CURRENT CABINET DEPARTMENT DEPICTS AN
EAGLE WITH 3 ARROWS IN ITS TALONS
Q - DEFENSE
A - IOWA'S FLAG RESEMBLES THIS COUNTRY'S TRICOLOR BECAUSE IOWA WAS ONCE PART OF
LOUISIANA
Q - FRANCE
A - THIS EAST AFRICAN NATION'S FLAG FEATURES A MASAI SHIELD & 2 SPEARS
Q - KENYA
-----------------
Category: FLOWERS
-----------------
A - IN MARCH 1994 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON WAS GIVEN A DUTCH TREAT: A NEW VARIETY
OF THIS FLOWER WAS NAMED FOR HER
Q - TULIP
A - THE SHASTA HYBRID OF THIS FLOWER WAS DEVELOPED BY LUTHER BURBANK
Q - DAISY
A - THE BLUE DAWN FLOWER IS A TYPE OF THIS FLOWER
Q - MORNING GLORY
A - VANILLA IS THE ONLY ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PRODUCT DERIVED FROM ONE OF
THESE FLOWERS
Q - ORCHID
A - ROBERT BURNS WROTE, "O, MY LUVE'S LIKE A RED, RED" ONE OF THESE "THAT'S
NEWLY SPRUNG IN JUNE"
Q - ROSE
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - ITALIANS CALL THIS TROPICAL FRUIT NOCE DI COCCO
Q - COCONUT
A - THESE "SWEDISH" APPETIZERS ARE OFTEN MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF BEEF, PORK
& VEAL
Q - MEATBALLS
A - IT CAN BE COOKED IN WINE OR EATEN RAW IN SALAD, & ITS FRENCH NAME IS CHOU
ROUGE
Q - RED CABBAGE
A - THIS KIND OF ROAST RESEMBLES THE REGAL HEADWEAR FOR WHICH IT'S NAMED
Q - CROWN ROAST
A - SHEDIAC, NEW BRUNSWICK HOLDS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF THESE TASTY
CRUSTACEANS
Q - LOBSTERS
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - THE BERMUDA TYPE OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE FROM MARCH TO JUNE; THE SPANISH,
FROM AUGUST TO APRIL
Q - ONIONS
A - ONE MAY BE SUGAR SNAP OR CHINESE SNOW
Q - PEA
A - PICKED YOUNG, THEY'RE SOAKED IN LYE, FERMENTED IN BRINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,
THEN STUFFED
Q - OLIVES
A - ANCHOIADE, A PROVENCAL DISH, IS A PUREE OF THESE FISH MIXED WITH CHOPPED
GARLIC & OLIVE OIL
Q - ANCHOVIES
A - THE FRENCH CALL THIS PUNGENT CONDIMENT RAIFORT; A SAUCE MADE FROM IT IS
SERVED WITH BEEF
Q - HORSERADISH
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - ANISE, FENNEL, CLOVES, CINNAMON & SZECHWAN PEPPER MAKE UP THIS COUNTRY'S
5-SPICE POWDER
Q - CHINA
A - THE PEACH IS SECOND ONLY TO THIS FRUIT AMONG THE USA'S MOST WIDELY GROWN
TREE FRUITS
Q - APPLE
A - THIS CELEBRATED BLUE CHEESE IS AGED IN LIMESTONE CAVES IN SOUTHWESTERN
FRANCE
Q - ROQUEFORT
A - IN BAGNA CAUDA, OR "HOT BATH," VEGETABLES ARE DIPPED IN AN OIL MIXTURE
FLAVORED WITH THESE TINY FISH
Q - ANCHOVIES
A - THE PASCAL VARIETY OF THIS CRISP GARDEN VEGETABLE HAS NEARLY STRINGLESS
STALKS
Q - CELERY
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - THIS SEEDLESS TYPE OF ORANGE IS NAMED FOR THE PROTUBERANCE AT ITS BLOSSOM
END
Q - NAVEL ORANGE
A - NOVA IS A COLD-SMOKED TYPE OF THIS FISH ORIGINALLY FROM NOVA SCOTIA
Q - SALMON
A - COFFEE IS OFTEN THE LIQUID USED TO MAKE THE REDEYE TYPE OF THIS
Q - GRAVY
A - THESE WARMED, SWEET TREATS ARE TRADITIONALLY SERVED ON GOOD FRIDAY
Q - HOT CROSS BUNS
A - THIS MIDDLE EASTERN DISH IS MADE BY FRYING BALLS OF MASHED, SPICED
CHICKPEAS
Q - FALAFEL
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - A FAVORITE FOR WELSH RAREBIT, LANCASHIRE IS A TYPE OF THIS
Q - CHEESE
A - NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE NAME OF THIS PASTA IS FROM THE ITALIAN WORD FOR
"STRINGS"
Q - SPAGHETTI
A - TO COOK THESE VEGETABLES "OBRIEN," DICE THEM & FRY THEM WITH ONIONS &
PIMIENTOS
Q - POTATOES
A - IT'S A ROUND TART WITH A SWEET OR SAVORY FILLING, OR A SPANISH BAKED
CUSTARD COATED WITH CARAMEL
Q - FLAN
A - YOU NEED TO GRATE 1 OR 2 OUNCES OF THE UNSWEETENED TYPE OF THIS TO MAKE
TURKEY CASSEROLE MOLE
Q - CHOCOLATE
--------------
Category: FOOD
--------------
A - IN A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, ORDER A BUCKET OF STEAMERS & YOU'LL GET THESE
Q - CLAMS
A - A DISH SERVED A LA JARDINIERE IS SERVED WITH A VARIETY OF THESE
Q - VEGETABLES
A - CONNOISSEURS OF THIS FOOD OFTEN PREFER THE SEVRUGA OVER THE BELUGA BECAUSE
IT'S THE FINEST GRAINED
Q - CAVIAR
A - FROM THE GERMAN FOR "CRACK SAUSAGE," IT'S A SHORT, THICK SAUSAGE SERVED
MUCH THE SAME AS A HOT DOG
Q - KNACKWURST
A - RESEMBLING A LARGE TOMATO, THE KAKI, NATIVE TO THE ORIENT, IS A POPULAR
VARIETY OF THIS FRUIT
Q - PERSIMMON
----------------------
Category: FOOD & DRINK
----------------------
A - IN AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, ORDER MOLECHE & YOU'LL GET THE SOFT-SHELLED TYPE
OF THESE CRUSTACEANS
Q - CRABS
A - EGGNOG IS ONE OF THE BEVERAGES MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
Q - CHRISTMAS
A - THIS JUICE IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN A VIRGIN MARY
Q - TOMATO
A - THE NAME OF THIS TWISTED DOUGHNUT IS FROM THE DUTCH FOR "TWISTED CAKE"
Q - CRULLER
A - THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING COOKBOOK SUGGESTS SPRINKLING COLD BUTTERMILK WITH
SALT & THIS "HUNGARIAN" SPICE
Q - PAPRIKA
----------------------
Category: FOOD & DRINK
----------------------
A - JAMON DE ASTURIAS IS A FAMOUS SPANISH TYPE OF THIS MEAT
Q - HAM
A - JAM IS MADE FROM FRUIT, WHILE THIS RELATED SPREAD IS MADE FROM JUST THE
JUICE
Q - JELLY
A - THE MEDITERRANEAN LEGHORN VARIETY OF THIS IS A BETTER PRODUCER OF EGGS THAN
MEAT
Q - CHICKEN
A - THIS SCOTTISH NATIONAL DISH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "A SORT OF PALEOLITHIC
SAUSAGE"
Q - HAGGIS
A - THE NAME OF THIS ROOT USED TO MAKE TEA COMES FROM THE CHINESE JEN-SHEN,
TRANSLATED AS "MAN ROOT"
Q - GINSENG
----------------------
Category: FOOD & DRINK
----------------------
A - THIS FRUIT BEVERAGE IS DESCRIBED AS "SWEET" BEFORE IT'S FERMENTED & "HARD"
AFTERWARDS
Q - CIDER
A - THIS CAKE IS SO NAMED BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS MADE WITH 16 OZ. EACH OF
FLOUR, BUTTER, SUGAR & EGGS
Q - POUND CAKE
A - SERVE OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER ON A BED OF THE "ROCK" TYPE OF THIS SEASONING SO
THE SHELLS WON'T TOPPLE OVER
Q - SALT
A - THIS SPICE THAT'S OFTEN CRYSTALLIZED OR PRESERVED ALSO FLAVORS A POPULAR
NON-ALCOHOLIC ALE
Q - GINGER
A - SOME PEOPLE FIND THAT THE SWEET ACIDOPHILUS TYPE OF THIS DAIRY PRODUCT IS
EASIER TO DIGEST
Q - MILK
--------------------
Category: FOOD FACTS
--------------------
A - IT'S A SMALL THIN ROUND OF GROUND BEEF OR PEPPERMINT CANDY
Q - PATTY
A - CURE, SMOKE & SLICE UP A PORK BELLY & YOU'RE MAKIN' THIS
Q - BACON
A - AFTER PASTEURIZATION, MILK IS PUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR UNIFORMITY
Q - HOMOGENIZATION
A - IN THIS METHOD A WARM WATER BATH SLOWLY COOKS AN EGG
Q - CODDLING
A - ITALIAN FOR "HUNTER," IT'S IN THE NAME OF A HUNTER-STYLE CHICKEN DISH
Q - CACCIATORE
----------------------
Category: FOOD PHRASES
----------------------
A - A PREDICAMENT MAY BE "A FINE KETTLE" OF THESE
Q - FISH
A - A PERSON WHO CAN'T ACCOMPLISH A REQUIRED TASK CAN'T "CUT" THIS
Q - MUSTARD
A - TO COAX OR TO GOAD, PERHAPS INTO MAKING AN OMELETTE
Q - EGG ON
A - IF YOU'RE IN HOT WATER, YOU MAY BE IN A "PRETTY," "SAD," "FINE" OR "SWEET"
ONE OF THESE
Q - PICKLE
A - IT'S AN UNATTAINABLE DREAM, LIKE AN AIRBORNE COCONUT CREAM
Q - PIE IN THE SKY
---------------------------------
Category: FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
---------------------------------
A - IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MADE OF THIS MATERIAL WHILE SHOPPING IN GERMANY, ASK
FOR DAS LEDER
Q - LEATHER
A - IN FRENCH, A MILLION IS UN MILLION, WHILE THIS LARGER NUMBER IS UN
MILLIARD
Q - BILLION
A - WHEN IN SPAIN, IT'S THE KIND OF FOOD YOU'D EXPECT TO BUY AT LA PESCADERIA
Q - FISH
A - THE PORTUGUESE CALL THIS COLOR AMARELO
Q - YELLOW
A - AN ESPERANTO SPEAKER WOULD CALL THIS DAY OF THE WEEK LUNDO
Q - MONDAY
---------------------------------
Category: FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
---------------------------------
A - "BUON NATALE!" IS THE ITALIAN EQUIVALENT OF THIS ENGLISH GREETING USUALLY
HEARD IN DECEMBER
Q - MERRY CHRISTMAS
A - THE ESPERANTO TERM FOR THIS RELATIVE IS FILO
Q - SON
A - POLITE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THIS PHRASE, FRENCH FOR "THANK YOU VERY MUCH"
Q - MERCI BEAUCOUP
A - THE DUTCH CALL THIS COUNTRY VERENIGDE STATEN
Q - UNITED STATES
A - IN SPAIN THIS SPORT PLAYED ON A COURT IS EL BALONCESTO
Q - BASKETBALL
---------------------------------
Category: FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
---------------------------------
A - IT'S THE RUSSIAN EQUIVALENT OF AN ASTRONAUT
Q - COSMONAUT
A - SPANISH FOR "HEALTH," IT'S OFTEN USED AS A TOAST
Q - SALUD
A - AN AFRIKANER COULD TELL YOU THAT THIS IS THE DUTCH WORD FOR "FARMER"
Q - BOER
A - THIS FRENCH TERM FOR RAILROAD IS ALSO THE NAME OF A CARD GAME
Q - CHEMIN DE FER
A - IN GREECE A DOCTOR WOULD REFER TO YOUR LIVER AS SIKOTI & TO THIS ORGAN AS
NEFRO
Q - KIDNEY
-------------------
Category: FRACTIONS
-------------------
A - A MONTH IS THIS FRACTION OF A YEAR
Q - 1/12
A - A NICKEL IS THIS FRACTION OF A DOLLAR
Q - 1/20
A - A DEGREE IS THIS FRACTION OF A CIRCLE
Q - 1/360
A - IN A 1937 SPEECH FDR SAW THIS FRACTION OF THE "NATION ILL-HOUSED, ILL-CLAD,
ILL-NOURISHED"
Q - 1/3
A - .125 IS THE DECIMAL EQUIVALENT OF THIS FRACTION
Q - 1/8
----------------------------
Category: FRENCH DISCOVERIES
----------------------------
A - IN 1910 GEORGES CLAUDE CAME UP WITH THESE LIGHTS, NOW POPULAR IN VEGAS &
TIMES SQUARE
Q - NEON LIGHTS
A - WITH HIS INVENTION OF THE OPEN-JET WIND TUNNEL, HE "TOWERS" OVER OTHER
INVENTORS
Q - GUSTAVE EIFFEL
A - IN 1885 HE DEVELOPED AN ANTI-RABIES VACCINE
Q - LOUIS PASTEUR
A - HE ADDED AN ANALYTIC SPIN TO GEOMETRY
Q - RENE DESCARTES
A - JOSEPH NIEPCE IS CREDITED WITH MAKING THE FIRST OF THESE; HE PRODUCED IT ON
METAL IN 1826
Q - PHOTOGRAPH
-----------------------
Category: FRONTIER LIFE
-----------------------
A - GEORGE JACKSON IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING THIS PRECIOUS METAL IN THE
ROCKIES
Q - GOLD
A - BECAUSE WOOD WAS RARE ON THE PLAINS, THIS NEW ITEM PATENTED IN 1873 MADE
CHEAP FENCING POSSIBLE
Q - BARBED WIRE
A - WITH ONE LAW BOOK & A SIX-SHOOTER, HE HELD COURT AT HIS SALOON IN LANGTRY,
TEXAS
Q - JUDGE ROY BEAN
A - BY 1876 THIS NEVADA TOWN HAD MORE THAN 23,000 PEOPLE & 150 SALOONS; MARK
TWAIN HAD ALREADY LEFT
Q - VIRGINIA CITY
A - THE CHISHOLM & WESTERN TRAILS WERE ROUTES USED TO MOVE CATTLE MAINLY TO
THIS STATE FROM TEXAS
Q - KANSAS
-----------------------------
Category: FRUITS & VEGETABLES
-----------------------------
A - THE EMPIRE APPLE WAS DEVELOPED IN THIS STATE FROM THE DELICIOUS & THE
MCINTOSH
Q - NEW YORK
A - PETITS POIS ARE SMALL, TENDER ONES OF THESE
Q - PEAS
A - BLUMENKOHL IS THE GERMAN NAME FOR THIS VEGETABLE
Q - CAULIFLOWER
A - BABA GHANOUSH IS A MIDDLE EASTERN SPREAD MADE WITH THIS PURPLE-SKINNED
VEGETABLE
Q - EGGPLANT
A - THESE CHERRIES SOLD IN A RED OR GREEN SYRUP ARE USUALLY OF THE ROYAL ANN
VARIETY
Q - MARASCHINO CHERRIES
-----------------------------
Category: FRUITS & VEGETABLES
-----------------------------
A - THE ROBE DE SARGENT & IMPERIAL TYPES OF THIS FRUIT ARE DRIED TO MAKE
PRUNES
Q - PLUMS
A - THE LEAF TYPES OF THIS SALAD INGREDIENT ARE GOOD TO GROW AT HOME BECAUSE
THEY DON'T RUN TO SEED
Q - LETTUCE
A - A SIMPLE WAY TO COOK THIS IS TO TIE A BUNDLE OF SPEARS TOGETHER & STAND
THEM IN BOILING WATER
Q - ASPARAGUS
A - ONE EXPLANATION FOR THE NAME OF THIS BOG FRUIT IS THAT ITS FLOWER LOOKS
LIKE THE HEAD OF A CRANE
Q - CRANBERRY
A - THIS TURNIP RELATIVE HAS BEEN CALLED A TURNIP-ROOTED CABBAGE
Q - RUTABAGA
---------------------
Category: THE FUNNIES
---------------------
A - THE PUN POLICE ARE A RUNNING GAG IN THIS PREHISTORIC STRIP
Q - B.C.
A - ON JANUARY 7, 1929, 2 STRIPS DEBUTED, "TARZAN" & THIS STRIP ABOUT A MAN WHO
WAKES UP 500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE
Q - BUCK ROGERS
A - STRIP IN "WITCH" YOU'D FIND IRWIN THE TROLL & HIS NEPHEW NERWIN
Q - BROOM-HILDA
A - IN 1950 AT AGE 87, HE APPROVED HIS LAST STRIP FOR HIS PAPERS, MORT WALKER'S
"BEETLE BAILEY"
Q - WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
A - THIS HUMOROUS, UNMARRIED TITLE WOMAN WORKS FOR A MARKETING FIRM & HAS A DOG
NAMED ELECTRA
Q - CATHY
-------------
Category: FYI
-------------
A - MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THIS DELI STANDARD REALLY CAN HELP CURE A COLD; MOM
KNEW IT ALL THE TIME
Q - CHICKEN SOUP
A - ON THE AVERAGE, ONE OF THESE LASTS 6 SECONDS; HO-HUM
Q - YAWN
A - OUNCE FOR OUNCE, A RED BELL PEPPER CONTAINS ABOUT 4 TIMES AS MUCH OF THIS
VITAMIN AS AN ORANGE
Q - VITAMIN C
A - FOR AMERICANS IN 1992, THIS ROSE TO A RECORD 75.7 YEARS
Q - LIFE EXPECTANCY
A - THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE TO AID AN ADULT CHOKING VICTIM; A SLAP ON THE
BACK IS NO LONGER ADVISED
Q - HEIMLICH MANEUVER
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Categories beginning with G (ANQG)
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Category: GAMES
---------------
A - IN CHECKERS ONE PLAYER'S PIECES ARE BLACK & THE OTHER PLAYER'S ARE USUALLY
WHITE OR THIS COLOR
Q - RED
A - ONE OF THESE, MADE WHEN THE THROWN HORSESHOE ENCLOSES THE STAKE, COUNTS FOR
3 POINTS
Q - RINGER
A - A FEATURE OF THIS CARD GAME IS A BOARD WHERE PEGS ARE USED TO RECORD
SCORES
Q - CRIBBAGE
A - ON THIS GAME'S CARD, THE SMALLEST NUMBERS LINE UP UNDER B; THE LARGEST,
UNDER O
Q - BINGO
A - CANASTA IS PLAYED WITH 2 52-CARD DECKS & 4 OF THESE CARDS
Q - JOKERS
---------------
Category: GASES
---------------
A - THIS NOBLE GAS, SYMBOL XE, WAS DISCOVERED BY WILLIAM RAMSAY & MORRIS
TRAVERS IN 1898
Q - XENON
A - FOR A PERSON WHO'S FAINTED, PREPARATIONS OF THIS NITROGEN COMPOUND ARE USED
AS SMELLING SALTS
Q - AMMONIA
A - TO PREVENT NITROGEN NARCOSIS, DIVERS SOMETIMES BREATHE A MIXTURE OF OXYGEN
& THIS SECOND-LIGHTEST GAS
Q - HELIUM
A - BECAUSE OF ITS VERY HOT FLAME, THIS GAS, C2H2, IS USED IN METAL CUTTING &
WELDING
Q - ACETYLENE
A - BECAUSE IT'S FOUND AROUND STAGNANT WATER & SWAMPS, THIS GAS IS SOMETIMES
CALLED "MARSH GAS"
Q - METHANE
------------------------
Category: GEMS & JEWELRY
------------------------
A - THE WATERS OF THE PERSIAN GULF ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF THIS GEM
Q - PEARLS
A - GREEN DEMANTOID, THE MOST VALUABLE GARNET, IS SOMETIMES SUBSTITUTED FOR
THIS PRECIOUS GEM
Q - EMERALD
A - USED FOR RINGS & PENDANTS, THESE ITEMS CARVED IN RAISED RELIEF ARE OFTEN
MADE OF ONYX
Q - CAMEOS
A - THE FIRST OF THESE GEMS DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICA WAS FOUND IN 1867 NEAR
THE ORANGE RIVER
Q - DIAMOND
A - THE MAORIS OF NEW ZEALAND USED NEPHRITE, A TYPE OF THIS STONE, TO CARVE
TIKIS
Q - JADE
------------------------
Category: GEMS & JEWELRY
------------------------
A - ACCORDING TO GUINNESS, CAROL MCFADDEN HAS A COLLECTION OF NEARLY 15,000
PAIRS OF THESE JEWELRY ITEMS
Q - EARRINGS
A - BEFORE THE ADVENT OF SOPHISTICATED ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES, RED SPINEL OFTEN
PASSED AS THIS GEMSTONE
Q - RUBY
A - WHEN LOUIS XVI WORE WHAT'S NOW THIS FAMOUS DIAMOND, IT WAS CALLED THE
FRENCH BLUE
Q - HOPE DIAMOND
A - BY 1889 NEARLY ALL THE DIAMONDS PRODUCED IN AFRICA PASSED THROUGH THE HANDS
OF THIS "SCHOLAR"
Q - CECIL RHODES
A - AGATE, JASPER & BLOODSTONE ARE ALL FORMS OF THIS SILICA MINERAL
Q - QUARTZ
-------------------------
Category: GENERAL SCIENCE
-------------------------
A - THE EARTH'S SURFACE HAS 3 MAIN FEATURES: THE OCEAN FLOOR, THE MID-OCEANIC
RIDGES & THESE LAND MASSES
Q - CONTINENTS
A - SOFT & STICKY IN WARM WEATHER & BRITTLE IN COLD WEATHER, ADD SULFUR & HEAT
IT TO VULCANIZE IT
Q - RUBBER
A - A ZYGOTE HAS THE FULL OR DIPLOID NUMBER OF THESE
Q - CHROMOSOMES
A - THIS TEMPERATURE SCALE IS ALSO CALLED THE ABSOLUTE SCALE
Q - KELVIN
A - IT WAS THE FIRST SUBATOMIC PARTICLE DISCOVERED
Q - ELECTRON
-----------------
Category: GENESIS
-----------------
A - HE GAVE ADAM & EVE THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD
Q - CAIN
A - HE WAS 500 YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAT SHEM, HAM & JAPHETH
Q - NOAH
A - BEFORE BANISHING ADAM & EVE FROM EDEN, GOD IMPROVED THEIR WARDROBE FROM
THESE TO COATS OF SKINS
Q - FIG LEAVES
A - THEY'RE THE FIRST SPECIFIC ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE; THEY WERE IN THE
WATER & THEY WERE GREAT
Q - WHALES
A - THE FIRST THEOCRATIC COVENANT WAS MADE BETWEEN GOD & THIS MAN
Q - ABRAHAM
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THIS SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER'S BASIN SEPARATES THE GUIANA HIGHLANDS FROM THE
BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
Q - AMAZON RIVER
A - PROVINCE OF ECUADOR WHOSE NAME TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BECOMES "THE
TORTOISE ISLANDS"
Q - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
A - THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULOUS STATE IS NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
Q - GERMANY
A - THIS COUNTRY IS BORDERED BY FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA & SLOVENIA
Q - ITALY
A - THIS LARGEST SOUTH AMERICAN ISLAND IS SHAPED LIKE A TRIANGLE WITH ITS BASE
ON BEAGLE CHANNEL
Q - TIERRA DEL FUEGO
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SOIL CARRIED BY CHINA'S HUANG HO RIVER GIVE IT THIS
COLORFUL ENGLISH NAME
Q - YELLOW RIVER
A - ISLAY IS SOMETIMES CALLED "THE QUEEN OF" THIS SCOTTISH ISLAND GROUP, BOTH
"INNER" & "OUTER"
Q - HEBRIDES
A - THIS WINTER OLYMPICS SITE WAS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN EMPEROR GRATIAN, WHO
WAS KILLED AT LYON, NOT FAR AWAY
Q - GRENOBLE
A - THE GULF OF ADEN IS A NATURAL SEA LINK BETWEEN THE ARABIAN SEA & THIS SEA
Q - RED SEA
A - THIS RIVER THAT BEGINS IN CANADA & ENDS IN ALASKA IS ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S
FIVE LONGEST
Q - YUKON RIVER
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THE GULF OF CADIZ BORDERS PORTUGAL & THIS COUNTRY
Q - SPAIN
A - IT'S ITALY'S MOST POPULOUS ISLAND
Q - SICILY
A - GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THIS CONTINENT INCLUDE WILKES LAND & MARIE BYRD
LAND
Q - ANTARCTICA
A - ISABELLA ISLAND IS THE ONLY ISLAND IN THIS ECUADORIAN GROUP THAT LIES ON
THE EQUATOR
Q - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
A - THE NORWALK ISLANDS LIE OFF NORWALK IN THIS NEW ENGLAND STATE
Q - CONNECTICUT
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - IN GERMAN THIS WOODED REGION IS CALLED SCHWARZWALD
Q - BLACK FOREST
A - INDIA'S ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS ARE LOCATED IN THIS BAY
Q - BAY OF BENGAL
A - THE STRAIT THAT SEPARATES NEW ZEALAND'S NORTH & SOUTH ISLANDS IS NAMED FOR
THIS EXPLORER
Q - JAMES COOK
A - PROJECTING INTO THE DRAKE PASSAGE, THIS CAPE IS SOUTH AMERICA'S
SOUTHERNMOST POINT
Q - CAPE HORN
A - THIS CAPITAL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS IS ALSO KNOWN AS ST. THOMAS, ITS
NAME FROM 1921 TO 1936
Q - CHARLOTTE AMALIE
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - JORDAN BORDERS THIS "SEA" THAT'S 7 TIME SALTIER THAN THE OCEAN
Q - DEAD SEA
A - ONLY 1% OF THE LAND OF THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN RUSSIA & CHINA IS ARABLE
Q - MONGOLIA
A - ERITREA IS LOCATED ON THE PART OF EASTERN AFRICA KNOWN AS THIS
Q - HORN OF AFRICA
A - THE FERTILE PLAIN EAST OF THE DANUBE, MAKING UP HALF THIS COUNTRY'S AREA,
IS CALLED THE GREAT ALFORD
Q - HUNGARY
A - SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE EQUATOR
Q - QUITO
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THIS MORE FAMOUS TRIANGLE
Q - BERMUDA TRIANGLE
A - KNOWN IN THE MIDDLE AGES AS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA, LANZHOU WAS AN IMPORTANT
STOP ON THIS TRADE ROUTE
Q - SILK ROAD
A - IN 1620 SOME OF THE PILGRIMS HEADING TO AMERICA LEFT FROM DELFSHAVEN, THIS
CITY'S HARBOR DISTRICT
Q - ROTTERDAM
A - WORLD CAPITOL IN WHICH JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE WAS BORN
Q - SAN SALVADOR
A - IN 1980 MT. MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK WAS RENAMED THIS
Q - DENALI NATIONAL PARK
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA IS A PART OF THIS COLD REGION OF RUSSIA
Q - SIBERIA
A - OF THE COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA, THIS ONE LIES CLOSEST TO AFRICA
Q - BRAZIL
A - COMPLETED IN 1937, THE BONNEVILLE DAM ON THIS U.S.-CANADIAN RIVER MADE IT
EASIER TO NAVIGATE
Q - COLUMBIA RIVER
A - NEW HAMPSHIRE'S MOUNT ADAMS & MOUNT JEFFERSON LIE IN THIS RANGE OF THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS
Q - PRESIDENTIAL RANGE
A - THIS COUNTRY IS BORDERED BY ALGERIA, LIBYA & THE MEDITERRANEAN
Q - TUNISIA
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - IN SUDAN THE ATBARA RIVER JOINS THIS RIVER AS ITS LAST TRIBUTARY
Q - NILE RIVER
A - THE SEWARD PENINSULA IS ON ONE SIDE OF THIS STRAIT
Q - BERING STRAIT
A - AN ERUPTION OF THIS SICILIAN VOLCANO IN 1983 LASTED NEARLY 4 MONTHS
Q - MOUNT ETNA
A - IN ROMAN TIMES, THIS PENINSULA WAS CALLED HISPANIA
Q - IBERIA
A - THE INLAND SEA SEPARATES KYUSHU & SHIKOKU FROM THIS MAIN ISLAND OF JAPAN
Q - HONSHU
-------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY
-------------------
A - THIS RIVER WHOSE MOUTH IS IN EGYPT HAS ITS SOUTHERNMOST SOURCE IN BURUNDI
IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Q - NILE
A - THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULOUS REGION IS LOMBARDY IN THE NORTH
Q - ITALY
A - SUMATRA IS THE WESTERNMOST OF THIS COUNTRY'S MAIN ISLANDS
Q - INDONESIA
A - THE TOWERS OF ANGKOR WAT IN THIS COUNTRY SYMBOLIZE THE PEAKS OF MYTHICAL
MOUNT MERU
Q - CAMBODIA
A - UNTIL IT GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 1975, THIS COUNTRY WAS PORTUGAL'S LARGEST
OVERSEAS PROVINCE IN AREA
Q - ANGOLA
-----------------------
Category: GEOGRAPHY "B"
-----------------------
A - THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC REGION OF BRANDENBURG
Q - BERLIN
A - AT ITS NARROWEST POINT, THIS STRAIT SEPARATES NORTH AMERICA & ASIA BY ONLY
53 MILES
Q - BERING STRAIT
A - IT'S CANADA'S ONLY PROVINCE ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Q - BRITISH COLUMBIA
A - THIS CITY WAS THE SITE OF THE 1992 SUMMER OLYMPICS
Q - BARCELONA
A - NOTED FOR ITS SUGARCANE PRODUCTION, IT'S THE EASTERNMOST ISLAND OF THE WEST
INDIES
Q - BARBADOS
-----------------
Category: GEOLOGY
-----------------
A - OF THE 3 MAJOR TYPES OF ROCK, NEARLY ALL OIL DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THIS ONE
Q - SEDIMENTARY
A - THIS SEA THAT SEPARATES AFRICA & EUROPE IS THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE PERMIAN
SEA TETHYS
Q - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A - THE 3 NATURAL INDUSTRIAL FORMS OF THIS HARD MINERAL ARE CALLED BORT, BALLAS
& CARBONADO
Q - DIAMOND
A - OFTEN IMPROPERLY CALLED "TIDAL WAVES," THESE SEEM TO OCCUR AFTER
EARTHQUAKES OVER 6.5
Q - TSUNAMIS
A - THE NAME OF THIS OLDEST PERIOD OF THE PALEOZOIC ERA COMES FROM THE ROMAN
NAME FOR WALES
Q - CAMBRIAN
-----------------
Category: GEORGIA
-----------------
A - THIS WAS DISCOVERED NEAR DAHLONEGA IN 1828; VISITORS CAN PAN FOR IT AT
CRISSON MINE TODAY
Q - GOLD
A - THIS TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 700 CONTAINS THE JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE
Q - PLAINS
A - A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OCCUPIES ABOUT 90% OF THIS MORE THAN
600-SQUARE-MILE SWAMP
Q - OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
A - THIS CITY, HOME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, CONTAINS MANY GREEK REVIVAL
BUILDINGS
Q - ATHENS
A - FDR FIRST VISITED THIS RESORT IN 1924; HE DIED THERE IN 1945
Q - WARM SPRINGS
-------------------------------
Category: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
-------------------------------
A - THIS CEREMONY OF INSTALLING THE PRESIDENT IS TRADITIONALLY HELD AT NOON ON
JANUARY 20
Q - INAUGURATION
A - HIRAM REVELS, THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN SENATOR, COMPLETED THE TERM BEGUN BY
THIS CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT
Q - JEFFERSON DAVIS
A - IN JANUARY 1994 CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN SUCCEEDED JAMES FLORIO AS GOVERNOR
OF THIS STATE
Q - NEW JERSEY
A - THIS FORMER GOVERNOR WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN CALIFORNIA
FROM 1989 TO 1991
Q - JERRY BROWN
A - WILLIAM EVARTS WAS THE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE AT THIS PRESIDENT'S
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
Q - ANDREW JOHNSON
-------------------------------
Category: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
-------------------------------
A - NEAR THE END OF A SESSION OF CONGRESS, A PRESIDENT MAY USE THIS KIND OF
VETO BY SIMPLY NOT SIGNING
Q - POCKET VETO
A - IN 1994 THIS IRAN-CONTRA FIGURE RECEIVED THE GOP SENATORIAL NOMINATION FROM
VIRGINIA
Q - OLIVER NORTH
A - THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING HOUSES THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Q - STATE
A - SHE WAS RONALD REAGAN'S ASSISTANT FOR PUBLIC LIAISON BEFORE HE MADE HER
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
Q - ELIZABETH DOLE
A - THIS STATE'S CONTROVERSIAL PROP 187 CONCERNING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS PASSED IN
1994
Q - CALIFORNIA
-----------------
Category: GRAMMAR
-----------------
A - THIS PART OF SPEECH CAN BE TRANSITIVE OR INTRANSITIVE
Q - VERB
A - TRADITION HAS IT THAT THIS TYPE OF NOUN IS CAPITALIZED
Q - PROPER NOUN
A - IN "DISCOVERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR," RICHARD VEIT SAYS IT'S OKAY TO SOMETIMES
SPLIT THESE
Q - INFINITIVES
A - THE 2 PREPOSITIONS THAT ARE COMMON TO ALL CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Q - ACROSS & DOWN
A - IT'S THE INDIRECT OBJECT IN "GARY GAVE MARY A KISS"
Q - MARY
-----------------------
Category: GREAT ESCAPES
-----------------------
A - IN THE 1910S THIS MAGICIAN WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS ESCAPE FROM THE "WATER
TORTURE CELL"
Q - HARRY HOUDINI
A - IN JUNE 1994 ROBERT SHEPARD ESCAPED FROM A WEST VIRGINIA JAIL BY BRAIDING
THIS TEETH CLEANER INTO A ROPE
Q - DENTAL FLOSS
A - THIS FAMOUS KENTUCKIAN WAS CAPTURED BY THE SHAWNEE IN 1778, BUT HE ESCAPED
Q - DANIEL BOONE
A - IN 1838 THIS BLACK ABOLITIONIST & ORATOR ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY TO NEW
BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
Q - FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A - IN 1814 THIS PIRATE'S BASE IN BARATARIA BAY WAS DESTROYED BY THE U.S. NAVY,
BUT HE ESCAPED
Q - JEAN LAFITTE
--------------------------
Category: GUINNESS RECORDS
--------------------------
A - CURRENTLY, SHE'S THE LONGEST-REIGNING QUEEN IN THE WORLD
Q - ELIZABETH II
A - ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1981 A MAN IN FINLAND CAUGHT ONE OF THESE THROWN AT A
DISTANCE OF 317'10"; IT DIDN'T BREAK
Q - EGG
A - IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL, CHINA CURRENTLY HAS THE LARGEST ARMY & THIS COUNTRY
HAS THE LARGEST NAVY
Q - UNITED STATES
A - A COOKIE MADE DURING THE 1992 RIPONFEST IN WISCONSIN INCLUDED ALMOST 4
MILLION OF THESE
Q - CHOCOLATE CHIPS
A - IN 1969 IT WAS RECORDED THAT A GROUP OF THESE BIRDS DOVE IN THE OCEAN TO A
DEPTH OF 870 FEET
Q - EMPEROR PENGUINS
--------------------------
Category: GUINNESS RECORDS
--------------------------
A - THE FASTEST MARSUPIAL RECORDED WAS A FEMALE EASTERN GREY ONE OF THESE
CLOCKED AT 40 MPH
Q - KANGAROO
A - THE EARLIEST MAP, DATING TO C. 2250 B.C., DEPICTS THIS RIVER FLOWING
THROUGH NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA
Q - EUPHRATES
A - OTHER THAN ANTARCTICA, THIS DANISH POSSESSION IS THE WORLD'S MOST SPARSELY
POPULATED TERRITORY
Q - GREENLAND
A - THE LARGEST BRASS INSTRUMENT, A TUBA, WAS BUILT FOR A TOUR BY THIS AMERICAN
BAND LEADER & COMPOSER
Q - JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
A - THIS LANGUAGE HAS THE LARGEST VOCABULARY: ABOUT 616,500 WORDS PLUS SOME
400,000 TECHNICAL TERMS
Q - ENGLISH
-------------------
Category: "G" WHIZ!
-------------------
A - IT OFTEN PRECEDES PAINT, PENCIL & MONKEY
Q - GREASE
A - THIS AMERICAN FORM OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC COMBINES ELEMENTS OF SPIRITUALS &
JAZZ, & THAT'S THE "TRUTH"
Q - GOSPEL
A - THIS YELLOW STATE FLOWER OF NEBRASKA & KENTUCKY DOESN'T GENERALLY CAUSE HAY
FEVER, AS MANY BELIEVE
Q - GOLDENROD
A - IT'S A LAMP WITH A CURVE, FLEXIBLE SHAFT THAT RESEMBLES PART OF A CERTAIN
BIRD'S ANATOMY
Q - GOOSENECK
A - THESE LIZARDS THAT CAN WALK UPSIDE-DOWN ON CEILINGS ARE NON-VENOMOUS
Q - GECKOS
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Categories beginning with H (ANQH)
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Category: HAIL TO THE CHIEF
---------------------------
A - BEFORE BECOMING U.S. PRESIDENT, HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE GEORGIA CROP
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Q - JIMMY CARTER
A - WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON'S MONOGRAM WAS WHH & THIS PRESIDENT'S MONOGRAM WAS
WGH
Q - WARREN G. HARDING
A - THIS 22ND & 24TH PRESIDENT WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS, INCLUDING "FISHING AND
SHOOTING SKETCHES"
Q - GROVER CLEVELAND
A - HE WAS THE FIRST FEDERALIST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - HIS LAST WORDS WERE "I KNOW THAT I'M GOING WHERE LUCY IS"
Q - RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
---------------------------
Category: HEALTH & MEDICINE
---------------------------
A - 2 METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING ARTIFICIAL RESUSCITATION ARE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH &
MOUTH-TO-THIS
Q - NOSE
A - TO SPEED A DIFFICULT BIRTH, A DOCTOR MAY USE THIS GRASPING INSTRUMENT TO
EXTRACT THE CHILD
Q - FORCEPS
A - DURING CATARACT SURGERY, THIS PART OF THE EYE IS REPLACED WITH AN
ARTIFICIAL ONE
Q - LENS
A - TERM FOR THE WASTING AWAY OF A MUSCLE DUE TO IMMOBILIZATION
Q - ATROPHY
A - IT'S THE FIELD OF MEDICINE THAT STUDIES THE CAUSES, DEVELOPMENT & TREATMENT
OF CANCER
Q - ONCOLOGY
---------------------------
Category: HEALTH & MEDICINE
---------------------------
A - ANEMIA IS A POSSIBLE COMPLICATION OF THIS DISEASE TRANSMITTED BY ANOPHELES
MOSQUITOES
Q - MALARIA
A - GASTRITIS IS DEFINED AS THE INFLAMMATION OF THIS ORGAN, ESPECIALLY ITS
LINING
Q - STOMACH
A - KOPLIK'S SPOTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE CHEEK ARE A SYMPTOM OF THIS DISEASE
THAT'S ALSO CALLED RUBEOLA
Q - MEASLES
A - THE ACTION OF A HORMONE CALLED CHOLECYSTOKININ MAKES THIS BILE-STORING
ORGAN CONTRACT
Q - GALL BLADDER
A - OVERACTIVITY OF THIS GLAND IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF EXOPHTHALMOS, OR
ABNORMAL BULGING OF THE EYES
Q - THYROID
---------------
Category: HERBS
---------------
A - ITS NAME COMES FROM OROS GANOS, GREEK FOR "JOY OF THE MOUNTAIN"
Q - OREGANO
A - DOMESTIC FELINES ARE STRONGLY ATTRACTED TO THIS HERB, NEPETA CATARIA
Q - CATNIP
A - YOU MIGHT FIND THE SEEDS OF THIS PLANT IN EMETICS & LINIMENTS AS WELL AS ON
HOT DOGS
Q - MUSTARD
A - SWEET CICELY IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME, THE THIRD GIFT OF THE MAGI
Q - MYRRH
A - SOME GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCHES USE A SPRIG OF THIS PESTO INGREDIENT TO
SPRINKLE HOLY WATER
Q - BASIL
------------------------
Category: HERBS & SPICES
------------------------
A - THIS ONION RELATIVE & BAKED POTATO TOPPER IS A CLASSIC INGREDIENT OF FINES
HERBES
Q - CHIVES
A - ACCORDING TO A MYTH, VENUS CREATED MARJORAM TO HEAL A WOUND CAUSED BY HIS
LOVE ARROW
Q - CUPID
A - THIS HERB WHOSE NAME MEANS "DRAGON" WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO CURE VENOMOUS
BITES
Q - TARRAGON
A - THIS SPICE, ORIGINALLY FROM THE WEST INDIES, TASTES LIKE A BLEND OF CLOVES,
NUTMEG & CINNAMON
Q - ALLSPICE
A - THE PRICE OF THIS WILD ROOT OF CHINA HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN AS HIGH AS $23,000
PER OUNCE
Q - GINSENG
----------------------
Category: HIGH SOCIETY
----------------------
A - IN 1954 PRINCE BERNHARD OF THIS LOW COUNTRY BECAME THE 1ST MEMBER OF
ROYALTY TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER
Q - NETHERLANDS
A - "NAUTICAL" NICKNAME OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, WHO BOUGHT HIS 1ST BOAT WHEN
HE WAS JUST 16
Q - COMMODORE
A - ATHINA ROUSSEL, ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST CHILDREN, IS THE ONLY CHILD OF
THIS LATE GREEK SHIPPING HEIRESS
Q - CHRISTINA ONASSIS
A - MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST'S E ESTATE MAR-A-LAGO IS LOCATED IN THIS FLORIDA
CITY
Q - PALM BEACH
A - IN 1955 THIS FIVE-AND-DIME HEIRESS SPLIT FROM HUSBAND NO. 5, PLAYBOY
PORFIRIO RUBIROSA, & MARRIED A BARON
Q - BARBARA HUTTON
----------------------------
Category: HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
----------------------------
A - THE BILL OF SALE FOR THIS WAS DATED APRIL 30, 1803
Q - LOUISIANA PURCHASE
A - TOTAL NUMBER OF THESES NAILED TO A CHURCH DOOR IN WITTENBERG, GERMANY
OCTOBER 31, 1517
Q - NINETY-FIVE
A - THE LAST LINE OF THIS 1848 TRACT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED AT "WORKERS OF THE
WORLD, UNITE!"
Q - COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
A - THE PACT CREATING THIS ORGANIZATION WAS SIGNED SEPTEMBER 8, 1954 IN MANILA
Q - SEATO
A - JAPAN SIGNED ITS SURRENDER FOR WWII ABOARD THIS SHIP
Q - U.S.S. MISSOURI
------------------------
Category: HISTORIC NAMES
------------------------
A - RUBBLE FROM THE TOMB OF RAMSES VI HELPED PROTECT THIS PHARAOH'S TOMB FROM
GRAVE ROBBERS
Q - KING TUT
A - IN 1875 THIS POLITICAL "BOSS" ESCAPED FROM JAIL & FLED TO CUBA, THEN TO
SPAIN
Q - WILLIAM MARCY TWEED
A - THIS INVENTOR OF A TEMPERATURE SCALE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN AMSTERDAM
MAKING WEATHER INSTRUMENTS
Q - DANIEL FAHRENHEIT
A - ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA REGARDS HIM "AS THE MOST GROTESQUE FIGURE EVER TO
SERVE AS ROMAN EMPEROR"
Q - CALIGULA
A - THIS "LAME" MONGOL CONQUEROR DIED SUDDENLY IN 1405 WHILE PLANNING A
CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHINA
Q - TIMUR THE LAME
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Category: HISTORIC TERMS
------------------------
A - THE NAME OF THESE COLONIAL MILITIAMEN COMES FROM THEIR CLAIM THAT THEY
COULD BE READY IN 60 SECONDS
Q - MINUTEMEN
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "DAS KAPITAL" COINED THE TERM LUMPENPROLETARIAT TO DESCRIBE
"SOCIAL SCUM"
Q - KARL MARX
A - THIS TERM FOR THE ANTICOMMUNIST HYSTERIA OF THE '40S & '50S COMES FROM A
SENATOR'S NAME
Q - MCCARTHYISM
A - SEA DOGS WERE THE ENGLISH PRIVATEERS WHO PREYED ON SPANISH SHIPS IN THE
EARLY PART OF HER REIGN
Q - ELIZABETH I
A - THIS TERM FOR BRITISH RULE IN INDIA COMES FROM HINDI FOR "SOVEREIGNTY"
Q - RAJ
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1900 THIS CHINESE GROUP KILLED A GERMAN DIPLOMAT & TRIED TO DRIVE
FOREIGNERS OUT OF THE COUNTRY
Q - BOXERS
A - IN 1815 THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA MADE THIS COUNTRY A GRAND DUCHY RULED BY THE
NETHERLANDS
Q - LUXEMBOURG
A - IN 1969 THE U.N. DECLARED IRIAN JAYA IN WEST NEW GUINEA THIS COUNTRY'S 26TH
PROVINCE
Q - INDONESIA
A - IN 1929 THIS FUTURE PRIME MINISTER WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INDIA'S
CONGRESS PARTY
Q - JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
A - IN 1938 FRANCE STOPPED SENDING PRISONERS TO THIS BRUTAL PRISON CAMP OFF THE
COAST OF FRENCH GUIANA
Q - DEVIL'S ISLAND
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - FUJIWARA TADAHIRA BECAME REGENT OF THIS COUNTRY IN 930 & CIVIL DICTATOR IN
941
Q - JAPAN
A - AN ASSOCIATE IN BALTIMORE RECEIVED HIS FAMOUS MESSAGE "WHAT HATH GOD
WROUGHT!"
Q - SAMUEL F.B. MORSE
A - HIS BROTHER JOSEPH BECAME KING OF SPAIN IN 1808 & REIGNED UNTIL 1813
Q - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A - IN 1795 THE BRITISH CAPTURED CAPE TOWN FROM THIS EUROPEAN POWER
Q - NETHERLANDS
A - ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS, CHANCELLOR OF THIS COUNTRY, WAS MURDERED JULY 25, 1934
Q - AUSTRIA
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN APRIL 1961 A GROUP OF EXILES UNSUCCESSFULLY INVADED THIS CARIBBEAN
ISLAND
Q - CUBA
A - P.W. BOTHA RESIGNED AS THIS COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT ON AUGUST 14, 1989
Q - SOUTH AFRICA
A - IN 1510, BEFORE HE DISCOVERED THE PACIFIC OCEAN, HE FOUNDED THE SETTLEMENT
OF DARIEN
Q - VASCO DE BALBOA
A - IN 1868 HE BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH PRIME MINISTER OF JEWISH ANCESTRY
Q - BENJAMIN DISRAELI
A - IN 1971 THIS FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE SERVED AS A DELEGATE TO THE 26TH U.N.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Q - ALAN SHEPARD
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - ON MARCH 25, 1994, THE U.S. WITHDREW THE LAST OF ITS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES
FROM THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY
Q - SOMALIA
A - IN 1512 THIS KING SEIZED NAVARRE, BRINGING ALL OF WHAT IS NOW SPAIN UNDER
HIS CONTROL
Q - FERDINAND
A - AFTER WORLD WAR I THIS POLISH PORT BECAME A FREE CITY SUPERVISED BY THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Q - DANZIG
A - ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1864, MAYOR JAMES M. CALHOUN SURRENDERED THIS GEORGIA CITY
TO UNION TROOPS
Q - ATLANTA
A - IN JULY 1977 THE MILITARY TOOK OVER THIS NATION & GENERAL ZIA UL-HAQ BECAME
CHIEF MARTIAL LAW ADMINISTRATOR
Q - PAKISTAN
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1993 THIS COUNTRY WITHDREW THE REMNANTS OF A BRIGADE SENT TO CUBA DURING
THE 1962 MISSILE CRISIS
Q - RUSSIA
A - THE FIRST GREAT RAILROAD TUNNEL THROUGH THE ALPS, THE ST. GOTTHARD, OPENED
IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1882
Q - SWITZERLAND
A - THE TREATY HE NEGOTIATED IN 1854 OPENED JAPAN TO COMMERCIAL TRADE WITH THE
UNITED STATES
Q - MATTHEW PERRY
A - LEADING HIS REDSHIRTS, HE PROCLAIMED HIMSELF DICTATOR OF SICILY IN 1860
Q - GIUSEPPI GARIBALDI
A - IN HER 1926 SWIM OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, SHE BROKE THE MEN'S RECORD BY
ALMOST 2 HOURS
Q - GERTRUDE EDERLE
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - ON HIS FOURTH VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD, HE LANDED IN COSTA RICA & GAVE IT
ITS NAME
Q - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A - IN 1603 JAPANESE WARRIOR TOKUGAWA IEYASU ASSUMED THIS TITLE
Q - SHOGUN
A - THIS KING OF ENGLAND WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Q - JAMES I
A - FROM 1516 TO 1918 JORDAN WAS PART OF THIS EMPIRE
Q - OTTOMAN
A - AS INTERMEDIARY, THIS NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY HELPED SECURE THE 1981 RELEASE
OF U.S. HOSTAGES IN IRAN
Q - ALGERIA
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA TWICE, 1946-1955 & 1973-1974
Q - JUAN PERON
A - IN 1844 THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUCCESSFULLY REVOLTED AGAINST THIS NEIGHBOR
Q - HAITI
A - HER UNCLE OPACHISCO & 2 OF HER BROTHERS REPRESENTED HER FATHER AT HER 1614
WEDDING
Q - POCAHONTAS
A - IN 1791 THE PAPACY RELINQUISHED CONTROL OF THIS CITY TO THE FRENCH
Q - AVIGNON
A - IN 1988 A CEASEFIRE ENDED THE 8-YEAR WAR BETWEEN IRAN & THIS COUNTRY
Q - IRAQ
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1805 THIS CAPTAIN OF THE BOUNTY BECAME GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Q - WILLIAM BLIGH
A - IN THE TET OFFENSIVE OF JANUARY 30, 1968, COMMUNISTS ATTACKED THIS CAPITAL
OF SOUTH VIETNAM
Q - SAIGON
A - ON JUNE 13, 323 B.C., ALEXANDER THE GREAT DIED IN THE PALACE OF
NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN THIS CITY
Q - BABYLON
A - IN THE 1880S HE HELPED FOUND THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA CO. & THE DE BEERS
DIAMOND CO.
Q - CECIL RHODES
A - IN 1833 HE WAS CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF MEXICO; LATER HE BECAME DICTATOR
Q - SANTA ANNA
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1921 RUSSIA HELPED MONGOLIA SECURE ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THIS COUNTRY
AFTER MORE THAN 200 YEARS
Q - CHINA
A - THE 1785-86 SCANDAL OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE WAS DISASTROUS FOR THE
POPULARITY OF THIS WIFE OF LOUIS XVI
Q - MARIE ANTOINETTE
A - IN 1705 HE NOTED THE SIMILARITY IN THE PATHS OF THE COMETS OF 1531, 1607 &
1682
Q - EDMUND HALLEY
A - 1938'S ANSCHLUSS COMBINED THIS NEIGHBORING COUNTRY WITH THE THIRD REICH
Q - AUSTRIA
A - IN JUNE 1804 AARON BURR SENT HIM A LETTER WHICH SAID, "YOU HAVE INVITED THE
COURSE I AM ABOUT TO PURSUE"
Q - ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - RULING FOR NEARLY 900 YEARS, THE ZHOU WAS THIS COUNTRY'S LONGEST-REIGNING
DYNASTY
Q - CHINA
A - IN 1974 THE PLO, LED BY THIS MAN, WAS NAMED THE "SOLE LEGITIMATE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE"
Q - YASIR ARAFAT
A - DURING HIS BRIEF EXILE TO THIS ISLAND, NAPOLEON SERVED AS ITS EMPEROR
Q - ELBA
A - IN 1905 THIS CZAR ISSUED THE OCTOBER MANIFESTO, CREATING RUSSIA'S FIRST
PARLIAMENT
Q - NICHOLAS II
A - IN THE 1920S THIS FUTURE ASIAN PRESIDENT HELPED FOUND THE FRENCH COMMUNIST
PARTY
Q - HO CHI MINH
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1869 IT CUT THE TRAVEL DISTANCE BETWEEN LONDON & BOMBAY BY OVER 4,000
MILES
Q - SUEZ CANAL
A - WHEN HANNIBAL WAS 9 HIS FATHER FORCED HIM TO SWEAR ETERNAL HATRED FOR THIS
CITY
Q - ROME
A - MARCH 31, 1492 EDICT IN THIS COUNTRY OFFERED THE JEWS THERE THE CHOICE OF
BAPTISM OR EXILE
Q - SPAIN
A - IN 1324 MALI'S RULER MANSA MUSA MADE A 4,000-MILE PILGRIMAGE TO THIS CITY,
TAKING A REPORTED 12,000 SLAVES
Q - MECCA
A - IN 751 PEPIN THE SHORT'S TITLE WAS CHANGED FROM "MAYOR OF THE PALACE" TO
"KING OF" THESE PEOPLE
Q - FRANKS
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1961 THIS CUBAN LEADER SAID HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A MARXIST-LENINIST AND
WOULD BE ONE UNTIL HE DIED
Q - FIDEL CASTRO
A - IN 1215 GENGHIS KHAN CAPTURED THIS CITY, THE LAST CHIN STRONGHOLD IN
NORTHERN CHINA
Q - PEKING
A - ALSO CALLED LACEDAEMON, THIS ONCE POWERFUL GREEK CITY-STATE WAS DESTROYED
BY THE VISIGOTHS IN 396
Q - SPARTA
A - THIS "PLAN" TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AFTER WWII WAS
ANNOUNCED AT HARVARD IN 1947
Q - MARSHALL PLAN
A - IN 1958, TO COUNTER THE UAR OF EGYPT & SYRIA, JORDAN & THIS COUNTRY FORMED
A FEDERATION
Q - IRAQ
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN 1728 SPAIN GAVE THE ROYAL GUIPUZCOA COMPANY OF CARACAS CONTROL OF ALL
TRADE IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - VENEZUELA
A - IN 1830 BELGIUM DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THIS OTHER LOW COUNTRY
Q - NETHERLANDS
A - BY A 1920 VOTE NORTHERN SCHLESWIG WAS TRANSFERRED FROM GERMANY TO THIS
PENINSULAR COUNTRY
Q - DENMARK
A - ON AUGUST 12, 1960 BRITAIN, GREECE & TURKEY ALLOWED THIS MEDITERRANEAN
ISLAND TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
Q - CYPRUS
A - JOAN OF ARC WAS PRESENT AT THE 1429 CORONATION OF CHARLES VII IN THIS CITY
Q - REIMS
-----------------
Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - HIS FIRST EXPEDITION TO THE NEW WORLD BEGAN FROM PALOS, SPAIN ON AUGUST 3,
1492
Q - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A - THE BLACK STONE, A SACRED OBJECT IN ISLAM, WAS STOLEN FROM THIS CITY BY
REBELS IN 930 & KEPT FOR 20 YEARS
Q - MECCA
A - FRANCE'S KING HENRY II DIED IN 1559 AFTER HE WAS WOUNDED DURING THIS TYPE
OF TOURNAMENT
Q - JOUST
A - IN 1984 JOHN TURNER SERVED BRIEFLY AS CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, THEN LOST
THE OFFICE TO THIS MAN
Q - BRIAN MULRONEY
A - THIS LUXURY LINER WAS EN ROUTE FROM ITALY TO THE U.S. WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH
THE STOCKHOLM IN 1956
Q - ANDREA DORIA
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Category: HISTORY
-----------------
A - IN FEBRUARY 1949 THIS COUNTRY'S KNESSET ELECTED CHAIM WEITZMANN AS ITS
FIRST PRESIDENT
Q - ISRAEL
A - IN SEPTEMBER 1953 THIS MAN BECAME HEAD OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY; IN 1958 HE
BECAME PREMIER
Q - NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
A - THIS MAN LED THE LONG MARCH FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1935
Q - MAO ZEDONG
A - IRISH REPUBLICANS BEGAN A REBELLION AGAINST BRITISH RULE ON THE DAY AFTER
THIS HOLIDAY IN 1916
Q - EASTER
A - IN OCTOBER 1982 HE BECAME THE FIRST CHANCELLOR OF WEST GERMANY WHO REACHED
ADULTHOOD AFTER WORLD WAR II
Q - HELMUT KOHL
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Category: HODGEPODGE
--------------------
A - 777 UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS OF THIS 1889 FLOOD ARE BURIED IN GRANDVIEW
CEMETERY IN PENNSYLVANIA
Q - JOHNSTOWN
A - THE RED STRIPE ON INDONESIA'S FLAG STANDS FOR COURAGE, THIS COLOR STRIPE
FOR PURITY
Q - WHITE
A - THE CATHEDRAL OF SAN GIOVANNI BATISTA IN THIS CITY CONTAINS THE CHAPEL OF
THE HOLY SHROUD
Q - TURIN
A - PEOPLE BORN DURING THIS MONTH HAVE EITHER LEO OR VIRGO AS THEIR
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN
Q - AUGUST
A - THIS BOY SCOUT FOUNDER DIED IN KENYA JANUARY 8, 1941
Q - ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
--------------------
Category: HODGEPODGE
--------------------
A - LOUIS PASTEUR'S STATE FUNERAL WAS HELD IN THIS PARIS CATHEDRAL
Q - NOTRE DAME
A - THIS CURRENCY OF PANAMA IS NAMED AFTER THE EXPLORER WHO FIRST CROSSED THE
ISTHMUS TO THE PACIFIC
Q - BALBOA
A - THIS COMMON NAME FOR TABLE TENNIS WAS ONCE OWNED BY PARKER BROTHERS
Q - PING PONG
A - THIS PLANT OVER A DOORWAY WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO ENSURE HAPPINESS, WHETHER OR
NOT YOU KISS UNDER IT
Q - MISTLETOE
A - HE'S FAMOUS FOR HIS MONOLOGUES "SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA" & "MONSTER IN A BOX"
Q - SPALDING GRAY
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Category: HODGEPODGE
--------------------
A - IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE FIRST POPE IS BURIED UNDER THIS BUILDING
Q - ST. PETER'S
A - IN GREEK MYTH THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL MORTAL WOMAN WAS NOT SO MUCH BORN AS
HATCHED
Q - HELEN OF TROY
A - "PIGS IN THE PEN" IS A VARIATION OF THIS KIDS' GAME PLAYED ON FLOORS &
SIDEWALKS
Q - JACKS
A - AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF THIS ART MOVEMENT WERE CLAUDE MONET & CAMILLE
PISSARRO
Q - IMPRESSIONISM
A - THIS MADAGASCAN ANIMAL IS THE ONLY PRIMATE THAT PULLS HAIR FROM ITS BODY TO
MAKE A NEST
Q - LEMUR
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Category: HODGEPODGE
--------------------
A - THESE ARACHNIDS TRANSMIT LYME DISEASE & ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
Q - TICKS
A - THIS HOUSTON UNIVERSITY IS NAMED FOR A COTTON MERCHANT, NOT A "GRAIN"
MERCHANT
Q - RICE UNIVERSITY
A - JEAN LUSSIER DIDN'T USE A BARREL; HE WAS THE FIRST TO GO OVER THESE IN A
GIANT RUBBER BALL
Q - NIAGARA FALLS
A - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TENNESSEE, ALABAMA'S RIVERS FLOW TOWARD THIS
GULF
Q - GULF OF MEXICO
A - THIS RETAILER TOLD HIS STORY IN A 1992 BOOK SUBTITLED "MADE IN AMERICA"
Q - SAM WALTON
--------------------
Category: HODGEPODGE
--------------------
A - THIS MOST COMMON LETTER IN ENGLISH ISN'T USED IN ERNEST VINCENT WRIGHT'S
50,000 WORD NOVEL, "GADSBY"
Q - E
A - THE REMAINS OF THIS P.T. BARNUM ELEPHANT WERE GIVEN TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Q - JUMBO
A - CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR; HANUKKAH LASTS THIS MANY DAYS
Q - EIGHT
A - "FUNICULI, FUNICULA" WAS COMPOSED FOR THE OPENING OF THE RAILROAD THAT
TRAVELED UP THIS ITALIAN MOUNTAIN
Q - MOUNT VESUVIUS
A - IN THE 1760S THIS U.S. CITY WAS NAMED FOR THE PATRON SAINT OF THE THEN KING
OF FRANCE
Q - ST. LOUIS
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Category: HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
--------------------------------
A - IN THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, MAWLID AN-NABI IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THIS
PROPHET'S BIRTH
Q - MOHAMMED
A - IT'S THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN MAY
Q - MEMORIAL DAY
A - THE ROSE OF TRALEE FESTIVAL IS HELD IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER IN
THIS COUNTRY
Q - IRELAND
A - ON JULY 28 THIS TINY COUNTRY SURROUNDED BY ITALY CELEBRATES THE FALL OF
FASCISM
Q - SAN MARINO
A - ON NOVEMBER 6 THIS NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY COMMEMORATES ITS 1975 TAKEOVER OF
SPANISH SAHARA
Q - MOROCCO
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Category: THE HOLY LAND
-----------------------
A - RECAPTURING THE HOLY LAND WAS THE GOAL OF THESE MILITARY EXPEDITIONS OF THE
11TH-13TH CENTURIES
Q - CRUSADES
A - THOUGH THE HOLY LAND'S BORDERS ARE INDISTINCT, ITS WESTERN EDGE IS LARGELY
PROVIDED BY THIS SEA
Q - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A - HIS LETTERS FROM THE HOLY LAND TO A CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER FORM PART OF
"INNOCENTS ABROAD"
Q - MARK TWAIN
A - THIS SYNONYM FOR THE HOLY LAND COMES FROM A GREEK WORD DERIVED FROM HEBREW
FOR "LAND OF THE PHILISTINES"
Q - PALESTINE
A - THE GOAL OF THIS JEWISH NATIONALIST MOVEMENT WAS THE CREATION OF A STATE IN
THE HOLY LAND
Q - ZIONISM
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Category: HORSES
----------------
A - THE NAME OF THIS HORSE BRED IN THE PALOUSE RIVER REGION PROBABLY COMES FROM
THE WORD PALOUSE
Q - APPALOOSA
A - THIS SCOTTISH DRAFT HORSE IS SO STRONG IT CAN PULL MORE THAN A SHORT TON
Q - CLYDESDALE
A - "CELESTIAL" TERM FOR A SMALL WHITE PATCH ON A HORSE'S FOREHEAD
Q - STAR
A - A HORSE'S HEIGHT IS MEASURED IN THESE UNITS, EACH EQUAL TO 4 INCHES
Q - HANDS
A - THESE HORSES TRAINED AT THE SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL ARE USUALLY GRAY, BUT MAY
BE BAY OR ROAN
Q - LIPIZZANS
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Category: HOTELS BY CITY
------------------------
A - HAY-ADAMS, WATERGATE, MAYFLOWER
Q - WASHINGTON
A - SOL IPANEMA, PLAZA COPACABANA, COPACABANA PALACE
Q - RIO DE JANEIRO
A - RITZ-CARLTON, COPLEY PLAZA, BACK BAY HILTON
Q - BOSTON
A - SANTA LUCIA, MEDITERRANEO, VESUVIO
Q - NAPLES
A - SACHER, IMPERIAL, PENSION WIENER
Q - VIENNA
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Categories beginning with I (ANQI)
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Category: I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN
-----------------------------
A - THIS LEXINGTON AVENUE LANDMARK IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BLOOMIE'S
Q - BLOOMINGDALES
A - THE GOTHAM MINIATURE GOLF COURSE IN THIS FAMOUS PARK FEATURES SCALE MODELS
OF NYC LANDMARKS
Q - CENTRAL PARK
A - BILL CLINTON'S DAUGHTER MAY KNOW THAT MUCH OF THIS DISTRICT WAS ONCE OWNED
BY POET CLEMENT CLARK MOORE
Q - CHELSEA
A - HE AGREED TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCERT HALL WHILE ON HIS HONEYMOON
CRUISE IN 1887
Q - ANDREW CARNEGIE
A - TIMES SQUARE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND STREET, 7TH AVENUE &
THIS FAMOUS STREET
Q - BROADWAY
---------------
Category: INDIA
---------------
A - INDIA WAS CONNECTED TO EUROPE BY THIS TYPE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN 1870
Q - TELEGRAPH
A - ON JUNE 12, 1975 SHE WAS CONVICTED OF CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE 1971
ELECTION
Q - INDIRA GANDHI
A - TRADERS FROM THIS IBERIAN COUNTRY SEIZED PORTS ON INDIA'S WEST COAST IN THE
EARLY 1500'S
Q - PORTUGAL
A - THE DIVISION OF PEOPLE INTO THESE HEREDITARY GROUPS BEGAN IN VEDIC TIMES
Q - CASTES
A - FOUND ON INDIA'S BORDER WITH NEPAL, KANCHENJUNGA IS THE THIRD-HIGHEST ONE
OF THESE IN THE WORLD
Q - MOUNTAIN
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Category: INSECTS
-----------------
A - ONE OF THE BIBLICAL PLAGUES BROUGHT UPON EGYPT WAS SWARMS OF THESE
CRICKET-LIKE INSECTS
Q - LOCUSTS
A - THE ONLY FUNCTION OF THIS STINGLESS MALE BEE IS TO MATE WITH THE QUEEN
Q - DRONE
A - NAGANA, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT AFFECTS HORSES & CATTLE, IS TRANSMITTED
BY THESE AFRICAN FLIES
Q - TSETSE FLIES
A - ANTHONOMOUS GRANDIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THIS COTTON PEST
Q - BOLL WEEVIL
A - THE PLANT LOUSE IS A TYPE OF THIS TINY GARDEN PEST
Q - APHID
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Category: THE INSECT WORLD
--------------------------
A - THESE INSECT PARTS ARE DIVIDED INTO 5 MAIN SEGMENTS: THE TROCHANTER, COXA,
FEMUR, TIBIA & TARSUS
Q - LEGS
A - MANY INSECTS HAVE 3 OCELLI, A SIMPLE TYPE OF THIS ORGAN, SET IN A
TRIANGULAR FORMATION
Q - EYES
A - SOME APHIDS SECRETE THIS SWEET SUBSTANCE THAT HAS THE SAME NAME AS A
GREENISH MELON
Q - HONEYDEW
A - IN MALE MOTHS THESE APPENDAGES ARE COVERED WITH ORGANS OF SMELL THAT HELP
THEM FIND MATES
Q - ANTENNAE
A - IT FILLS THE ENTIRE CAVITY OF AN INSECT'S BODY BUT DOES NOT CARRY OXYGEN TO
THE CELLS
Q - BLOOD
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Category: INSURANCE
-------------------
A - INSURANCE COMPANIES REFER TO CATASTROPHIC EVENTS THAT COME FROM NATURAL
CAUSES AS "ACTS OF" THIS
Q - GOD
A - THIS TYPE OF CAR INSURANCE COVERS THE LOSS REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY IS
RESPONSIBLE
Q - NO FAULT
A - IT'S THE PART OF A LOSS PAID BY THE INSURED PARTY, NOT THE INSURER
Q - DEDUCTIBLE
A - THE PAYMENT FOR AN INSURED LOSS, A CLAUSE MAY "DOUBLE" IT
Q - INDEMNITY
A - THIS TERM REFERS TO THE PERSON ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE INSURANCE PAYMENTS
Q - BENEFICIARY
-------------------------------
Category: INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
-------------------------------
A - CONEY ISLAND ALSACIENNE IS A EUPHEMISM FOR ONE OF THESE WITH SAUERKRAUT
Q - HOT DOG
A - GJETOST IS A NORWEGIAN TYPE OF THIS MADE OF WHEY FROM GOAT'S & COW'S MILK
Q - CHEESE
A - THE HAMBURG TYPE OF THIS HERB IS NOT CULTIVATED FOR USE AS A GARNISH BUT
FOR ITS ROOT
Q - PARSLEY
A - WHEN USED TO DESCRIBE MEAT, MARBLED MEANS HAVING FLECKS OF THIS THROUGH THE
TISSUE
Q - FAT
A - THIS SPANISH DISH CONSISTS OF SAFFRON-FLAVORED RICE WITH CHICKEN, SEAFOOD,
PEAS, ETC.
Q - PAELLA
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Category: IN THE DICTIONARY
---------------------------
A - THE WORD WALTZ CAME FROM WALZEN, WHICH MEANS "TO REVOLVE" IN THIS LANGUAGE
Q - GERMAN
A - THIS WORD FOR A FOREIGN PERSON OR A CREATURE FROM OUTER SPACE COMES FROM
THE LATIN WORD FOR "OTHER"
Q - ALIEN
A - A FRENCH WORD FOR "THICKET" GAVE US THIS WORD FOR SOMETHING A BRIDE THROWS
Q - BOUQUET
A - AN INTERJECTION THAT EXPRESSES CHILDISH DELIGHT, OR AN OLD FORM OF ADDRESS
THAT'S AN ALTERATION OF "GOODWIFE"
Q - GOODY
A - THE THOMSON'S TYPE OF THIS ANTELOPE IS NAMED FOR SCOTTISH EXPLORER JOHN
THOMSON
Q - GAZELLE
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Category: INVENTIONS
--------------------
A - IN 1888 EX-EDISON EMPLOYEE NIKOLA TESLA PATENTED THIS POWER SYSTEM AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO EDISON'S
Q - ALTERNATING CURRENT
A - VLADIMIR ZWORYKIN IS KNOWN FOR CREATING THE KINESCOPE FOR THIS INVENTION
Q - TELEVISION
A - THE ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW WAS USED TO RAISE THIS
Q - WATER
A - READING JULES VERNE'S "CLIPPER OF THE CLOUDS" INSPIRED IGOR SIKORSKY TO
INVENT THIS
Q - HELICOPTER
A - THIS KEY PERMITTED THE ADDITION OF LOWER-CASE LETTERS TO A TYPEWRITER
WITHOUT ADDING MORE KEYS
Q - SHIFT KEY
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Category: INVENTORS
-------------------
A - IN 1877 HE SAILED TO EUROPE TO INTRODUCE HIS NEW TELEPHONE
Q - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
A - ROY J. PLUNKETT, THE INVENTOR OF THIS NON-STICK COATING FOR COOKWARE,
PASSED AWAY IN 1994
Q - TEFLON
A - UNABLE TO PAY HIS DEBTS, HE HAD TO TURN OVER HIS PRINTING PRESS TO JOHANN
FUST IN 1455
Q - JOHANNES GUTENBERG
A - IN JANUARY 1861, JUST 3 MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE RECEIVED A PATENT FOR A
STEAM ELEVATOR
Q - ELISHA OTIS
A - IN 1977 HE UNVEILED HIS COMPANY'S NEW INSTANT MOTION-PICTURE SYSTEM,
POLAVISION
Q - EDWIN LAND
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Category: INVENTORS
-------------------
A - LORD KELVIN CALLED THIS MAN'S INVENTION OF THE TELEPHONE "THE MOST
WONDERFUL THING IN AMERICA"
Q - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
A - THIS INVENTOR OF CONDENSED MILK WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF ROGER WILLIAMS
Q - GAIL BORDEN
A - THIS FOUNDER OF A MICHIGAN-BASED CHEMICAL COMPANY RECEIVED OVER 100 PATENTS
BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1930
Q - HENRY ROBERT DOW
A - "THIS IS" THE MOVIE PROCESS LAUNCHED BY INVENTOR FRED WALLER IN 1952
Q - CINERAMA
A - REPORTEDLY FIRST ISOLATED IN 1957 IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, CHEMICAL ELEMENT
102 IS NAMED FOR THIS INVENTOR
Q - ALFRED NOBEL
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Category: INVENTORS
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A - THIS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH OCEANOGRAPHIC CAMPAIGNS DEVELOPED A PROCESS
FOR USING TV UNDERWATER
Q - JACQUES COUSTEAU
A - THIS 15TH CENT. PRINTER WAS BORN JOHANN GENSFLEISCH BUT USED HIS MOTHER'S
MAIDEN NAME
Q - JOHANNES GUTENBERG
A - IN 1842 HE SOLD ONLY 7 OF HIS IMPROVED MECHANICAL REAPERS
Q - CYRUS MCCORMICK
A - IN 1904 THIS AUTOMOBILE PIONEER BEGAN MAKING THE REO, A CAR NAMED FOR HIS
INITIALS
Q - RANSOM ELI OLDS
A - IN THE 1940S HE DEVELOPED A 3-D MOTION PICTURE PROCESS BASED ON POLARIZED
LIGHT
Q - EDWIN LAND
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Category: INVENTORS
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A - AS A TEENAGER, THIS CONNECTICUT LOCKSMITH WANTED TO BE A PORTRAIT PAINTER
Q - LINUS YALE
A - GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE WAS A NAVY ENGINEER DURING THIS WAR & LATER DEVISED A
TURBINE ENGINE FOR SHIPS
Q - CIVIL WAR
A - IN THE 1840S HE SOLD THE ENGLISH RIGHTS TO HIS SEWING MACHINE TO CORSET
MAKER WILLIAM THOMAS
Q - ELIAS HOWE
A - IN 1987 THIS DEVELOPER OF THE SINGLE ROTOR HELICOPTER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
Q - IGOR SIKORSKY
A - IN 1983 THIS CREATOR OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEART WAS NAMED INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
Q - ROBERT JARVIK
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Category: ISLANDS
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A - KEY WEST, FLORIDA IS ONLY ABOUT 90 MILES FROM THIS ISLAND COUNTRY
Q - CUBA
A - BECAUSE OF ITS EXOTIC FLOWERS & TREES, MADEIRA IS THE "ROCK GARDEN OF" THIS
OCEAN
Q - ATLANTIC OCEAN
A - THIS ISLAND NEAR NEVIS IS ACTUALLY THE TOP OF A VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN NAMED
MOUNT MISERY
Q - ST. KITTS
A - FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA WAS BORN ON THIS SPANISH ISLAND, THE LARGEST OF THE
BALEARIC ISLANDS, IN 1713
Q - MAJORCA
A - THE 12TH CENTURY CATHEDRAL OF ST. MAGNUS IS AN ATTRACTION IN KIRKWALL, THE
CAPITAL OF THESE SCOTTISH ISLANDS
Q - ORKNEY ISLANDS
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Category: ISLANDS
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A - AMITYVILLE, OYSTER BAY & BROOKLYN ARE LOCATED ON THIS NEW YORK ISLAND
Q - LONG ISLAND
A - THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK, PICO TURQUINO, LIES ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF
GUANTANAMO BAY
Q - CUBA
A - AT 40,420 SQUARE MILES, LUZON IS THIS NATION'S LARGEST ISLAND
Q - PHILIPPINES
A - THE SULTANATE OF BRUNEI IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF THIS ISLAND IN
THE EAST INDIES
Q - BORNEO
A - MOUNT OLYMPUS IS THE HIGHEST POINT ON THIS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND
Q - CYPRUS
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Category: ITALIAN CITIES
------------------------
A - GNOCCHI FRIDAY IS THE HEIGHT OF CARNEVALE IN THIS CITY, HOME OF ROMEO
Q - VERONA
A - TO GO TO THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN THIS CITY, GET OFF THE VAPORETTO AT
ACCADEMIA
Q - VENICE
A - IN 1992 A BIG COLUMBUS FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN THIS CITY'S PORTO VECCHIO, OR
OLD PORT
Q - GENOA
A - THIS CITY'S MUSEO ALLA SCALA FEATURES MEMORABILIA FROM THE FAMOUS THEATRE
NEXT TO IT
Q - MILAN
A - ONE OF THE FAMOUS SONGS FROM THIS CITY HAS IMMORTALIZED ITS PORT OF SANTA
LUCIA
Q - NAPLES
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Category: IT'S THE BERRIES
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A - THIS POPULAR SHORTCAKE FRUIT IS OFTEN PAIRED WITH RHUBARB IN A PIE
Q - STRAWBERRY
A - WHEN PICKED RIPE THIS RED OR BLACK BERRY PULLS AWAY FROM ITS CORE, CREATING
A HOLLOW CENTER
Q - RASPBERRY
A - NEW ENGLAND INDIANS MADE THEIR PEMMICAN WITH THESE BOG BERRIES
Q - CRANBERRIES
A - THESE GREEN BERRIES ARE TRADITIONAL IN FOOL, A BRITISH DESSERT
Q - GOOSEBERRIES
A - THIS BERRY WAS NAMED FOR THE CALIFORNIA JUDGE WHO DISCOVERED IT IN THE
1880S
Q - LOGANBERRY
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Category: JAILS & PRISONS
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A - IN 1987 MAGICIAN DAVID COPPERFIELD "ESCAPED" FROM THIS U.S. ISLAND PRISON
Q - ALCATRAZ
A - IT'S SOLZHENITSYN'S FAMOUS 3-VOLUME STUDY OF THE SOVIET PENAL SYSTEM
Q - GULAG ARCHIPELAGO
A - THIS FORT OVER WHICH "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" FLEW WAS LATER USED AS A
MILITARY PRISON
Q - FORT MCHENRY
A - THOUGH ITS PROPER NAME IS THE OSSINING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THE N.Y.
PRISON IS STILL CALLED THIS
Q - SING SING
A - THE 1976 BOOK "SPANDAU" WAS THE PRISON DIARY OF THIS GERMAN ARCHITECT
Q - ALBERT SPEER
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Category: JUNE
--------------
A - THE JUNE 17, 1972 BURGLARY OF DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
TOUCHED OFF THIS SCANDAL
Q - WATERGATE
A - IN THIS CITY ON JUNE 5, 1968, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED BY
SIRHAN SIRHAN
Q - LOS ANGELES
A - KNOWN AS THE "IRON HORSE," THIS NEW YORK YANKEE FIRST BASEMAN WAS BORN JUNE
19, 1903
Q - LOU GEHRIG
A - ON JUNE 22, 1964 THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THIS 1934 HENRY MILLER
BOOK COULD NOT BE BANNED
Q - TROPIC OF CANCER
A - ON JUNE 2, 1886 THIS PRESIDENT MARRIED HIS WARD, FRANCES FOLSOM, IN THE
WHITE HOUSE
Q - GROVER CLEVELAND
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Category: JUST DESSERTS
-----------------------
A - BAKLAVA IS DRENCHED IN A SYRUP MADE OF THIS APIAN SWEETENER
Q - HONEY
A - PANETTONE, AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS TREAT, IS LEAVENED WITH THIS
Q - YEAST
A - THOUGH NAMED FOR A FRENCH EMPEROR, THIS PUFF PASTRY & CREME PATISSIERE
DESSERT IS NOT FRENCH
Q - NAPOLEON
A - DACQUOISE IS A PASTRY MADE OF THIS BEATEN EGG WHITE MIXTURE
Q - MERINGUE
A - THE NAME OF THIS TINY ICED CAKE IS FRENCH FOR "LITTLE OVEN"
Q - PETIT FOUR
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Categories beginning with K (ANQK)
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Category: KIDNAPPED
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A - IN 1960 ADOLPH III, A GRANDSON OF THIS BREWERY FOUNDER, WAS KIDNAPPED &
MURDERED
Q - ADOLPH COORS
A - A WOODEN LADDER WAS ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING PIECES OF EVIDENCE LINKING
THIS MAN TO THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
Q - BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN
A - IT WAS THE ALIAS ADOPTED BY PATTY HEARST WHILE SHE WAS WITH THE S.L.A.
Q - TANIA
A - THIS ANGLICAN ENVOY WHO HELPED FREE BRITISH HOSTAGES IN IRAN IN 1981 WAS
HIMSELF KIDNAPPED IN 1987
Q - TERRY WAITE
A - IN 1924 THIS PAIR RECEIVED LIFE SENTENCES FOR THE MURDER OF BOBBIE FRANKS,
PLUS 99 YEARS FOR KIDNAPPING HIM
Q - LEOPOLD & LOEB
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Category: KINGS & QUEENS
------------------------
A - IN 1986 HIS SON PRINCE FELIPE WAS SWORN IN AS THE HEIR APPARENT TO THE
SPANISH THRONE
Q - JUAN CARLOS
A - CONSTANTINE II, KING OF THIS COUNTRY 1964-74, WAS AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
Q - GREECE
A - A ONE-TIME FRIEND OF VOLTAIRE, THIS "GREAT" KING HAS BEEN CALLED THE
"PHILOSOPHER OF SANS SOUCI"
Q - FREDERICK THE GREAT
A - HER REIGN OVER ENGLAND LASTED FROM JULY 10 TO JULY 19, 1553
Q - LADY JANE GREY
A - 1997 MARKED HER 25TH YEAR AS QUEEN OF DENMARK
Q - MARGRETHE
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Category: LAKES & RIVERS
------------------------
A - THE GORING GAP NEAR READING, ENGLAND DIVIDES THIS RIVER'S UPPER BASIN FROM
ITS LOWER
Q - THAMES
A - AN ICE CAVE IN THE HIMALAYAS IS THE SOURCE OF THIS MOST SACRED HINDU RIVER
Q - GANGES
A - LAKE EYRE, THE LOWEST POINT ON THIS CONTINENT, WAS NAMED FOR ITS
DISCOVERER, EDWARD JOHN EYRE
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - OVER HALF OF THIS LAKE LIES IN VERMONT, A PORTION LIES IN NEW YORK & ITS
NORTHERN TIP LIES IN QUEBEC
Q - LAKE CHAMPLAIN
A - THIS LARGE SIBERIAN LAKE IS HOME TO ONE OF THE FEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER
SEALS
Q - LAKE BAIKAL BAIKAL
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Category: LANDMARKS
-------------------
A - CLOSED FROM 1967-1975, THIS MIDDLE EASTERN CANAL WAS LATER ENLARGED TO
ACCOMMODATE SUPERTANKERS
Q - SUEZ CANAL
A - FROM THE WINDOWS OF THIS CITY'S RENAISSANCE CENTER YOU CAN SEE WINDSOR,
ONTARIO
Q - DETROIT
A - IT'S THE ITALIAN TOWN WITH PITTI, THE PITTI PALACE
Q - FLORENCE
A - THIS U.S. CITY'S HAYMARKET SQUARE WAS THE SITE OF AN 1886 RIOT
Q - CHICAGO
A - HAAKON'S HALL IN BERGEN IS A RELIC OF THIS COUNTRY'S MEDIEVAL PAST
Q - NORWAY
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Category: LANDMARKS
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A - THIS SOUTH DAKOTA LANDMARK HAS BEEN CALLED "THE SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY"
Q - MOUNT RUSHMORE
A - THE TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA STANDS ON THE GROUNDS OF THE GRAND PALACE
IN THIS THAI CAPITAL
Q - BANGKOK
A - THE INNER WALLS OF THIS PARIS LANDMARK BEAR THE NAMES OF 386 OF NAPOLEON'S
GENERALS
Q - ARC DE TRIOMPHE
A - ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT IS THE LARGEST OF THE 15 NATIONAL
MONUMENTS IN THIS SW STATE
Q - ARIZONA
A - ST. STEPHEN'S BASILICA IS A FAMOUS LANDMARK IN THIS HUNGARIAN CAPITAL
Q - BUDAPEST
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Category: LANGUAGES
-------------------
A - SARDO IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS ROMANCE LANGUAGE SPOKEN ON AN ITALIAN
ISLAND
Q - SARDINIAN
A - ALTHOUGH TIBETAN IS THE TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE OF TIBET, THIS IS ITS OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE
Q - CHINESE
A - KARAMOJON & SUK ARE 2 OF THE NILOTIC LANGUAGES OF THIS CONTINENT
Q - AFRICA
A - IN DICTIONARIES THIS LANGUAGE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED FRIS.
Q - FRISIAN
A - IN 1786 KING GUSTAV III FOUNDED AN ACADEMY TO PROMOTE LITERATURE & WRITINGS
IN THIS LANGUAGE
Q - SWEDISH
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Category: LANGUAGES
-------------------
A - A STANDARD FORM OF PORTUGUESE IS BASED ON THE DIALECT OF THIS NATIONAL
CAPITAL
Q - LISBON
A - MOST OF THIS ISLAND, THE WORLD'S 2ND LARGEST, IS OCCUPIED BY SPEAKERS OF
THE PAPUAN LANGUAGES
Q - NEW GUINEA
A - LANGUAGES SPOKEN ON THIS U.S. TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC INCLUDE CHAMORRO &
ENGLISH
Q - GUAM
A - LADIN IS A LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF VENETIA IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - ITALY
A - THERE ARE STILL A FEW THOUSAND SPEAKERS OF WELSH IN AREAS OF PATAGONIA IN
THIS COUNTRY
Q - ARGENTINA
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Category: LANGUAGES
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A - THIS LANGUAGE WAS FORMED MAINLY FROM THE SVEA DIALECTS SPOKEN IN & AROUND
STOCKHOLM
Q - SWEDISH
A - THIS LANGUAGE IS ALSO CALLED HOLLANDS
Q - DUTCH
A - THE STANDARD FORM OF THIS BANTU LANGUAGE IS BASED ON THE KIUNGUJA DIALECT
OF TANZANIA
Q - SWAHILI
A - IT'S AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF HAITI, THE UNITED NATIONS & BELGIUM
Q - FRENCH
A - THIS LANGUAGE INVENTED BY DR. ZAMENHOF HAS THE FEWEST IRREGULAR VERBS--
NONE
Q - ESPERANTO
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Category: LEFTOVERS
-------------------
A - ROBERT DOLE & NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM ARE BOTH ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THIS STATE
Q - KANSAS
A - A TJANTING IS THE TOOL USED TO APPLY WAX TO FABRIC IN THIS PROCESS
ASSOCIATED WITH INDONESIA
Q - BATIK
A - THESE OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE POPE RANK SECOND TO HIM IN AUTHORITY &
DIGNITY
Q - CARDINALS
A - THIS MAGAZINE RAN ITS LAST CARTOON BY CHARLES ADDAMS IN THE FEBRUARY 22,
1993 ISSUE
Q - NEW YORKER
A - THE PLANTAR FASCIA IS A LONG LIGAMENT THAT KEEPS THE BONES OF THIS BODY
PART IN PLACE
Q - FOOT
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Category: LIBRARIES
-------------------
A - N. PEARLROTH, RESEARCHER FOR "RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT" USED THIS LIBRARY
AT 42ND ST. & 5TH AVENUE FOR 52 YEARS
Q - NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
A - VIRGINIA'S 1ST PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENED IN 1794 IN THIS CITY THAT SHARES ITS
NAME WITH AN EGYPTIAN LIBRARY SITE
Q - ALEXANDRIA
A - FULTON, MISSOURI IS THE SITE OF A MEMORIAL & LIBRARY DEVOTED TO THIS
BRITISH STATESMAN
Q - WINSTON CHURCHILL
A - THE STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN THIS CITY HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
RICHEST COLLECTIONS OF AUSTRALIANA
Q - SYDNEY
A - THE LAURENTIAN LIBRARY IN FLORENCE WAS DESIGNED BY THIS ARCHITECT & ARTIST
Q - MICHELANGELO
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Category: LIBRARIES
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A - THIS STATE'S FIRST LARGE LIBRARY WAS THE SUPREME COURT & STATE LAW LIBRARY
IN MONTGOMERY
Q - ALABAMA
A - THIS RHODE ISLAND CAPITAL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY CONTAINS THE HARRIS COLLECTION
ON THE CIVIL WAR & SLAVERY
Q - PROVIDENCE
A - ARCHITECT FRANK FURNESS DESIGNED THE 1891 LIBRARY, NOW AN ART GALLERY, AT
THIS PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Q - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
A - PITTSBURGH'S MAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1895 & NAMED FOR A
STEEL MANUFACTURER
Q - CARNEGIE LIBRARY
A - THE RUTHERFORD B. HAYES PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN FREMONT IN THIS STATE WAS
THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Q - OHIO
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Category: LIBRARIES
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A - THE BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN THIS STATE HAS PORCELAIN
REPRESENTATIVES OF FIRST LADIES
Q - SOUTH DAKOTA
A - THE JOHN FOSTER DULLES LIBRARY OF DIPLOMATIC HISTORY IS LOCATED ON THE
CAMPUS OF THIS NEW JERSEY SCHOOL
Q - PRINCETON
A - THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THIS CITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1895 BY CONSOLIDATING THE
ASTOR & LENOX LIBRARIES & THE TILDEN TRUST
Q - NEW YORK CITY
A - IN 1711 PHILIP V FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL LIBRARY
Q - SPAIN
A - THE THEODORE M. HESBURGH LIBRARY AT THIS COLLEGE HAS A 12-STORY GRANITE
MURAL ON ITS OUTER WALL
Q - NOTRE DAME
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Category: LIFE
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A - CELLS OF HIGHER ORGANISMS HAVE 2 MAIN PARTS: THE CYTOPLASM & THIS PART THAT
CONTAINS THE CHROMOSOMES
Q - NUCLEUS
A - THIS DISK-SHAPED ORGAN IN PREGNANT WOMEN CONNECTS THE FETUS TO THE MOTHER'S
BLOOD SUPPLY
Q - PLACENTA
A - IT'S THE MOST ABUNDANT INORGANIC COMPOUND IN LIVING MATTER
Q - WATER
A - THIS DIGESTIVE JUICE IN THE STOMACH CONTAINS HYDROCHLORIC ACID & AN ENZYME
CALLED PEPSIN
Q - GASTRIC JUICE
A - THE TRACHEA DIVIDES INTO 2 OF THESE TUBES THAT ENTER THE LUNGS
Q - BRONCHI
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Category: LIGHT
---------------
A - IN EINSTEIN'S FAMOUS FORMULATION E EQUALS MC SQUARED, THIS LETTER
REPRESENTS THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT
Q - C
A - GUINNESS SAYS THE LIGHTS ATOP THIS MID-MANHATTAN SKYSCRAPER ARE VISIBLE TO
AIRCRAFT 300 MILES AWAY
Q - EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
A - IN THIS PROCESS PLANTS USE SUNLIGHT TO COMBINE CARBON DIOXIDE & WATER TO
MAKE FOOD
Q - PHOTOSYNTHESIS
A - THIS U.S. INCANDESCENT LIGHT PIONEER WAS GRANTED A PATENT ON A FLUORESCENT
LAMP IN 1907
Q - THOMAS EDISON
A - LIGHT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A WAVE OR A PARTICLE CALLED THIS
Q - PHOTON
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Category: LITERARY ALLUSIONS
----------------------------
A - A PERSON WHO POSSESSES UNUSUAL POWERS OF DEDUCTION IS CALLED THIS, AFTER A
CERTAIN MR. HOLMES
Q - SHERLOCK
A - THIS WORD FOR A LONG, WANDERING JOURNEY OR QUEST COMES FROM THE NAME OF A
HOMERIC EPIC
Q - ODYSSEY
A - NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE MAY BE CALLED THESE, AFTER THE TINY, PETTY PEOPLE IN
"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS"
Q - LILLIPUTIANS
A - IN "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS," WORLDLY PLEASURES ARE SOLD AT THIS FAIR, LATER THE
TITLE OF AN 1848 NOVEL
Q - VANITY FAIR
A - CYNICAL HUMOR IS CALLED PANTAGRUELISM IN HONOR OF THIS FRENCHMAN'S NOVEL
"GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL"
Q - FRANCOIS RABELAIS
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Category: LITERARY CHARACTERS
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A - THIS INDIAN BOY IS RAISED BY WOLVES IN RUDYARD KIPLING'S "THE JUNGLE BOOK"
Q - MOWGLI
A - AFTER HE BOLDLY ASKS FOR MORE GRUEL, MR. BUMBLE REPORTS HIM TO THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE WORKHOUSE
Q - OLIVER TWIST
A - HE'S THE EX-FOOTBALL PLAYER TURNED EVANGELIST IN A 1927 NOVEL BY SINCLAIR
LEWIS
Q - ELMER GANTRY
A - CHARACTERS IN THIS JOHN BUNYAN WORK INCLUDE CHRISTIAN, EVANGELIST &
FAITHFUL
Q - PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
A - TITLE CHARACTER WHO SAYS, "TOM AND ME FOUND THE MONEY THAT THE ROBBERS HID
IN THE CAVE..."
Q - HUCKLEBERRY FINN
-----------------------------
Category: LITERARY CHARACTERS
-----------------------------
A - IN A WORK BY SIR THOMAS MALORY, SIR CONSTANTINE OF CORNWALL IS THIS LATE
KING'S SUCCESSOR
Q - ARTHUR
A - HOLOGRAVE, A DAGUERROTYPIST WHO HIDES HIS TRUE IDENTITY, IS A LODGER IN
THIS CURSED HAWTHORNE HOME
Q - HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES
A - THE COURAGEOUS & STRONG-WILLED ALEXANDRA BERGSON IS THE HEROINE OF THIS
WILLA CATHER NOVEL
Q - PIONEERS!
A - IRONICALLY, SMALL IS THE LAST NAME OF THIS "OF MICE AND MEN" CHARACTER
KNOWN FOR HIS STRENGTH
Q - LENNIE
A - A LIBERAL LAWYER NAMED SENECA DOANE RUNS FOR MAYOR OF ZENITH IN THIS
SINCLAIR LEWIS NOVEL
Q - BABBITT
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Category: LITERARY CHARACTERS
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A - HUMBERT HUMBERT MURDERS CLARE QUILTY IN THIS VLADIMIR NABOKOV WORK
Q - LOLITA
A - IN A BOOK BY MADELEINE L'ENGLE, MEG, CHARLES & CALVIN TRAVEL ACROSS "A
WRINKLE IN" THIS
Q - TIME
A - CANDY, AN AGING RANCH HAND, DREAMS OF MAKING A NEW START IN HIS CLASSIC "OF
MICE AND MEN"
Q - JOHN STEINBECK
A - THIS VOLTAIRE HERO IS IN LOVE WITH CUNEGONDE, THE DAUGHTER OF BARON
THUNDER-TEN-TRONCKH
Q - CANDIDE
A - IN THIS LAST JAMES JOYCE NOVEL, H.C. EARWICKER DREAMS EVERYTHING THAT HAS
HAPPENED
Q - FINNEGAN'S WAKE
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Category: LITERARY TRILOGIES
----------------------------
A - THIS TRILOGY MADE HOBBIT A HOUSEHOLD WORD
Q - LORD OF THE RINGS
A - THIS 1941 MARY O'HARA BOOK ABOUT A BOY & HIS HORSE WAS THE FIRST OF A
TRILOGY
Q - MY FRIEND FLICKA
A - ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF "MOLLOY," "MALONE DIES," & "THE UNNAMABLE," A TRILOGY
BY SAMUEL BECKETT
Q - FRENCH
A - THIS JOHN DOS PASSOS TRILOGY IS MADE UP OF "THE BIG MONEY," "THE 42ND
PARALLEL" & "1919"
Q - U.S.A.
A - "THE HAMLET" IS 1/3 OF HIS TRILOGY ABOUT THE SNOPES FAMILY
Q - WILLIAM FAULKNER
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Category: LITERARY WOMEN
------------------------
A - SHE DEDICATED "FRANKENSTEIN" TO HER FATHER, WILLIAM GODWIN
Q - MARY SHELLEY
A - "THE STEEP ASCENT" ABOUT A PERILOUS FLIGHT, WAS THE FIRST NOVEL BY THIS
WIFE OF A FAMOUS AVIATOR
Q - ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "SHIP OF FOOLS" CLAIMED SHE WAS A DESCENDANT OF DANIEL
BOONE'S BROTHER
Q - KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE AN
HONORARY LITT. D. FROM YALE
Q - EDITH WHARTON
A - BRITISH AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HER CREATION ADAM DALGLEISH
Q - P.D. JAMES
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Category: LITERATURE
--------------------
A - TOLSTOY SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING NAPOLEON & ALEXANDER I BEFORE WRITING THIS
MASSIVE NOVEL
Q - WAR AND PEACE
A - THIS JOHANN WYSS CLASSIC WAS INSPIRED BY "ROBINSON CRUSOE"
Q - SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
A - GLORIANA IN EDMUND SPENSER'S POEM "THE FAERIE QUEENE" REPRESENTS THIS
RULER
Q - ELIZABETH I
A - SOME HAVE DESCRIBED THIS MACHIAVELLI WORK AS A MANUAL FOR TYRANTS
Q - PRINCE
A - A PORTION OF THIS KAFKA NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED SEPARATELY UNDER THE TITLE
"BEFORE THE LAW"
Q - TRIAL
--------------------
Category: LITERATURE
--------------------
A - CERVANTES NOVEL THAT TELLS US "A KNIGHT ERRANT WITHOUT A LADY IS LIKE... A
BODY WITHOUT A SOUL"
Q - DON QUIXOTE
A - HE WROTE HIS FIRST NOVEL, "MURPHY," IN 1938, 14 YEARS BEFORE HIS FAMOUS
PLAY, "WAITING FOR GODOT"
Q - SAMUEL BECKETT
A - HIS WIFE MARY SAID THE CAROLING OF A SKYLARK IN LEGHORN INSPIRED HIS POEM
"TO A SKYLARK"
Q - PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
A - THE AUBADE, A POEM SUNG BY DEPARTING LOVERS AT DAWN, AROSE IN THE PROVENCE
REGION OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
A - WRITTEN IN 1900, "IN THE RAVINE" IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THIS RUSSIAN
PLAYWRIGHT'S FINEST STORIES
Q - ANTON CHEKHOV
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - AFTER LEAPING FROM A BOAT, PIP, A CABIN BOY, IS PICKED UP BY THE PEQUOD IN
THIS NOVEL
Q - MOBY DICK
A - "BUT GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES" WAS ANITA LOOS' FOLLOW-UP TO THIS NOVEL
Q - GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
A - URIAH HEEP IS THE HYPOCRITICAL VILLAIN IN THIS CHARLES DICKENS STORY
Q - DAVID COPPERFIELD
A - HIS "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER" APPEARED IN BURTON'S GENTLEMAN'S
MAGAZINE, WHICH HE CO-EDITED
Q - EDGAR ALLAN POE
A - THIS HEMINGWAY NOVEL ABOUT JAKE BARNES WAS PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AS
"FIESTA"
Q - SUN ALSO RISES
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - AFTER AN ANKLE SPRAIN CONFINED HER TO HER HOME IN 1926, MARGARET MITCHELL
BEGAN WORK ON THIS NOVEL
Q - GONE WITH THE WIND
A - "NOBODY'S FAULT" WAS THE ORIGINAL TITLE FOR HIS "LITTLE DORRIT"
Q - CHARLES DICKENS
A - A NEW EDITION OF THIS JAMES JOYCE NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED JUNE 16, 1984, THE
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN IT TAKES PLACE
Q - ULYSSES
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY" ALSO WROTE A NON-FICTION WORK ENTITLED
"TRAGIC AMERICA"
Q - THEODORE DREISER
A - "PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO ALL DAY AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT WHAT THEY
DO" IN THIS STUDS TERKEL BOOK
Q - WORKING
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Category: LITERATURE
--------------------
A - IN THIS JAMES HILTON WORK, THE TITLE TEACHER COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT TO
HEAD BROOKFIELD DURING WWI
Q - GOODBYE MR. CHIPS
A - MILTON STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS EPIC POEM WAS TO "JUSTIFY THE WAYS
OF GOD TO MEN"
Q - PARADISE LOST
A - IN THIS FLAUBERT NOVEL, EMMA TAKES ARSENIC BECAUSE OF HER DEBTS TO MERCHANT
LHEUREUX
Q - MADAME BOVARY
A - AT THE END OF THIS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WORK, DAVID BALFOUR CLAIMS HIS
RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE
Q - KIDNAPPED
A - A HUSBAND & WIFE EACH SACRIFICE THEIR DEAREST POSSESSION TO BUY EACH OTHER
GIFTS IN THIS O. HENRY TALE
Q - GIFT OF THE MAGI
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - WILLIAM GOLDING NOVEL IN WHICH BOYS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND TRY TO FORM A
SOCIETY BUT REVERT TO SAVAGERY
Q - LORD OF THE FLIES
A - HIS "PICTURE" IS OSCAR WILDE'S LONGEST PIECE OF NARRATION
Q - DORIAN GRAY
A - THIS KURT VONNEGUT NOVEL ABOUT BILLY PILGRIM IS SUBTITLED "OR, THE
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE"
Q - SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
A - FAMILIES IN THIS SHERWOOD ANDERSON TITLE TOWN IN OHIO INCLUDE THE HARDYS &
THE KINGS
Q - WINESBURG
A - SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S "THE MOON AND SIXPENCE" IS A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF
THIS FRENCH ARTIST
Q - PAUL GAUGUIN
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - IN HIS "THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES," EARTH BEGINS ITS COLONIZATION OF MARS IN
1999
Q - RAY BRADBURY
A - MAROONED SCOTTISH SAILOR ALEXANDER SELKIRK WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS
FICTIONAL SHIPWRECKED MAN
Q - ROBINSON CRUSOE
A - THIS 1934 HENRY MILLER BOOK WASN'T PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. UNTIL 1961
Q - TROPIC OF CANCER
A - THIS 1972 RICHARD ADAMS NOVEL CONCERNS A COMMUNITY OF RABBITS IN BERKSHIRE,
ENGLAND
Q - WATERSHIP DOWN
A - AN EARLY VERSION OF THIS D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1972 AS "JOHN
THOMAS AND LADY JANE"
Q - LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - THIS THOMAS KENNEALLY NOVEL WAS KNOWN IN HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA AS
"SCHINDLER'S ARK"
Q - SCHINDLER'S LIST
A - VICTOR HUGO WROTE THIS EPIC NOVEL BETWEEN 1845 & 1862
Q - LES MISERABLES
A - THIS CHARLOTTE BRONTE CHARACTER BECOMES A GOVERNESS AT THORNFIELD HALL, &
MARRIES MR. EDWARD ROCHESTER
Q - JANE EYRE
A - IN THE 16TH CENTURY EPIC "THE FAERIE QUEEN," THE RED CROSSE KNIGHT
REPRESENTS THIS PATRON SAINT
Q - ST. GEORGE
A - HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WRITTEN WITH ALEX HALEY, WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY IN
1965
Q - MALCOLM X
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" WAS THE LAST OF HIS NOVELS PUBLISHED DURING HIS
LIFETIME
Q - ERNEST HEMINGWAY
A - THIS DICKENS NOVEL BEGINS, "IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF
TIMES"
Q - TALE OF TWO CITIES
A - IN 1927 HE PUBLISHED A BOOK FOR CHILDREN CALLED "THE TARZAN TWINS"
Q - EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
A - HE PLANNED "THE FAERIE QUEENE" AS AN EPIC OF 24 BOOKS, BUT ONLY WROTE 6 &
PART OF THE 7TH
Q - EDMUND SPENSER
A - 1993'S "A TIDEWATER MORNING" WAS THIS AUTHOR'S FIRST FICTION BOOK SINCE
"SOPHIE'S CHOICE" IN 1979
Q - WILLIAM STYRON
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - THIS AUTHOR OF "THE SCARLET LETTER" DIED BEFORE HE COULD FINISH "THE
DOLLIVER ROMANCE"
Q - NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
A - HER 1869 NOVEL "OLDTOWN FOLKS" IS ABOUT RUNAWAY CHILDREN, NOT RUNAWAY
SLAVES
Q - HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
A - "THE KNIGHT'S TALE" BY THIS 14TH CENTURY AUTHOR IS BASED ON BOCCACCIO'S
POEM "TESEIDA"
Q - GEOFFREY CHAUCER
A - "THE RICH BOY," ONE OF HIS BEST STORIES, APPEARS IN HIS 1926 COLLECTION,
"ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN"
Q - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
A - DOSTOEVSKY'S TITLE CHARACTER PRINCE MYSHKYN IS KNOWN BY THIS RUDE TERM, THE
NOVEL'S TITLE
Q - IDIOT
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Category: LITERATURE
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A - THIS AUTHOR'S "NOBLE HOUSE" WAS THE BESTSELLING HARDCOVER NOVEL OF 1981
Q - JAMES CLAVELL
A - SPY NOVELIST DAVID CORNWELL USES THIS PEN NAME
Q - JOHN LE CARRE
A - IN 1932 THIS PEARL BUCK NOVEL ABOUT WANG LUNG & HIS WIFE O-LAN WAS
DRAMATIZED BY OWEN & DONALD DAVIS
Q - GOOD EARTH
A - IN 1993 SHE PUBLISHED "THE DOWNING STREET YEARS," A MEMOIR OF HER DAYS AS
PRIME MINISTER
Q - MARGARET THATCHER
A - IN THIS RUDYARD KIPLING NOVEL, A BEGGAR BOY FROM LAHORE BECOMES THE
DISCIPLE OF A TIBETAN LAMA
Q - KIM
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Category: LONDON
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A - THE ASHES OF THIS FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS ARE HOUSED IN GOLDERS GREEN
CREMATORIUM
Q - SIGMUND FREUD
A - THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR & SHRINE OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR ARE IN
THIS ABBEY
Q - WESTMINSTER ABBEY
A - THIS BRIDGE, LONDON'S MOST SPECTACULAR, WAS BUILT BY JONES & BARRY IN 1894
Q - TOWER BRIDGE
A - YOU CAN RIDE DOWN ROTTEN ROW IN THIS 340-ACRE CENTRAL LONDON PARK
Q - HYDE PARK
A - THE GOLDEN GALLERY OF THIS CATHEDRAL WAS USED AS A FIRE LOOKOUT DURING THE
WWII BLITZ
Q - ST. PAUL'S
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Category: LOUISIANA
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A - THE STATE'S LARGEST CITY, IT SERVED AS THE CAPITAL ON 3 DIFFERENT
OCCASIONS
Q - NEW ORLEANS
A - JEAN LAFITTE NAT'L. HISTORICAL PARK & PRESERVE HAS A CULTURAL CENTER
DEVOTED TO THESE SETTLERS FROM ACADIA
Q - CAJUNS
A - AMONG LOUISIANA'S LEADING FARM PRODUCTS IS THIS LEGUME USED IN LIVESTOCK
FEED & COOKING OILS
Q - SOYBEANS
A - LOUISIANA CHOSE THIS AS ITS STATE FLOWER 52 YEARS BEFORE MISSISSIPPI DID
Q - MAGNOLIA
A - MCILHENNY'S TABASCO SAUCE ORIGINATED ON THIS ISLAND NEAR NEW IBERIA
Q - AVERY ISLAND
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Categories beginning with M (ANQM)
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Category: "MAC" WORDS
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A - IN 1054 THIS SCOTTISH KING WAS DEFEATED BY SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND,
AT DUNSINANE
Q - MACBETH
A - THIS COOKIE IS MADE WITH SUGAR, EGG WHITES & COCONUT OR ALMOND PASTE
Q - MACAROON
A - FROM TURKISH FOR "NAPKIN," IT'S A WEBBING MADE OF HAND-KNOTTED YARN USED
FOR WALL DECORATIONS
Q - MACRAME
A - INVENTED IN THE EARLY 1800S, THIS TYPE OF ROAD IS PAVED WITH LAYERS OF
COMPACTED BROKEN STONE
Q - MACADAM
A - IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE QUEENSLAND NUT
Q - MACADAMIA
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Category: MAGAZINES
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A - THIS WEEKLY HAS A "CHEERS 'N' JEERS" COLUMN
Q - TV GUIDE
A - A 1927 ISSUE OF THIS MAGAZINE FEATURED THE FIRST UNDERSEA PHOTOGRAPHS IN
NATURAL COLOR
Q - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
A - IN 1994, SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER IT FOLDED, THIS NEW YORK-BASED SATIRE
MAGAZINE WAS RELAUNCHED WITH NEW OWNERS
Q - SPY
A - AIMED AT PEOPLE OVER 50, THIS AARP PUBLICATION IS THE TOP-CIRCULATING
MAGAZINE IN THE U.S.
Q - MODERN MATURITY
A - IN 1992 TIME WARNER INTRODUCED AN AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF THIS MAGAZINE,
CALLED "WHO WEEKLY"
Q - PEOPLE
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Category: MAMMALS
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A - JUMBUCK IS AN AUSTRALIAN TERM FOR THIS WOOLLY MAMMAL
Q - SHEEP
A - THE LONGEST TUSKS EVER MEASURED FOR THIS MAMMAL WERE OVER 11 FEET
Q - ELEPHANT
A - THERE ARE ONLY 2 SPECIES OF THIS WILD MAMMAL, CANIS LUPUS & CANIS RUFUS
Q - WOLF
A - FOUND IN FLORIDA, THIS ENDANGERED SEA COW IS PROTECTED BY LAW
Q - MANATEE
A - FALLOW, MARSH & WHITE-TAILED ARE SPECIES OF THIS MAMMAL
Q - DEER
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Category: MAMMALS
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A - THIS STRIPED MAMMAL BELONGS TO THE GENUS EQUUS
Q - ZEBRA
A - WALLABIES BELONG TO A GROUP OF MARSUPIALS KNOWN AS MACROPODIDAE BECAUSE OF
THESE LARGE FEATURES
Q - FEET
A - UNLIKE OTHER FEMALE DEER, FEMALE REINDEER HAVE THESE
Q - ANTLERS
A - IT'S THE PROPER TERM FOR A BABY HIPPO OR A BABY WHALE
Q - CALF
A - THE PINK FAIRY IS THE SMALLEST SPECIES OF THIS ARMORED MAMMAL; IT'S ONLY 5
INCHES LONG
Q - ARMADILLO
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Category: MARYLAND
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A - HER HOME IN GLEN ECHO IS BASED ON THE PLAN OF A RED CROSS STRUCTURE BUILT
FOR THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
Q - CLARA BARTON
A - THE FLAGPOLE AT THIS FORT IS ON THE SAME SITE AS THE ONE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
SAW IN 1814
Q - FORT MCHENRY
A - THE BASILICA OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN THIS CITY IS
THE NATION'S OLDEST CATHEDRAL
Q - BALTIMORE
A - CONGRESS RATIFIED THE TREATY ENDING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THIS
MARYLAND CITY ON JANUARY 4, 1784
Q - ANNAPOLIS
A - THE MAIN CAMPUS OF THIS UNIVERSITY WAS ONCE THE ESTATE OF CHARLES CARROLL
JR.
Q - JOHNS HOPKINS
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Category: MATH
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A - THE NAME OF THIS BRANCH OF MATH COMES FROM THE ARABIC AL-JABR, MEANING
"RESTORATION"
Q - ALGEBRA
A - UNLIKE ODD NUMBERS, EVEN NUMBERS ARE DIVISIBLE BY THIS
Q - TWO
A - RARELY USED ANY MORE, THIS CALCULATING DEVICE EMPLOYS LOGARITHMIC SCALES TO
MULTIPLY NUMBERS
Q - SLIDE RUDE
A - THESE CAN BE MEASURED IN DEGREES OR RADIANS
Q - ANGLES
A - IN THE EQUATION Y EQUALS 36 X, THIS IS THE CONSTANT
Q - 36
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Category: MATH
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A - IN THE EQUATION X-4 EQUALS 19, X IS EQUAL TO THIS
Q - 23
A - TOPOLOGY IS A BRANCH OF THIS MATHEMATICAL FIELD CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL
PROPERTIES OF SHAPES
Q - GEOMETRY
A - THE PERIMETER OF A CIRCLE ALSO HAS THIS OTHER NAME
Q - CIRCUMFERENCE
A - THIS DRAFTING INSTRUMENT USED FOR MEASURING ANGLES USUALLY CONSISTS OF A
SEMICIRCULAR SHEET OF PLASTIC
Q - PROTRACTOR
A - A LOCATION IN SPACE OR IN A COORDINATE SYSTEM, ONE OF THESE HAS NO
DIMENSIONS
Q - POINT
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Category: MEASURING DEVICES
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A - A CHRONOSCOPE IS USED TO MEASURE THIS
Q - TIME
A - THIS COMPANY'S "PEOPLE METER" MEASURES HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TV
Q - NIELSEN
A - THIS SYNONYM FOR A SOVEREIGN IS ALSO A MEASURING DEVICE
Q - RULER
A - FOUND IN A CAR, ITS NAME IS FROM THE GREEK HODOS, "ROAD," & METRON,
"MEASURE"
Q - ODOMETER
A - A STEELYARD IS A PORTABLE ONE OF THESE ON WHICH THE ARMS ARE UNEQUAL IN
LENGTH
Q - BALANCE
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Category: MEDALS & DECORATIONS
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A - THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF THIS ENGLISH CAPITAL ESTABLISHED THE COPLEY MEDAL IN
1731
Q - LONDON
A - THE REVERSE OF THIS OLDEST U.S. MEDAL SAYS "FOR MILITARY MERIT"
Q - PURPLE HEART
A - CHARTERED IN 1919, THIS U.S. VETERANS' ORGANIZATION AWARDS MEDALS TO
ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Q - AMERICAN LEGION
A - IN 1964 THIS ILLINOIS POET WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
Q - CARL SANDBURG
A - IN 1904 THIS U.S. STEEL MAGNATE ESTABLISHED HIS HERO FUND COMMISSION
Q - ANDREW CARNEGIE
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Category: MEDICAL HISTORY
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A - DOCTORS IN CHINA IN THE 3RD CENTURY B.C. TRIED TO RESTORE THE PATIENT'S
HARMONY OF YIN & THIS
Q - YANG
A - THIS FRENCH CHEMIST IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF THE SCIENCE OF
MICROBIOLOGY
Q - LOUIS PASTEUR
A - IN 1926 IT WAS FOUND THAT A DIET RICH IN THIS RAW ORGAN MEAT COULD TREAT
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
Q - LIVER
A - AUSTRALIAN NURSE WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HER REHAB TECHNIQUES FOR POLIO VICTIMS
Q - SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY
A - IN 5TH CENTURY INDIA, SUSRUTA NOTED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS DISEASE &
MOSQUITOES
Q - MALARIA
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Category: MEDICINE
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A - THIS PEDIATRICIAN BEGAN WRITING HIS "BABY AND CHILD CARE" BOOK WHILE
SERVING IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II
Q - DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
A - THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF THIS DISEASE USED INSULIN OBTAINED FROM
BEEF PANCREASES
Q - DIABETES
A - IN THE PAST THIS DISEASE OF THE LUNGS WAS CALLED CONSUMPTION
Q - TUBERCULOSIS
A - GUINNESS SAYS THAT IN 1972 THE MAMA YEO HOSPITAL IN THIS CAPITAL OF ZAIRE
DELIVERED 42,987 BABIES
Q - KINSHASA
A - IN 1893 THIS ARMY BACTERIOLOGIST WAS NAMED CURATOR OF THE ARMY MEDICAL
MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Q - WALTER REED
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Category: MENSWEAR
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A - TRADITIONALLY, THE BUTTONS ON A BLAZER ARE MADE OF THIS
Q - METAL
A - SOU'WESTERS ARE MADE FOR SAILORS TO WEAR DURING THESE
Q - RAINSTORMS
A - TERM FOR A MAN'S JACKET THAT HAS 2 ROWS OF BUTTONS & AN OVERLAPPING
CLOSURE
Q - DOUBLE-BREASTED
A - GRISWOLD LORILLARD WAS THE FIRST TO WEAR THIS JACKET TO A N.Y. CLUB IN THE
1880S
Q - TUXEDO
A - IT'S A SHORT JACKET, OR A SPANISH DANCE DONE WITH ONE ARM OVER THE HEAD
Q - BOLERO
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Category: METALS
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A - SEAWATER CONTAINS LESS THAN ONE GRAIN OF THIS PRECIOUS METAL, SYMBOL AU,
PER TON
Q - GOLD
A - HUMPHRY DAVY NAMED THIS LIGHT METAL USED FOR COOKWARE & BEVERAGE CANS BUT
NEVER SAW IT
Q - ALUMINUM
A - THE TETRAETHYL COMPOUND OF THIS METAL ONCE PUT THE ETHYL IN ETHYL GASOLINE
Q - LEAD
A - THIS STRONG, LIGHT METAL USED IN SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED BY
WILLIAM MCGREGOR
Q - TITANIUM
A - INDIUM IS OFTEN EXTRACTED FROM ORES OF THIS METAL USED TO GALVANIZE STEEL
Q - ZINC
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Category: THE MIDDLE AGES
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A - KING JOHN SET HIS ROYAL SEAL TO THIS DOCUMENT ON JUNE 15, 1215
Q - MAGNA CARTA
A - THIS SPANISH WARRIOR SERVED THE MOORS BEFORE UNDERTAKING THE CONQUEST OF
MOORISH VALENCIA IN 1089
Q - EL CID
A - ESTABLISHED IN 640, THIS CITY AT THE SOUTH END OF THE NILE DELTA WAS FIRST
CALLED AL-FUSTAT
Q - CAIRO
A - THE ABBASID DYNASTY OF CALIPHS MOVED THE CAPITAL OF THE CALIPHATE FROM
DAMASCUS TO THIS CITY
Q - BAGHDAD
A - POPE ADRIAN IV GAVE HENRY II PERMISSION TO EXTEND ENGLISH RULE OVER THIS
NEIGHBORING ISLAND
Q - IRELAND
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Category: THE MIDDLE AGES
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A - IN 1220 SAMARKAND FELL TO THIS MONGOL RULER & WAS DESTROYED
Q - GENGHIS KHAN
A - THIS GROUP OF 100 TALES BY BOCCACCIO IS CONSIDERED A MEDIEVAL PROSE
MASTERPIECE
Q - DECAMERON
A - AS KING OF THIS COUNTRY, HARALD BLUETOOTH EXTENDED HIS RULE OVER SCHLESWIG
& NORWAY
Q - DENMARK
A - THIS CITY CALLED "THE NEW ROME" WAS CAPTURED BY THE FOURTH CRUSADE
Q - CONSTANTINOPLE
A - THIS SARACEN GENERAL MADE A TREATY WITH RICHARD I ALLOWING CHRISTIANS TO
VISIT THE HOLY PLACES
Q - SALADIN
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Category: MIDDLE NAMES
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A - THIS MIDDLE NAME OF ACTOR MICHAEL DOUGLAS SHOULD REMIND YOU OF HIS FATHER
Q - KIRK
A - SINCE HE STOPPED USING THE INITIAL J FOR JAMES, SENATOR THURMOND HAS GONE
BY THIS MIDDLE NAME
Q - STROM
A - IT WAS THE MIDDLE NAME OF AMERICAN SCULPTOR DANIEL FRENCH
Q - CHESTER
A - JOHN F. KENNEDY'S MIDDLE NAME WAS FITZGERALD, & ROBERT F. KENNEDY'S WAS
THIS
Q - FRANCIS
A - THIS PLAYWRIGHT & NOVELIST HAD THE MIDDLE NAMES FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILLS
Q - OSCAR WILDE
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Category: MIDDLE NAMES
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A - MIDDLE NAME SHARED BY THEATRE CRITIC GEORGE NATHAN & TENNIS PLAYER BILLIE
KING
Q - JEAN
A - FORMER SURGEON GENERAL KOOP'S MIDDLE NAME; HIS FIRST NAME IS CHARLES
Q - EVERETT
A - THE RESIDENTS OF GROVER'S CORNERS COULD TELL YOU THIS PLAYWRIGHT'S MIDDLE
NAME WAS NIVEN
Q - THORNTON WILDER
A - THIS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE NAME, KNOX, WAS HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME
Q - JAMES K. POLK
A - THIS NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING CHEMIST'S MIDDLE INITIAL, C., STANDS FOR CARL, NOT
FOR HIS FAVORITE VITAMIN
Q - LINUS PAULING
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Category: THE MIDWEST
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A - O STREET DIVIDES THIS NEBRASKA CAPITAL INTO NORTH & SOUTH
Q - LINCOLN
A - DAVENPORT IN THIS STATE IS THE LARGEST OF THE "QUAD CITIES"
Q - IOWA
A - AN EARLY DESIGN BY THIS ARCHITECT CAN BE SEEN IN HIS BIRTHPLACE, RICHLAND
CENTER, WISCONSIN
Q - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
A - OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, ONLY ORVILLE WAS BORN IN THIS OHIO CITY; WILBUR WAS
BORN IN INDIANA
Q - DAYTON
A - DULUTH IS LOCATED ON A NATURAL HARBOR AT THE WESTERN TIP OF THIS LAKE
Q - LAKE SUPERIOR
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Category: MILITARY MEN
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A - IN 1993 GENERAL JOHN SHALIKASHVILI REPLACED THIS MAN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
Q - COLIN POWELL
A - IN 31 B.C. MARCUS AGRIPPA, IN COMMAND OF OCTAVIAN'S FLEET, BEAT THE FORCES
OF THIS ROMAN & THIS EGYPTIAN
Q - ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
A - HE SHOT DOWN HIS FIRST PLANE ON APRIL 29, 1918 & BY THE END OF WWI WAS THE
TOP U.S. ACE
Q - EDDIE RICKENBACKER
A - IN 1953 THIS AMERICAN GENERAL BECAME THE FIRST SOLDIER TO RECEIVE THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE
Q - GEORGE MARSHALL
A - IN MARCH 1923 HE JOINED THE ROYAL TANK CORPS UNDER THE NAME T.E. SHAW
Q - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
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Category: MILITARY MEN
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A - THIS "DESERT FOX" WHO ONCE TAUGHT AT THE DRESDEN INFANTRY SCHOOL PUBLISHED
A TEXTBOOK ON TACTICS IN 1937
Q - ERWIN ROMMEL
A - AS MENACHEM BEGIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER, THIS EYEPATCHED EX-GENERAL HELPED
ARRANGE THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
Q - MOSHE DAYAN
A - HIS TOMB AT ANNAPOLIS READS: "HE GAVE OUR NAVY ITS EARLIEST TRADITIONS OF
HEROISM AND VICTORY"
Q - JOHN PAUL JONES
A - HE WAS ONLY 28 WHEN HE VICTORIOUSLY "MET THE ENEMY" IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE
ERIE
Q - OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
A - IN 1945 THIS U.S. PRIVATE BECAME THE 1ST AMERICAN EXECUTED FOR DESERTION
SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
Q - EDDIE SLOVIK
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Category: MILITARY TERMS
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A - DICHLORODIETHYL SULFIDE, A BLISTERING AGENT, WAS SO NAMED BECAUSE IT
SMELLED LIKE A HOT DOG SPREAD
Q - MUSTARD GAS
A - THE POINT ON THE EARTH DIRECTLY BELOW A NUCLEAR DETONATION IS CALLED
"GROUND" THIS
Q - ZERO
A - A CORPSMAN, A NAVY PERSON TRAINED IN COMBAT FIRST AID, IS EQUIVALENT TO
THIS ARMY PERSON
Q - MEDIC
A - FIFTH COLUMN, MEANING TRAITORS WITHIN A COUNTRY, DATES FROM THE 1930S CIVIL
WAR IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - SPAIN
A - A GROUP OF MERCHANT OR SUPPLY SHIPS GATHERED FOR PASSAGE UNDER ESCORT IS
CALLED THIS
Q - CONVOY
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Category: MINIATURES
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A - THE TREES MADE MINIATURE BY THIS ART MAY LIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
Q - BONSAI
A - BOBBY DRISCOLL, MARGARET O'BRIEN & HAYLEY MILLS ARE AMONG THOSE WHO'VE
RECEIVED MINIATURE ONES OF THESE
Q - ACADEMY AWARDS
A - IN 1937 THE MINOX WAS THE FIRST SUBMINIATURE OR "SPY" ONE OF THESE
Q - CAMERA
A - THE TOWN OF MADURODAM WITH 1/25 SCALE BUILDINGS IS LOCATED IN A PARK IN
THIS DUTCH SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Q - HAGUE
A - COMPANY THAT MAKES A MINIATURE MR. GOODBAR
Q - HERSHEY'S
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Category: MISCELLANEOUS
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A - SIMON BOLIVAR'S BIRTHPLACE IS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS IN THIS
VENEZUELAN CAPITAL
Q - CARACAS
A - GREAT RUSSIAN ACTING TEACHER WHO EXPLAINED HIS FAMOUS "SYSTEM" IN HIS 1936
BOOK "AN ACTOR PREPARES"
Q - STANISLAVSKY
A - THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION IS PART OF THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT
Q - JUSTICE
A - THIS TITLE CHARACTER IN A FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT NOVEL IS THE GRANDSON OF
AN EARL
Q - LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY
A - THIS RAFT LEFT CALLAO, PERU APRIL 29, 1947, DRIFTING TO THE ISLANDS OF
POLYNESIA
Q - KON-TIKI
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Category: MODERN ART & ARTISTS
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A - ONE OF ROBERT SMITHSON'S MOST FAMOUS WORKS IS THE "SPIRAL JETTY" IN THIS
UTAH LAKE
Q - GREAT SALT LAKE
A - IN 1949 THIS POP ARTIST RECEIVED A DEGREE IN PICTORIAL DESIGN FROM
PITTSBURGH'S CARNEGIE TECH
Q - ANDY WARHOL
A - EDVARD MUNCH IS CONSIDERED THE MOST POWERFUL ARTIST THIS COUNTRY HAS
PRODUCED
Q - NORWAY
A - IN THE 1960S DAVID HOCKNEY SETTLED IN THIS U.S. CITY WHOSE SUNNY CLIMATE
HAS INFLUENCED HIS WORK
Q - LOS ANGELES
A - THIS SWISS PAINTER'S DESCRIPTION OF HIS WORK CAN BE TRANSLATED AS "TAKING A
LINE FOR A WALK"
Q - PAUL KLEE
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Category: MONEY
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A - THE FIRST COINS OUT OF THE CARSON CITY MINT IN 1870 WERE SILVER ONES OF
THESE
Q - DOLLARS
A - IN 1911 THE BRITISH IN THIS COUNTRY WERE EMBARRASSED WHEN AN ELEPHANT ON A
NEW COIN LOOKED LIKE A PIG
Q - INDIA
A - SINCE 1971 THIS BRITISH CURRENCY HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO 100 NEW PENCE
Q - POUND
A - THE ISLANDS OF ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON JUST SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND USE THIS
BASIC UNIT OF CURRENCY
Q - FRENCH FRANC
A - SEEN ON ASCENDING U.S. CURRENCY, IT'S WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN,
HAMILTON, THEN THIS MAN
Q - ANDREW JACKSON
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Category: MONEY MATTERS
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A - THE 20,000 OR SO MEMBERS OF THIS BRITISH INSURANCE SOCIETY ARE CALLED
"NAMES"
Q - LLOYDS OF LONDON
A - IT'S BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES FROM MANUFACTURERS & SELLING SMALLER LOTS TO
RETAILERS
Q - WHOLESALING
A - THIS CAN BE THE FEE PAID TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY OR THE AMOUNT A BOND SELLS
FOR ABOVE FACE VALUE
Q - PREMIUM
A - WHILE A PUT IS THE RIGHT TO SELL SHARES AT A CERTAIN PRICE, THIS IS THE
RIGHT TO BUY THEM
Q - CALL
A - THIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, NAMED FOR A BRITON, STRESSES THE ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE ECONOMY
Q - KEYNESIAN
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Category: MONOPOLY
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A - NAME OF THE SQUARE ON WHICH YOU START
Q - GO
A - IT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOUSES YOU CAN HAVE ON A PROPERTY
Q - FOUR
A - COLOR GROUP THAT INCLUDES MARVIN GARDENS
Q - YELLOW
A - EARLY IN THE GAME IT'S RECOMMENDED TO PAY THIS AMOUNT TO GET OUT OF JAIL;
LATER TRY THE DICE
Q - FIFTY DOLLARS
A - WATER WORKS HAS A FAUCET ON IT & LUXURY TAX FEATURES ONE OF THESE
Q - DIAMOND RING
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Category: MONTANA
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A - THOUGH MOST OF THIS NATIONAL PARK IS IN WYOMING, 3 OF ITS 5 ENTRANCES ARE
IN MONTANA
Q - YELLOWSTONE
A - THIS CAPITAL CITY OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO 4 SOUTHERN PROSPECTORS CALLED "THE
GEORGIANS"
Q - HELENA
A - MONTANA'S STATE TREE IS THE PONDEROSA VARIETY OF THIS
Q - PINE
A - THE NAME OF THE STATE IS DERIVED FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING THIS
Q - MOUNTAIN
A - ONE OF THE STATE STONES IS THIS BLUE FORM OF CORUNDUM OFTEN FOUND IN
MONTANA
Q - SAPPHIRE
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Category: MONTHS
----------------
A - THE FIRST MONDAY OF THIS MONTH IS LABOR DAY IN THE U.S.
Q - SEPTEMBER
A - SINCE 1946 THE KENTUCKY DERBY HAS BEEN RUN ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THIS
MONTH
Q - MAY
A - ST. JOHN'S DAY & MIDSUMMER DAY FALL ON THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH
Q - JUNE
A - IN ENGLISH THIS MONTH HAS A "P;" IN FRENCH IT HAS A "V"
Q - APRIL
A - ONCE CALLED QUINTILIS, THIS MONTH WAS RENAMED IN 44 B.C. FOR SOMEONE BORN
DURING IT
Q - JULY
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Category: MONTHS
----------------
A - BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS, SAXONS ONCE REFERRED TO THIS MONTH AS HOLY MONTH
Q - DECEMBER
A - IT'S THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR THAT HAS EXACTLY 30 DAYS
Q - APRIL
A - IT'S NAMED FOR JULIUS CAESAR'S GRANDNEPHEW
Q - AUGUST
A - HELEN HUNT JACKSON DESCRIBED THIS MONTH AS HAVING "SUMMER'S BEST OF WEATHER
AND AUTUMN'S BEST OF CHEER"
Q - SEPTEMBER
A - OPAL IS ONE OF THE BIRTHSTONES FOR THIS MONTH & LIBRA IS ONE OF ITS ZODIAC
SIGNS
Q - OCTOBER
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Category: MOSCOW
----------------
A - MOSCOW HAS 4 LARGE ONES OF THESE; MOST FOREIGNERS ARRIVE AT SHEREMETYEVO 2
Q - AIRPORTS
A - IN 1993, AFTER 69 YEARS, THE GUARD WAS REMOVED FROM IN FRONT OF HIS RED
SQUARE MAUSOLEUM
Q - VLADIMIR LENIN
A - A TITANIUM OBELISK IN MOSCOW COMMEMORATES THIS FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH
SATELLITE
Q - SPUTNIK
A - THIS FAMOUS OPERA & BALLET HOUSE IS ON TEATRALNAYA SQUARE
Q - BOLSHOI THEATRE
A - THE STATE ART GALLERY IS SITUATED ON THE EDGE OF THIS FAMOUS PARK IN
CENTRAL MOSCOW
Q - GORKY PARK
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Category: MOUNTAINS
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A - THE HEADS CARVED ON THIS SOUTH DAKOTA MOUNTAIN WOULD FIT A PERSON 450 FEET
TALL
Q - MOUNT RUSHMORE
A - MOUNT CARMEL EXTENDS FROM THE ESDRAELSON VALLEY TO THE BAY OF HAIFA IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - ISRAEL
A - ON MAY 1, 1963 JAMES W. WHITTAKER BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO REACH THE
TOP OF THIS MOUNTAIN
Q - MOUNT EVEREST
A - AMONG NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS, ONLY THIS ONE IS TALLER THAN CANADA'S MOUNT
LOGAN
Q - MOUNT MCKINLEY
A - MOUNT COOK, THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK, RISES IN THE WEST-CENTRAL PART OF
ITS SOUTH ISLAND
Q - NEW ZEALAND
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Category: MOUNTAINS
-------------------
A - FOR A BRIEF TIME IN 1987, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT K-2 WAS TALLER THAN THIS
HIMALAYAN PEAK
Q - MOUNT EVEREST
A - IN THE 1840S AN OBSERVATORY WAS BUILT AT THE 2,000 FOOT LEVEL ON THIS
VOLCANO SOUTHEAST OF NAPLES
Q - MOUNT VESUVIUS
A - THIS MOUNTAIN 10 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS CAN BE ASCENDED BY A COG
RAILWAY OR A TOLL ROAD
Q - PIKE'S PEAK
A - MOUNT ACONCAGUA, THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE'S HIGHEST PEAK, LIES ON THE BORDER
OF CHILE & THIS COUNTRY
Q - ARGENTINA
A - NOTABLE SIGHTS ON THIS HIGHEST ALPINE PEAK INCLUDE THE MER DE GLACE &
BOSSONS GLACIER
Q - MONT BLANC
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Category: MOUNTAINS
-------------------
A - THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN IS SAID TO INHABIT THE HIMALAYAS, ESPECIALLY THIS
HIGHEST PEAK
Q - MOUNT EVEREST
A - IN ARABIC IT'S KNOWN AS JABAL MUSA, THE MOUNTAIN OF MOSES
Q - MOUNT SINAI
A - THE BASQUES INHABIT THE WESTERNMOST PART OF THESE MOUNTAINS
Q - PYRENEES
A - KIBO, THIS VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN'S HIGHEST PEAK, WAS FIRST SCALED IN 1889
Q - MOUNT KILIMANJARO
A - IN 1964 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RENAMED MOUNT EAST HUBBARD IN MEMORY OF
THIS AMERICAN
Q - JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Category: MOUNTAINS
-------------------
A - THIS SACRED VOLCANO OVERLOOKS LAKE KAWAGUCHI
Q - MOUNT FUJI
A - AT 7,310 FEET THIS CONTINENT'S MOUNT KOSCIUSKO IS THE LOWEST HIGH POINT ON
ANY CONTINENT
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - IN OVER 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY, THIS VOLCANO ON SICILY HAS ERUPTED OVER 200
TIMES
Q - MOUNT ETNA
A - THE KJOLEN MOUNTAINS ARE SHARED BY NORWAY & THIS COUNTRY
Q - SWEDEN
A - MOUNTAIN RANGES IN THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION INCLUDE TABASARA, SAN BLAS
& DARIEN
Q - PANAMA
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Category: MOUNTAINS
-------------------
A - THEY'RE USUALLY DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN, CENTRAL, NORTHERN &
CANADIAN
Q - ROCKY MOUNTAINS
A - SAGARMATHA, MEANING "GODDESS OF THE UNIVERSE," IS THE NEPALESE NAME FOR
THIS MOUNTAIN
Q - MOUNT EVEREST
A - ALGONQUIN PEAK IN NEW YORK IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THIS RANGE
Q - ADIRONDACKS
A - ORDESA & MONTE PERDIDO NATIONAL PARK IN SPAIN WAS FOUNDED TO PROTECT THE
NATURAL BEAUTY OF THESE MOUNTAINS
Q - PYRENEES
A - AT 19,340 FEET, IT'S AFRICA'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
Q - MOUNT KILIMANJARO
-------------------------
Category: MOVIE NOSTALGIA
-------------------------
A - IN GERMANY THIS ANIMATED DISNEY CLASSIC IS KNOWN AS "SCHNEEWITTCHEN UND DIE
SIEBEN DWERGE"
Q - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
A - RONALD REAGAN & ANN SHERIDAN WERE THE ORIGINAL CHOICES FOR THE ROLES OF
RICK & ILSA IN THIS CLASSIC FILM
Q - CASABLANCA
A - BETTE MIDLER'S 1990 FILM "STELLA" WAS A REMAKE OF THIS 1937 BARBARA
STANWYCK TEARJERKER
Q - STELLA DALLAS
A - BURT LANCASTER COMPARED LOVE TO "THE MORNING AND THE EVENING STAR" IN THIS
1960 FILM THAT WON HIM AN OSCAR
Q - ELMER GANTRY
A - ELLA FITZGERALD PLAYED HERSELF IN "ST. LOUIS BLUES," THE FILM BIOGRAPHY OF
THIS COMPOSER
Q - W.C. HANDY
----------------
Category: MOVIES
----------------
A - HE WON "BEST DIRECTOR" OSCARS IN THE 1980S FOR "PLATOON" & "BORN ON THE
FOURTH OF JULY"
Q - OLIVER STONE
A - HE'S THE DISSOLUTE PLAYBOY PLAYED BY DUDLEY MOORE IN A 1981 COMEDY
Q - ARTHUR
A - BETTE DAVIS PLAYED AGING ACTRESS MARGO CHANNING IN THIS 1950 FILM
Q - ALL ABOUT EVE
A - KATHY BATES WAS JAMES CAAN'S NO. 1 FAN IN THIS 1990 SUSPENSE TALE
Q - MISERY
A - THIS ARCHAEOLOGIST WAS PLAYED BY HARRISON FORD
Q - INDIANA JONES
--------------------
Category: THE MOVIES
--------------------
A - ANDREW DAVIS, WHO DIRECTED THIS FILM, SAID HE NEVER SAW THE DAVID JANSSEN
SERIES WHEN IT AIRED IN THE '60S
Q - FUGITIVE
A - THIS JOHN WAYNE FILM WAS BASED ON A NOVEL BY CHARLES PORTIS ABOUT A
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED MATTIE ROSS
Q - TRUE GRIT
A - COMPOSER VANGELIS WON A 1981 OSCAR FOR HIS SCORE TO THIS FILM
Q - CHARIOTS OF FIRE
A - IN 1948 MOIRA SHEARER STARRED IN THE BALLET "CINDERELLA" & IN THIS CLASSIC
BALLET FILM
Q - RED SHOES
A - SYLVESTER STALLONE CO-PRODUCED, CO-WROTE & DIRECTED THIS 1983 SEQUEL TO
"SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER"
Q - STAYING ALIVE
--------------------
Category: THE MOVIES
--------------------
A - HE & OLIVER HARDY APPEARED IN 1917'S "LUCKY DOG" BUT DIDN'T BECOME A TEAM
UNTIL 1926
Q - STAN LAUREL
A - MARNI NIXON PROVIDED ELIZA'S SINGING VOICE IN THIS 1964 MUSICAL
Q - MY FAIR LADY
A - DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER'S FIRST JOB IN MOVIES WAS AS THIS DIRECTOR'S
ASSISTANT ON "8 1/2"
Q - FEDERICO FELLINI
A - THE TITLE OF THIS 1994 HARRISON FORD ACTION HIT CAN BE TRACED TO A 1919
SUPREME COURT OPINION BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Q - CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
A - IN THIS FILM A TIDAL WAVE OVERTURNS A LUXURY LINER DURING A NEW YEAR'S EVE
PARTY
Q - POSEIDON ADVENTURE
--------------------
Category: THE MOVIES
--------------------
A - ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PLAYED THIS SWORD-WIELDING BARBARIAN IN 2 FILMS
Q - CONAN
A - IN 1991 THIS ACTRESS MADE HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH "LITTLE MAN TATE"
Q - JODIE FOSTER
A - AS 1994'S "WOLF" HE CAUSED SOME STRIFE IN MICHELLE PFEIFFER'S LIFE
Q - JACK NICHOLSON
A - THIS ACTRESS MADE HER MOVIE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH THE 1986 FILM "JUMPIN'
JACK FLASH"
Q - PENNY MARSHALL
A - BOTH DONNA REED & FRANK SINATRA WON BEST SUPPORTING ACTING OSCARS FOR THIS
1953 FILM
Q - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
--------------------
Category: THE MOVIES
--------------------
A - HE PLAYED STREET-SMART DETROIT POLICE OFFICER AXEL FOLEY IN 3 "BEVERLY
HILLS COP" MOVIES
Q - EDDIE MURPHY
A - THIS "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" CHARACTER FIRST APPEARED IN THE 1986 FILM
"MANHUNTER"
Q - HANNIBAL LECTER
A - STAR BRANDON LEE DIED DURING THE FILMING OF THIS 1994 RELEASE
Q - CROW
A - THIS ACTRESS WAS THE ROMANTIC FOCUS OF 2 OLD COOTS PLAYED BY JACK LEMMON &
WALTER MATTHAU IN "GRUMPY OLD MEN"
Q - ANN-MARGARET
A - THE 1994 SEQUEL TO THIS BILLY CRYSTAL MOVIE WAS SUBTITLED "THE LEGEND OF
CURLY'S GOLD"
Q - CITY SLICKERS
----------------------
Category: MOVIE TRIVIA
----------------------
A - IN 1977 THIS "HAPPY DAYS" STAR DIRECTED HIS FIRST FEATURE, "GRAND THEFT
AUTO"
Q - RON HOWARD
A - AT AGE 26 THIS ACTRESS KNOWN AS "AMERICA'S SWEETHEART" PLAYED A GIRL OF 12
IN "POLLYANNA"
Q - MARY PICKFORD
A - THIS "TERMS OF ENDEARMENT" CO-STAR MADE HER DEBUT IN THE 1977 FILM "SLUMBER
PARTY '57"
Q - DEBRA WINGER
A - 1946'S "DRESSED TO KILL" WAS THE LAST FILM IN WHICH BASIL RATHBONE PLAYED
THIS ROLE
Q - SHERLOCK HOLMES
A - ELVIS'S FEATURE FILM DEBUT, IT WAS ALSO HIS ONLY FILM IN WHICH HE DIDN'T
RECEIVE TOP BILLING
Q - LOVE ME TENDER
-----------------
Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - IN THE 17TH CENTURY YOU'D FIND MONA LISA IN LOUIS XIV'S SUITE; NOW SHE
"HANGS AROUND" HERE
Q - LOUVRE
A - THIS SINGING COWBOY HAS A WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES'S GRIFFITH
PARK
Q - GENE AUTRY
A - TOM BROKAW NARRATES THE AUDIO TOUR OF THIS OLD IMMIGRATION CENTER'S MUSEUM
Q - ELLIS ISLAND
A - THE FENIMORE HOUSE MUSEUM IS 1 MILE OUTSIDE THIS NEW YORK VILLAGE
Q - COOPERSTOWN
A - IN 1953 THIS ORGANIZATION BOUGHT JULIETTE GORDON LOW'S BIRTHPLACE & TURNED
IT INTO A MEMORIAL
Q - GIRL SCOUTS
-----------------
Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - SWEDEN'S ETHNOGRAPHICAL NORDIC MUSEUM IS IN THIS CAPITAL CITY
Q - STOCKHOLM
A - THE GEORGE C. PAGE MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES FEATURES CREATURES RECOVERED FROM
THIS ADJACENT SITE
Q - LA BREA TAR PITS
A - SMALL INDEPENDENT STATE IN WHICH YOU'D FIND THE GREGORIAN MUSEUM OF
ETRUSCAN ART
Q - VATICAN CITY
A - THE HOUSE OF THIS CREATOR OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE IS NOW MAINTAINED AS A
MUSEUM
Q - BEATRIX POTTER
A - OBJECTS BY THIS RUSSIAN JEWELER ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF
FINE ARTS
Q - PETER CARL FABERGE
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Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - LAS VEGAS, N.M. HAS A MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THIS REGIMENT LED BY TEDDY
ROOSEVELT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Q - ROUGH RIDERS
A - THE JOSE HERNANDEZ MUSEUM IN BUENOS AIRES SPECIALIZES IN THE CULTURE OF
THESE ARGENTINE COWBOYS
Q - GAUCHOS
A - THE REBUILDING OF THE CASTLE MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL WAS FINANCED BY POLES
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Q - WARSAW
A - ELECTRIC RAILROAD EQUIPMENT IS EXHIBITED AT THE SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM
NEAR KENNEBUNKPORT IN THIS STATE
Q - MAINE
A - MEMORABILIA DEVOTED TO THIS AUTHOR ARE HOUSED IN A WALNUT GROVE, MINNESOTA
MUSEUM
Q - LAURA INGALLS WILDER
-----------------
Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - BULLFIGHTING MEMORABILIA ARE DISPLAYED AT THE MUSEO TAURINO IN THIS
EUROPEAN CAPITAL
Q - MADRID
A - EUROPEAN CITY IN WHICH YOU'D FIND THE MUSEUM AT CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
Q - BERLIN
A - THE CLOISTERS, A BRANCH OF THIS NEW YORK CITY MUSEUM, IS DEVOTED TO THE ART
OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Q - METROPOLITAN
A - THE JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN NEWTON IN THIS STATE HAS A MAYTAG
WASHING MACHINE EXHIBIT
Q - IOWA
A - THE OLD MINT IN THIS CITY FEATURES JAZZ & MARDI GRAS MEMORABILIA
Q - NEW ORLEANS
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Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - THE CADILLACS OF FDR & JFK ARE ON DISPLAY AT AUTOWORLD IN THIS BELGIAN
CAPITAL
Q - BRUSSELS
A - THE BUILDINGS IN THIS PART OF BEIJING WHERE THE EMPERORS LIVED ARE NOW
MUSEUMS
Q - FORBIDDEN CITY
A - A NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THE VILLA GIULIA HAS THIS COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT
ETRUSCAN COLLECTION
Q - ITALY
A - MATERIAL FROM THIS STATE'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS ON DISPLAY AT WILMINGTON'S
OLD TOWN HALL
Q - DELAWARE
A - A SMALL MUSEUM AT AGANA IN THIS U.S. TERRITORY HAS EXHIBITS ON CHAMORRO
HISTORY & CULTURE
Q - GUAM
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Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - THE HOME OF PROTESTANT REFORMER JOHN KNOX IS NOW A MUSEUM IN THIS SCOTTISH
CAPITAL
Q - EDINBURGH
A - EL GRECO'S "ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS" CAN BE SEEN AT THIS SPANISH MUSEUM
Q - PRADO
A - A MUSEUM IN THIS EUROPEAN CITY CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF THE RED CROSS
THROUGH FILMS & EXHIBITS
Q - GENEVA
A - THIS GERMAN STATE'S NATIONAL MUSEUM IN MUNICH HOUSES A LARGE COLLECTION OF
NATIVITY SCENES
Q - BAVARIA
A - THIS DUTCH MUSEUM NOT ONLY HAS "THE NIGHT WATCH," IT HAS AN EXHIBIT
EXPLAINING ITS HISTORY
Q - RIJKSMUSEUM
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Category: MUSEUMS
-----------------
A - THE VENT HAVEN MUSEUM IN FORT MITCHELL, KY DISPLAYS OVER 500 OF THESE
VENTRILOQUIST SIDEKICKS
Q - DUMMIES
A - THE MOTOR SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME MUSEUM IS ONE OF MANY MUSEUMS IN THE AREA
OF THIS STATE CAPITOL
Q - INDIANAPOLIS
A - THE JACKSON, TENNESSEE HOME OF THIS FAMED RAILROAD ENGINEER IS MAINTAINED
AS A MUSEUM
Q - CASEY JONES
A - THE KEATS-SHELLEY MEMORIAL HOUSE AT THE SPANISH STEPS IN THIS CITY IS
DEVOTED TO THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS
Q - ROME
A - THE SHRINE OF THE BOOK IN THIS CAPITAL CITY HOUSES THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Q - JERUSALEM
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Category: MUSIC
---------------
A - IN A RIM SHOT THE SIDE & HEAD OF THIS INSTRUMENT ARE HIT AT THE SAME TIME
Q - SNARE DRUM
A - A NOTE THAT'S NEITHER SHARP NOR FLAT IS SAID TO BE THIS
Q - NATURAL
A - THE SUSTAINING PEDAL OF THIS INSTRUMENT HOLDS THE DAMPERS OFF THE STRINGS
TO PROLONG THE SOUND
Q - PIANO
A - THE HAWAIIAN OR STEEL TYPE OF THIS INSTRUMENT PRODUCES A SWEET, GLIDING
TONE
Q - GUITAR
A - THE ZARZUELA OF THIS COUNTRY IS A MUSICAL FORM SIMILAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES'
OPERETTAS
Q - SPAIN
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Category: MUSIC
---------------
A - HIS BAND PLAYED "AULD LANG SYNE" AT THE ROOSEVELT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FROM
1929, MOVING TO THE WALDORF IN 1965
Q - GUY LOMBARDO
A - THE 12-BAR TYPE OF THIS "COLORFUL" AFRICAN-AMERICAN SONG STYLE HAS 3 LINES
OF 4 BARS EACH
Q - BLUES
A - TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI'S "TONEPLEROMAS 55" HAS PARTS FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS & THIS
MUSICAL CARPENTER'S TOOL
Q - SAW
A - AS A YOUNGSTER THIS THIRD "B" COMPOSER PLAYED PIANO IN SAILORS' TAVERNS
Q - JOHANNES BRAHMS
A - BALALAIKAS & APPALACHIAN DULCIMERS MOST COMMONLY HAVE THIS MANY STRINGS
Q - THREE
-----------------------------
Category: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
-----------------------------
A - TINY VERSIONS OF THESE METAL INSTRUMENTS ARE WORN ON THE FINGERS OF BELLY
DANCERS
Q - CYMBALS
A - IT'S THE SMALLEST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF INSTRUMENTS THAT INCLUDES THE
CELLO
Q - VIOLIN
A - THE BODY OF A BANJO IS ROUND; THE BODY OF A BALALAIKA IS THIS SHAPE
Q - TRIANGULAR
A - THE STRINGS ON A JAPANESE KOBO ARE MADE FROM THIS FIBER
Q - SILK
A - SINCE THE 15TH CENTURY, IT HAS HAD 3 MAIN PARTS: THE SOUNDBOX, NECK &
PILLAR; THE PEDALS ARE 18TH CENTURY
Q - HARP
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Category: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
-----------------------------
A - A VETERAN OF WATERLOO, HENRY STEINWAY BEGAN MANUFACTURING THIS INSTRUMENT
IN THE 1830S
Q - PIANO
A - A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FROM THE MOVIE "DELIVERANCE" FEATURES A "DUELING"
PAIR OF THESE
Q - BANJOS
A - USED IN MILITARY BANDS, THE LARGE-BORED EUPHONIUM IS A TYPE OF THIS BRASS
INSTRUMENT
Q - TUBA
A - TO PLAY THE "GLASS" TYPE OF THIS INSTRUMENT RUB THE RIMS OF DRINKING
VESSELS WITH A DAMP FINGER
Q - HARMONICA
A - THE ENGLISH NAME OF THIS WOODWIND IS A CORRUPTION OF ITS FRENCH NAME, WHICH
MEANS "HIGH WOOD"
Q - BOE
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Category: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
-----------------------------
A - THE WAY THE LACING IS ARRANGED ON THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT ADDS TENSION TO
THE HEAD
Q - DRUM
A - THE HELICON, A TYPE OF THIS LARGE INSTRUMENT, HAS CIRCULAR COILING
Q - TUBA
A - THE DOUBLE REED OF THIS BASS WOODWIND IS ON THE END OF A CURVED METAL TUBE
SET INTO THE TENOR JOINT
Q - BASSOON
A - THE SYRINX, A SET OF SIMPLE FLUTES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, IS ALSO CALLED
THIS, AFTER A GREEK GOD
Q - PANPIPES
A - INSTRUMENT FEATURED IN JOHN CAGE'S "HPSCHD"
Q - HARPSICHORD
-----------------------
Category: MUSICAL TERMS
-----------------------
A - IT'S THE KIND OF SINGING PRODUCED BY AN ADULT MALE IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL
REGISTER
Q - FALSETTO
A - MOST SYMPHONIES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO 4 OF THESE SHORTER UNITS
Q - MOVEMENTS
A - DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS TERM FOR A STRIP OF METAL ON A GUITAR'S
FINGERBOARD
Q - FRET
A - THE NAME OF THIS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT IS GERMAN FOR "PLAY OF BELLS"
Q - GLOCKENSPIEL
A - MALAGUENA IS A SUB-TYPE OF THIS SPANISH OR ANDALUSIAN SONG STYLE
Q - FLAMENCO
-------------------------
Category: MUSICAL THEATRE
-------------------------
A - THE SONGS "DULCINEA" & "THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM" ARE FROM THIS MID-1960S
MUSICAL
Q - MAN OF LA MANCHA
A - THIS ISLAND WAS OFF-LIMITS TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN "SOUTH PACIFIC"
Q - BALI HAI
A - WHEN "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" PREMIERED ON BROADWAY IN 1964, THIS MAN PLAYED
THE ROLE OF TEVYE
Q - ZERO MOSTEL
A - A LINE IN "LE MORTE D'ARTHUR" ABOUT THE "LUSTY MONTH OF MAY" APPARENTLY
INSPIRED A SONG IN THIS MUSICAL
Q - CAMELOT
A - BEBE NEUWIRTH, WHO PLAYED LILITH ON "CHEERS," WON A 1997 TONY FOR HER ROLE
IN THIS BROADWAY REVIVAL
Q - CHICAGO
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Category: MUSIC & MUSICIANS
---------------------------
A - A NOEL IS A SONG OR INSTRUMENTAL PIECE FOR THIS HOLIDAY
Q - CHRISTMAS
A - THE VIOLA D'AMORE HAS A SECOND SET OF THESE UNDER THE FIRST SET THAT
VIBRATE SYMPATHETICALLY
Q - STRINGS
A - HE CONDUCTED THE LAST ACT OF HIS "PARSIFAL" AUGUST 29, 1882, HIS FINAL
APPEARANCE CONDUCTING OPERA
Q - RICHARD WAGNER
A - THIS TYPE OF ORCHESTRA GENERALLY HAS ABOUT 35 PLAYERS
Q - CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
A - THIS TCHAIKOVSKY SUITE WAS FIRST PLAYED IN MARCH 1892, ABOUT 9 MONTHS
BEFORE THE BALLET OF THE SAME NAME
Q - NUTCRACKER SUITE
----------------------------
Category: MUSIC APPRECIATION
----------------------------
A - IN 1872 BRAHMS BECAME DIRECTOR OF THIS AUSTRIAN CITY'S RENOWNED SOCIETY FOR
THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC
Q - VIENNA
A - OF ALLEGRETTO, ALLEGRO, OR PRESTO, THE DIRECTION THAT MEANS TO PLAY THE
FASTEST
Q - PRESTO
A - HISTORIANS NOTE THAT BACH NEVER MET THIS FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY WHO COMPOSED
"MESSIAH"
Q - GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
A - YOU CAN VISIT THE HOUSE WHERE THIS COMPOSER WAS BORN IN 1810 IN THE LITTLE
VILLAGE OF ZELAZOWA WOLA
Q - FREDERIC CHOPIN
A - HAYDN'S SYMPHONY NO. 104 IN D IS NICKNAMED FOR THIS CITY IN WHICH HIS LAST
12 SYMPHONIES PREMIERED
Q - LONDON
----------------------------
Category: MUSIC APPRECIATION
----------------------------
A - THIS COMPOSER DESIGNED 2 FRENCH HORN-LIKE TUBAS TO BE USED IN HIS OPERA
CYCLE "THE RING"
Q - RICHARD WAGNER
A - FROM THE CROAKING NOISES IN ITS FINALE, HAYDN'S STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR
IS NICKNAMED FOR THIS ANIMAL
Q - FROG
A - IN THE MUSICAL STYLES OF THIS ISLAND, REGGAE CAME AFTER SKA & ROCK STEADY
Q - JAMAICA
A - AN EISTEDDFOD IS A TYPE OF MUSICAL COMPETITION THAT ORIGINATED IN THIS PART
OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Q - WALES
A - HE WROTE THE "SYMPHONIE PATHETIQUE" ABOUT 95 YEARS AFTER BEETHOVEN WROTE
THE "SONATE PATHETIQUE"
Q - TCHAIKOVSKY
----------------------------
Category: MUSIC APPRECIATION
----------------------------
A - DEVELOPED CIRCA 1800, THE TOURTE TYPE OF THIS, WHICH CURVES INWARD, IS
STILL USED TO PLAY VIOLINS TODAY
Q - BOW
A - DIETRICH WINKEL INVENTED THIS DEVICE THAT BEATS TIME FOR MUSICIANS BUT
JOHANN MAELZEL PATENTED IT
Q - METRONOME
A - THE NUMBER OF SIXTEENTH NOTES THAT EQUAL 1 HALF NOTE IN TIME VALUE
Q - EIGHT
A - PIANISTS KNOW THAT THE MUSICAL DIRECTION MANO DESTRA MEANS TO PLAY WITH
THIS HAND
Q - RIGHT
A - HE WROTE MANY OPERETTAS, SUCH AS "BABES IN TOYLAND," BUT ONLY 2 OPERAS,
"NATOMA" & "MADELEINE"
Q - VICTOR HERBERT
----------------------------
Category: MUSIC APPRECIATION
----------------------------
A - ON SCORES "F" IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR FORTE & "FF" IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR
THIS
Q - FORTISSIMO
A - NICCOLO PAGANINI WAS ONLY 8 WHEN HE COMPOSED A SONATA FOR THIS INSTRUMENT
ON WHICH HE WAS A VIRTUOSO
Q - VIOLIN
A - HE FINISHED HIS FIRST NOTABLE ORCHESTRA WORK, "PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF
A FAUN," IN 1894
Q - CLAUDE DEBUSSY
A - SINCE HIS DEATH, THIS JAZZ COMPOSER & BANDLEADER'S SON MERCER HAS LED HIS
BAND
Q - DUKE ELLINGTON
A - AFTER A NORWEGIAN STATE FUNERAL, THIS COMPOSER'S REMAINS WERE SEALED IN A
CLIFF OVERLOOKING A FJORD
Q - EDVARD GRIEG
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Category: MUSIC POTPOURRI
-------------------------
A - THIS MAMA & DAUGHTER COUNTRY DUO WON A 1984 GRAMMY FOR "MAMA HE'S CRAZY"
Q - JUDDS
A - THIS GEORGE M. COHAN SONG CONTAINS THE LINE "A REAL LIVE NEPHEW OF MY UNCLE
SAM'S"
Q - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
A - HER 1990 MUSIC VIDEO "JUSTIFY MY LOVE" WAS BANNED FROM MTV BUT STILL SOLD
WIDELY IN STORES
Q - MADONNA
A - AT AGE 6 WYNTON MARSALIS RECEIVED HIS FIRST TRUMPET, FROM THIS "JAVA"
TRUMPETER
Q - AL HIRT
A - THIS 1973 HIT ABOUT 2 TYPES OF CREEPY CRITTERS WAS JIM STAFFORD'S ONLY
MILLION SELLER
Q - SPIDERS AND SNAKES
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Category: MYTHOLOGY
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A - THIS FOUNDER OF ROME REIGNED FOR OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE VANISHING DURING A
RAINSTORM
Q - ROMULUS
A - ACCORDING TO HESIOD, SHE WAS THE LAST WIFE OF ZEUS, AFTER METIS & THEMIS
Q - HERA
A - HARMONIDES BUILT THE SHIP IN WHICH HE SAILED TO CARRY OFF HELEN
Q - PARIS
A - CLEITO, LOVED BY POSEIDON, LIVED ON THIS LATER "LOST" ISLAND BEYOND THE
PILLARS OF HERCULES
Q - ATLANTIS
A - HE LOST HIS WIFE EURYDICE FOREVER WHEN HE TURNED BACK TO LOOK AT HER BEFORE
SHE LEFT THE UNDERWORLD
Q - ORPHEUS
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Category: MYTHOLOGY
-------------------
A - HIS 12 LABORS WERE CARRIED OUT AT THE INSTIGATION OF HIS COUSIN EURYSTHEUS
Q - HERCULES
A - THANKS TO THIS WINGED HORSE, BELLEROPHON DEFEATED THE AMAZONS & KILLED THE
CHIMAERA
Q - PEGASUS
A - TARTARUS WAS A DARK REGION FAR BENEATH THIS ABODE OF THE DEAD
Q - HADES
A - THE ISLAND ON WHICH HE WASHED UP AFTER LOSING HIS WINGS WAS THEREAFTER
KNOWN AS ICARIA
Q - ICARUS
A - CRONUS WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THESE GODS WHO REVOLTED AGAINST URANUS
Q - TITANS
-------------------
Category: MYTHOLOGY
-------------------
A - THIS TWO-FACED ROMAN GOD WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO BE MENTIONED IN PRAYERS
Q - JANUS
A - IN THE TROJAN WAR, THIS GREEK GOD OF WAR WAS GENERALLY ON THE SIDE OF THE
TROJANS
Q - ARES
A - HE TRIED TO MARRY HELEN BUT ENDED UP WITH HER COUSIN PENELOPE
Q - ODYSSEUS
A - NEMESIS ARRANGED FOR THIS HANDSOME YOUTH TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN
REFLECTION
Q - NARCISSUS
A - AFTER KILLING THE MINOTAUR, HE TOOK ARIADNE WITH HIM BUT LEFT HER ON THE
ISLAND OF NAXOS
Q - THESEUS
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Category: MYTHOLOGY
-------------------
A - SINCE NO WEAPON COULD KILL THE NEMEAN LION, THIS HERO STRANGLED IT
Q - HERCULES
A - ODYSSEUS'S ODYSSEY BEGAN AFTER THIS 10-YEAR WAR ENDED
Q - TROJAN WAR
A - WHEN THIS ARGONAUT LEADER BETRAYED MEDEA, SHE MURDERED THEIR CHILDREN
Q - JASON
A - HER EPITHET PALLAS MAY HAVE COME FROM A GIANT OF THE SAME NAME WHOM SHE
SLEW
Q - ATHENA
A - THIS GREEK GODDESS OF THE HUNT WAS THE TWIN SISTER OF APOLLO
Q - ARTEMIS
-------------------
Category: MYTHOLOGY
-------------------
A - WHEN MEDUSA'S HEAD WAS CUT OFF, THIS WINGED STEED SPRANG FROM HER BLOOD
Q - PEGASUS
A - THE ROMANS BELIEVED THAT TWINS ROMULUS & REMUS WERE THE SONS OF A MORTAL
MOTHER & THIS WAR GOD
Q - MARS
A - THE NAME OF THESE FEMALE WINGED MONSTERS MEANS "THE SNATCHERS"
Q - HARPIES
A - THIS YOUTH WHO LOVED HERO DROWNED DURING ONE OF HIS NIGHTLY SWIMS TO HER
Q - LEANDER
A - THIS COUNTRY'S ULSTER CYCLE STORIES DEAL WITH THE ADVENTURES OF CUCHULAINN
Q - IRELAND
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Category: MYTHS & LEGENDS
-------------------------
A - IN THE LEGENDS OF THIS COUNTRY, LUNG WANG IS THE DRAGON-KING
Q - CHINA
A - DURING THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, ODIN IS DESTINED TO BE EATEN BY FENRIS,
ONE OF THESE LUPINE ANIMALS
Q - WOLF
A - THIS YOUTH WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN REFLECTION WAS THE SON OF A RIVER
GOD & A NYMPH
Q - NARCISSUS
A - VIRGIL SAID THAT CACUS, A FIRE-BREATHING GIANT, WAS THE SON OF THIS ROMAN
FIRE GOD
Q - VULCAN
A - THIS LYRE-PLAYING GOD OF MUSIC IS SOMETIMES CALLED SMINTHEUS, WHICH MAY
MEAN HE WAS ALSO THE GOD OF MICE
Q - APOLLO
-------------------------
Category: MYTHS & LEGENDS
-------------------------
A - THE INFANT OEDIPUS WAS SAVED FROM DEATH BY A HERDER OF THESE WOOLLY
ANIMALS
Q - SHEEP
A - ISHTAR, A GODDESS OF THUNDERSTORMS, IS OFTEN DEPICTED WITH THIS ANIMAL THAT
HAS A THUNDEROUS ROAR
Q - LION
A - IN NORSE MYTH THIS SPLENDID HALL IS GUARDED BY A GATE CALLED VALGRIND
Q - VALHALLA
A - THE MOST FAMOUS CHANSON DE GESTE, "THE SONG OF" THIS PALADIN, IS 4,002
LINES LONG
Q - ROLAND
A - IN EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY, ISIS WAS EQUATED WITH THIS DOG STAR
Q - SIRIUS
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Categories beginning with N (ANQN)
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Category: NAME THE DECADE
-------------------------
A - COLUMBUS BEGINS HIS VOYAGE TO AMERICA & DA VINCI BEGINS "THE LAST SUPPER"
Q - 1490S
A - THE CONSTITUTION IS SIGNED
Q - 1780S
A - JOHN T. SCOPES IS FOUND GUILTY OF TEACHING EVOLUTION
Q - 1920S
A - CLEVELAND SERVES HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT & QUEEN VICTORIA CELEBRATES
HER GOLDEN JUBILEE
Q - 1880S
A - EMERSON WRITES "BOSTON HYMN" & JULIA WARD HOWE WRITES "BATTLE HYMN OF THE
REPUBLIC"
Q - 1860S
--------------------------
Category: NATIONAL ANTHEMS
--------------------------
A - FITTINGLY, THIS NATION'S ANTHEM IS "O GOD, BESTOWERS OF THE BLESSINGS OF
THE SWAZI"
Q - SWAZILAND
A - "HATIKVAH" WAS THE ZIONIST SONG BEFORE BEING ADOPTED AS THIS COUNTRY'S
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Q - ISRAEL
A - THE ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY LED BY KIM JONG IL IS "LET MORNING SHINE ON THE
SILVER AND GOLD OF THIS LAND"
Q - NORTH KOREA
A - "LA BRABANCONNE" OR "THE BRABANT SONG" IS THE ANTHEM OF THIS EUROPEAN
KINGDOM
Q - BELGIUM
A - "ITYOPIA, ITYOPIA, ITYOPIA, KIDEMI," BEGINS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THIS
COUNTRY
Q - ETHIOPIA
-------------------------------------
Category: THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
-------------------------------------
A - FRANCESCO GUARDI'S "VIEW OF THE RIALTO" INCLUDES LOTS OF THESE VENETIAN
BOATS
Q - GONDOLAS
A - THIS BOOK OF THE BIBLE INSPIRED REMBRANDT'S PAINTING "JOSEPH ACCUSED BY
POTIPHAR'S WIFE"
Q - GENESIS
A - IN THE 1780S THIS SPANIARD PAINTED THE MARQUESA DE PONTEJOS IN A MARIE
ANTOINETTE-LIKE SHEPHERDESS COSTUME
Q - FRANCISCO GOYA
A - NEW ENGLANDER WHO PAINTED THE RUGGED 1883 SEASCAPE "INCOMING TIDE,
SCARBORO, MAINE"
Q - WINSLOW HOMER
A - THIS FRENCHMAN'S 1910 PAINTING "TROPICAL FOREST WITH MONKEYS" TYPIFIES HIS
WILD, PRIMITIVE STYLE
Q - HENRI ROUSSEAU
------------------------
Category: NATIONAL PARKS
------------------------
A - GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IS LOCATED IN MONTANA & GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK IS
PART OF THIS STATE
Q - ALASKA
A - ISLE ROYALE, THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THIS LARGEST GREAT LAKE, WAS MADE A
NATIONAL PARK IN 1931
Q - LAKE SUPERIOR
A - WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON'S PHOTOS AIDED IN THE DECISION TO MAKE THIS THE FIRST
U.S. NATIONAL PARK
Q - YELLOWSTONE
A - THE 2 "GRAND" NATIONAL PARKS ARE GRAND CANYON & THIS ONE IN WYOMING
Q - GRAND TETON
A - THIS OREGON PARK IS NAMED FOR THE LAKE IN THE CALDERA OF MOUNT MAZAMA
Q - CRATER LAKE
------------------------
Category: NATIONAL PARKS
------------------------
A - NOTABLE ONES OF THESE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ARE RIVERSIDE, DAISY &
GREAT FOUNTAIN
Q - GEYSERS
A - INLAND SEAS COVERING KENTUCKY ABOUT 300 MILLION YEARS AGO FORMED THIS
PARK'S LIMESTONE
Q - MAMMOTH CAVE
A - MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF THIS PARK INCLUDE EL CAPITAN & SEVERAL SPECTACULAR
WATERFALLS
Q - YOSEMITE
A - THIS STATE'S 2 NATIONAL PARKS ARE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS & BIG BEND
Q - TEXAS
A - THE USA'S LARGEST ALASKA CEDAR IS FOUND IN THIS LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN
WASHINGTON
Q - OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
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Category: NAUTICAL TERMS
------------------------
A - LAUNCHED IN 1886, THE GLUCKAUF WAS THE FIRST OF THESE SHIPS TO TRANSPORT
OIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Q - TANKER
A - A LOOKOUT SITS ON THIS HIGH PLATFORM WITH AN AVIAN NAME
Q - CROW'S NEST
A - THE BOW IS THE FRONT PART OF A SHIP; THIS IS THE REAR PORTION
Q - STERN
A - VIKINGS IMPROVED THE STABILITY OF THEIR SHIPS BY ADDING THIS LONG PIECE OF
WOOD TO THE UNDERSIDE
Q - KEEL
A - A SHIP IS DIVIDED INTO COMPARTMENTS BY THESE WALLS
Q - BULKHEADS
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Category: NEBRASKA
------------------
A - IN 1804 THIS PAIR BECAME THE FIRST AMERICANS TO EXPLORE WHAT BECAME
NEBRASKA
Q - LEWIS & CLARK
A - YOU CAN VISIT STATIONS OF THIS 1860-61 MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE AT FAIRBURY &
GOTHENBURG
Q - PONY EXPRESS
A - THE STATE SEAL SHOWS A STEAMBOAT ON THIS RIVER THAT FORMS THE STATE'S
EASTERN BORDER
Q - MISSOURI RIVER
A - HEADQUARTERED IN NEBRASKA'S LARGEST CITY, IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE COS.
Q - MUTUAL OF OMAHA
A - NEBRASKA IS THE ONLY STATE WITH THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATURE
Q - UNICAMERAL
----------------------------
Category: NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA
----------------------------
A - THOMAS HOOKER & HIS CONGREGATION SETTLED AT THIS CONNECTICUT CAPITAL IN
1636
Q - HARTFORD
A - THE FIRST U.S. SCHOOL FOR THIS SPORT OPENED IN 1929 IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Q - SKIING
A - FOR A WHILE ROBERT FROST TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THIS STATE'S TOWN OF DERRY
Q - NEW HAMPSHIRE
A - IN 1636 ROGER WILLIAMS SETTLED AMONG THESE INDIANS AND GAVE THEIR NAME TO A
BAY
Q - NARRAGANSETT INDIANS
A - THIS STATE PRODUCES 99% OF THE USA'S WILD BLUEBERRIES
Q - MAINE
--------------------
Category: NEW MEXICO
--------------------
A - THE ZIA SYMBOL FOR THIS HEAVENLY OBJECT IS FEATURED ON THE STATE'S LICENSE
PLATES & FLAG
Q - SUN
A - EACH JULY TAOS HOLDS ONE OF THESE MEETINGS OF INDIAN TRIBES
Q - POWWOW
A - TO GET A MIX OF RED & GREEN ONES IN A NEW MEXICO RESTAURANT, ASK FOR THEM
"CHRISTMAS"
Q - PEPPERS
A - CENTURY IN WHICH NEW MEXICO BECAME A STATE
Q - TWENTIETH CENTURY
A - IN 1942 THE MANHATTAN PROJECT SET UP SHOP AT A BOYS' RANCH SCHOOL IN THIS
COMMUNITY
Q - LOS ALAMOS
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Category: NEWSPAPERS
--------------------
A - FOUNDED IN 1813, THE MOBILE REGISTER IS THIS STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER
Q - ALABAMA
A - 2 OF THE 4 U.S. NEWSPAPERS WITH CIRCULATION EXCEEDING 1 MILLION ARE
PUBLISHED IN THIS CITY
Q - NEW YORK CITY
A - DAVE BARRY & LIZ BALMASEDA HAVE WON PULITZER PRIZES FOR COMMENTARY WHILE
WITH THIS FLORIDA NEWSPAPER
Q - MIAMI HERALD
A - BEFORE BEING EXPELLED FROM THE ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTY, HE EDITED ITS
NEWSPAPER, AVANTI
Q - BENITO MUSSOLINI
A - THE SAN JUAN STAR IS THE ONLY DAILY ENGLISH PAPER ON THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND
Q - PUERTO RICO
--------------------
Category: NEWSPAPERS
--------------------
A - IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THIS INVENTOR & BUSINESSMAN WAS OWNER OF THE
DEARBORN INDEPENDENT
Q - HENRY FORD
A - THE BOSTON GAZETTE, FOUNDED IN 1719, WAS PRINTED BY THIS STATESMAN'S
BROTHER JAMES
Q - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A - REPORTER CARL BERNSTEIN JOINED THIS PAPER IN 1966 & REMAINED ON STAFF FOR
10 YEARS
Q - WASHINGTON POST
A - THIS CANADIAN PROVINCE'S FIRST NEWSPAPER, THE VICTORIA GAZETTE, WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1858
Q - BRITISH COLUMBIA
A - THIS NEWSPAPER HAS THE LARGEST SUNDAY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Q - LOS ANGELES TIMES
--------------------------------
Category: NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
--------------------------------
A - THIS MAGAZINE SUPPORTS "THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF GEOGRAPHIC
KNOWLEDGE"
Q - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
A - THIS CITY'S DESERET NEWS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE MORMON CHURCH IN 1850
Q - SALT LAKE CITY
A - BARRICADA IS THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SANDINISTA LIBERATION FRONT IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - NICARAGUA
A - IN 1970 THIS MAGAZINE MOVED ITS EDITORIAL OFFICES FROM PHILADELPHIA TO
INDIANAPOLIS
Q - SATURDAY EVENING POST
A - UPON HER HUSBAND'S DEATH IN 1963, KATHARINE GRAHAM BECAME PRESIDENT OF THIS
NEWSPAPER COMPANY
Q - WASHINGTON POST
--------------------------------
Category: NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
--------------------------------
A - THIS SPORT IS THE SUBJECT OF RING MAGAZINE
Q - BOXING
A - IN 1954 THIS NEWSPAPER BOUGHT ITS MORNING COMPETITOR, THE WASHINGTON
TIMES-HERALD
Q - WASHINGTON POST
A - THE NAME OF YOMIURI SHIMBUN, PUBLISHED IN THIS CITY, MEANS "THE
READ-AND-SELL NEWSPAPER"
Q - TOKYO
A - IN 1990 THIS FEMINIST MAGAZINE WAS RELAUNCHED AS A BIMONTHLY WITHOUT
ADVERTISING
Q - MS.
A - THIS MAGAZINE AIMED AT BLACK WOMEN WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1970
Q - ESSENCE
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Category: THE NEW TESTAMENT
---------------------------
A - THIS ONCE-DECEASED PERSON LATER HAD SUPPER WITH JESUS IN BETHANY
Q - LAZARUS
A - ACCORDING TO JESUS, THE SECOND-GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE THIS PERSON
AS THYSELF
Q - THY NEIGHBOR
A - THIS VILLAGE OF GALILEE, THE SITE OF JESUS'S WEDDING FEAST MIRACLE, IS
MENTIONED ONLY ONCE IN JOHN
Q - CANA
A - THIS LAST BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN ON THE ISLAND OF PATMOS
Q - REVELATION
A - IN THE FIRST TEMPTATION, THE DEVIL ASKED JESUS TO TURN STONES INTO THIS
FOOD
Q - BREAD
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Category: NICKNAMES
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A - "THE MIGHTY BAMBINO"
Q - BABE RUTH
A - THIS SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR WAS KNOWN AS "MR. POPS"
Q - ARTHUR FIEDLER
A - POOL HUSTLER RUDOLF WALTER WANDERONE JR. WAS KNOWN BY THIS "STATE"LY
NICKNAME
Q - MINNESOTA FATS
A - THIS ACTRESS POPULAR IN THE 1930S WAS KNOWN AS "THE SIREN OF SEX"
Q - MAE WEST
A - MODERN BRITISH SCULPTOR KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF THE HOLE"
Q - HENRY MOORE
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Category: NICKNAMES
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A - FROM 1915-1938 MARY MALLON, KNOWN BY THIS NICKNAME, WAS ISOLATED ON N.Y.'S
NORTH BROTHER ISLAND
Q - TYPHOID MARY
A - NICKNAME SHARED BY OSS DIRECTOR WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVAN & FRONTIER MARSHAL
JAMES BUTLER HICKOK
Q - WILD BILL
A - BOZ WAS CHARLES DICKENS & BOZZY WAS THIS SAMUEL JOHNSON CHRONICLER
Q - JAMES BOSWELL
A - THIS ITALIAN HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS "THE RED SHIRT HERO"
Q - GIUSEPPI GARIBALDI
A - THIS POET WAS THE BARD OF AYRSHIRE
Q - ROBERT BURNS
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Category: NICKNAMES
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A - KING LOUIS V OF THIS COUNTRY WAS SUCH A SLUGGARD THAT HE WAS KNOWN AS
"LOUIS THE DO-NOTHING"
Q - FRANCE
A - AUTO MANUFACTURER WILLIAM C. DURANT WAS THE FOUNDER & "THE GENERAL OF" THIS
COMPANY
Q - GENERAL MOTORS
A - THIS MAGICIAN'S EASE IN SLIPPING OUT OF HANDCUFFS WON HIM THE TITLE "THE
HANDCUFF KING"
Q - HARRY HOUDINI
A - SOME SAY MARTHA JANE CANARY EARNED THIS NICKNAME BECAUSE SHE OFTEN CAUSED
CATASTROPHES
Q - CALAMITY JANE
A - GANGSTER BENJAMIN SIEGEL PREFERRED TO BE CALLED BEN; THIS FAMOUS NICKNAME
MADE HIM GO BALLISTIC
Q - BUGSY
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Category: NICKNAMES
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A - CASS GILBERT IS 1 OF THE 4 PEOPLE WE FOUND CALLED "THE FATHER OF" THIS TYPE
OF TALL BUILDING
Q - SKYSCRAPER
A - KARL MARX WAS NICKNAMED "THE FATHER OF MODERN SOCIALISM" & JULIUS MARX WAS
NICKNAMED THIS
Q - GROUCHO
A - IN THE EARLY 1900S HE RECEIVED HIS NICKNAME FOR HIS BRIGHTLY COLORED
ALBATROSS AIRCRAFT
Q - THE RED BARON
A - 20TH CENTURY BANDLEADER KNOWN AS "MR. NEW YEAR'S EVE"
Q - GUY LOMBARDO
A - THIS PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE NICKNAME WAS "RAWHIDE"
Q - RONALD REAGAN
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Category: NON-FICTION
---------------------
A - PUBLISHED IN 1958, "STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM" WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ACCOUNT
OF THE BUS BOYCOTT IN THIS CITY
Q - MONTGOMERY
A - BETTY J. EADIE TELLS OF HER NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE IN "EMBRACED BY" THIS
Q - LIGHT
A - THIS IRMA ROMBAUER BOOK FIRST APPEARED IN AMERICA'S KITCHENS IN 1931
Q - JOY OF COOKING
A - IN "THE FOUNTAIN OF AGE," THIS AUTHOR OF "THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE" TACKLES
THE AGE MYSTIQUE
Q - BETTY FRIEDAN
A - REMINISCENT OF HIS TECHNO-THRILLERS, "SUBMARINE" BY THIS AUTHOR IS A "TOUR
INSIDE A NUCLEAR WARSHIP"
Q - TOM CLANCY
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Category: NORTH DAKOTA
----------------------
A - IN PART, THIS CAPITAL CITY WAS NAMED TO GET GERMANS TO INVEST IN THE
RAILROAD
Q - BISMARCK
A - A VEIN OF THIS FUEL HAS BURNED NORTHWEST OF AMIDON SINCE BEFORE AMERICAN
SETTLERS ARRIVED
Q - COAL
A - A MUSEUM IN ALEXANDER HAS A SCALE MODEL OF FORT MANDAN, WHERE THIS DUO
SPENT THE WINTER OF 1804-05
Q - LEWIS & CLARK
A - THIS YANKEE WHO BROKE BABE RUTH'S SINGLE-SEASON HOME RUN RECORD HAS A NORTH
DAKOTA MUSEUM DEVOTED TO HIM
Q - ROGER MARIS
A - FARGO HAS CLOSE TIES WITH THE CITY OF MOORHEAD ACROSS THE RED RIVER OF THE
NORTH IN THIS STATE
Q - MINNESOTA
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Category: NOTABLE ANIMALS
-------------------------
A - GEORGE, THE TALLEST OF THESE MAMMALS EVER IN CAPTIVITY, WAS ALMOST 20 FEET
TALL
Q - GIRAFFE
A - SIZI WAS THIS MEDICAL MISSIONARY'S CAT AT HIS AFRICAN CLINIC AT LAMBARENE
Q - ALBERT SCHWEITZER
A - SNOWFLAKE, THE WORLD'S FIRST KNOWN ALBINO ONE OF THESE ANIMALS, WAS
DISCOVERED IN 1966
Q - GORILLA
A - THIS SCOTTISH TERRIER WAS NAMED BIG BOY WHEN HE WAS GIVEN TO FDR IN 1940
Q - FALA
A - THIS WOMAN TELLS ABOUT FLO, THE DOMINANT FEMALE CHIMP OF GOMBE, IN HER
BOOK, "IN THE SHADOW OF MAN"
Q - JANE GOODALL
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Category: NOTABLE NAMES
-----------------------
A - THE GREAT FRENCH CHEF ESCOFFIER CREATED THIS FRUIT DESSERT IN HONOR OF
OPERA SINGER NELLIE MELBA
Q - PEACH MELBA
A - IN 1903 HE BUILT WHAT IS NOW A WORLD-FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY NEAR HIS
PENNSYLVANIA BIRTHPLACE
Q - MILTON HERSHEY
A - IN 1963 THIS PHOTOGRAPHER & CONSERVATIONIST RECEIVED THE JOHN MUIR AWARD
FROM THE SIERRA CLUB
Q - ANSEL ADAMS
A - THIS BILLIONAIRE WHO DIED IN 1976 DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT IN THE 1950S,
REFUSING TO APPEAR OR BE PHOTOGRAPHED
Q - HOWARD HUGHES
A - NEWS SERVICE FOUNDED BY A MAN WHO WAS CREATED A BARON BY THE DUKE OF
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA IN 1871
Q - REUTERS
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Category: NOTABLE NAMES
-----------------------
A - ACCORDING TO GUINNESS, THIS INVENTOR HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PATENTS
WITH 1,093
Q - THOMAS EDISON
A - THE ENAMELED EASTER EGGS HE CREATED FOR RUSSIA'S ROYALTY OFTEN CONTAINED A
SURPRISE JEWEL
Q - PETER CARL FABERGE
A - WHEN HE DIED IN 1723 AT AGE 90, THIS ENGLISH ARCHITECT WAS BURIED IN HIS
OWN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
Q - CHRISTOPHER WREN
A - THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS A THIRD COUSIN OF THIS FOURTH CHIEF JUSTICE
Q - JOHN MARSHALL
A - BEST KNOWN FOR HIS QUATRAINS, THIS POET WAS ASTRONOMER ROYAL TO THE SELJUK
SULTAN MALIK SHAH
Q - OMAR KHAYYAM
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Category: NOTORIOUS
-------------------
A - HE COMMITTED MURDERS IN THE WHITECHAPEL AREA OF LONDON BETWEEN AUGUST &
NOVEMBER 1888
Q - JACK THE RIPPER
A - GEORGE MORAN EARNED THIS NICKNAME FOR HIS STRANGE BEHAVIOR
Q - BUGS
A - IN 1967 ALBERT DESALVO, KNOWN BY THIS NICKNAME, ESCAPED FROM PRISON BUT WAS
RECAPTURED
Q - BOSTON STRANGLER
A - NO MEMBER OF THIS TEAM, ACCUSED OF THROWING THE 1919 WORLD SERIES, WAS EVER
CONVICTED
Q - CHICAGO WHITE SOX
A - IN 1992 GOVERNOR MARIO CUOMO COMMUTED THE SENTENCE OF THIS KILLER OF DIET
DOCTOR HERMAN TARNOWER
Q - JEAN HARRIS
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Category: NOVEL FILMS
---------------------
A - THE PAUL NEWMAN FILM "HUD" WAS BASED ON "HORSEMAN, PASS BY," THIS "LONESOME
DOVE" AUTHOR'S 1ST NOVEL
Q - LARRY MCMURTRY
A - VIVIEN LEIGH'S LAST FILM, IT WAS ADAPTED FROM THE KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME
Q - SHIP OF FOOLS
A - CHARLES LAUGHTON WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO PLAY MR. MICAWBER IN THIS 1935 FILM,
BUT W.C. FIELDS REPLACED HIM
Q - DAVID COPPERFIELD
A - "CIMARRON," THE 1ST WESTERN TO WIN THE "BEST PICTURE" OSCAR, WAS BASED ON A
NOVEL BY THIS AUTHOR OF "GIANT"
Q - EDNA FERBER
A - BETTE MIDLER, WHO GREW UP ON OAHU, HAD A BIT ROLE IN THIS FILM BASED ON A
JAMES MICHENER NOVEL
Q - HAWAII
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Category: NOVELS & NOVELISTS
----------------------------
A - MANY OF THE LETTERS IN THIS EPISTOLARY ALICE WALKER NOVEL ARE WRITTEN BY
CELIE TO GOD
Q - COLOR PURPLE
A - HE WROTE A PLAY CALLED "CLEVINGER'S TRIAL," BASED ON CHAPTER 8 OF HIS NOVEL
"CATCH-22"
Q - JOSEPH HELLER
A - THIS FORMER LAWYER WROTE 9 NOVELS ABOUT D.A. DOUGLAS SELBY IN ADDITION TO
82 ABOUT PERRY MASON
Q - ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
A - "BODILY HARM" & "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" ARE 2 OF THIS CANADIAN'S FEMINIST
NOVELS
Q - MARGARET ATWOOD
A - IN THIS FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT BOOK, MARY, AN ORPHAN, COMES TO LIVE AT
MISSELTHWAITE MANOR
Q - SECRET GARDEN
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Category: NUMBER, PLEASE
------------------------
A - IT'S TEN HUNDREDS
Q - 1,000
A - TRISKADEKAPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF THIS NUMBER
Q - 13
A - WHEN YOU REVERSE DIRECTION, YOU'RE SAID TO "DO" THIS NUMBER
Q - 180
A - IT'S THE NUMBER OF ITEMS IN A GROSS
Q - 144
A - IT'S THE NUMBER OF LINES IN A SONNET
Q - 14
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Category: NURSERY RHYMES
------------------------
A - COLOR OF THE WOOL HELD FOR THE LITTLE BOY WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE
Q - BLACK
A - THE ANIMAL MUSICIAN IN "HEY, DIDDLE DIDDLE"
Q - CAT
A - DAPPLE GRAY IS THIS TYPE OF ANIMAL
Q - HORSE
A - ITS SECOND VERSE BEGINS, "EVERY FIDDLER HAD A FIDDLE, AND A VERY FINE
FIDDLE HAD HE"
Q - OLD KING COLE
A - JACK LEMMON COMEDY TITLE INCLUDED IN THE "PEASE PORRIDGE" RHYME
Q - SOME LIKE IT HOT
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Category: NUTRITION
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A - THE ENERGY IN FOODS IS MEASURED IN THESE UNITS; A 10-YEAR-OLD SHOULD HAVE
ABOUT 2400 PER DAY
Q - CALORIES
A - CASHEWS & AVOCADOS CONTAIN MOSTLY THE MONOUNSATURATED TYPE OF THIS
Q - FAT
A - PHOSPHORUS & CALCIUM ARE THE MOST PLENTIFUL OF THESE INORGANIC SUBSTANCES
THAT ARE 4% OF BODY WEIGHT
Q - MINERALS
A - LARGE, COMPLEX PROTEIN MOLECULES ARE MADE UP OF SMALLER UNITS CALLED THESE
Q - AMINO ACIDS
A - THERE ARE 3 MAJOR TYPES OF THESE NUTRIENTS: STARCHES, SUGARS & CELLULOSE
Q - CARBOHYDRATES
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Categories beginning with O (ANQO)
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Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - THOUGH INTRODUCED BY FRANK SINATRA, "EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY" BECAME THIS
ENTERTAINER'S THEME SONG
Q - DEAN MARTIN
A - IN THE GRIMM BROTHERS' VERSION OF THE STORY, THE SLIPPER SHE LOST WAS
GOLDEN
Q - CINDERELLA
A - IT'S THE MOST FAMOUS COLOR OF THE STAINED JASPERWARE MADE BY WEDGWOOD
Q - BLUE
A - IN THIS BLOCKBUSTER COMEDY, ROBIN WILLIAMS TOOK A JOB AS A NANNY TO BE
CLOSE TO HIS KIDS
Q - MRS. DOUBTFIRE
A - SARA PARETSKY INTRODUCED THIS HARD-BOILED HEROINE IN "INDEMNITY ONLY"
Q - V.I. WARSHAWSKY
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Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - IN AN 1856 SPEECH, ABRAHAM LINCOLN CALLED THIS DOCUMENT "THE ONLY SAFEGUARD
OF OUR LIBERTIES"
Q - CONSTITUTION
A - AROUND 1510 HE WROTE IN HIS NOTEBOOKS, "THE MEDICI CREATED AND DESTROYED
ME"
Q - LEONARDO DA VINCI
A - MUSLIN IS ALWAYS MADE FROM THIS FIBER
Q - COTTON
A - THE PITS OF THIS FRUIT HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAN JET ENGINES AS WELL AS TO
MAKE LAETRILE
Q - APRICOT
A - THIS OIL-RICH COUNTRY IS THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD WHOSE NAME BEGINS
WITH Q
Q - QATAR
---------------------
Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - THIS PRESERVED CABBAGE DISH HAS A GERMAN NAME, BUT THE CHINESE INVENTED IT
Q - SAUERKRAUT
A - IN 1985 A STATUE OF THIS HUGE ELEPHANT WAS ERECTED IN ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO,
WHERE HE DIED 100 YEARS EARLIER
Q - JUMBO
A - ANNUAL EVENTS IN THIS STATE INCLUDE THE MAPLE FESTIVAL IN ST. ALBANS & THE
MARLBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL
Q - VERMONT
A - DERIVED FROM THE ITALIAN FOR "NEPHEW," IT'S FAVORITISM SHOWN TO NEPHEWS OR
OTHER RELATIVES
Q - NEPOTISM
A - HIPPOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THESE ANIMALS
Q - HORSES
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Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - KNOWN FOR HIS MYSTERIOUS "FIRE," HE'S A PATRON SAINT OF SAILORS
Q - SAINT ELMO
A - IN 2 CORINTHIANS HE SAYS TO WATCH OUT FOR FALSE APOSTLES; WHAT LOOKS LIKE
AN ANGEL OF LIGHT MAY BE SATAN
Q - PAUL
A - THE "ATHENAEUM" IS GILBERT STUART'S FAMOUS UNFINISHED PORTRAIT OF THIS MAN
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - THIS AUTHOR SPENT 18 MONTHS WORKING ON THE WHALER ACUSHNET BEFORE JUMPING
SHIP IN THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS
Q - HERMAN MELVILLE
A - 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN CHEMIST FAMOUS FOR HIS "NUMBER" OF ENTITIES IN 1 MOLE
Q - AMEDEO AVOGADRO
---------------------
Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - THIS CAPITAL'S POMPIDOU CENTER HOUSES A MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, A MUSIC
RESEARCH INSTITUTE & A PUBLIC LIBRARY
Q - PARIS
A - WHEN LIMP, THIS BREAKFAST FOOD SHOULD BE EATEN WITH A FORK; WHEN IT'S VERY
CRISP, YOU MAY USE YOUR FINGERS
Q - BACON
A - AFTER THIS ROMAN DICTATOR'S MURDER IN 44 B.C., THE OFFICE OF DICTATOR WAS
ABOLISHED
Q - JULIUS CAESAR
A - WHEN YOU SPEAK OF DICKENS, YOU CAN SAY HE NEVER FINISHED "THE MYSTERY OF"
THIS PERSON
Q - EDWIN DROOD
A - SINCE 1991 THERE'S BEEN MUCH FIGHTING GOING ON IN THIS CAPITAL OF SOMALIA
Q - MOGADISHU
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Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - THIS WORD COMMONLY PRECEDES HALL, HOUSE & CRIER
Q - TOWN
A - IT'S WHAT THE "I" STANDS FOR IN IEA, ICSU & IATSE
Q - INTERNATIONAL
A - NOW PART OF UKRAINE, THIS PENINSULA WAS UNDER TURKISH CONTROL FROM
1475-1783
Q - CRIMEA
A - IN 1968 THIS COMPANY INTRODUCED ITS TRINITRON COLOR TV TUBE
Q - SONY
A - MEDIEVAL ALCHEMISTS ATTEMPTED TO PROLONG LIFE & TURN BASE METALS INTO THIS
PRECIOUS ONE
Q - GOLD
---------------------
Category: ODDS & ENDS
---------------------
A - THIS SYMBOL OF FOREST FIRE PREVENTION RETIRED IN 1975 & DIED AT THE
NATIONAL ZOO THE FOLLOWING YEAR
Q - SMOKEY THE BEAR
A - TO SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE, TRANSPOSE THE FIRST CONSONANT OF EACH WORD TO THE
END AND ADD "AY"
Q - PIG LATIN
A - MARK TWAIN ONCE SAID THESE FACIAL FEATURES "SHOULD MERELY INDICATE WHERE
SMILES HAVE BEEN"
Q - WRINKLES
A - THE INSIGNIA FOR THE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS FEATURES THIS SYMBOL, A STAFF
WITH 2 COILED SERPENTS
Q - CADUCEUS
A - WHEN HE RETIRED AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN 1932, HE'D SERVED TO AN OLDER
AGE THAN ANY, 90
Q - OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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Category: ODD WORDS
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A - A KRENG IS THE CARCASS OF A WHALE AFTER THIS FAT HAS BEEN REMOVED
Q - BLUBBER
A - TO MANDUCATE IS TO DO THIS, THE SAME AS MASTICATE
Q - CHEW
A - A ZAPATA IS A DROOPING ONE OF THESE, NAMED FOR EMILIANO ZAPATA, WHO SPORTED
ONE
Q - MUSTACHE
A - SOMETHING CORIACEOUS IS TOUGH LIKE THIS MATERIAL; KEEP IT UNDER YOUR BELT
Q - LEATHER
A - THIS LONG WORD MEANING "BEFORE NOAH'S FLOOD" WAS THE LAST WORD IN THE 1994
SCRIPPS HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Q - ANTEDILUVIAN
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Category: ODD WORDS
-------------------
A - IF YOU'RE A QUADRIGAMIST, YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED THIS MANY TIMES
Q - FOUR
A - A WAINWRIGHT IS A PERSON WHO MAKES OR REPAIRS THESE
Q - WAGONS
A - BEFORE BUYING A QUIVER, YOU MIGHT CONSULT A FLETCHER, A PERSON WHO MAKES
THESE
Q - ARROWS
A - FROM AFRIKAANS, SCHLENTER, MEANING FAKE, IS USED ESPECIALLY TO REFER TO AN
IMITATION ONE OF THESE GEMS
Q - DIAMOND
A - "CHECK" THIS OUT: A PATZER IS AN INFERIOR OR AMATEUR PLAYER OF THIS GAME
Q - CHESS
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Category: OLD MOVIES
--------------------
A - FAMED STUNTMAN YAKIMA CANUTT TAUGHT CHARLTON HESTON TO DRIVE A CHARIOT FOR
THIS 1959 FILM
Q - BEN-HUR
A - THIS ACTOR PLAYED THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER IN 1931 & THE MUMMY THE NEXT
YEAR
Q - BORIS KARLOFF
A - MARLON BRANDO FILM IN WHICH HE UTTERED THE CLASSIC LINES "I HAD CLASS! I
COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER!"
Q - ON THE WATERFRONT
A - THE 1947 "BEST SONG" OSCAR WENT TO "ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH" FROM THIS DISNEY
FILM
Q - SONG OF THE SOUTH
A - IN "REBECCA," THIS ACTRESS'S FIRST LINE IS "LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I WENT TO
MANDERLEY AGAIN"
Q - JOAN FONTAINE
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Category: THE OLD TESTAMENT
---------------------------
A - HIS MOTHER PLACED HIM IN THE REEDS WHEN HE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD & TOO BIG TO
HIDE
Q - MOSES
A - ON THE 13TH TRIP AROUND JERICHO, HE TOLD HIS PEOPLE TO ADD THEIR SHOUTING
TO THE TRUMPETS
Q - JOSHUA
A - HE SAID, "LET ME DIE WITH THE PHILISTINES. AND HE BOWED HIMSELF WITH ALL
HIS MIGHT; AND THE HOUSE FELL"
Q - SAMSON
A - THE 57 OF THESE MARKED AS "MIZMOR" WERE MEANT TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STRING
INSTRUMENT
Q - PSALMS
A - "AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD, THAT HE LOVED A WOMAN IN THE VALLEY OF
SOREK, WHOSE NAME WAS DELILAH"
Q - SAMSON
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Category: THE OLD TESTAMENT
---------------------------
A - THIS SON OF DAVID WAS TRAPPED IN THE LIMBS OF AN OAK TREE WHEN HE WAS
KILLED BY JOAB
Q - ABSALOM
A - HE TOLD KING DARIUS, "MY GOD HAS SENT HIS ANGEL AND HATH SHUT THE LIONS'
MOUTHS"
Q - DANIEL
A - THE LORD TOLD HIM, "AARON THY BROTHER SHALL BE THY PROPHET"
Q - MOSES
A - "THERE APPEARED A CHARIOT OF FIRE, AND HORSES OF FIRE" THAT TOOK HIM TO
HEAVEN IN A WHIRLWIND
Q - ELIJAH
A - THIS SON OF SAUL SUCCESSFULLY PLEADED WITH HIS FATHER TO SPARE DAVID'S
LIFE
Q - JONATHAN
---------------------------
Category: THE OLD TESTAMENT
---------------------------
A - AFTER ADAM WAS CREATED, HE WAS PLACED IN THIS GARDEN "TO DRESS IT AND TO
KEEP IT"
Q - GARDEN OF EDEN
A - IN EXODUS GOD FIRST APPEARS TO MOSES AS A FLAME IN THIS
Q - BURNING BUSH
A - PRAYING FOR DELIVERANCE, HE SAID, "THE WATERS COMPASSED ME ABOUT, EVEN TO
THE SOUL"
Q - JONAH
A - ACCORDING TO PSALM 111, "THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF" THIS
Q - WISDOM
A - THE WORDS "MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN" APPEAR IN THIS BOOK
Q - DANIEL
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Category: OLD U.S. COINS
------------------------
A - ON THE QUARTER DURING THE 1920S, IT WAS FLYING; TODAY IT'S PERCHED
Q - EAGLE
A - THE OLD LINCOLN PENNY HAD 1 EAR OF LINCOLN'S ON THE FRONT & 2 EARS OF THIS
GRAIN ON THE BACK
Q - WHEAT
A - ON A VERY FINE ONE OF THESE COINS FROM 1930, THE FULL HORN SHOWS
Q - BUFFALO NICKEL
A - IT CURRENTLY HAS A TORCH ON THE BACK; PRIOR TO 1946 IT HAD A FASCES, A
BUNDLE OF RODS
Q - DIME
A - 1879 MORGAN DOLLARS WITH AN "O" MINT MARK COMMEMORATED THE REOPENING OF
THIS SOUTHERN CITY'S MINT
Q - NEW ORLEANS
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Category: THE OLD WEST
----------------------
A - THIS WESTERN MINING TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER A PROSPECTOR NAMED "OLD VIRGINIA"
Q - VIRGINIA CITY
A - SHE SPENT 17 YEARS WITH BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW
Q - ANNIE OAKLEY
A - THIS ILION, NEW YORK FAMILY WAS AS FAMOUS FOR ITS PISTOLS & RIFLES AS COLT
& WINCHESTER
Q - REMINGTONS
A - IN 1889 THE TOWN OF GUTHRIE GREW UP OVERNIGHT WHEN IT WAS HINTED IT WOULD
BECOME CAPITAL OF THIS TERRITORY
Q - OKLAHOMA
A - HEADING WEST ON THIS TRAIL YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN THE CIMARRON CUTOFF
Q - SANTA FE TRAIL
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Category: "O" NO!
-----------------
A - A STANDING ONE COMES WITH APPLAUSE
Q - OVATION
A - MISSION-STYLE FURNITURE OF THE EARLY 1900S WAS USUALLY MADE OF THIS WOOD &
TRIMMED WITH NAILHEADS
Q - OAK
A - ONE WAY TO GO FOR CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
Q - ONWARD
A - A SUPERANNUATED SOMBRERO, OR A 2-WORD PHRASE THAT DESCRIBES IT IF IT'S
BEHIND THE TIMES
Q - OLD HAT
A - 2 STARS NAMED SAIPH & RIGEL MARK THIS HUNTER'S LEGS
Q - ORION
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Category: ON THE ROAD
---------------------
A - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TURNPIKE & AN EXPRESSWAY IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO
DO THIS ON A TURNPIKE
Q - PAY TOLLS
A - "HURRIED" TERM GIVEN TO EITHER END OF THE BUSINESS DAY WHEN TRAFFIC IS THE
HEAVIEST
Q - RUSH HOUR
A - WIDER THAN A LANE BUT NARROWER THAN A BOULEVARD, MANY NEW YORKERS TAKE THE
FIFTH ON THIS ONE
Q - AVENUE
A - IT'S THE ROUNDABOUT ROUTE SET UP SO SOME TRAVELERS CAN AVOID ROADWORK
Q - DETOUR
A - A ONE-WAY SIGN IS RECTANGULAR & A YIELD SIGN IS THIS SHAPE
Q - TRIANGULAR
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Category: OPERA
---------------
A - IN THIS OPERA, LITTLE BUTTERCUP IS A PORTSMOUTH BUMBOAT WOMAN
Q - HMS PINAFORE
A - OPERAS BASED ON HIS FAIRY TALES INCLUDE "THE PRINCESS AND THE SWINEHERD"
AND "THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA"
Q - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A - THE FRIENDSHIP DUET OF ZURGA & NADIR IS A HIGH POINT OF "THE PEARL FISHERS"
BY THIS COMPOSER OF "CARMEN"
Q - GEORGES BIZET
A - THIS WAGNER HEROINE IS WOTAN'S FAVORITE VALKYRIE
Q - BRUNNHILDE
A - CANADIAN SOPRANO TERESA STRATAS PLAYED VIOLETTA IN FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S FILM
OF THIS VERDI OPERA
Q - LA TRAVIATA
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Category: OPERA
---------------
A - TSING SING IS A MANDARIN IN "THE BRONZE HORSE," WHICH IS SET IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - CHINA
A - PORTUGAL'S PREEMINENT OPERA HOUSE, TEATRO SAO CARLOS, OPENED IN THIS CITY
IN 1793
Q - LISBON
A - THE FULL TITLE OF "I PURITANI" IS "I PURITANI DI SCOZIA," WHICH MEANS "THE
PURITANS OF" THIS COUNTRY
Q - SCOTLAND
A - THE GERMAN TITLE OF THIS WAGNER OPERA IS "DIE FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER"
Q - FLYING DUTCHMAN
A - WHEN GUSTAV MAHLER PRESENTED THIS BEETHOVEN OPERA, HE SET ITS FIRST SCENE
IN ROCCO'S KITCHEN
Q - FIDELIO
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Category: OPERA
---------------
A - IN A GOLDMARK OPERA, ASSAD, KING SOLOMON'S FAVORITE COURTIER, FALLS IN LOVE
WITH THE QUEEN OF THIS
Q - SHEBA
A - IN THE OPERA "CZAR AND CARPENTER" THIS RUSSIAN CZAR WORKS INCOGNITO IN THE
DUTCH SHIPYARDS
Q - PETER THE GREAT
A - "MI CHIAMO MIMI" IS A FAMOUS SOPRANO ARIA IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA
Q - LA BOHEME
A - "THE ORACLE" IS A LURID & VIOLENT OPERA SET IN THIS CALIFORNIA CITY'S
CHINATOWN
Q - SAN FRANCISCO
A - THE HERO OF THIS ORATORIO COMPOSER'S OPERA "RINALDO" IS A CRUSADER
Q - GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
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Category: OPERA
---------------
A - THIS 1791 MOZART OPERA IS THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF ZAUBEROPER, OR "MAGIC
OPERA"
Q - MAGIC FLUTE
A - FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT PROSPER MERIMEE WROTE THE NOVEL ON WHICH THIS BIZET OPERA
IS BASED
Q - CARMEN
A - THIS NORWEGIAN COMPLETED ONLY 3 SCENES OF "OLAV TRYGVASON," HIS SOLE
ATTEMPT AT OPERA
Q - EDVARD GRIEG
A - NAME SHARED BY A HANDEL OPERA, A GENERAL IN VERDI'S "ATTILA" & MR. PINZA OF
THE MET
Q - EZIO
A - PLACIDO DOMINGO STARRED IN A 1992 TV VERSION OF "TOSCA," TAPED IN ITS
ACTUAL SETTINGS IN THIS CAPITAL
Q - ROME
---------------------------
Category: OPERA LIBRETTISTS
---------------------------
A - "THE VILLAGE COQUETTES" HAS A LIBRETTO BY THIS BRITISH NOVELIST; WHAT A
"TWIST"
Q - CHARLES DICKENS
A - E. SCHIKANEDER, THE 1ST TO PLAY PAPAGENO IN THIS COMPOSER'S "THE MAGIC
FLUTE," ALSO WROTE THE LIBRETTO FOR IT
Q - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
A - THIS LATE, GREAT SOUTHERN PLAYWRIGHT WROTE THE LIBRETTO FOR THE 1955 OPERA
"LORD BYRON'S LOVE LETTER"
Q - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
A - THIS "GIGI" NOVELIST WROTE THE LIBRETTO FOR RAVEL'S OPERATIC MASTERPIECE,
"L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES"
Q - COLETTE
A - "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA" WAS A HUGE HIT FOR THIS LIBRETTIST BUT HIS SEQUEL TO
IT, "POLLY," WASN'T
Q - JOHN GAY
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Category: O PIONEERS!
---------------------
A - PIONEER WOMEN FOUND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION MAKING THE PATCHWORK TYPE OF THESE
BED COVERINGS
Q - QUILTS
A - THE SOD HOUSE SUPPLANTED THIS WOODEN STRUCTURE AMONG PIONEERS AS THEY
REACHED THE GREAT PLAINS
Q - LOG CABIN
A - IN 1800 THIS WILDERNESS ROAD PIONEER WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE OF THE FEMME
OSAGE DISTRICT
Q - DANIEL BOONE
A - THIS PIONEER WAGON WAS NAMED FOR THE RESEMBLANCE OF IT'S WHITE CANVAS
COVERINGS TO A SHIP'S SAILS
Q - PRAIRIE SCHOONER
A - THIS PIONEER FOR WHOM A STATE CAPITAL IS NAMED ORGANIZED THE TEXAS RANGERS
Q - STEPHEN AUSTIN
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Categories beginning with P (ANQP)
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Category: PARKS
---------------
A - THIS NEW YORK HONEYMOON SITE HAS PARKS NAMED DEVIL'S HOLE & WHIRLPOOL
Q - NIAGARA FALLS
A - A PASSAGE LINKING THE FLINT RIDGE CAVE SYSTEM TO THIS KENTUCKY CAVE WAS
DISCOVERED IN 1972
Q - MAMMOTH CAVE
A - THIS FLORIDA CITY'S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK CONTAINS AN
INDIAN BURIAL GROUND
Q - ST. AUGUSTINE
A - IT'S ARKANSAS'S ONLY NATIONAL PARK
Q - HOT SPRINGS
A - WINDMILL ISLAND MUNICIPAL PARK IN THIS MICHIGAN CITY HAS THE USA'S ONLY
OPERATING DUTCH WINDMILL
Q - HOLLAND
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Category: PARKS
---------------
A - THIS STATE'S KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK IS THE SITE OF THE HARDING
ICEFIELD, ONE OF THE USA'S MAJOR ICEFIELDS
Q - ALASKA
A - THE LOWEST POINT OF THIS NATIONAL PARK IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S. IS MORE THAN
1100 FEET UNDERGROUND
Q - CARLSBAD CAVERNS
A - OREGON'S ONLY NATIONAL PARK IS THIS ONE LYING IN THE CASCADES IN THE SOUTH
OF THE STATE
Q - CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
A - THIS COUNTRY'S CAPE HORN NATIONAL PARK IS THE MOST SOUTHERLY PARK IN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Q - CHILE
A - FORILLON NATIONAL PARK LIES ON THE TIP OF THE GASPE PENINSULA IN THIS
CANADIAN PROVINCE
Q - QUEBEC
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Category: PARROTS
-----------------
A - THIS PARROT FEATURE IS DIVIDED INTO AN UPPER & LOWER MANDIBLE
Q - BEAK
A - THE KAKAPO, AN ENDANGERED, FLIGHTLESS PARROT, WAS ONCE A PRINCIPAL FOOD OF
THESE NEW ZEALAND NATIVES
Q - MAORI
A - LOVEBIRDS ORIGINATED IN AFRICA & ON THIS LARGEST AFRICAN ISLAND
Q - MADAGASCAR
A - ALMOST ALL PARROT EGGS ARE THIS COLOR, LIKE THOSE OF MOST BIRDS WHO NEST IN
HOLES
Q - WHITE
A - THE SCARLET IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEMBER OF THIS GROUP OF
LARGE PARROTS
Q - MACAW
----------------------------
Category: PATERNAL NICKNAMES
----------------------------
A - HE WAS CALLED "FATHER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS" & "FATHER OF THE STOVE"
Q - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A - JOSEPH B. STRAUSS IS CALLED THE FATHER OF THIS SAN FRANCISCO SPAN
Q - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
A - MARIUS PETIPA HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF THE CLASSICAL TYPE OF THIS
DANCE FORM
Q - BALLET
A - CHARLES EBBETS WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF THIS BASEBALL TEAM
Q - BROOKLYN DODGERS
A - THIS AMERICAN WAS "THE FATHER OF METHOD ACTING"
Q - LEE STRASBERG
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Category: PENINSULAS
--------------------
A - THE MENOMINEE IS THE LONGEST RIVER ON THIS STATE'S UPPER PENINSULA
Q - MICHIGAN
A - MERIDA IS THE CHIEF CITY ON THIS PENINSULA & THE CAPITAL OF THE MEXICAN
STATE OF THE SAME NAME
Q - YUCATAN
A - THIS NATION OCCUPIES MOST OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Q - SAUDI ARABIA
A - THE SAVA & DANUBE RIVERS FORM THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THIS EUROPEAN
PENINSULA
Q - BALKAN PENINSULA
A - THIS STATE HAS A SEWARD PENINSULA, BUT ITS CITY OF SEWARD IS ON THE KENAI
PENINSULA
Q - ALASKA
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Category: PEOPLE
----------------
A - IN THE 1970S SHE WAS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE TENNESSEEAN WHILE HER
HUSBAND AL WAS A REPORTER
Q - TIPPER GORE
A - "ATLAS SHRUGGED" AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE SCREENPLAY FOR THE JENNIFER
JONES-JOSEPH COTTEN FILM "LOVE LETTERS"
Q - AYN RAND
A - HE SPENT 2 YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH LED HIM TO WRITE "THE BALLAD OF READING
GAOL"
Q - OSCAR WILDE
A - SHE WAS THE 1ST PERFORMER TO HEAD THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS SINCE
ITS INCEPTION IN 1965
Q - JANE ALEXANDER
A - "THE BAD PLACE" & "MR. MURDER" ARE AMONG THE TALES OF TERROR BY THIS
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Q - DEAN KOONTZ
----------------
Category: PEOPLE
----------------
A - IN 1922 IMELDA MARCOS THREW HER SHOE INTO THE RING & RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF
THIS COUNTRY-- SHE LOST
Q - PHILIPPINES
A - THIS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT "VALUES" HIS 3 CHILDREN, CORINNE, TUCKER &
BENJAMIN
Q - DAN QUAYLE
A - HE WAS DANCING WITH THE KIROV BALLET WHEN HE DEFECTED IN 1974 & SOON JOINED
THE ABT
Q - MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
A - THIS SON OF A CIGAR MAKER BECAME PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS IN 1929 & REMAINED
AT THE HELM FOR OVER 50 YEARS
Q - WILLIAM PALEY
A - IN 1971 & 1972, POET PABLO NERUDA WAS THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY'S
AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
Q - CHILE
---------------------------
Category: PEOPLE IN HISTORY
---------------------------
A - SOME SAY THIS BOUNTY MUTINEER SECRETLY RETURNED TO ENGLAND & WAS SEEN IN
DEVONPORT AROUND 1808
Q - FLETCHER CHRISTIAN
A - IN 1906 ONE OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S GRANDDAUGHTERS BECAME QUEEN OF THIS COUNTRY
BY MARRYING ALFONSO XIII
Q - SPAIN
A - HE BECAME VICEROY OF HEJAZ IN 1926 & KING OF SAUDI ARABIA IN 1964
Q - FAISAL
A - IN 1945 VIDKUN QUISLING WAS EXECUTED FOR TREASON AT AKERSHUS CASTLE IN THIS
CAPITAL CITY
Q - OSLO
A - IN 1827 THIS FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE
Q - FRANKLIN PIERCE
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Category: PERFUME
-----------------
A - THIS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN QUEEN IS SAID TO HAVE PERFUMED HERSELF & THE SAILS OF
HER BOAT
Q - CLEOPATRA
A - YVES SAINT LAURENT'S PERFUME TRIBUTE "TO THE WOMAN WHO SPARKLES" IS NAMED
FOR THIS SPARKLING WINE
Q - CHAMPAGNE
A - INTRODUCED IN 1986, THIS DEADLY-SOUNDING DIOR FRAGRANCE INSPIRED A LIGHTER
"TENDRE" PRODUCT IN 1994
Q - POISON
A - DESIGNER WHO CREATED GIO
Q - GIORGIO ARMANI
A - THIS WHALE SUBSTANCE USED AS A PERFUME FIXATIVE CAN BE FOUND FLOATING ON
THE OCEAN
Q - AMBERGRIS
---------------------------
Category: PERFUME & COLOGNE
---------------------------
A - INSPIRED BY A GREEK LEGEND, ANTAEUS IS A COLOGNE FOR MEN BY THIS COMPANY
THAT MAKES COCO FOR WOMEN
Q - CHANEL
A - THE NAME OF THIS PERFUME DOESN'T STAND FOR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID, BUT FOR
THE INITIALS OF BIJAN'S 3 CHILDREN
Q - DNA
A - THIS ACTRESS' "FRAGRANT JEWELS" INCLUDE WHITE DIAMONDS & DIAMONDS & RUBIES
Q - ELIZABETH TAYLOR
A - A DRAMATIC FRAGRANCE BY ALFRED SUNG, OR THE WORD AN AUDIENCE SHOUTS FOR A
SINGER TO PERFORM AGAIN
Q - ENCORE
A - THIS DESIGNER GAVE HIS WIFE THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR'S ETERNITY RING, & IT
INSPIRED HIS ETERNITY PERFUME
Q - CALVIN KLEIN
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Category: PHILADELPHIA
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A - IN EARLY 1976 THIS WAS REMOVED FROM INDEPENDENCE HALL & MOVED ACROSS THE
STREET
Q - LIBERTY BELL
A - FEATURING FEATHERED, BANJO-PLAYING STRUTTERS, THE MUMMERS PARADE IS HELD
EACH YEAR ON THIS DAY
Q - NEW YEAR'S DAY
A - THE CURTISS CENTER HOUSES A MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THIS SATURDAY EVENING POST
ILLUSTRATOR
Q - NORMAN ROCKWELL
A - BUILT IN 1895, THE ORIGINAL QUADRANGLE OF THIS UNIVERSITY WAS BASED ON
OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE
Q - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
A - WILLIAM PENN'S PLAN FOR THE CITY COVERED A STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE
SCHUYLKILL & THIS RIVER
Q - DELAWARE RIVER
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Category: PHOTOGRAPHY
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A - IN 1955 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON BECAME THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHER TO HAVE AN
EXHIBIT IN THIS FRENCH MUSEUM
Q - LOUVRE
A - MOST SLR OR SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERAS USE THIS SIZE FILM
Q - 35 MM
A - A SENSITOMETER MEASURES PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM'S SENSITIVITY TO THIS
Q - LIGHT
A - A 1916 TRIP TO YOSEMITE INSPIRED HIM TO PHOTOGRAPH THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS
Q - ANSEL ADAMS
A - IN 1877 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE'S PHOTOS PROVED AT ONE POINT WHEN IT RUNS, ALL 4
OF ITS FEET ARE OFF THE GROUND
Q - HORSE
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Category: PLAYS
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A - A BRIGHT, COCKNEY WOMANIZER IS "WHAT" THIS BILL NAUGHTON PLAY IS "ALL
ABOUT"
Q - ALFIE
A - THIS PLAYWRIGHT'S "AH, WILDERNESS!" CONCERNS RICHARD MILLER & HIS LOVE FOR
MURIEL MCCOMBER
Q - EUGENE O'NEILL
A - THIS ROBERT BOLT PLAY IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO THOMAS
MORE'S 1535 EXECUTION
Q - MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
A - AT THE END OF THIS JOSEPH KESSELRING PLAY, THE BREWSTER SISTERS OFFER MR.
WITHERSPOON SOME ELDERBERRY WINE
Q - ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
A - THIS WILLIAM INGE PLAY TAKES PLACE AT THE KANSAS RESTAURANT OWNED BY A
WOMAN NAMED GRACE
Q - BUS STOP
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Category: PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
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A - IN 1983 HIS "BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS" WAS PLAYING AT THE ALVIN THEATRE IN
NYC WHEN IT WAS RENAMED FOR HIM
Q - NEIL SIMON
A - HE ADAPTED "PETER PAN" FROM HIS OWN NOVEL "THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD"
Q - JAMES BARRIE
A - JAMES JOYCE'S "FINNEGAN'S WAKE" MAY HAVE INSPIRED THIS PLAYWRIGHT'S "THE
SKIN OF OUR TEETH"
Q - THORNTON WILDER
A - IN HIS 1992 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING "CYCLE," ROBERT SCHENKKAN COVERED 200
YEARS OF FAMILY LIFE IN THIS STATE
Q - KENTUCKY
A - BEST KNOWN FOR "RHINOCEROS," THIS "GODFATHER OF THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD"
DIED IN 1994 AT AGE 81
Q - EUGENE IONESCO
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Category: PLAYWRIGHTS
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A - THOMAS LANIER WILLIAMS MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS NAME TO THIS IN HONOR OF HIS
FATHER'S HOME STATE
Q - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
A - THIS PLAYWRIGHT DEDICATED "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" TO HIS WIFE
CARLOTTA
Q - EUGENE O'NEILL
A - THIS LONDONER HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL VOLUMES OF POEMS BUT IS BEST KNOWN FOR
PLAYS LIKE "THE BIRTHDAY PARTY"
Q - HAROLD PINTER
A - HE WROTE "THE GARDEN PARTY" IN 1963, 26 YEARS BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Q - VACLAV HAVEL
A - THE SURVIVING VERSION OF HIS 16TH C. PLAY, "THE JEW OF MALTA" WAS PROBABLY
REVISED BY THOMAS HEYWOOD
Q - CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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Category: PLAYWRIGHTS
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A - "GENGANGERE" IS THE NORWEGIAN TITLE OF THIS NORWEGIAN'S 1882 PLAY "GHOSTS"
Q - HENRIK IBSEN
A - WILLIAM GILLETTE ALSO WROTE CIVIL WAR PLAYS BUT WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1899
PLAY ABOUT THIS BRITISH DETECTIVE
Q - SHERLOCK HOLMES
A - THIS "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF" PLAYWRIGHT ONCE SOLD RECORDS AT
BLOOMINGDALE'S
Q - EDWARD ALBEE
A - HE SET HIS PLAY "THE ROAD TO MECCA" IN NEW BETHESDA, A SMALL KAROO VILLAGE
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Q - ATHOL FUGARD
A - THIS "LOOK BACK IN ANGER" PLAYWRIGHT CALLED HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY "A BETTER
CLASS OF PERSON"
Q - JOHN OSBORNE
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Category: PLAYWRIGHTS
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A - THIS "PLAZA SUITE" PLAYWRIGHT'S REAL FIRST NAME IS MARVIN
Q - NEIL SIMON
A - LIV ULLMANN STARRED IN A 1982 REVIVAL OF THIS FELLOW NORWEGIAN'S PLAY
"GHOSTS"
Q - HENRIK IBSEN
A - IT WAS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF EMLYN WILLIAMS, WHOSE PLAY "THE CORN IS
GREEN" IS SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Q - WELSH
A - HER PLAY "TOYS IN THE ATTIC" BEGINS AT 6 P.M. ON A SUMMER TUESDAY IN NEW
ORLEANS
Q - LILLIAN HELLMAN
A - THIS "OUR TOWN" PLAYWRIGHT'S NOVEL "THE WOMAN OF ANDROS" WAS INSPIRED BY AN
ANCIENT ROMAN COMEDY
Q - THORNTON WILDER
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Category: POETRY
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A - SECTIONS OF LONGFELLOW'S "THE SONG OF" THIS MAN POEM INCLUDE "THE
PEACE-PIPE" & "THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT"
Q - HIAWATHA
A - "IN FLANDERS FIELDS" THESE "BLOW BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW"
Q - POPPIES
A - HIS CANTATA "THE JOLLY BEGGARS" INCLUDES THE CHORUS "SING HEY MY BRAW JOHN
HIGHLANDMAN!"
Q - ROBERT BURNS
A - KEATS CALLED THIS PIECE OF POTTERY A "SYLVAN HISTORIAN"
Q - GRECIAN URN
A - IN "THE RAVEN" POE LAMENTS THE LOSS OF A "RARE AND RADIANT MAIDEN WHOM THE
ANGELS NAME" THIS
Q - LENORE
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Category: POETRY
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A - POE POEM THAT TELLS US, "HOW WE SHIVER WITH AFFRIGHT AT THE MELANCHOLY
MENACE OF THEIR TONE!"
Q - BELLS
A - LONGFELLOW ALSO CALLED THIS POEM "THE BALLAD OF THE SCHOONER HESPERUS"
Q - WRECK OF THE HESPERUS
A - THE ITALIAN OR PETRARCHAN TYPE OF THIS VERSE FORM CONSISTS OF AN OCTAVE
FOLLOWED BY A SESTET
Q - SONNET
A - WILLIAM BLAKE ASKED OF THIS ANIMAL, "IN WHAT DISTANT DEEPS OR SKIES BURNT
THE FIRE OF THINE EYES?"
Q - TYGER
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR A PAIR OF RHYMING LINES THAT MAY BE CLOSED, OPEN OR
HEROIC
Q - COUPLET
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Category: POETS
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A - THIS MAN'S "RIDE" WAS THE FIRST POEM IN LONGFELLOW'S "TALES OF A WAYSIDE
INN," PUBLISHED IN 1863
Q - PAUL REVERE
A - THIS SCOT IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SONGS "AULD LANG SYNE" & "COMIN'
THRO THE RYE"
Q - ROBERT BURNS
A - ON JULY 30, 1918 THIS "TREES" AUTHOR WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING WITH THE
165TH INFANTRY NEAR SERINGES, FRANCE
Q - JOYCE KILMER
A - THE GRANDFATHER OF THIS EPIGRAMMATIC POET WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
AMHERST COLLEGE
Q - EMILY DICKINSON
A - IN "WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM'D," HE COMPARED LINCOLN TO VENUS
WHICH "DROOP'D IN THE WESTERN SKY"
Q - WALT WHITMAN
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Category: POETS
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A - BEFORE THE FIRST EDITION OF "LEAVES OF GRASS," HE WROTE A NOVEL, "FRANKLIN
EVANS: OR, THE INEBRIATE"
Q - WALT WHITMAN
A - ARTHUR RIMBAUD'S MOST FAMOUS WORK, "UNE SAISON EN ENFER," TRANSLATES AS "A
SEASON IN" THIS PLACE
Q - HELL
A - MATSUO BASHO IS BEST KNOWN AS THE PROGENITOR OF THE MODERN FORM OF THIS
3-LINE POEM
Q - HAIKU
A - THE BELL TOLLED FOR THIS "DEATH BE NOT PROUD" POET IN 1631
Q - JOHN DONNE
A - HIS FIRST BOOK-LENGTH POEM, "MONTAGE OF A DREAM DEFERRED," DESCRIBES THE
VARIETY OF HARLEM LIFE
Q - LANGSTON HUGHES
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Category: POETS
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A - THIS LINCOLN BIOGRAPHER WAS BORN IN GALESBURG, ILL. 20 YEARS AFTER LINCOLN
DEBATED DOUGLAS THERE
Q - CARL SANDBURG
A - MARGARET ATWOOD'S 2ND BOOK OF POEMS, "THE CIRCLE GAME," WON THIS COUNTRY'S
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD
Q - CANADA
A - SHE DEDICATED "AURORA LEIGH" TO HER COUSIN JOHN KENYON, NOT TO HER HUSBAND
ROBERT
Q - ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
A - THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY POET OLAF BULL IS CONSIDERED THE KEATS OF THIS
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY
Q - NORWAY
A - "WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" IS ONE OF THIS INDIANAN'S MOST BELOVED
POEMS
Q - JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
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Category: POETS
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A - DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, THIS "CHICAGO" POET SERVED IN THE 6TH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Q - CARL SANDBURG
A - THE ONLY PROSE WORK BY THIS "IDYLLS OF THE KING" POET WAS A PLAY, "THE
PROMISE OF MAY"
Q - ALFRED TENNYSON
A - IN 1830 HE WROTE OF "OLD IRONSIDES" "AY, TEAR HER TATTERED ENSIGN DOWN!
LONG HAS IT WAVED ON HIGH"
Q - OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
A - LONGFELLOW MODELED HIS "TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN" ON THIS POET'S "CANTERBURY
TALES"
Q - GEOFFREY CHAUCER
A - ALMOST ALL OF HIS EARLY WORKS, INCLUDING "PIPPA PASSES," WERE PRINTED AT
HIS FAMILY'S EXPENSE
Q - ROBERT BROWNING
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Category: POETS & POETRY
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A - LORD BYRON'S POEM "THE ISLAND" WAS INSPIRED BY THE MUTINY ON THIS SHIP
Q - BOUNTY
A - FROM 1835 TO 1854, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WAS A PROFESSOR OF MODERN
LANGUAGES AT THIS IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY
Q - HARVARD
A - HE BEGAN "ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD" AFTER THE DEATH OF A
FRIEND, RICHARD WEST
Q - THOMAS GRAY
A - HE WROTE THE HUMOROUS VERSE, "I DON'T MIND EELS, EXCEPT AS MEALS"
Q - OGDEN NASH
A - "I NEVER SPOKE WITH GOD NOR VISITED IN HEAVEN" IS FROM HER POEM, "I NEVER
SAW A MOOR"
Q - EMILY DICKINSON
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Category: POLAND
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A - HE TOOK OFFICE AS PRESIDENT DECEMBER 22, 1990
Q - LECH WALESA
A - IN SPRING 1968 STUDENTS & ARTISTS IN POLAND COPIED THOSE IN THIS NEIGHBOR
IN DEMANDING REFORMS
Q - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
A - THE CITY OF TORUN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HONEY CAKES & AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THIS
ASTRONOMER
Q - COPERNICUS
A - TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COOPERATION & MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SIGNED BY POLAND & 7
OTHERS IN 1955
Q - WARSAW PACT
A - POPE JOHN PAUL II ONCE ATTENDED THIS CITY'S JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY,
FOUNDED IN 1364
Q - KRAKOW
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Category: POLITICAL LINGO
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A - "EQUINE" TERM FOR A LITTLE-KNOWN CANDIDATE WHO WINS UNEXPECTEDLY
Q - DARK HORSE
A - THIS TERM FOR A PRESIDENT'S REJECTION OF A BILL COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "I
FORBID"
Q - VETO
A - HALF OF THE WORD GERRYMANDER IS DERIVED FROM THE NAME OF THIS AMPHIBIAN
Q - SALAMANDER
A - IN THE LATE 1800S THE REPUBLICANS BECAME KNOWN AS THE G.O.P., WHICH STANDS
FOR THIS
Q - GRAND OLD PARTY
A - HISTORICALLY, THIS WORD FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE HAS BEEN PRECEDED BY
"UNIVERSAL" AND "WOMAN"
Q - SUFFRAGE
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Category: POLITICIANS
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A - LESS THAN 3 YEARS AFTER HIS DEBATES WITH LINCOLN, HE DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER
Q - STEPHEN DOUGLAS
A - IN 1993 THOMAS MENINO WAS ELECTED THIS NEW ENGLAND CITY'S FIRST
NON-IRISH-AMERICAN MAYOR SINCE 1929
Q - BOSTON
A - IN THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, JOHN F. KENNEDY DEBATED THIS
OPPONENT
Q - RICHARD NIXON
A - SHE "BEGAN WEARING HATS AS A YOUNG LAWYER BECAUSE IT HELPED ME TO ESTABLISH
MY PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY"
Q - BELLA ABZUG
A - HE WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHEN ELECTED FDR'S FIRST VICE PRESIDENT IN
1932
Q - JOHN NANCE GARNER
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Category: POLITICIANS
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A - IN 1974 GEORGE ARIYOSHI WAS ELECTED THIS STATE'S FIRST JAPANESE-AMERICAN
GOVERNOR
Q - HAWAII
A - IN 1968, HE'D JUST WON HIS FIFTH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WHEN AN ASSASSIN TOOK
HIS LIFE
Q - ROBERT F. KENNEDY
A - CALLING HIM "MORALLY OBTUSE," THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS DISBARRED HIM
IN 1974
Q - SPIRO AGNEW
A - THROUGHOUT THE 1970S, THIS ARIZONA SENATOR'S SON, BARRY JR., WAS A U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA
Q - BARRY GOLDWATER
A - A SUPPORTER OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, HE REPRESENTED KENTUCKY IN CONGRESS
ON & OFF 1806-52
Q - HENRY CLAY
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Category: POP MUSIC
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A - SAMMY HAGAR WAS LEAD SINGER ON THIS GROUP'S 1986 HIT "WHY CAN'T THIS BE
LOVE"
Q - VAN HALEN
A - THE COMMODORES' BIGGEST HIT, "THREE TIMES A LADY," WAS WRITTEN BY THIS
MEMBER OF THE GROUP
Q - LIONEL RICHIE
A - IN 1991 GEORGE MICHAEL & THIS SINGER REACHED NO. 1 IN THE U.K. WITH "DON'T
LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME"
Q - ELTON JOHN
A - IN 1967 MARILYN MCCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR. SANG, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE" THIS
"TO BE IN MY SHOW"
Q - STAR
A - IN 1990 HIS "BLAZE OF GLORY" FROM THE "YOUNG GUNS II" SOUNDTRACK TOPPED THE
POP CHARTS
Q - JON BON JOVI
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Category: POP MUSIC
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A - THIS GROUP'S DEBUT LP, "PLEASE PLEASE ME," TOPPED THE U.K. CHARTS IN 1963
Q - BEATLES
A - DR. DRE & DIGABLE PLANETS WON GRAMMYS IN 1994 FOR PERFORMANCES IN THIS
MUSIC GENRE
Q - RAP
A - HIS TOP 10 HITS IN THE 1960S INCLUDE "LITTLE SISTER" & "RETURN TO SENDER"
Q - ELVIS PRESLEY
A - IN 1968 HIS "(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY" BECAME THE FIRST NO. 1
POSTHUMOUS HIT BY A SOLO ARTIST
Q - OTIS REDDING
A - AFTER RECORDING "L.A. WOMAN," THIS DOORS VOCALIST MOVED TO PARIS, WHERE HE
WROTE POETRY
Q - JIM MORRISON
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Category: POP MUSIC
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A - PAUL MCCARTNEY & THIS OTHER BEATLE WON A 1966 SONG OF THE YEAR GRAMMY FOR
"MICHELLE"
Q - JOHN LENNON
A - THIS PERFORMER'S 1985 "PART-TIME LOVER" BECAME THE FIRST SINGLE TO HIT NO.
1 ON 5 BILLBOARD CHARTS
Q - STEVIE WONDER
A - THIS DUO'S 1966 SINGLES "I AM A ROCK" & "HOMEWARD BOUND" WERE THEIR FIRST
HITS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Q - SIMON & GARFUNKEL
A - GLEN CAMPBELL HIT THAT BEGINS "I'VE BEEN WALKIN' THESE STREETS SO LONG,
SINGIN' THE SAME OLD SONG"
Q - RHINESTONE COWBOY
A - AMONG THE HITS WRITTEN BY THIS WOMAN & THEN-HUSBAND GERRY GOFFIN ARE "UP ON
THE ROOF" & "THE LOCO-MOTION"
Q - CAROLE KING
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Category: POP MUSIC TRIVIA
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A - THIS GROUP THAT SANG "BORN TO BE WILD" WAS NAMED FOR A HERMAN HESSE NOVEL
Q - STEPPENWOLF
A - BEFORE FORMING THIS GROUP, DON HENLEY & GLENN FREY PLAYED BACKUP FOR LINDA
RONSTADT
Q - EAGLES
A - IN 1997, ELTON JOHN REVISED HIS HIT "CANDLE IN THE WIND" AS A TRIBUTE TO
THIS WOMAN
Q - PRINCESS DIANA
A - THE INITIALS ON A MUTUAL OF NEW YORK SIGN GAVE TOMMY JAMES THE TITLE FOR
THIS 1968 HIT
Q - MONY MONY
A - DANNY GLOVER'S WIFE IN "LETHAL WEAPON," SHE SANG LEAD ON THE '60S HIT "HE'S
A REBEL"
Q - DARLENE LOVE
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Category: POT LUCK
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A - KOALAS RARELY DRINK WATER; INSTEAD THEY OBTAIN THEIR LIQUID MOSTLY FROM THE
LEAVES OF THIS TREE
Q - EUCALYPTUS
A - FROM 1943 TO 1974 THIS RADIO PROGRAM WAS BROADCAST FROM NASHVILLE'S RYMAN
AUDITORIUM
Q - GRAND OLE OPRY
A - HE WAS PRESENT WHEN ST. STEPHEN WAS MARTYRED & PERSECUTED OTHER CHRISTIANS
WHEN HE WAS KNOWN AS SAUL
Q - ST. PAUL
A - THIS FINNISH-BORN U.S. ARCHITECT DESIGNED NYC'S CBS BUILDING, HIS ONLY
SKYSCRAPER
Q - EERO SAARINEN
A - THE FIRST KNOWN DELIBERATE FLIGHT INTO ONE OF THESE WAS BY ARMY MAJOR
JOSEPH DUCKWORTH JULY 27, 1943
Q - HURRICANE
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - THIS GEORGIA FRUIT IS A SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY TO THE CHINESE
Q - PEACH
A - THE SWISS GUARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GUARDING THE MAN WHO HAS THIS JOB
Q - POPE
A - THE 4TH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES FREEDOM FROM "UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND"
THESE
Q - SEIZURES
A - ALTHOUGH SILK ORIGINATED IN CHINA, THIS COUNTRY BECAME THE LARGEST PRODUCER
IN THE LATE 1800S
Q - JAPAN
A - AS A BRITISH COLONY FROM 1874 TO 1957, GHANA WAS KNOWN BY THIS NAME
Q - GOLD COAST
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - PERRAULT'S MERE L'OYE IS KNOWN AS THIS IN ENGLISH
Q - MOTHER GOOSE
A - A SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATES THIS MANY YEARS OF MARRIAGE
Q - 25
A - THIS AUTHOR OF A GOSPEL IS THE PATRON OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Q - LUKE
A - TERRY MCMILLAN'S BESTSELLER ABOUT 4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WAS CALLED
"WAITING TO" DO THIS
Q - EXHALE
A - THOUGH FOUND ON A GREEK ISLE IN 1820, THIS STATUE IS USUALLY CALLED BY THE
NAME OF THE ROMAN LOVE GODDESS
Q - VENUS DE MILO
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - IN THE 1930S CHARLES GOREN GAVE UP HIS LAW PRACTICE TO PLAY THIS GAME
Q - BRIDGE
A - ONE OF ITS FEATURES IS THE MARE HUMORUM OR SEA OF MOISTURE
Q - MOON
A - SEIJI OZAWA WAS THE FIRST JAPANESE WITH THIS OCCUPATION TO BECOME PROMINENT
IN THE WEST
Q - CONDUCTOR
A - GENERAL CALLED "THE FATHER OF AMERICAN TELEVISION"
Q - DAVID SARNOFF
A - THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN THIS STYLE, POPULAR AT THE TIME OF
ITS CONSTRUCTION
Q - ART DECO
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - IT'S THE NUMERICAL NAME OF THE MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG WOMEN STARTED BY WALTER
ANNENBERG IN 1944
Q - SEVENTEEN
A - HE WAS CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR FOR GEMINI 5 & 10 BEFORE BECOMING THE 2ND MAN
TO WALK ON THE MOON
Q - BUZZ ALDRIN
A - THE NAME OF THIS MERCILESS MASTER IN "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" BECAME A BYWORD
FOR A BRUTAL BOSS
Q - SIMON LEGREE
A - THE ESPERANTO WORD FOR THIS FEMALE RELATIVE IN ONKLINO
Q - AUNT
A - THOUGH IT HAS "WHEAT" IN ITS NAME, THIS PANCAKE FLOUR INGREDIENT IS AN
HERB, NOT A CEREAL GRAIN
Q - BUCKWHEAT
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - IT'S THE COLOR OF THE WILD YONDER
Q - BLUE
A - IN 1964 ELVIS PRESLEY GAVE FDR'S YACHT THE POTOMAC TO ST. JUDE HOSPITAL IN
CARE OF THIS ENTERTAINER
Q - DANNY THOMAS
A - ISAAC HAYES'S MUSIC FOR THIS 1971 FILM WAS AWARDED 3 GRAMMYS
Q - SHAFT
A - IT'S A GOATLIKE ANTELOPE OF THE HIGH MOUNTAINS IN EUROPE WHOSE SKIN MAKES A
SOFT LEATHER POLISHING CLOTH
Q - CHAMOIS
A - BEGUN IN 1965, THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM OFFERS SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED &
DISADVANTAGED PRESCHOOLERS
Q - HEAD START
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - IT'S THE SECOND-HIGHEST NUMBER YOU CAN THROW WITH A PAIR OF STANDARD DICE
Q - ELEVEN
A - WOODY GUTHRIE'S SONG "TOM JOAD" WAS INSPIRED BY THIS NOVEL
Q - GRAPES OF WRATH
A - SPOOK IS THIS COMIC STRIP'S PERENNIAL PRISONER
Q - WIZARD OF ID
A - ALPHABETICALLY IT WAS THE FIRST SPORT AT THE 1992 SUMMER OLYMPICS
Q - ARCHERY
A - HIS "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS" WAS BUILT BY RYAN AIRLINES IN SAN DIEGO
Q - CHARLES LINDBERGH
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - U.S. NATIONAL HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING A 1621 EVENT
Q - THANKSGIVING
A - THIS MISSISSIPPI CITY WHERE ELVIS PRESLEY WAS BORN IN 1935 IS NAMED FOR A
GENUS OF TREE
Q - TUPELO
A - THERE ARE 2 COLOSSAL STATUES OF HIM IN SOUTH AMERICA: ONE ON CORCOVADO
PEAK, ONE IN THE ANDES
Q - JESUS CHRIST
A - THE LARGEST NATURAL SATELLITE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS GANYMEDE, A MOON OF
THIS PLANET
Q - JUPITER
A - THE FIRST DUTCH COINS TO DEPICT THIS QUEEN WERE ISSUED IN 1892, WHEN SHE
WAS 12 YEARS OLD
Q - WILHELMINA
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - ITS STATE FLOWER IS THE ORANGE BLOSSOM
Q - FLORIDA
A - FROM 1877-1885, THE LIBERTY BELL WAS HUNG IN INDEPENDENCE HALL FROM A CHAIN
OF THIS MANY LINKS
Q - THIRTEEN
A - THIS NUT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE QUEENSLAND NUT
Q - MACADAMIA
A - IN 1780 ZADOC BENEDICT ESTABLISHED THE USA'S FIRST HAT FACTORY IN DANBURY
IN THIS STATE
Q - CONNECTICUT
A - CHEVALIER IS THE FRENCH EQUIVALENT OF THIS BRITISH RANK OF HONOR
Q - KNIGHT
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - THIS WORLD WAR I FLYING ACE LATER SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF EASTERN AIRLINES
Q - EDDIE RICKENBACKER
A - THIS COUNTRY'S BEST GRADE OF COFFEE IS MEDELLIN
Q - COLOMBIA
A - OF PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVINGS, THE ONE DEPICTING THIS MARCH 5, 1770 STREET
FIGHT IS THE MOST FAMOUS
Q - BOSTON MASSACRE
A - IN 1156 PRINCE YURI DOLGORUKY ERECTED THE FIRST FORTRESS ON THE SITE OF
THIS PRESENT ONE
Q - KREMLIN
A - THE GULF OF VENEZUELA CONNECTS THIS LAKE WITH THE CARIBBEAN SEA
Q - LAKE MARACAIBO
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Category: POTPOURRI
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A - RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THIS TALL TIMEPIECE WAS NAMED FOR A 19TH CENTURY SONG
BY HENRY C. WORK
Q - GRANDFATHER CLOCK
A - IT'S THE KIND OF BEAR THAT SYMBOLIZES CALIFORNIA ON CALIFORNIA'S STATE
SEAL
Q - GRIZZLY BEAR
A - VACHEL LINDSAY WROTE A POEM "IN PRAISE OF" THIS WANDERING SEED SPREADER
Q - JOHNNY APPLESEED
A - THE FIRST OF THESE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS WAS FOUNDED IN 1878 IN PROVIDENCE,
RHODE ISLAND
Q - BERLITZ
A - 100 CENTS EQUALS 1 LEONE IN THIS WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY
Q - SIERRA LEONE
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Category: PRESIDENT & FIRST LADIES
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A - SHE WAS A DELEGATE TO THE U.N. TWICE, 1945-1952 & 1961-1962
Q - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
A - IN 1945 HE TOLD US, "SIXTEEN HOURS AGO AN AMERICAN PLANE DROPPED ONE BOMB
ON HIROSHIMA"
Q - HARRY S TRUMAN
A - CLEVELAND LOST THE 1888 ELECTION TO THIS MAN BY FAILING TO CARRY HIS HOME
STATE OF NEW YORK
Q - BENJAMIN HARRISON
A - HER FATHER, MARVIN PIERCE, WAS PUBLISHER OF MCCALL'S & REDBOOK
Q - BARBARA BUSH
A - HIS PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM WAS CALLED "THE NEW FREEDOM"
Q - WOODROW WILSON
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Category: PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
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A - THE "SAGE OF MOUNT VERNON"
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - "LITTLE BEN"
Q - BENJAMIN HARRISON
A - THE "PHILOSOPHER OF DEMOCRACY"
Q - THOMAS JEFFERSON
A - "THE KANSAS CYCLONE"
Q - DWIGHT EISENHOWER
A - THE "FIRST DARK HORSE"
Q - JAMES K. POLK
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Category: PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES
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A - IN A 1932 SPEECH HE SAID, "I PLEDGE YOU-- I PLEDGE MYSELF-- TO A NEW DEAL
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"
Q - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A - HIS 1988 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SPEECH "WASN'T MY FINEST HOUR. EVEN MY
FINEST HOUR AND A HALF"
Q - BILL CLINTON
A - HE'S QUOTED IN 1953 AS FINDING HIMSELF IN THE "VERY SMALL ARMY" OF
"UNEMPLOYED PRESIDENTS"
Q - HARRY S TRUMAN
A - KENNEDY CALLED IT "A CITY OF SOUTHERN EFFICIENCY AND NORTHERN CHARM"
Q - WASHINGTON
A - BUCHANAN HOPED THIS MAN WAS "AS HAPPY ON ENTERING THIS HOUSE AS I AM ON
LEAVING IT"
Q - ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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Category: PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES
-----------------------------
A - IN 1992 THIS CANDIDATE SAID, "MY DOCTOR ORDERED ME TO SHUT UP, WHICH WILL
MAKE EVERY AMERICAN HAPPY"
Q - BILL CLINTON
A - PRESIDENT WHO TOLD US, "AS I REPORT TO YOU, AIR ATTACKS ARE UNDER WAY
AGAINST MILITARY TARGETS IN IRAQ"
Q - GEORGE BUSH
A - IN 1958 HE CALLED FOR THE U.S. & THE SOVIETS TO "LEARN TO KNOW EACH OTHER
BETTER"
Q - DWIGHT EISENHOWER
A - HE WROTE IN "THE FEDERALIST," "LIBERTY MAY BE ENDANGERED BY THE ABUSES OF
LIBERTY AS WELL AS...POWER"
Q - JAMES MADISON
A - DESCRIBING HIS 1912 DEFEAT, HE SAID, "WHAT I GOT WAS THE IRREDUCIBLE
MINIMUM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY"
Q - WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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Category: PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
-----------------------------
A - THE FATHERS OF ANDREW JACKSON & CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR WERE IMMIGRANTS FROM
THIS "EMERALD ISLE"
Q - IRELAND
A - IN 1938 HE APPEARED WITH SUSAN HAYWARD IN WARNER BROTHERS' PRISON DRAMA
"GIRLS ON PROBATION"
Q - RONALD REAGAN
A - SALMON P. CHASE ADMINISTERED THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE TO HIM IN A
HOTEL SUITE ON APRIL 15, 1865
Q - ANDREW JOHNSON
A - SOME OF HIS DETRACTORS CALLED HIM "WHISKEY VAN"
Q - MARTIN VAN BUREN
A - ZACHARY TAYLOR, BORN IN ORANGE COUNTY IN 1784, WAS THE 7TH PRESIDENT BORN
IN THIS STATE
Q - VIRGINIA
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Category: PRIME MINISTERS
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A - AS ITS FIRST PRIME MINISTER, DAVID BEN-GURION IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF
THIS NATION
Q - ISRAEL
A - THE DAY BEFORE HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY IN 1979, JOE CLARK BECAME THIS COUNTRY'S
PRIME MINISTER
Q - CANADA
A - IN 1951, AMERICAN-BORN EAMON DE VALERA BECAME THIS REPUBLIC'S FIRST PRIME
MINISTER
Q - IRELAND
A - THIS FATHER OF INDIA'S FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER WAS INDIA'S FIRST PRIME
MINISTER
Q - JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
A - IN 1988 THIS PERSON SUCCEEDED GENERAL MOHAMMAD ZIA UL-HAQ AS PRIME MINISTER
OF PAKISTAN
Q - BENAZIR BHUTTO
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Category: PROVERBS
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A - "IF YOU CAN'T" DO THIS TO THEM, "JOIN 'EM"
Q - BEAT 'EM
A - "HAVE BUT A FEW" OF THESE "THOUGH MANY ACQUAINTANCES"
Q - FRIENDS
A - AS WELL AS "A VIRTUE," IT'S ALSO "THE KEY TO PARADISE"
Q - PATIENCE
A - IT IS SAID THAT "MAN LEARNS LITTLE FROM SUCCESS, BUT MUCH FROM" THIS
Q - FAILURE
A - "AN OUNCE OF" THIS IS WORTH "A POUND OF CURE"
Q - PREVENTION
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Category: PSYCH 101
-------------------
A - A REPEATED BEHAVIOR LIKE FINGERNAIL BITING OR HAIR PULLING; IT MAY BE HARD
TO BREAK
Q - HABIT
A - THE NAME OF THIS FIRST INSANE ASYLUM IN ENGLAND IS A CORRUPTION OF
BETHLEHEM
Q - BEDLAM
A - SHE'S HAD SEVERAL TV SHOWS & HER BOOKS INCLUDE "WIDOWHOOD" & "THE
SUCCESSFUL WOMAN"
Q - DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
A - FROM LATIN FOR "LUST," FREUD THOUGHT IT WAS THE SEX INSTINCT; JUNG DIDN'T
AGREE
Q - LIBIDO
A - THIS FAMILY OF AMERICAN DOCTORS & PSYCHIATRISTS ESTABLISHED A CLINIC & A
FOUNDATION IN TOPEKA, KANSAS
Q - MENNINGERS
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Category: PSYCH 102
-------------------
A - DISORDERS OF THIS RESTING STATE INCLUDE HYPERSOMNIA & PARASOMNIA
Q - SLEEP
A - WHAT THE APA NOW CALLS DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER DEALS WITH MULTIPLE
ONES OF THESE
Q - PERSONALITIES
A - THIS "CRISIS" HITS PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE SIGNS THEY ARE AGING & BECOME
PREOCCUPIED WITH THE REALIZATION
Q - MIDLIFE CRISIS
A - THIS PROCEDURE OF CUTTING ONE OR MORE NERVE TRACTS IN THE CEREBRUM IS
RARELY PERFORMED TODAY
Q - LOBOTOMY
A - IN THE EARLY THOUGHT OF THIS SWISS ANALYST, THE ANIMA IS YOUR INNER BEING &
THE PERSONA IS WHAT YOU SHOW
Q - CARL JUNG
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Category: PSYCHOLOGY
--------------------
A - THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY DEFINES THIS AS "IMAGERY DURING
SLEEP"
Q - DREAMING
A - IN THIS TEST, 5 INKBLOTS ARE BLACK & WHITE, 2 HAVE SOME COLOR, & 3 ARE
VARIOUS COLORS
Q - RORSCHACH TEST
A - THE POST-TRAUMATIC TYPE OF THIS MEMORY LOSS CAN BE CAUSED BY PHYSICAL OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY
Q - AMNESIA
A - THE M'NAGHTEN RULE IS A BRITISH PRECEDENT FOR THIS TYPE OF LEGAL DEFENSE
Q - INSANITY
A - IT'S A VIVID & RECURRENT RECOLLECTION OF A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, OR A
TECHNIQUE USED IN MOVIES
Q - FLASHBACK
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Category: PULITZER COMMENTATORS
-------------------------------
A - WHEN HE WON IN 1972, MIKE ROYKO WAS AT THIS ILLINOIS CITY'S DAILY NEWS
Q - CHICAGO
A - HIS COLUMNS WERE COLLECTED AS "POOR RUSSELL'S ALMANAC"
Q - RUSSELL BAKER
A - THIS WASHINGTON-BASED POLITICAL HUMORIST WON IN 1982
Q - ART BUCHWALD
A - IN ADDITION TO HIS NEWSWRITING, THIS 1986 WINNER WROTE NOVELS LIKE "THE
GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT"
Q - JIMMY BRESLIN
A - KNOWN FOR HIS WAY WITH WORDS, THIS CONSERVATIVE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST
WON IN 1978
Q - WILLIAM SAFIRE
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Categories beginning with Q (ANQQ)
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Category: QUOTABLE QUOTES
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A - FRED ALLEN CALLED THIS MEDIUM "RADIO FLUOROSCOPED"
Q - TELEVISION
A - POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK TELLS US, "A FINE GENIUS, IN HIS OWN COUNTRY, IS
LIKE" THIS METAL "IN THE MINE"
Q - GOLD
A - RALPH WALDO EMERSON CALLED IT "THE SUREST POISON," BUT OTHERS SAY IT'S "OF
THE ESSENCE"
Q - TIME
A - THE HISTORIAN CORNELIUS TACITUS SAID THESE BEINGS "ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE
STRONGER"
Q - GODS
A - EURIPIDES ADVISED "WASTE NOT FRESH" ONES OF THESE "OVER OLD GRIEFS"
Q - TEARS
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Category: QUOTABLE WOMEN
------------------------
A - OF THE CLARENCE THOMAS HEARINGS, SHE SAID, "I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED NOT TO
ENDURE WHAT I ENDURED"
Q - ANITA HILL
A - AS WELL AS "WE ARE NOT AMUSED," SHE WAS "WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE
POSSIBILITIES OF DEFEAT"
Q - QUEEN VICTORIA
A - HER POEM NO. 324 BEGINS, "SOME KEEP THE SABBATH GOING TO CHURCH-- I KEEP IT
STAYING AT HOME"
Q - EMILY DICKINSON
A - THIS PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SAID, "EVERY DICTATOR USES RELIGION TO KEEP
HIMSELF IN POWER"
Q - BENAZIR BHUTTO
A - IN "ADAM BEDE," SHE WROTE, "I'M NOT DENYING THE WOMEN ARE FOOLISH: GOD
ALMIGHTY MADE 'EM TO MATCH THE MEN"
Q - GEORGE ELIOT
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Category: QUOTABLE WOMEN
------------------------
A - IN A 1975 BOOK THIS "FRENCH CHEF" ADVISED, "LEARN HOW TO COOK! THAT'S THE
WAY TO SAVE MONEY!"
Q - JULIA CHILD
A - FLYING "MAY NOT BE ALL PLAIN SAILING...BUT THE FUN OF IT IS WORTH THE
PRICE" SHE SAID BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED
Q - AMELIA EARHART
A - THIS LATE ACTRESS WAS FOND OF SAYING, "I USED TO BE SNOW WHITE...BUT I
DRIFTED"
Q - MAE WEST
A - THIS NATURALIST SAID, "THE MORE YOU LEARN ABOUT THE DIGNITY OF THE GORILLA,
THE MORE YOU WANT TO AVOID PEOPLE"
Q - DIAN FOSSEY
A - IN HER 1952 AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SHE WROTE, "IF I DIDN'T START PAINTING, I WOULD
HAVE RAISED CHICKENS"
Q - GRANDMA MOSES
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Category: QUOTES
----------------
A - HE WROTE "HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK DOWN BEFORE YOU CALL HIM A MAN?"
Q - BOB DYLAN
A - BEN FRANKLIN RHYMED, "NOTHING BUT" THIS "IS SWEETER THAN HONEY"
Q - MONEY
A - SPEAKING OF THE NL PENNANT RACE, THIS FORMER YANKEE CATCHER SAID, "IT AIN'T
OVER TILL IT'S OVER"
Q - YOGI BERRA
A - BARTLETT'S ATTRIBUTES THE PHRASE "IT'LL PLAY IN" THIS ILLINOIS CITY TO JOHN
ERLICHMAN
Q - PEORIA
A - IN "GRAVITY'S RAINBOW," HE WROTE, "YET WHO CAN PRESUME TO SAY WHAT THE WAR
WANTS, SO VAST AND ALOOF IS IT"
Q - THOMAS PYNCHON
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Category: QUOTES
----------------
A - IN 1975 HE CAMPAIGNED FOR PRESIDENT BY SAYING, "I'M NOT FROM WASHINGTON AND
I'M NOT A LAWYER"
Q - JIMMY CARTER
A - IN 1898 AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN JOHN HAY DESCRIBED THIS U.S. CONFLICT AS "A
SPLENDID LITTLE WAR"
Q - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
A - IN 1978 THIS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SAID, "PEACE IS MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN A
PIECE OF LAND"
Q - ANWAR SADAT
A - IN ONE "CRISIS" PAMPHLET, HE WROTE, "CHARACTER IS MUCH EASIER KEPT THAN
RECOVERED"
Q - THOMAS PAINE
A - ON OCTOBER 5, 1877 THIS NEZ PERCE CHIEFTAIN SAID, "HEAR ME, MY HEART IS
SICK AND SAD"
Q - CHIEF JOSEPH
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Category: QUOTES
----------------
A - IN 1973 SENATOR GEORGE AIKEN SAID, "EITHER IMPEACH HIM OR GET OFF HIS
BACK"
Q - RICHARD NIXON
A - ACCORDING TO FRED ALLEN, IT'S "A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM IOWA MISTAKE EACH
OTHER FOR MOVIE STARS"
Q - HOLLYWOOD
A - IN A 1940 SPEECH ON DUNKIRK, HE TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, "WE SHALL NEVER
SURRENDER"
Q - WINSTON CHURCHILL
A - IT WAS ANTHONY MCAULIFFE'S 1-WORD PUBLISHED REPLY WHEN ASKED BY THE GERMANS
TO SURRENDER AT BASTOGNE
Q - NUTS
A - FRANCIS BACON WROTE OF "THE WISDOM OF" THESE ANIMALS, "THAT SHED TEARS WHEN
THEY WOULD DEVOUR"
Q - CROCODILES
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Category: QUOTES
----------------
A - ADVISING A YOUNG TRADESMAN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID, "REMEMBER, THAT TIME
IS" THIS
Q - MONEY
A - MARTHA GRAHAM CALLED THIS ART FORM "THE HIDDEN LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL"
Q - DANCE
A - POLITICS HAS BEEN DEFINED AS "WHERE THEY PAT YOU ON THE BACK SO THEY'LL
KNOW WHERE TO STICK" THIS
Q - KNIFE
A - AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, HE SAID, "I HAVE ONLY ONE EYE, I HAVE A RIGHT
TO BE BLIND SOMETIMES"
Q - LORD HORATIO NELSON
A - ACCORDING TO SIR RICHARD STEELE, THIS ACTIVITY "IS TO THE MIND WHAT
EXERCISE IS TO THE BODY"
Q - READING
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Category: QUOTES
----------------
A - IN THIS PUBLICATION, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WROTE, "EAT TO PLEASE THYSELF, BUT
DRESS TO PLEASE OTHERS"
Q - POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
A - ABOUT THIS FILM DIRECTOR, NORMAN BEL GEDDES SAID, "CB LACKED A SENSE OF
HUMOR"
Q - CECIL B. DEMILLE
A - THIS COACH ONCE SAID, "THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE: FAMILY,
RELIGION AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS"
Q - VINCE LOMBARDI
A - IN "DON JUAN" LORD BYRON CALLED THIS 18TH CENTURY POET & LEXICOGRAPHER "THE
GREAT MORALIST"
Q - SAMUEL JOHNSON
A - IN AN 1886 LETTER, THIS COMPOSER WROTE, "I AM JUST A PLAIN CZECH MUSICIAN"
Q - ANTONIN DVORAK
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Category: QUOTES ABOUT AUTHORS
------------------------------
A - HENRY JAMES SAID, "WHATEVER" THIS AUTHOR OF "THE TIME MACHINE" "WRITES IS
NOT ONLY ALIVE BUT KICKING"
Q - H.G. WELLS
A - A 19TH C. POEM SAYS, "GOETHE IN WEIMAR SLEEPS, AND GREECE, LONG SINCE, SAW"
THIS LORD'S "STRUGGLE CEASE"
Q - LORD BYRON
A - MATTHEW ARNOLD CALLED THIS "KUBLA KHAN" AUTHOR "A POET AND PHILOSOPHER
WRECKED IN A MIST OF OPIUM"
Q - SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
A - EZRA POUND COMPARED THIS CREATOR OF FATHER BROWN TO "A VILE SCUM ON A
POND"
Q - G.K. CHESTERTON
A - IN A 1926 LETTER TO ERNEST HEMINGWAY, SHE WROTE, "YOU ARE ALL A LOST
GENERATION"
Q - GERTRUDE STEIN
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Categories beginning with R (ANQR)
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Category: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY
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A - FOLKS WITH FORESIGHT SAVE THEIR MONEY FOR ONE OF THESE TIMES OF NEED
Q - RAINY DAY
A - SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER WILL TAKE PLACE "RAIN
OR" THIS
Q - SHINE
A - THE BRITISH CALL THIS A BROLLY, A SHORTENED & ALTERED FORM OF ITS ORIGINAL
NAME
Q - UMBRELLA
A - GUINNESS SAYS ONE OF THESE PHENOMENA APPEARED FOR OVER 3 HOURS IN NORTH
WALES ON AUGUST 14, 1979
Q - RAINBOW
A - ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER GIRLS, "IT'S RAINING" THESE
Q - MEN
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Category: RELIGION
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A - EACH CHURCH OF THIS DENOMINATION IS EXPECTED TO OPERATE A "READING ROOM"
WHERE LITERATURE CAN BE OBTAINED
Q - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
A - THIS THIN BREAD CONSUMED DURING PASSOVER REMINDS JEWS OF THE HASTILY BAKED
BREAD OF THE EXODUS
Q - MATZO
A - THE FIRST PART OF THIS RELIGION'S SHAHADAH OR PROFESSION OF FAITH IS "THERE
IS NO GOD BUT GOD"
Q - ISLAM
A - LI OR PROPER SOCIAL CONDUCT IS A CENTRAL VIRTUE OF THIS CHINESE RELIGION
Q - CONFUCIANISM
A - THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS HAD 2 OF THESE COUNCILS: ONE 1869-70 AND ONE
1962-65
Q - VATICAN COUNCILS
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Category: RELIGION
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A - PRAYER TIME IN THIS RELIGION IS ANNOUNCED BY A CRIER, OR MUEZZIN, FROM A
MINARET
Q - ISLAM
A - THE DIETARY LAWS OF THIS RELIGION ALLOW ONLY MEAT FROM ANIMALS KILLED BY
RITUAL SLAUGHTER CALLED SHEHITAH
Q - JUDAISM
A - THE SYMBOL OF TAOISM REPRESENTS THESE 2 BASIC FORCES IN THE UNIVERSE
Q - YIN & YANG
A - IN SEPTEMBER 1890 THIS CHURCH DISCONTINUED THE SANCTIONING OF POLYGAMY
Q - MORMONS
A - THE OLDEST SCRIPTURES IN THIS RELIGION ARE CALLED TRIPITAKA, OR "THREE
BASKETS"
Q - BUDDHISM
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Category: RELIGION
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A - IN 630 HE CONQUERED MECCA & SMASHED HUNDREDS OF IDOLS IN THE CITY'S
SANCTUARY
Q - MOHAMMED
A - THE NAME OF THIS JEWISH CEREMONY IS HEBREW FOR "SON OF THE COMMANDMENT"
Q - BAR MITZVAH
A - IN 1863 THE PROPHET BAHA'ULLAH WHOSE NAME MEANS "GLORY OF GOD," FOUNDED
THIS FAITH IN BAGHDAD
Q - BAHA'I
A - IN 1953 THIS CATHOLIC BISHOP WON AN EMMY AS TV'S MOST OUTSTANDING
PERSONALITY
Q - FULTON J. SHEEN
A - IT'S THE BELIEF THAT GOD IS IN ALL THINGS
Q - PANTHEISM
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Category: RELIGION
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A - IN THIS HAITIAN RELIGION, A MALE PRIEST IS CALLED A HOUNGAN
Q - VOODOO
A - THE KOJIKI & THE NIHON SHOKI ARE IMPORTANT TEXTS OF THIS RELIGION
Q - SHINTOISM
A - ZAKAT, OR ALMSGIVING, IS THE THIRD PILLAR OF THIS RELIGION
Q - ISLAM
A - AFTER THEY TURN 18, YOUNG MEN OF THIS RELIGION MAY ENTER THE MELCHIZEDEK
PRIESTHOOD & DO MISSIONARY WORK
Q - MORMONS
A - THIS JEWISH NEW YEAR CELEBRATION MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE TEN DAYS OF
PENITENCE
Q - ROSH HASHANAH
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Category: RELIGION
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A - AMRITSAR, THE RELIGIOUS CENTER OF THE SIKHS, IS LOCATED IN THIS COUNTRY'S
PUNJAB STATE
Q - INDIA
A - A BENEDICTINE MONK NAMED AUGUSTINE BECAME ENGLAND'S FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF
THIS C. 600
Q - CANTERBURY
A - THE NAME OF DURGA, A FIERCE & BEAUTIFUL GODDESS OF THIS RELIGION, IS
SANSKRIT FOR "THE INACCESSIBLE"
Q - HINDUISM
A - POLAND'S PATRON SAINT IS ST. STANISLAUS OF THIS CITY, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF
POLAND
Q - KRAKOW
A - THE THREE MAIN BRANCHES OF THIS RELIGION ARE ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE AND
REFORMED
Q - JUDAISM
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Category: RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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A - "AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM IN A FLAME OF FIRE OUT OF THE
MIDST OF A BUSH"
Q - MOSES
A - WRITTEN MAINLY BY PHILIPP MELANCHTHON, THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION WAS A
SUMMARY OF THIS MAN'S TEACHINGS
Q - MARTIN LUTHER
A - AROUND 1225 THIS ITALIAN THEOLOGIAN WAS BORN AT ROCCASECCA, THE FAMILY
CASTLE NEAR AQUINO
Q - ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
A - HIS "HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND" WAS PUBLISHED IN ITS ENTIRETY
IN 1644, 72 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH
Q - JOHN KNOX
A - FROM 396 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 430, HE SERVED AS THE BISHOP OF HIPPO, A CITY
IN NORTH AFRICA
Q - ST. AUGUSTINE
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Category: REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES
-----------------------------------
A - IN JULY 1777 CONGRESS GRANTED A COMMISSION BUT NO COMMAND TO THIS
19-YEAR-OLD FRENCH NOBLEMAN
Q - LAFAYETTE
A - THE FRENCH SHIP DURAS WAS RENAMED THIS BY JOHN PAUL JONES IN HONOR OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Q - BONHOMME RICHARD
A - ENOCH CROSBY, AMERICAN SPY, MAY BE THE MODEL FOR THE HERO OF THIS
"LEATHERSTOCKING" AUTHOR'S NOVEL "THE SPY"
Q - JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "THE CRISIS" SERVED AS AN AIDE TO GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE
Q - THOMAS PAINE
A - NICKNAMED "LIGHTHORSE HARRY," THIS MAN IS CONSIDERED THE BEST CAVALRY
OFFICER OF THE REVOLUTION
Q - HENRY LEE
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Category: RIVER BASINS
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A - THIS RIVER'S DRAINAGE BASIN COVERS ALL OR PART OF 31 STATES
Q - MISSISSIPPI RIVER
A - THE CAPITAL OF THE U.S. IS FOUND IN ITS BASIN
Q - POTOMAC RIVER
A - THE AUBE, YONNE, MARNE & OISE CUT THIS RIVER'S BASIN INTO 3 DISTINCT PARTS
Q - SEINE
A - THIS RIVER'S BASIN COVERS ABOUT 2.7 MILLION SQUARE MILES
Q - AMAZON RIVER
A - MILAN LIES IN THIS RIVER'S BASIN
Q - PO RIVER
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Category: RIVERS
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A - ISLAND NUMBER TEN IN THIS RIVER WAS THE SITE OF AN 1862 CIVIL WAR BATTLE
Q - MISSISSIPPI RIVER
A - THIS RIVER FLOWS ABOUT 4,145 MILES FROM ITS SOURCE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR TO
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Q - NILE RIVER
A - CALLED "CHINA'S SORROW" FROM ITS FREQUENT FLOODS, THE HUANG HO IS KNOWN BY
THIS NAME IN ENGLISH
Q - YELLOW RIVER
A - THE BONNEVILLE DAM WAS COMPLETED IN 1937 ON THIS U.S.-CANADIAN RIVER & MADE
IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE
Q - COLUMBIA RIVER
A - PAKISTAN'S FERTILE PUNJAB PLAIN IS IRRIGATED BY THIS RIVER & ITS
TRIBUTARIES
Q - INDUS RIVER
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Category: ROMAN EMPERORS
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A - DURING THE REIGN OF VALENTINIAN III GAUL & ITALY WERE OVERRUN BY THIS KING
OF THE HUNS
Q - ATTILA
A - JULIA, THIS FIRST EMPEROR'S DAUGHTER, WAS NOTORIOUS FOR VICE & WAS BANISHED
FROM ROME
Q - AUGUSTUS
A - ANTONINUS PIUS, BUILDER OF A WALL IN BRITAIN, WAS THE ADOPTED SON OF THIS
MORE FAMOUS WALL BUILDER
Q - HADRIAN
A - AFTER BECOMING EMPEROR IN 37 A.D. HE WAS A HUMANE RULER FOR ABOUT SIX
MONTHS & THEN PROBABLY WENT INSANE
Q - CALIGULA
A - THIS ROMAN EMPEROR & STOIC PHILOSOPHER WAS BORN MARCUS ANNIUS VERSUS IN
APRIL 1211 A.D.
Q - MARCUS AURELIUS
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Category: ROYALTY
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A - QUEEN ELIZABETH I CALLED THIS TROUBLESOME SCOTTISH COUSIN "THE DAUGHTER OF
DEBATE"
Q - MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
A - MANY SAY THIS COUNTRY'S DOWAGER EMPRESS TZ'U-HSI GAVE A DEATHBED ORDER TO
HAVE THE EMPEROR KILLED
Q - CHINA
A - IN 1811 HENRI CHRISTOPHE ESTABLISHED A KINGDOM IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS
COUNTRY ON HISPANIOLA
Q - HAITI
A - THE FRENCH KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE WAS THE MATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF THIS
ILL-FATED EMPRESS OF MEXICO
Q - CARLOTTA
A - WHEN ITALIAN FORCES INVADED IN 1939, KING ZOG WAS FORCED TO FLEE THIS
BALKAN COUNTRY
Q - ALBANIA
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Category: ROYALTY
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A - RAMSES I FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY'S 19TH DYNASTY
Q - EGYPT
A - THE AVIZ DYNASTY RULED THIS IBERIAN COUNTRY FROM 1385 TO 1580, WHEN THE
HAPSBURGS TOOK OVER
Q - PORTUGAL
A - HUMAYUN, THE 2ND MOGUL RULER OF INDIA, WAS BORN IN THIS CITY, NOW THE
CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN
Q - KABUL
A - IN 1599 ALBERT, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA, MARRIED ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA, THE
INFANTA OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - SPAIN
A - IT'S BELIEVED THAT OLAF II WAS BAPTIZED A CHRISTIAN IN NORMANDY BEFORE HE
BECAME KING OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - NORWAY
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Category: RULERS
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A - THIS TUDOR QUEEN'S MOTTO WAS "SEMPER EADEM" WHICH MEANS "EVER THE SAME"
Q - ELIZABETH I
A - DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, THERE WERE 5 KINGS OF THIS COUNTRY, ALL RANAS
Q - THAILAND
A - THIS COUNTRY'S KING ALFONSO V WAS NICKNAMED "THE AFRICAN" FOR HIS MILITARY
VICTORIES IN MOROCCO
Q - PORTUGAL
A - CURRENT BIOGRAPHY SAID THIS COUNTRY'S KING CARL XVI GUSTAF ENJOYS DRIVING A
TRACTOR FOR RELAXATION
Q - SWEDEN
A - MARGRETHE I WAS A 10-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN SHE WED HAAKON
VI OF NORWAY IN 1363
Q - DENMARK
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Category: RUSSIAN HISTORY
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A - RUSSIA'S FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THIS TERRITORY WAS FOUNDED IN 1784
ON KODIAK ISLAND
Q - ALASKA
A - IN 1698, WISHING TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA, THIS CZAR INSTITUTED A BEARD TAX
Q - PETER THE GREAT
A - IN 1954 THIS PENINSULA IN THE BLACK SEA WAS TRANSFERRED FROM RUSSIA TO
UKRAINE
Q - CRIMEA
A - IVAN THE TERRIBLE VENERATED THIS SAINT FOR WHOM A RED SQUARE CATHEDRAL IS
NAMED
Q - ST. BASIL
A - FYODOR II, CZAR FROM APRIL-JUNE 1605, WAS THE SON OF THIS MAN, HERO OF A
MUSSORGSKY OPERA
Q - BORIS GODUNOV
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Category: RUSSIAN SCIENCE
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A - K. TSIOLKOVSKY, WHO PREDICTED SPACE TRAVEL, WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 WHEN THIS
WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 1957
Q - SPUTNIK
A - THE SOVIETS CLAIMED ALEXANDER POPOV INVENTED THIS WIRELESS DEVICE; HE WAS
THE FIRST TO USE AN ANTENNA
Q - RADIO
A - AT THE INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, HE STUDIED APES AS WELL AS
SALIVATING DOGS
Q - IVAN PAVLOV
A - IN 1901 ILYA IVANOVICH IVANOV BEGAN BREEDING HORSES BY THIS METHOD
Q - ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
A - THE RUSSIANS SENT THIS PERIODIC TABLE MAKER TO THE U.S. TO STUDY PETROLEUM
PRODUCTION
Q - DMITRI MENDELEYEV
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Categories beginning with S (ANQS)
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Category: SAINTS
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A - AS THE PATRON SAINT OF CHILDREN, HE'S THE ORIGIN OF "FATHER CHRISTMAS"
Q - SAINT NICHOLAS
A - ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THIS PATRON OF TRAVELERS WAS A CONVERTED PAGAN
WARRIOR NAMED REPROBUS
Q - SAINT CHRISTOPHER
A - ST. TITUS IS THE TRADITIONAL RECIPIENT OF HIS EPISTLE TO TITUS
Q - SAINT PAUL
A - THE CARRYING OF ST. AGATHA'S VEIL IN PROCESSION IS CREDITED WITH AVERTING
ERUPTION OF THIS SICILIAN VOLCANO
Q - MOUNT ETNA
A - ST. ANTHONY OF THIS ITALIAN CITY WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN LISBON, PORTUGAL
Q - PADUA
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Category: SAINTS
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A - FORMER HERMIT PIETRO DA MORRONE RESIGNED THIS POST IN 1294 DUE TO
INCOMPETENCE
Q - POPE
A - ONE SYMBOL OF ST. PHILIP CAME FROM A MIRACLE HE WITNESSED INVOLVING THESE &
FISHES
Q - LOAVES
A - ST. JOHN'S BROTHER, HE WAS THE FIRST OF THE 12 APOSTLES TO BE MARTYRED
Q - JAMES
A - IN 1880 SHE FOUNDED THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART IN ITALY
Q - MOTHER CABRINI
A - THIS TRANSLATOR OF THE VULGATE BIBLE IS OFTEN SHOWN IN ART WITH A LION
Q - ST. JEROME
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Category: SAINTS
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A - THIS DATE IS THE FEAST DAY OF ST. GERTRUDE OF NIVELLES AS WELL AS ST.
PATRICK
Q - MARCH 17
A - CALLED "THE CONFESSOR," HIS REMAINS STILL REST IN THEIR MEDIEVAL SHRINE IN
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Q - EDWARD
A - AN OINTMENT JAR IS THE EMBLEM OF THIS WOMAN WHO IS SAID TO HAVE ANOINTED
CHRIST'S FEET
Q - MARY MAGDALENE
A - THE LION IS THE SYMBOL OF THIS SAINT ASSOCIATED WITH VENICE
Q - SAINT MARK
A - ST. CATHERINE OF VADSTENA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ST. BRIDGET OF THIS COUNTRY &
ULF GUDMARSSON
Q - SWEDEN
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Category: SCIENCE
-----------------
A - THE BODY'S MAIN ARTERY, IT EXTENDS FROM THE HEART TO THE FOURTH LUMBAR
VERTEBRA
Q - AORTA
A - POLARIS, THE NORTH STAR, SHINES AT THE END OF THE HANDLE OF THIS
CONSTELLATION
Q - URSA MINOR
A - THE NAME OF THIS CLASS OF ROCK IS FROM THE LATIN FOR "FIRE"
Q - IGNEOUS
A - GERMAN PHYSICIST KNOWN FOR HIS 1900 QUANTUM THEORY & HIS CONSTANT
Q - MAX PLANCK
A - IN 1730 HE WAS APPOINTED LECTURER IN BOTANY AT SWEDEN'S UNIVERSITY OF
UPPSALA
Q - CAROLUS LINNAEUS
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Category: SCIENCE
-----------------
A - THIS TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE UNITS OF HEREDITY WAS FIRST USED BY
SCIENTIST WILHELM JOHANNSEN
Q - GENE
A - THIS YELLOW ELEMENT IS FOUND IN GUNPOWDER & MATCHES & IS USED IN
VULCANIZING RUBBER
Q - SULFUR
A - THIS METAL, SYMBOL SN, HAS 10 STABLE ISOTOPES, THE MOST OF ANY ELEMENT
Q - TIN
A - MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER SHARED A NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON THE STRUCTURE OF THIS
PART OF AN ATOM
Q - NUCLEUS
A - SCHEELE & PRIESTLEY TOLD OF DISCOVERING THIS GAS AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, SO
THEY'RE BOTH CREDITED
Q - OXYGEN
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Category: SCIENCE
-----------------
A - JOHANNES BRONSTED & T. LOWRY ARE FAMOUS FOR DESCRIBING THE TRANSFER OF
PROTONS BETWEEN ACIDS & THESE
Q - BASES
A - IT'S THE SMALLEST PARTICLE OF A COMPOUND THAT HAS THE PROPERTIES OF THE
COMPOUND
Q - MOLECULE
A - O.C. MARSH, A DISCOVERER OF PTERODACTYL FOSSILS, BECAME THE USA'S FIRST
PROFESSOR OF THIS SCIENCE IN 1866
Q - PALEONTOLOGY
A - AN ANODE IS THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF A DRY CELL BATTERY; THIS IS THE
POSITIVE ELECTRODE
Q - CATHODE
A - LEDA, THE SMALLEST MOON YET DISCOVERED AROUND JUPITER, IS ABOUT THE SAME
SIZE AS THIS PLANET'S DEIMOS
Q - MARS
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
--------------------------
A - THIS MEMBER OF THE CAT FAMILY IS THE FASTED 4-LEGGED ANIMAL
Q - CHEETAH
A - HAIL FORMS WITHIN CLOUDS; THIS FORM OF PRECIPITATION IS RAINDROPS THAT
FREEZE AS THEY FALL
Q - SLEET
A - OF IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY OR METAMORPHIC, THE TYPE OF ROCK THAT COVERS MOST
OF THE U.S.
Q - SEDIMENTARY
A - WITH A DIAMETER OF OVER 35 FEET, A MONTEZUMA CYPRESS IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE
WORLD'S THICKEST TREE
Q - MEXICO
A - AT ONE TIME THIS DESERT TREE WAS USED TO MAKE FENCE POSTS, BUT NOW IT'S
USED FOR AROMATIC FIREWOOD
Q - MESQUITE
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Category: SCIENCE FICTION
-------------------------
A - POISON GAS THREATENS THE EARTH IN "THE POISON BELT" BY THIS CREATOR OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Q - ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A - IN HIS 1960 STORY, "I REMEMBER BABYLON," THIS "2001" AUTHOR WARNED ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF SATELLITE TV
Q - ARTHUR C. CLARKE
A - HE WROTE SCI-FI NOVELS SUCH AS "SIX GUN PLANET" BEFORE HE PUBLISHED "NORTH
AND SOUTH"
Q - JOHN JAKES
A - IN THIS 1972 IRA LEVIN NOVEL, SUBURBAN CHAUVINISTS SWITCH THEIR SPOUSES
WITH ROBOTS
Q - STEPFORD WIVES
A - HE CALLED THE FOURTH NOVEL IN HIS "DUNE" SERIES "GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE"
Q - FRANK HERBERT
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Category: SCIENTISTS
--------------------
A - SHE COINED THE TERM RADIOACTIVITY IN THE 1890S
Q - MARIE CURIE
A - 9 YEARS AFTER HIS LAW OF GRAVITATION WAS PUBLISHED, HE WAS APPOINTED WARDEN
OF ENGLAND'S MINT
Q - ISAAC NEWTON
A - IN 1921 THIS HORTICULTURIST PUBLISHED THE 8-VOLUME WORK "HOW PLANTS ARE
TRAINED TO WORK FOR MAN"
Q - LUTHER BURBANK
A - WHILE AT CAMBRIDGE, THIS CREATOR OF THE ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SCALE WON A
UNIVERSITY ROWING TITLE
Q - LORD KELVIN
A - HIS ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LAW WAS SUMMARIZED IN "THE GALVANIC CIRCUIT
INVESTIGATED MATHEMATICALLY"
Q - GEORGE OHM
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Category: SEAFOOD
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A - VERY LARGE QUAHOGS, A TYPE OF THESE, ARE GOOD FOR CHOWDER
Q - CLAMS
A - THE SOFT-SHELL TYPE OF THIS IS CAUGHT JUST AFTER MOLTING, WHEN ITS SHELL IS
SO THIN IT CAN BE EATEN
Q - CRABS
A - THIS VINEGARED RICE & RAW SEAFOOD DISH IS SEASONED WITH WASABI, A
HORSERADISH-LIKE POWDER
Q - SUSHI
A - THIS BIVALVE IS EATEN RAW OR IN SUCH DISHES AS HANGTOWN FRY & ANGELS ON
HORSEBACK
Q - OYSTERS
A - KONBU, A DRIED TYPE OF THIS SEAWEED, IS ESSENTIAL IN MAKING DASHI SOUP
STOCK
Q - KELP
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Category: SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY
-------------------------------------
A - AS A BOY THIS FIRST SECRETARY WORKED FOR A TRADING FIRM ON ST. CROIX
Q - ALEXANDER HAMILTON
A - WILLIAM HARRIS CRAWFORD SERVED UNDER JAMES MADISON & THIS SUCCESSOR
Q - JAMES MONROE
A - AN ANTITRUST LAW IS NAMED FOR THIS MAN WHO WAS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
FROM 1877 TO 1881
Q - JOHN SHERMAN
A - WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN, TREASURY SECRETARY IN 1864, HELPED FOUND THIS
POLITICAL PARTY IN THE 1850S
Q - REPUBLICANS
A - BEFORE NIXON APPOINTED HIM TREASURY SECRETARY, HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Q - JOHN CONNALLY
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Category: SENTENCES
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A - JUST HOURS AFTER RESIGNING AS VICE PRESIDENT, HE WAS SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS
PROBATION & A $10,000 FINE
Q - SPIRO AGNEW
A - IN 1873 THIS BOSS OF TAMMANY HALL WAS CONVICTED OF LARCENY & FORGERY &
SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS
Q - WILLIAM MARCY TWEED
A - 6 WERE SENTENCED TO A LABOR CAMP IN THE WAKE OF THE 1986 NUCLEAR DISASTER
AT THIS UKRAINIAN SITE
Q - CHERNOBYL
A - THE SENTENCE OF THIS ASTRONOMER FOR HAVING HELD THE COPERNICAN DOCTRINE WAS
READ PUBLICLY IN UNIVERSITIES
Q - GALILEO
A - MOHAMMED ABBAS WAS SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA TO LIFE FOR THE HIJACKING OF THIS
ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP
Q - ACHILLE LAURO
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Category: SEWING
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A - THE FASTENERS KNOWN AS "HOOKS AND" THESE ARE OFTEN SEEN AT THE WAISTLINE
Q - EYES
A - IF YOU SEW BY HAND, YOU KNOW THAT THE "RUNNING" TYPE OF THIS IS THE MOST
BASIC
Q - STITCH
A - THESE FOLDS THAT SHAPE A GARMENT TO FLATTER THE FIGURE HAVE A PUB GAME
NAME
Q - DARTS
A - THE "SET-IN" TYPE OF THIS PART OF A GARMENT HAS BEEN CALLED THE MOST
POPULAR & THE MOST BECOMING
Q - SLEEVE
A - IT'S THE "BIVALVE" TERM FOR SEMICIRCLES CUT INTO FABRIC AT THE EDGE OR
BORDER
Q - SCALLOPS
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Category: SHAKESPEARE
---------------------
A - ONE OF SAMPSON'S FIRST LINES IN THIS PLAY IS "A DOG OF THE HOUSE OF
MONTAGUE MOVES ME"
Q - ROMEO AND JULIET
A - OF STARVELING, STRIPLING OR SAPLING, THE ONE WHO'S A TAILOR IN "A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM"
Q - STARVELING
A - BRABANTIO, THIS TRAGIC TITLE CHARACTER'S FATHER-IN-LAW, IS A VENETIAN
SENATOR
Q - OTHELLO
A - ANTIOCHUS, THE KING OF ANTIOCH, ADDRESS THIS TITLE CHARACTER AS "YOUNG
PRINCE OF TYRE"
Q - PERICLES
A - THE COMEDY IN WHICH TOUCHSTONE SAYS, "AY, NOW AM I IN ARDEN, THE MORE FOOL
I"
Q - AS YOU LIKE IT
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Category: SHAKESPEARE
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A - IN "TWELFTH NIGHT," THE DUKE OF ILLYRIA SAYS, "IF" THIS "BE THE FOOD OF
LOVE, PLAY ON"
Q - MUSIC
A - FIRST NAME SHARED BY RICHARD III'S WIFE AND SHAKESPEARE'S WIFE
Q - ANNE
A - SHE SAYS, "THE RAVEN HIMSELF IS HOARSE THAT CROAKS THE FATAL ENTRANCE OF
DUNCAN UNDER MY BATTLEMENTS"
Q - LADY MACBETH
A - ACTS I & II OF "HENRY V" ARE MOSTLY SET IN ENGLAND; THE REST OF THE PLAY
UNFOLDS IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
A - ACHILLES SLAYS THE UNARMED HECTOR NEAR THE END OF THIS TRAGEDY
Q - TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
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Category: SHAKESPEARE
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A - THE MAN WHO SAYS "THEN PLAINLY KNOW MY HEART'S DEAR LOVE IS SET ON THE FAIR
DAUGHTER OF RICH CAPULET"
Q - ROMEO
A - MICHAEL CASSIO IS DESCRIBED AS A "LIEUTENANT TO" THIS "WARLIKE MOOR"
Q - OTHELLO
A - ACT I, SCENE II OF THIS TRAGEDY IS SET IN THE SENATE HOUSE IN CORIOLI
Q - CORIOLANUS
A - IN "OTHELLO," SHAKESPEARE WAS THE FIRST TO DESCRIBE THIS AS "THE GREEN-EYED
MONSTER"
Q - JEALOUSY
A - COLE PORTER'S 1948 MUSICAL, "KISS ME, KATE" IS LOOSELY BASED ON THIS
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
Q - TAMING OF THE SHREW
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Category: SHAKESPEARE
---------------------
A - IN 1600 THE FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF THIS COMEDY SPELLED THE TITLE WORD
"ADO" AS "ADOE"
Q - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
A - ENOBARBUS SAYS ANTONY WON'T LEAVE HER BECAUSE "AGE CANNOT WITHER HER, NOR
CUSTOM STALE HER INFINITE VARIETY"
Q - CLEOPATRA
A - THIS WOMAN TELLS HER HUSBAND, "YOUR FACE, MY THANE, IS AS A BOOK WHERE MEN
MAY READ STRANGE MATTERS"
Q - LADY MACBETH
A - THE PLAY "CYMBELINE" GAVE US THE SONG THAT SAYS, "HARK! HARK!" THIS BIRD
"AT HEAVEN'S GATE SINGS"
Q - LARK
A - IN THIS PLAY MERCUTIO SAYS, "A PLAGUE O' BOTH YOUR HOUSES!" 3 TIMES BEFORE
HE DIES
Q - ROMEO AND JULIET
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Category: SHAKESPEARE ACTORS
----------------------------
A - THIS BRITISH ACTOR-DIRECTOR'S 1965 FILM OF "OTHELLO" FEATURED DEREK JACOBI
AS CASSIO
Q - LAURENCE OLIVIER
A - EDITH EVANS WAS RENOWNED FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF THE NURSE IN THIS TRAGEDY
Q - ROMEO AND JULIET
A - IN 1934 JESSICA TANDY APPEARED ONSTAGE IN HER NATIVE LONDON PLAYING THIS
ROLE OPPOSITE JOHN GIELGUD'S HAMLET
Q - OPHELIA
A - DIANA RIGG & VANESSA REDGRAVE HAVE BOTH PLAYED VIOLA IN THIS COMEDY NAMED
FOR A HOLIDAY
Q - TWELFTH NIGHT
A - LAURENCE HARVEY PLAYED LEONTES IN A BRITISH FILM VERSION OF THIS "SEASONAL"
PLAY
Q - WINTER'S TALE
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Category: SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS
--------------------------------
A - A LIEUTENANT-GENERAL TO OCTAVIUS IN "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA," OR A "BULLISH"
SIGN OF THE ZODIAC
Q - TAURUS
A - CINNA SHOUTS, "LIBERTY! FREEDOM! TYRANNY IS DEAD!" AFTER THIS MAN IS
STABBED TO DEATH
Q - JULIUS CAESAR
A - SERVILIUS IS A SERVANT TO THIS TITLE CHARACTER "OF ATHENS"
Q - TIMON
A - ONE OF HIS LAST LINES IS "I BEAR A CHARMED LIFE, WHICH MUST NOT BE YIELDED
TO ONE OF WOMAN BORN"
Q - MACBETH
A - ESCALUS, PRINCE OF THIS CITY, SAYS, "FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOE THAN
THIS OF JULIET AND HER ROMEO"
Q - VERONA
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Category: SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS
--------------------------------
A - "I AM NOT ONLY WITTY IN MYSELF BUT THE CAUSE THAT WIT IS IN OTHER MEN,"
BRAGS THIS HEFTY COMIC ROGUE
Q - FALSTAFF
A - THIS HEROINE'S NURSE ASKS HER, "WILL YOU SPEAK WELL OF HIM THAT KILLED YOUR
COUSIN?"
Q - JULIET
A - HE SAYS, "CAESAR, NOW BE STILL: I KILLED NOT THEE WITH HALF SO GOOD A
WILL"
Q - BRUTUS
A - HE KILLS HIS WIFE, EMILIA, IN THE LAST SCENE OF "OTHELLO"
Q - IAGO
A - ANGUS, LENNOX & CAITHNESS ARE 3 OF THE NOBLEMEN IN THIS PLAY
Q - MACBETH
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Category: SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS
--------------------------------
A - TITLE CHARACTER WHO ASKS, "HOW CAME YOU, CASSIO, BY THAT HANDKERCHIEF THAT
WAS MY WIFE'S?"
Q - OTHELLO
A - OF DOGBERRY, CATBERRY, OR FISHBERRY, THE ONE WHO'S A FOOLISH OFFICER IN
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
Q - DOGBERRY
A - PUCK CALLS THIS FAIRY "KING OF SHADOWS"
Q - OBERON
A - IN "MEASURE FOR MEASURE," VINCENTIO IS THE DUKE OF THIS AUSTRIAN CITY IN
WHICH THE PLAY IS SET
Q - VIENNA
A -
Q - PORTIA
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Category: SHAKESPEARE SETTINGS
------------------------------
A - "HENRY VI, PART I" OPENS IN THIS FAMOUS ABBEY
Q - WESTMINSTER ABBEY
A - "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA" BEGINS & ENDS IN THIS EGYPTIAN CITY
Q - ALEXANDRIA
A - MUCH OF "TITUS ANDRONICUS" IS SET IN THIS ITALIAN CITY THAT TITUS DESCRIBES
AS "A WILDERNESS OF TIGERS"
Q - ROME
A - THE PROLOGUE OF "TROILUS AND CRESSIDA" DESCRIBES THIS AS "PRIAM'S SIX-GATED
CITY"
Q - TROY
A - THIS COMEDY WITH AN ALLITERATIVE TITLE IS SET IN A PARK IN NAVARRE
Q - LOVE'S LABOURS LOST
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Category: SICKNESS & HEALTH
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A - BRONCHIECTASIS, WHICH CAN BE A CONGENITAL DEFECT, AFFECTS THE BRONCHIAL
TUBES & THIS PAIR OF ORGANS
Q - LUNGS
A - GLOBAL EPIDEMICS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SPANISH, HONG KONG & ASIAN STRAINS
OF THIS VIRUS
Q - FLU
A - QUINCY IS AN ABSCESS AROUND ONE OF THESE OVAL MASSES FOUND AT THE BACK OF
THE THROAT
Q - TONSIL
A - NEPHROSIS, A CHRONIC DISEASE OF THESE ORGANS, IS CHARACTERIZED BY FLUID
RETENTION
Q - KIDNEYS
A - GRAVES' DISEASE IS A DISORDER IN WHICH THIS GLAND BECOMES OVERACTIVE
Q - THYROID
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Category: SICKNESS & HEALTH
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A - DURING SURGERY A DEFIBRILLATOR MAY BE USED TO RESTART THIS ORGAN
Q - HEART
A - MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY INFECTION, OSTEITIS IS THE INFLAMMATION OF ONE OF
THESE
Q - BONE
A - POPULAR WITH TRAVELERS, THIS PRODUCT CLAIMS TO BE "THE MOST RECOMMENDED
MOTION SICKNESS MEDICINE EVER"
Q - DRAMAMINE
A - SOMNAMBULISM IS A MEDICAL TERM FOR THIS
Q - SLEEPWALKING
A - WHILE WOMEN ARE THE SOLE CARRIERS OF THIS HEREDITARY BLEEDING DISORDER,
THEY RARELY DEVELOP IT THEMSELVES
Q - HEMOPHILIA
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Category: SIGNS & SYMBOLS
-------------------------
A - FOR THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS IT'S 20510; THE HOUSE HAS A DIFFERENT ONE
Q - ZIP CODE
A - A SYMBOL OF ISLAM IS THIS TYPE OF MOON
Q - CRESCENT
A - THE SYMBOL FOR THIS ON A MUSIC STAFF LOOKS LIKE A LOWER CASE "B"
Q - FLAT
A - IN THE 15TH C. THE FRENCH CHANGED THE MONEY SUIT IN THE TAROT DECK TO THIS
"VALUABLE" SUIT WE USE TODAY
Q - DIAMONDS
A - WHEN ONE OF THESE MARKS INCLUDES A LETTER RESTING ON ITS SIDE, IT'S CALLED
"LAZY"
Q - CATTLE BRAND
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Category: SINGERS
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A - AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THIS SINGER OF "SWEET CAROLINE" ATTENDED NYU ON A
FENCING SCHOLARSHIP
Q - NEIL DIAMOND
A - ELVIS PRESLEY IS "THE KING" & HE'S "THE BOSS"
Q - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
A - HE HAD HIS FIRST TOP 10 HIT WHEN HE RE-RECORDED "IDA MAY" AS "MAYBELLENE"
Q - CHUCK BERRY
A - "REFLECTIONS" WAS THE FIRST SINGLE ON WHICH SHE WAS GIVEN TOP BILLING
Q - DIANA ROSS
A - IN 1994 AN ASTEROID WAS NAMED FOR THIS LATER LEADER OF THE MOTHERS OF
INVENTION
Q - FRANK ZAPPA
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Category: SOCIAL REFORMERS
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A - IN 1869 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON & THIS WOMAN FOUNDED THE NATIONAL WOMAN
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
Q - SUSAN B. ANTHONY
A - IN 1837 FRIEDRICH FROEBEL OPENED HIS FIRST OF THESE SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN IN
BLANKENBURG
Q - KINDERGARTEN
A - IN 1910 SHE PUBLISHED "TWENTY YEARS AT HULL HOUSE"
Q - JANE ADDAMS
A - CHARLES KINGSLEY WAS AGAINST SWEATED LABOR & WAS ONE OF THE 1ST CHURCHMEN
TO SUPPORT THIS EVOLUTIONIST
Q - CHARLES DARWIN
A - BORN IN 1839, THIS BRITISH CHOCOLATE MAKER PROVIDED HOUSING & PENSIONS FOR
HIS WORKERS
Q - GEORGE CADBURY
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Category: SONGS
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A - GEORGE M. COHAN'S SONG "OVER THERE" HAS BEEN CALLED THE MOST FAMOUS SONG
ABOUT THIS WAR
Q - WORLD WAR I
A - ONE OF COLE PORTER'S SONGS BEGINS, "IN THE STILL OF" THIS, "AS I GAZE FROM
MY WINDOW"
Q - NIGHT
A - "OH" THIS FISH "HAS PRETTY TEETH, DEAR, AND HE SHOWS THEM PEARLY WHITE"
Q - SHARK
A - IN AN 1895 CHARLES B. WARD SONG HE "WOULD WALTZ WITH A STRAWBERRY BLONDE,
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON"
Q - CASEY
A - "I'M LOOKING OVER" THIS LUCKY OBJECT "THAT I OVERLOOKED BEFORE"
Q - FOUR LEAF CLOVER
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Category: SONG STANDARDS
------------------------
A - ITS SECOND VERSE BEGINS, "SUDDENLY, I'M NOT HALF THE MAN I USED TO BE"
Q - YESTERDAY
A - "LOVE AND MARRIAGE, LOVE AND MARRIAGE, GO TOGETHER LIKE" THIS
Q - HORSE AND CARRIAGE
A - "GONNA TAKE" THIS TYPE OF "JOURNEY, GONNA SET MY HEART AT EASE"
Q - SENTIMENTAL
A - "IF YOU EVER PLAN TO MOTOR WEST, TRAVEL MY WAY, TAKE THE HIGHWAY THAT'S THE
BEST GET YOUR KICKS ON" THIS
Q - ROUTE 66
A - THE MILLS BROTHERS SANG, "I'M GOIN' TO BUY" ONE OF THESE "THAT I CAN CALL
MY OWN"
Q - PAPER DOLL
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Category: SOUNDS
----------------
A - VINEYARD SOUND SEPARATES THIS 20- BY 10-MILE ISLAND FROM CAPE COD
Q - MARTHA'S VINEYARD
A - THIS SOUND EXTENDS ABOUT 80 MILES FROM ADMIRALTY INLET TO OLYMPIA,
WASHINGTON
Q - PUGET SOUND
A - THIS SOUND PROVIDES THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE REGION CALLED NEW ENGLAND
Q - LONG ISLAND SOUND
A - VISCOUNT MELVILLE SOUND, PART OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE, IS AN ARM OF THIS
OCEAN
Q - ARCTIC OCEAN
A - VALDEZ, ALASKA IS CONNECTED TO THIS SOUND BY AN INLET CALLED VALDEZ ARM
Q - PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
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Category: SOUTH AMERICA
-----------------------
A - IT'S BORDERED BY EVERY SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY EXCEPT CHILE & ECUADOR
Q - BRAZIL
A - 15,444-SQUARE-MILE MARAJO ISLAND IN THE DELTA OF THIS RIVER WAS FORMED BY
SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS
Q - AMAZON RIVER
A - SOUTH AMERICA'S WESTERNMOST POINT IS PUNTA PARINAS IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - PERU
A - THE NAME OF THIS WINDSWEPT REGION OF ARGENTINA IS FROM A SPANISH WORD FOR
"BIG FEET"
Q - PATAGONIA
A - ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THIS SMALLEST SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY LIVES
IN ITS CAPITAL, PARAMARIBO
Q - SURINAME
--------------------------------
Category: SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY
--------------------------------
A - THIS CONQUISTADOR FOUNDED LIMA, PERU IN JANUARY 1535
Q - FRANCISCO PIZARRO
A - AFTER THE FALKLANDS WAR, CIVILIAN RULE RETURNED TO THIS COUNTRY WITH THE
ELECTION OF RAUL ALFONSIN
Q - ARGENTINA
A - DISILLUSIONED, HE RESIGNED AS DICTATOR OF GRAN COLOMBIA IN 1830 & DIED THAT
SAME YEAR
Q - SIMON BOLIVAR
A - URUGUAY WAS A PROVINCE OF PORTUGAL AFTER 1820 & WAS ANNEXED BY THIS
NEIGHBOR IN 1824
Q - BRAZIL
A - A FRENCH SPACE RESEARCH STATION BEGAN OPERATING NEAR KOUROU IN THIS COLONY
IN 1968
Q - FRENCH GUIANA
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Category: SPORTS
----------------
A - THIS FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP IS KNOWN AS "IRON MIKE"
Q - MIKE TYSON
A - ONLY CHRIS EVERT & THIS PLAYER HAVE EXCEEDED 100 TOURNAMENT WINS IN WOMEN'S
TENNIS
Q - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
A - WHILE STUDYING MEDICINE AT OXFORD, HE TOOK UP TRACK & IN 1954 RAN A 3:59:4
MILE AT A MEET THERE
Q - ROGER BANNISTER
A - IN 1963 THIS GOLFER BECAME THE FIRST IN HIS SPORT TO EARN MORE THAN
$100,000 IN 1 YEAR
Q - ARNOLD PALMER
A - FROM 1876 THROUGH 1952, THE BRAVES BASEBALL FRANCHISE WAS LOCATED IN THIS
CITY
Q - BOSTON
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Category: SPORTS
----------------
A - THIS, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TENNIS COMPETITION, BECAME AN "OPEN" IN 1968
Q - WIMBLEDON
A - THIS CHICAGO BASEBALL PARK, BUILT IN 1914, WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED WEEGHMAN
PARK
Q - WRIGLEY FIELD
A - THE FIELD FOR THIS GAME IS 53 1/2 YARDS WIDE & 120 YARDS LONG, INCLUDING
END ZONES
Q - FOOTBALL
A - BOCCIE, A TYPE OF BOWLING GAME, ORIGINATED IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - ITALY
A - IN JUNE 1930 THIS GERMAN FIGHTER WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN BECAUSE OF A
FOUL
Q - MAX SCHMELING
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Category: SPORTS
----------------
A - IN 1962 BASEBALL'S NATIONAL LEAGUE WAS EXPANDED TO 10 TEAMS, ADDING THE
HOUSTON COLT .45S & THIS N.Y. TEAM
Q - NEW YORK METS
A - THIS TEAM COACHED BY CHUCK NOLL IS THE ONLY TEAM TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK SUPER
BOWLS TWICE
Q - PITTSBURGH STEELERS
A - ON MAY 30, 1911 RAY HARROUN WON THE FIRST RUNNING OF THIS AUTO RACE
Q - INDIANAPOLIS 500
A - IT'S THE "MANLY" NICKNAME OF FORMER WBC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP HECTOR CAMACHO
Q - MACHO
A - IN 1947 SHE BECAME THE FIRST U.S. WOMAN TO WIN THE BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF
TOURNAMENT
Q - BABE DIDRIKSON
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Category: SPORTS
----------------
A - CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ SAID THAT THIS SPORT IS "THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE
WITHOUT TAKING OFF YOUR CLOTHES"
Q - GOLF
A - HE SCORED AS MANY GOALS AS GORDIE HOWE IN A LITTLE OVER HALF THE TIME
Q - WAYNE GRETZKY
A - THIS SPORT'S HALL OF FAME IS NAMED FOR DR. JAMES NAISMITH
Q - BASKETBALL
A - THIS SWEDE WON THE MEN'S SINGLES TITLES AT WIMBLEDON 5 YEARS IN A ROW,
1976-1980
Q - BJORN BORG
A - ONE OF THE TOP RACE EVENTS OF YEAR FOR THOROUGHBREDS, ITS SITE CHANGES FROM
YEAR TO YEAR
Q - BREEDER'S CUP
---------------
Category: STARS
---------------
A - IT'S THE NEAREST STAR TO EARTH
Q - SUN
A - IT'S CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT STAR FOR NAVIGATORS
Q - POLARIS
A - ASTRONOMERS OFTEN MEASURE THE DISTANCE TO STARS IN THESE UNITS, EQUAL TO
ABOUT 5.88 TRILLION MILES
Q - LIGHT YEAR
A - 3 STARS CALLED ALNITAK, ALNILAM & MINTAKA MAKE UP THIS HUNTER'S BELT
Q - ORION
A - FOR THE AVERAGE STAR, ABOUT 97% OF ITS ATMOSPHERE IS MADE UP OF HELIUM &
THIS GAS
Q - HYDROGEN
--------------------------------
Category: STARTS & ENDS WITH "N"
--------------------------------
A - EMILY POST SAYS AT A DINNER TABLE YOU MAY USE THIS TO SNEEZE, BUT NEVER TO
BLOW YOUR NOSE
Q - NAPKIN
A - IT'S A UNIT OF MEASURE FOR ALE OR LIQUOR, OR A SLANG TERM FOR THE HEAD
Q - NOGGIN
A - AN EARLY MOVIE THEATRE, OR A JUKEBOX
Q - NICKELODEON
A - IN WRESTLING A HALF ONE OF THESE HOLDS IS PERMISSIBLE BUT A FULL ONE IS
NOT
Q - NELSON
A - IN LARGE AMOUNTS THIS VITAMIN OF THE B GROUP MAY REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS
Q - NIACIN
-------------------------
Category: STARTS WITH "F"
-------------------------
A - THIS SMALL, HIGH-PITCHED FLUTE IS USED PRIMARILY TO ACCOMPANY DRUMS IN A
MILITARY BAND
Q - FIFE
A - AS A VERB IT'S TO DECLINE IN STRENGTH; AS A NOUN, IT'S A PIECE OF CLOTH
USED AS A COUNTRY'S EMBLEM
Q - FLAG
A - THE NAME OF THIS SOFT FELT HAT COMES FROM THE TITLE OF A VICTORIEN SARDOU
PLAY
Q - FEDORA
A - ONE FOUND IN KING TUT'S TOMB IS AN ELABORATE SPRAY OF OSTRICH FEATHERS
Q - FAN
A - SPELLED LIKE THE FRENCH WORD FOR "STRONG," IT'S A STRENGTHENED PLACE
Q - FORT
------------------------
Category: STATE CAPITALS
------------------------
A - IT'S NAMED FOR SIR WALTER
Q - RALEIGH
A - IT BECAME CAPITAL OF THE COLORADO TERRITORY IN 1867 & CAPITAL OF COLORADO
IN 1876
Q - DENVER
A - SOUTH DAKOTA'S EXECUTIVE MANSION OVERLOOKS CAPITOL LAKE IN THIS CITY
Q - PIERRE
A - THIS IDAHO CITY IS THE SOUTHWEST TERMINUS OF THE PONDEROSA PINE SCENIC
ROUTE
Q - BOISE
A - RHODES HALL, A MANSION IN THIS CITY, WAS BUILT IN 1903 WITH GRANITE FROM
NEARBY STONE MOUNTAIN
Q - ATLANTA
------------------------
Category: STATE CAPITALS
------------------------
A - MENDOTA, MONONA, KEGONSA & WAUBESA ARE THE "FOUR LAKES" OF THIS WISCONSIN
CAPITAL
Q - MADISON
A - IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE "GARDEN STATE"
Q - TRENTON
A - IN OCTOBER AN APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL IS HELD AT THE CARL G. FENNER ARBORETUM
IN THIS MICHIGAN CAPITAL
Q - LANSING
A - IT'S NICKNAMED "THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CITY"
Q - MONTPELIER
A - THE GASTINEAU SALMON HATCHERY IS AN ATTRACTION IN THIS CITY THAT LIES ALONG
THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL
Q - JUNEAU
------------------------
Category: STATE CAPITALS
------------------------
A - IT'S THE ONLY UTAH CITY WITH A POPULATION EXCEEDING 100,000
Q - SALT LAKE CITY
A - IN 1784 THIS CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR FRANCIS NASH, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR
GENERAL
Q - NASHVILLE
A - THE FRENCH LEGATION BUILDING IN THIS CITY DATES BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
Q - AUSTIN
A - THIS CITY IS THE SITE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK SERVING MOST OF NEW
ENGLAND
Q - BOSTON
A - THE SITE OF THIS CITY WAS CHOSEN IN 1854 BY A GROUP OF ANTI-SLAVERY
SETTLERS FROM NEARBY LAWRENCE
Q - TOPEKA
---------------------------------
Category: STATE CAPITOL BUILDINGS
---------------------------------
A - A WALKWAY SEPARATES THIS CITY'S CAPITOL BUILDING FROM IOLANI PALACE
Q - HONOLULU
A - FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY'S CAPITOL ROTUNDA & DOME WERE COPIED FROM THIS FRENCH
EMPEROR'S TOMB
Q - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A - HENRY HUDSON IS AMONG THOSE DEPICTED IN CARVINGS ON A STAIRCASE IN THIS
CITY'S CAPITOL BUILDING
Q - ALBANY
A - THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN JEFFERSON CITY STANDS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THIS
RIVER
Q - MISSOURI RIVER
A - THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN THIS SW CITY IS SHAPED LIKE THE SUN SYMBOL OF
THE ZIA INDIANS
Q - SANTA FE
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Category: STRIKES
-----------------
A - CAN YOU DIG IT? OVER 17,000 OF THESE WORKERS IN 7 STATES WERE INVOLVED IN A
7-MONTH STRIKE IN 1993
Q - COAL MINE WORKERS
A - THIS AIRLINE'S FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WALKED OUT A WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING
1993
Q - AMERICAN
A - IN 1965 HE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN HE LED A STRIKE OF GRAPE PICKERS
Q - CESAR CHAVEZ
A - THE TEAMSTERS STRUCK IN 1994 WHEN THIS CO. SAID IT WAS RAISING ITS PACKAGE
WEIGHT MAXIMUM FROM 70 TO 150 POUNDS
Q - UPS
A - CALVIN COOLIDGE SUPPRESSED THEIR 1919 STRIKE IN BOSTON, DENYING A "RIGHT TO
STRIKE AGAINST THE PUBLIC SAFETY"
Q - POLICE
---------------------
Category: SUPERHEROES
---------------------
A - "THE WEB SLINGER" IS A NICKNAME FOR THIS MARVEL COMICS SUPERHERO
Q - SPIDERMAN
A - IN MAY 1939 BOB KANE INTRODUCED THIS CAPED CRIME FIGHTER IN DETECTIVE
COMICS NO. 27
Q - BATMAN
A - THIS CARTOON RODENT'S CONTINUING NEMESIS WAS OIL CAN HARRY
Q - MIGHTY MOUSE
A - IN COMIC BOOKS HIS SECRET IDENTITY IS DR. BRUCE BANNER; ON TV, IT WAS DAVID
BRUCE BANNER
Q - INCREDIBLE HULK
A - TRUMPETER AL HIRT RECORDED AN UPDATED VERSION OF "FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE"
FOR THIS TV SERIES
Q - GREEN HORNET
---------------------------
Category: THE SUPREME COURT
---------------------------
A - IN THE EARLY DAYS THESE GARMENTS HAD RED FACING, LIKE THOSE WORN IN
ENGLAND
Q - ROBES
A - 5 ASSOCIATE JUSTICES HAVE LATER HELD THIS OFFICE; REHNQUIST IS THE MOST
RECENT
Q - CHIEF JUSTICE
A - THE ONLY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHOSE PICTURE APPEARED ON U.S. CURRENCY, HE
WAS ON THE $10,000 BILL
Q - SALMON P. CHASE
A - THE FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE TO ISSUE THE OATH OF OFFICE AT A PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION, SHE SWORE IN DAN QUAYLE
Q - SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR
A - IN 1953 WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS GRANTED A STAY OF EXECUTION TO THESE CONVICTED
ATOM SPIES
Q - ROSENBERGS
--------------------------------
Category: SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
--------------------------------
A - CHIEF JUSTICE SALMON P. CHASE PRESIDED OVER THIS PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL IN 1868
Q - ANDREW JOHNSON
A - HE WAS APPOINTED U.S. MINISTER TO SPAIN IN 1779 & CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S.
IN 1789
Q - JOHN JAY
A - EARL WARREN WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THIS, HIS NATIVE STATE, FROM 1939 TO
1943
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - ON JANUARY 20, 1801 JOHN ADAMS NOMINATED HIM TO REPLACE CHIEF JUSTICE
OLIVER ELLSWORTH, WHO HAD RESIGNED
Q - JOHN MARSHALL
A - WHILE ATTENDING THIS COLLEGE IN 1776, BUSHROD WASHINGTON BECAME A FOUNDING
MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA
Q - WILLIAM AND MARY
--------------------------------
Category: SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
--------------------------------
A - SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA FROM 1965 TO 1969
Q - SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR
A - THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE THIS CHIEF JUSTICE PRESIDED OVER WAS CHISHOLM V.
GEORGIA, IN 1793
Q - JOHN JAY
A - THIS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WAS COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL'S FIRST TENURED FEMALE
FACULTY MEMBER
Q - RUTH BADER GINSBURG
A - HE EARNED THE NICKNAME "WHIZZER" AS AN ALL-AMERICAN HALFBACK AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Q - BYRON WHITE
A - HE TOOK OVER LOUIS BRANDEIS' SEAT ON THE SUPREME COURT, SERVING UNTIL 1975
Q - WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
----------------------
Category: SWEET TREATS
----------------------
A - THE SOUTHERN U.S., ESPECIALLY LOUISIANA, IS FAMOUS FOR THESE PECAN PATTIES
Q - PRALINES
A - THIS ICE CREAM COMPANY'S TOP-SELLING FLAVORS ARE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE
DOUGH & CHERRY GARCIA
Q - BEN & JERRY'S
A - THIS "HEAVENLY" CANDY BAR COMES IN DARK CHOCOLATE & A LIGHTER VERSION AS
WELL AS THE ORIGINAL
Q - MILKY WAY
A - IT'S THE FLAVOR OF THE SAUCE THAT'S SERVED WITH CREPES SUZETTE
Q - ORANGE
A - EGG YOLKS, MARSALA & SUGAR ARE THE MAIN INGREDIENTS IN THIS TRADITIONAL
ITALIAN CUSTARD
Q - ZABAGLIONE
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Categories beginning with T (ANQT)
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Category: TEA
-------------
A - ON DECEMBER 16, 1773, TEA WORTH 18,000 POUNDS WAS DESTROYED IN THIS CITY'S
HARBOR
Q - BOSTON
A - NOT SURPRISINGLY, THIS COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST IMPORTER OF TEA
Q - UNITED KINGDOM
A - THE 2 TYPES OF TEA SERVED DURING THIS COUNTRY'S TEA CEREMONY ARE USUCHA, A
THIN TEA, & KOICHEA, A THICK TEA
Q - JAPAN
A - R. BLECHYNDEN INVENTED ICED TEA AT THE 1904 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPO IN THIS
CITY ON THE MISSISSIPPI
Q - ST. LOUIS
A - THIS CHEMICAL IN TEA LEAVES PROVIDES COLOR & A BITTER TASTE
Q - TANNIN
--------------------
Category: TECHNOLOGY
--------------------
A - IN THE U.S. MOST OF THESE DEVICES HAVE 525 LINES PER IMAGE; SOON THEY MAY
HAVE OVER 1,000
Q - TELEVISIONS
A - IN 1947 ARTHUR SAMUEL DESIGNED A COMPUTER THAT COULD PLAY THIS GAME; CHESS
ON THE SAME BOARD CAME LATER
Q - CHECKERS
A - TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH, A LASER BEAM IS USED
Q - HOLOGRAM
A - AS UNIQUE AS FINGERPRINTS, STRANDS OF THIS GENETIC MATERIAL ARE USED TO
ESTABLISH PATERNITY
Q - DNA
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR THE PLACE IN VIRTUAL REALITY WHERE THE VIRTUAL OBJECTS
APPEAR
Q - CYBERSPACE
---------------------------
Category: TELEVISION TRIVIA
---------------------------
A - ON OCTOBER 4, 1957 THIS SITCOM STARRING JERRY MATHERS PREMIERED
Q - LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
A - "DIARY OF A PERFECT MURDER," WHICH AIRED IN 1986, WAS THE PILOT FILM FOR
THIS ANDY GRIFFITH SERIES
Q - MATLOCK
A - ON "FAMILY MATTERS," THIS CHARACTER WAS INTRODUCED AS LAURA WINSLOW'S BLIND
DATE FROM HELL
Q - STEVEN Q. URKEL
A - SONGS IN THIS ABC SATURDAY MORNING SERIES OF SHORTS INCLUDED "FIGURE EIGHT"
& "THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER"
Q - SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
A - AN INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY & ROSALYNN CARTER WAS FEATURED ON HER FIRST ABC
SPECIAL, DECEMBER 14, 1976
Q - BARBARA WALTERS
-------------------
Category: TENNESSEE
-------------------
A - DURING THE '40S THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THIS
"PROJECT" THAT BUILT THE 1ST ATOMIC BOMB
Q - MANHATTAN PROJECT
A - BLAZED BY DANIEL BOONE, IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ROUTES INTO TENNESSEE
Q - WILDERNESS ROAD
A - A MUSEUM AT THE RHEA COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN DAYTON HAS MANY ITEMS RELATING TO
THIS FAMOUS 1925 TRIAL
Q - SCOPES TRIAL
A - THIS CITY THAT HOSTED THE 1982 WORLD'S FAIR WAS THE STATE'S FIRST CAPITAL
Q - KNOXVILLE
A - TENNESSEE IS A LEADING PRODUCER OF THIS METAL USED TO COAT IRON & STEEL
Q - ZINC
---------------
Category: TEXAS
---------------
A - THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THIS HISTORIC SAN ANTONIO STRUCTURE WAS MISSION SAN
ANTONIO DE VALERO
Q - ALAMO
A - A 554-ACRE HISTORICAL PARK NAMED FOR THIS PRESIDENT CONTAINS LAND HIS
FAMILY HAD OWNED SINCE THE 1860S
Q - LYNDON JOHNSON
A - FOR MANY YEARS UVALDE HELD THE CACTUS JACK FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF JOHN NANCE
GARNER, HIS FIRST VP
Q - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A - THIS TOWN WHERE JUDGE ROY BEAN RESIDED WAS NAMED FOR A RAILROAD ENGINEER,
NOT FOR "THE JERSEY LILY"
Q - LANGTRY
A - CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO LIES OPPOSITE THIS LARGE TEXAS CITY
Q - EL PASO
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Category: TEXTILES
------------------
A - A MORDANT IS A CHEMICAL AGENT THAT AFFIXES THIS COLORING AGENT TO THE
FIBER
Q - DYE
A - ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN TEXTILE FIBERS COMES FROM THIS PLANT USED TO MAKE
LINEN
Q - FLAX
A - THE NAME OF THIS FABRIC COMES FROM "POPE"; IT WAS FIRST MADE IN THE PAPAL
TOWN OF AVIGNON
Q - POPLIN
A - THE NAME OF THIS TEXTILE PRINTING TECHNIQUE MEANS "WAX PAINTING" IN
JAVANESE
Q - BATIK
A - THIS STRONG, MANMADE FIBER CREATED IN THE U.S. IN 1935 IS DERIVED FROM A
POLYAMIDE RESIN
Q - NYLON
------------------
Category: TEXTILES
------------------
A - SOME BELIEVE THIS COARSE FABRIC WAS NAMED WHEN A LONDON MERCHANT MISREAD
THE WORD TWEEL
Q - TWEED
A - NYLON IS A HYDROPHOBIC FIBER, WHICH MEANS THAT IT DOES NOT ABSORB THIS
Q - WATER
A - THIS FIBER IS RETTED, A FORM OF ROTTING, BEFORE IT IS USED TO PRODUCE
LINEN
Q - FLAX
A - CALICO FABRIC ORIGINATED IN CALICUT, NOW KOZHIKODE, IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - INDIA
A - THIS ARTIFICIAL FIBER CAN BE MADE BY THE CUPRAMONIUM PROCESS OR THE VISCOSE
PROCESS
Q - RAYON
-------------------------
Category: THEATRE HISTORY
-------------------------
A - AFTER THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION, THE OWNER OF THIS THEATRE WAS IMPRISONED
FOR 39 DAYS
Q - FORD'S THEATRE
A - IN 1937 HE PARTNERED WITH JOHN HOUSEMAN IN THE MERCURY THEATRE
Q - ORSON WELLES
A - HE FOUNDED THE NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL IN 1954
Q - JOSEPH PAPP
A - OPERA STAR JAN PEERCE APPEARED ON BROADWAY IN THIS MUSICAL ABOUT A MILKMAN
Q - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
A - THIS "OEDIPUS REX" PLAYWRIGHT LED THE BOYS' CHORUS CELEBRATING VICTORY AT
SALAMIS IN 480 B.C.
Q - SOPHOCLES
---------------------
Category: THIS & THAT
---------------------
A - A SHIP'S NAVIGATIONAL RECORDS ARE INSCRIBED IN THIS BOOK
Q - LOG
A - ON DECEMBER 15, 1939 THIS FILM PREMIERED AT LOEW'S GRAND THEATRE IN
ATLANTA
Q - GONE WITH THE WIND
A - CAPABLE OF HOLDING ABOUT 200,000, MARACANA STADIUM IN RIO IS THE WORLD'S
LARGEST STADIUM FOR THIS SPORT
Q - SOCCER
A - THIS EXPLORER LANDED ON VENEZUELA'S PARIA PENINSULA IN AUGUST 1489
Q - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A - THIS TRAIN CAR SERVES AS THE CONDUCTOR'S OFFICE & AS THE LIVING QUARTERS
FOR THE CREW
Q - CABOOSE
--------------
Category: TIME
--------------
A - DUE TO AN ADJUSTMENT, 1994 CONTAINED AN EXTRA ONE OF THESE UNITS OF TIME;
IT WAS ADDED ON JUNE 30
Q - SECOND
A - FROM LATIN FOR "THE SIXTH HOUR," IT'S A SPANISH TERM FOR AN AFTERNOON NAP
Q - SIESTA
A - IN THE U.S. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS & ENDS DURING FALL & THIS OTHER
SEASON
Q - SPRING
A - THIS ASIAN COUNTRY COVERS 5 TIME ZONES, BUT ONLY USES ONE, SO IT'S THE SAME
TIME EVERYWHERE
Q - CHINA
A - IT'S THE SCIENCE OF MEASURING TIME BY REGULAR DIVISIONS, OR A LIST OF
EVENTS IN THE ORDER THEY OCCURRED
Q - CHRONOLOGY
----------------------
Category: TOYS & GAMES
----------------------
A - IN THE MID-1960S THIS COMPANY INTRODUCED G.I. JOE, AN ACTION DOLL FOR BOYS
Q - HASBRO
A - IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE FIRST OF THESE WAS A MAP OF ENGLAND GLUED ONTO WOOD,
THEN CUT INTO PIECES
Q - JIGSAW PUZZLE
A - IN 1994 THIS BOARD GAME DELETED ABOUT 100 OFFENSIVE TERMS FROM ITS OFFICIAL
PLAYERS DICTIONARY
Q - SCRABBLE
A - THIS FAVORITE BILLS ITSELF AS A "WALKING SPRING TOY"
Q - SLINKY
A - RESEMBLING TABLE TENNIS, THE 1ST SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONIC VIDEO GAME WAS KNOWN
BY THIS NAME
Q - PONG
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Category: TRANSPORTATION
------------------------
A - THESE ANCIENT 2-WHEEL VEHICLES COULD BE FITTED WITH SCYTHELIKE BLADES TO
INJURE ENEMY SOLDIERS
Q - CHARIOTS
A - THE SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THIS FORMERLY DIVIDED CITY IS CALLED THE
UNTERGRUNDBAHN
Q - BERLIN
A - THE NAME OF THIS BRIDGE OVER DRY LAND COMES FROM THE WORD "AQUEDUCT" AND
THE LATIN WORD FOR "WAY"
Q - VIADUCT
A - THIS DEVICE USED BY THE INDIANS CONSISTED OF 2 POLES, A NET & A HARNESS FOR
HITCHING IT TO AN ANIMAL
Q - TRAVOIS
A - AT 33.5 MILES, THIS COUNTRY'S SEIKAN TUNNEL IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST RAILROAD
TUNNEL
Q - JAPAN
------------------------
Category: TRANSPORTATION
------------------------
A - IN 1897 THINGS REALLY BEGAN MOVING WHEN THE NATION'S FIRST SUBWAY OPENED IN
THIS MASSACHUSETTS CITY
Q - BOSTON
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR THE WATERTIGHT SHELL OF A SHIP
Q - HULL
A - IN 1990 THIS NEW DIVISION OF GM LAUNCHED ITS FIRST CAR & IT WAS OUT OF THIS
WORLD
Q - SATURN
A - THE NAME OF THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION COMES FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING
"FOR ALL"
Q - BUS
A - IT'S THE NATIONAL AIRLINE OF ISRAEL
Q - EL AL
------------------------
Category: TRANSPORTATION
------------------------
A - THE HIGH-WHEELER, AN 1870S TYPE OF THIS, HAD SUCH A HIGH FRONT WHEEL THAT
RIDERS OFTEN LOST THEIR BALANCE & FELL
Q - BICYCLE
A - BUILT IN 1775, THE TURTLE, ONE OF THESE UNDERWATER VESSELS, WAS POWERED BY
A HAND-CRANKED PROPELLER
Q - SUBMARINE
A - THE 1ST SUCCESSFUL U.S. CAR POWERED BY THIS WAS BUILT BY THE DURYEA
BROTHERS IN 1893
Q - GASOLINE
A - THIS DUTCH AIRLINE'S FIRST FLIGHT WAS FROM LONDON TO AMSTERDAM IN 1920
Q - KLM
A - IT'S THE ONLY AIRLINE THAT OFFERS DAILY NONSTOP FLIGHTS FROM NORTH AMERICA
TO HELSINKI
Q - FINNAIR
------------------------
Category: TRANSPORTATION
------------------------
A - THOR HEYERDAHL'S KON-TIKI, THIS TYPE OF SAILING VESSEL, WAS MADE OF BALSA
WOOD
Q - RAFT
A - THE DIRECTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT STORE PEOPLE MOVER CAN BE REVERSED FOR
RUSH HOUR
Q - ESCALATOR
A - ON ITS FIRST OFFICIAL LANDING IN THE U.S. MAY 17, 1976, THIS PLANE CARRIED
VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING
Q - CONCORDE
A - THIS COMPANY'S IMPALA MODEL WAS THE USA'S BEST-SELLING CAR FROM 1968 TO
1973
Q - CHEVROLET
A - FIRE DEPARTMENTS USUALLY HAVE 3 MAIN TYPES OF TRUCK: PUMPER, RESCUE & THIS
KIND
Q - LADDER
--------------------------
Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
--------------------------
A - YOU CAN ORDER A SPECIAL "SPIRIT OF THE NEEDLE" COCKTAIL AT A RESTAURANT IN
THIS NORTHWEST CITY
Q - SEATTLE
A - A SUMMER FESTIVAL IN ATHENS OFFERS PLAYS & CONCERTS AT THE HERODES ATTICUS
THEATRE ON THIS HILL
Q - ACROPOLIS
A - NATIONAL FORESTS IN THIS STATE INCLUDE SHOSHONE NEAR CODY & BRIDGER-TETON
NEAR JACKSON
Q - WYOMING
A - 5 1/2 MILLION CUBIC YARDS WAS EXCAVATED TO BUILD THIS STRUCTURE 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS
Q - HOOVER DAM
A - THIS FAMOUS AVIATOR'S LITTLE FALLS HOME IS ACROSS FROM A STATE PARK NAMED
FOR HIM
Q - CHARLES LINDBERGH
--------------------------
Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
--------------------------
A - A REPLICA OF THIS SHIP IS DOCKED IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
Q - MAYFLOWER
A - A 180-ACRE BIRD SANCTUARY NAMED FOR THIS CEREAL PIONEER IS ADJACENT TO GULL
LAKE NEAR BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
Q - W.K. KELLOGG
A - WHILE VISITING THIS STATE, BE SURE TO SEE THE INDIAN CLIFF DWELLINGS NEAR
BLANDING, KANAB & MOAB
Q - UTAH
A - YOU'LL FIND 73 GOLF COURSES IN THE AREA AROUND THIS SOUTH CAROLINA "BEACH"
Q - MYRTLE BEACH
A - THE OKLAHOMA CITIES OF DUNCAN, KINGFISHER & WAURIKA HAVE MUSEUM DISPLAYS ON
THIS CATTLE TRAIL
Q - CHISHOLM TRAIL
--------------------------
Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
--------------------------
A - YOU CAN TAKE A GONDOLA RIDE ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL IN THIS CITY
Q - VENICE
A - IN COVENTRY, ENGLAND, YOU'LL CATCH PEOPLE PEEPING AT AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE
OF THIS WOMAN
Q - LADY GODIVA
A - THE ROYAL PANTHEON OUTSIDE THIS CAPITAL CONTAINS THE TOMBS OF KINGS FROM
CHARLES V TO ALFONSO XIII
Q - MADRID
A - WHEN VISITING MACAO, IT WOULDN'T HURT TO KNOW A LITTLE CHINESE & THIS
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Q - PORTUGUESE
A - SOME OF THE FINEST COFFEE COMES FROM THIS COUNTRY & YOU CAN SAMPLE IT FOR
FREE AT THE EL DORADO AIRPORT
Q - COLOMBIA
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Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
--------------------------
A - MEMENTOES OF WALT WHITMAN CAN BE SEEN AT HIS HOME IN CAMDEN IN THIS STATE
Q - NEW JERSEY
A - A HUGE STATUE OF HIM ATOP MOUNT CORCOVADO OVERLOOKS THE CITY OF RIO DE
JANEIRO
Q - JESUS CHRIST
A - THE LUXEMBOURG GARDENS ARE NOT IN LUXEMBOURG BUT ON BOULEVARD ST.-MICHEL IN
THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL
Q - PARIS
A - THE NEHRU PLANETARIUM IS WORTH VISITING IN THIS SEAPORT ON INDIA'S WEST
COAST
Q - BOMBAY
A - THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL LIBRARY, LOCATED IN ABERYSTWYTH, IS NOTED FOR ITS
COLLECTION OF CELTICA
Q - WALES
--------------------------
Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
--------------------------
A - TOURISTS CAN VIEW THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE CITADEL IN THIS WALLED
CANADIAN CITY
Q - QUEBEC CITY
A - THESE GARDENS NEAR THE LOUVRE WERE DESIGNED IN THE 1600S BY ANDRE LE NOTRE
Q - TUILERIES GARDENS
A - PAUL REVERE MALL, A PARK IN THIS CITY, HAS BRONZE TABLES HONORING THE
PEOPLE OF THE NORTH END
Q - BOSTON
A - THIS CAPITAL'S RINGSTRASSE, WHICH IS SHAPED LIKE A HORSESHOE, BEGINS & ENDS
AT THE DANUBE CANAL
Q - VIENNA
A - ST. GEORGE'S HALL IN THIS BRITISH CITY ON THE MERSEY RIVER IS RENOWNED FOR
ITS GRECO-ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Q - LIVERPOOL
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Category: TRAVEL & TOURISM
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A - THIS BERRY FARM IS CALIFORNIA'S OLDEST AMUSEMENT PARK
Q - KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
A - THE "BECKY THATCHER HOUSE" IN THIS MISSOURI CITY WAS THE HOME OF LAURA
HAWKINS, A FRIEND OF MARK TWAIN
Q - HANNIBAL
A - APPROPRIATELY, SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY IN NORTH TARRYTOWN CONTAINS THIS "RIP
VAN WINKLE" AUTHOR'S GRAVE
Q - WASHINGTON IRVING
A - YOU CAN TOUR THE HOME OF WAR CORRESPONDENT ERNIE PYLE IN THIS LARGEST NEW
MEXICO CITY
Q - ALBUQUERQUE
A - THIS MARKED PATH WINDING THROUGH BOSTON LEADS TO MANY OF ITS FAMOUS
LANDMARKS
Q - FREEDOM TRAIL
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Category: TRAVEL U.S.A.
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A - THE SOUTHFORK RANCH THIS TV SERIES MADE FAMOUS IS NOW A $3500-A-NIGHT BED &
BREAKFAST
Q - DALLAS
A - VISITORS RIDE AN INCLINE RAILWAY OR CHAIRLIFT UP TO GHOST TOWN IN THE SKY,
A THEME PARK IN THIS TAR HEEL STATE
Q - NORTH CAROLINA
A - YOU CAN WATCH GATOR WRESTLING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AT GATORLAND NEAR
KISSIMMEE IN THIS STATE
Q - FLORIDA
A - AAA GIVES A RATING OF THIS MANY DIAMONDS TO THE FINEST RESTAURANTS
Q - FIVE
A - YOU WON'T FIND LONDON BRIDGE ENGLISH VILLAGE IN ENGLAND; IT'S NEXT TO
LONDON BRIDGE IN THIS RESORT CITY
Q - LAKE HAVASU CITY
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Category: TRAVEL U.S.A.
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A - YOU CAN VISIT THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM IN LOUISVILLE AT THIS RACETRACK
Q - CHURCHILL DOWNS
A - THIS STATE'S 306-FOOT-HIGH GRANITE TOWER IN BENNINGTON IS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S TALLEST BATTLE MONUMENTS
Q - VERMONT
A - THIS COLORADO CITY JUST EAST OF PIKE'S PEAK IS THE SITE OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC
TRAINING CENTER
Q - COLORADO SPRINGS
A - AN ACADIAN VILLAGE OF 16 RECONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS CAN BE SEEN IN VAN BUREN
IN THIS NEW ENGLAND STATE
Q - MAINE
A - RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA HOLDS AN ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE DEVOTED TO THIS
AUTHOR OF "O PIONEERS!"
Q - WILLA CATHER
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Category: TREATIES
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A - IN 1967 63 NATIONS RATIFIED THE OUTER SPACE TREATY DRAFTED BY THIS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Q - UNITED NATIONS
A - THE U.S. & THIS COUNTRY CONCLUDED ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TREATIES IN 1932,
1941 & 1954
Q - CANADA
A - IN THE TREATY OF SAN ILDEFONSO, KING CHARLES IV OF THIS COUNTRY SURRENDERED
LOUISIANA TO NAPOLEON
Q - SPAIN
A - THE NEW ECHOTA TREATY OF 1835 SET THIS INDIAN TRIBE ON THE "TRAIL OF
TEARS"
Q - CHEROKEE
A - THIS PRIME MINISTER SIGNED THE 1979 ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN PEACE TREATY FOR
ISRAEL
Q - MENACHEM BEGIN
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Category: TREES
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A - THE ACORNS OF THE ENGLISH VARIETY OF THIS TREE GROW ON LONG STALKS
Q - OAK
A - COMMON "CANINE" NAME FOR TREES OF THE GENUS CORNUS
Q - DOGWOOD
A - THE LEAVES OF THE TRUE LAUREL USED IN COOKING ARE CALLED THIS
Q - BAY LEAVES
A - THIS OIL-PRODUCING TREE WAS INTRODUCED TO CALIFORNIA BY THE SPANIARDS IN
1769
Q - OLIVE
A - THIS MALARIA-FIGHTING SUBSTANCE IS EXTRACTED FROM THE BARK OF THE CINCHONA
TREE
Q - QUININE
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Category: TRIVIA
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A - THIS BASEBALL PERSONALITY'S GIVEN NAMES WERE JAY HANNA, BUT HE USED JEROME
HERMAN AS WELL
Q - DIZZY DEAN
A - HER APRIL 14, 1964 DIARY ENTRY REVEALED THAT SHE ASKED KING HUSSEIN FOR HIS
AUTOGRAPH AT A STATE DINNER
Q - LADY BIRD JOHNSON
A - THE LAST LINE IN THIS 1951 MARLON BRANDO FILM IS "HEY, STELLA! HEY,
STELLA!"
Q - STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
A - TIM MATHESON PROVIDED THE VOICE OF THIS CARTOON ADVENTURER, THE SON OF DR.
BENTON QUEST
Q - JONNY QUEST
A - THIS PHILADELPHIA STRUCTURE WAS FEATURED ON THE BACK OF THE BICENTENNIAL
HALF-DOLLAR
Q - INDEPENDENCE HALL
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Category: "T" TIME
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A - INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA USED THIS LIGHT AX BOTH AS A TOOL & AS A WEAPON
Q - TOMAHAWK
A - THE 4 SUITS IN THIS SPECIAL DECK OF CARDS ARE PENTACLES, CUPS, SWORDS &
WANDS
Q - TAROT
A - IN LATIN THIS ANCIENT CITY WAS KNOWN AS ILIUM
Q - TROY
A - AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, IT WAS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U.S.
Q - TUBERCULOSIS
A - THE 15TH & 16TH NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS ARE EPISTLES FROM PAUL TO THIS
DISCIPLE
Q - TIMOTHY
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Category: TV
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A - IN THE OPENING OF THIS SERIES, MORTY THE MOOSE STROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS
OF CICELY
Q - NORTHERN EXPOSURE
A - IT'S THE LOCAL WATERING HOLE FOR THE GANG ON "MURPHY BROWN"
Q - PHIL'S
A - FROM 1972 TO 1981 THIS EARL HAMNER-CREATED SERIES EVOLVED IN TIME FROM THE
1930S TO THE 1940S
Q - WALTONS
A - FOR 5 SEASONS HERVE VILLECHAIZE PLAYED THIS DIMINUTIVE AIDE TO MR. ROARKE
ON "FANTASY ISLAND"
Q - TATTOO
A - DURING THIS SERIES' 8-YEAR RUN, BOTH PAMELA SUE MARTIN & EMMA SAMMS PLAYED
FALLON CARRINGTON
Q - DYNASTY
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Category: TV
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A - THIS "M*A*S*H" STAR HAS EMMYS FOR ACTING, WRITING & DIRECTING
Q - ALAN ALDA
A - IN 1991 THIS ACTOR RECEIVED HIS FIRST EMMY NOMINATION & WIN FOR "EVENING
SHADE"
Q - BURT REYNOLDS
A - OWNERS OF THIS ANIMAL INCLUDED JEFF MILLER, TIMMY MARTIN & FOREST RANGER
COREY STUART
Q - LASSIE
A - ROD SERLING'S "REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT" AIRED LIVE ON OCTOBER 11, 1956 ON
THIS 90-MINUTE ANTHOLOGY
Q - PLAYHOUSE 90
A - FOR THIS "MARY TYLER MOORE" NEWSMAN, "IT ALL STARTED IN A 5,000-WATT RADIO
STATION IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA..."
Q - TED BAXTER
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Category: TV NOSTALGIA
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A - WHEN RON ELY PLAYED THIS ROLE IN THE '60S, CHEETAH WAS HIS BEST FRIEND &
JANE WASN'T AROUND AT ALL
Q - TARZAN
A - HELEN HUNT OF "MAD ABOUT YOU" CO-STARRED IN A MID-'70S SERIES ABOUT A
MAROONED SWISS FAMILY WITH THIS LAST NAME
Q - ROBINSON
A - HE BECAME ONE OF TV'S BIGGEST HEARTTHROBS WHEN HE PLAYED VINNIE BARBARINO
ON "WELCOME BACK, KOTTER"
Q - JOHN TRAVOLTA
A - IN 1969 THIS "TWILIGHT ZONE" HOST ENTERED A NEW DIMENSION AS HOST OF THE TV
GAME SHOW "LIARS CLUB"
Q - ROD SERLING
A - JUNE TAYLOR WON A 1954 EMMY FOR CHOREOGRAPHING HIS TV VARIETY SHOW
Q - JACKIE GLEASON
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Category: TV TRIVIA
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A - IN 1960 JAMES GARNER SUED TO GET OUT OF HIS CONTRACT FOR THIS WESTERN &
WON
Q - MAVERICK
A - THIS SERIES WAS BASED ON A BOOK BY JERALDINE SAUNDERS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES
AS A CRUISE HOSTESS
Q - LOVE BOAT
A - NATIONAL BEAUTY TITLE ONCE HELD BY "MURPHY BROWN" CHARACTER CORKY SHERWOOD
Q - MISS AMERICA
A - THIS DOG ON "ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS" INVENTED THE WABAC MACHINE
Q - MR. PEABODY
A - THIS SALLY FIELD SERIES WAS SET IN PUERTO RICO
Q - FLYING NUN
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Category: UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
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A - IT'S THE "CREOLE STATE," THOUGH CAJUNS MIGHT PREFER TO CALL IT THE "CAJUN
STATE"
Q - LOUISIANA
A - SOME FOLKS CALL IT "HOOSIERDOM"
Q - INDIANA
A - NEVADA IS THE "BATTLE-BORN STATE" BECAUSE IT WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNION
DURING THIS WAR
Q - CIVIL WAR
A - IT'S THE "LADY OF THE LAKES"-- THE GREAT LAKES, BECAUSE IT TOUCHES 4 OF
THEM
Q - MICHIGAN
A - THIS "SWAMP STATE" WAS THE HOME OF FRANCIS MARION, THE "SWAMP FOX"
Q - SOUTH CAROLINA
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Category: U.S.A.
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A - THE GRAND CANYON, PAINTED DESERT & PETRIFIED FOREST ARE ALL IN THIS STATE'S
COLORADO PLATEAU REGION
Q - ARIZONA
A - COVERING ABOUT 45 ACRES WEST OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON, THIS IS THE OLDEST PUBLIC
PARK IN THE UNITED STATES
Q - BOSTON COMMON
A - THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM IS LOCATED IN THIS MARYLAND CITY, NOT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Q - BALTIMORE
A - THIS STATE LEADS THE NATION IN THE CASH VALUE OF ITS AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - OF STATES BORDERING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THIS NEW ENGLAND STATE HAS THE
SHORTEST COASTLINE, 13 MILES
Q - NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Category: U.S.A.
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A - YOU'LL FIND OUR LADY OF THE ROCKIES, A 90' STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY, EAST
OF BUTTE IN THIS STATE
Q - MONTANA
A - BRANSON, MISSOURI IS LOCATED 200 MILES SOUTH OF THIS CITY THAT'S NICKNAMED
"HEART OF AMERICA"
Q - KANSAS CITY
A - THIS CAPITAL IS THE HOME OF THE 527' TRAVELERS TOWER, ONE OF NEW ENGLAND'S
TALLEST STRUCTURES
Q - HARTFORD
A - HURON CITY IN THIS STATE WAS DESTROYED TWICE BY FOREST FIRES; WHAT'S LEFT
OF IT IS PRESERVED IN A MUSEUM
Q - MICHIGAN
A - HAVRE DE GRACE IN THIS MID-ATLANTIC STATE IS NOTED FOR DUCK HUNTING &
THERE'S A DECOY MUSEUM NEARBY
Q - MARYLAND
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Category: U.S.A.
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A - NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT'S THE LARGEST GORGE IN THE U.S. AT 277 MILES IN LENGTH
& UP TO 18 MILES IN WIDTH
Q - GRAND CANYON
A - THE POINTS FARTHEST APART IN THE 50 STATES ARE KURE ISLAND, HAWAII, &
ELLIOTT KEY IN THIS STATE
Q - FLORIDA
A - AT 187 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL, CALIPATRIA IN THIS STATE IS THE LOWEST
INCORPORATED CITY IN THE U.S.
Q - CALIFORNIA
A - THE USA'S LARGEST BUILDING IS A 98-ACRE BOEING ASSEMBLY PLANT IN EVERETT IN
THIS STATE
Q - WASHINGTON
A - THE HUGE UNFINISHED STATUE OF THIS INDIAN CHIEF NEAR CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA
IS LIT FOR 1 HOUR A NIGHT
Q - CRAZY HORSE
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Category: U.S. AUTHORS
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A - FRANK NORRIS WROTE "THE PIT," & HE WROTE "THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"
Q - EDGAR ALLAN POE
A - A PHILIP MARLOWE NOVEL LEFT UNFINISHED AT HIS DEATH WAS LATER COMPLETED BY
ROBERT B. PARKER
Q - RAYMOND CHANDLER
A - TO GET THE RIGHT FEEL FOR "SHOW BOAT," SHE LIVED & WORKED ON ONE FOR A
COUPLE OF MONTHS
Q - EDNA FERBER
A - HE NOT ONLY LED THE "BEAT GENERATION" MOVEMENT, HE ALSO COINED THE TERM
Q - JACK KEROUAC
A - THIS PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF "THE GOOD WAR" TOOK HIS FIRST NAME
FROM A FICTIONAL CHARACTER
Q - STUDS TERKEL
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Category: U.S. CITIES
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A - THE NAME OF THIS CITY ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER MEANS "THE PASS"
Q - EL PASO
A - COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THIS CITY INCLUDE
BROOKLINE & CAMBRIDGE
Q - BOSTON
A - STATUES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & STEPHEN DOUGLAS STAND ON THE GROUNDS OF THIS
CITY'S CAPITOL BUILDING
Q - SPRINGFIELD
A - THIS CAPITAL CITY IS THE HOME OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Q - TALLAHASSEE
A - FORT LOUIS, ON THE SITE OF THIS MISSISSIPPI PORT CITY, SERVED AS THE
CAPITAL OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY UNTIL 1722
Q - BILOXI
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Category: U.S. CITIES
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A - IN 1780 IT REPLACED WILLIAMSBURG AS CAPITAL OF THE "OLD DOMINION"
Q - RICHMOND
A - MAJOR STREETS CROSSING THIS MIDWEST CITY ARE WABASH AVENUE, STATE STREET &
DEARBORN STREET
Q - CHICAGO
A - STATE CAPITAL IN WHICH YOU'D FIND ROGER WILLIAMS NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Q - PROVIDENCE
A - THIS SECOND-LARGEST NEW YORK CITY WAS NAMED FOR A NEARBY STREAM
Q - BUFFALO
A - THIS CITY NEAR SCRANTON WAS NAMED FOR 2 BRITISH POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORTED
THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
Q - WILKES-BARRE
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Category: U.S. CURRENCY
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A - HE APPEARED ON THE $10 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE CIRCA 1914; TODAY HE'S ON THE
$20
Q - ANDREW JACKSON
A - PRIOR TO 1976, THIS PRESIDENTIAL ESTATE WAS FEATURED ON THE BACK OF THE
TWO-DOLLAR BILL
Q - MONTICELLO
A - U.S. PAPER CURRENCY CONSISTS OF 25% LINEN & 75% THIS FIBER
Q - COTTON
A - OF THE 10 COINS FIRST AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS, THIS 10-DOLLAR GOLD COIN HAD
THE LARGEST FACE VALUE
Q - GOLD EAGLE
A - ALL CURRENT U.S. COINS BEAR 3 PHRASES & THIS SINGLE WORD
Q - LIBERTY
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Category: U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS
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A - OVER HALF THE U.S. HOUSEHOLDS WITH TVS OWN ONE OF THESE TO CHANGE VIEWING
TIMES
Q - VCR
A - IN THE 1980S MORE IMMIGRANTS CAME TO THE U.S. FROM THIS COUNTRY THAN FROM
ANY OTHER
Q - MEXICO
A - THIS SECOND-MOST POPULOUS U.S. CITY IS IN THE MOST POPULOUS U.S. COUNTY
Q - LOS ANGELES
A - OF THE 3 BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, THIS ONE EMPLOYS THE FEWEST PEOPLE
Q - JUDICIAL BRANCH
A - THIS STATE'S POPULATION DENSITY IS 1 PERSON PER SQUARE MILE
Q - ALASKA
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Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A - LOCATED NEAR CARLSBAD CAVERNS, RED BLUFF LAKE IS THIS STATE'S LOWEST POINT
Q - NEW MEXICO
A - FLORIDA'S TWO LARGEST METRO AREAS ARE MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE & THIS CITY-ST.
PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER
Q - TAMPA
A - THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER FORMS PART OF THE BORDER BETWEEN ALABAMA & THIS
STATE
Q - GEORGIA
A - THE CATSKILLS ARE PART OF THE APPALACHIANS RUNNING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF THIS STATE
Q - NEW YORK
A - IN AREA, IT'S THE LARGEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATE
Q - MONTANA
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Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A - BEAR RIVER BAY IS PART OF THIS UTAH LAKE
Q - GREAT SALT LAKE
A - THE LARGEST OF THIS STATE'S INLAND LAKES IS HOUGHTON LAKE IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF ITS LOWER PENINSULA
Q - MICHIGAN
A - POCOMOKE SOUND, A PART OF CHESAPEAKE BAY, IS SHARED BY MARYLAND & THIS
STATE
Q - VIRGINIA
A - MOUNT MITCHELL, RISING 6,684 FEET NEAR ASHEVILLE IN THIS STATE, IS THE
HIGHEST PEAK EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Q - NORTH CAROLINA
A - TRIBUTARIES OF THIS RIVER INCLUDE THE PLATTE, KANSAS & YELLOWSTONE RIVERS
Q - MISSOURI
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Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A - THIS STATE'S NORTHERNMOST MAINLAND POINT LIES ON THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA ON
THE UPPER PENINSULA
Q - MICHIGAN
A - CHIEF CITIES IN THIS DESERT INCLUDE BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA & LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA
Q - MOJAVE DESERT
A - IN 1870, HAZARD STEVENS & P.B. VAN TRUMP BECAME THE FIRST TO CLIMB THIS
MOUNTAIN NEAR SEATTLE
Q - MOUNT RAINIER
A - 2 OF THIS STATE'S LARGEST LAKES ARE QUABBIN RESERVOIR & WACHUSETT RESERVOIR
NEAR WORCESTER
Q - MASSACHUSETTS
A - ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN APRIL 1607, THE COLONISTS OF THE LONDON COMPANY
EXPLORED & NAMED THIS RIVER
Q - JAMES RIVER
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Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A - EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS CALLED THIS ARIZONA DESERT "EL DESIERTO PINTADO"
Q - PAINTED DESERT
A - THE MIAMI & ST. LUCIE CANALS PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM THIS
FLORIDA LAKE
Q - LAKE OKEECHOBEE
A - THE TOWN OF BAR HARBOR LIES ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, THIS STATE'S LARGEST
ISLAND
Q - MAINE
A - THE KAUAI CHANNEL SEPARATES THE ISLAND OF KAUAI FROM THIS ISLAND
Q - OAHU
A - THE LOWEST POINT IN PENNSYLVANIA IS AT SEA LEVEL ALONG THIS RIVER THAT
FORMS ITS SOUTHEAST BORDER
Q - DELAWARE
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Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A - THIS RIVER BEGINS AT TEAR-OF-THE-CLOUDS LAKE ON MOUNT MARCY IN NORTHERN NEW
YORK STATE
Q - HUDSON
A - ONE OF THE USA'S HIGHEST LAKES, LAKE WAIAU, LIES NEAR THE SUMMIT OF MAUNA
KEA ON THIS ISLAND
Q - HAWAII
A - THIS LAKE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS IS LINKED TO PYRAMID LAKE VIA THE
TRUCKEE RIVER
Q - LAKE TAHOE
A - THE FLORIDA MOUNTAINS AREN'T IN FLORIDA, BUT ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAS CRUCES IN THIS STATE
Q - NEW MEXICO
A - WASHINGTON'S PUGET SOUND LOWLAND LIES BETWEEN THE CASCADES ON THE EAST &
THESE MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST
Q - OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS
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Category: U.S. HISTORIC SITES
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A - PENNSYLVANIA'S OLD STATE HOUSE ACQUIRED THIS NOW FAMOUS NICKNAME AROUND
1824
Q - INDEPENDENCE HALL
A - THIS HOUSE IS KNOWN FOR THE DUMBWAITER INSTALLED BY THE THIRD PRESIDENT
Q - MONTICELLO
A - THE ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL ON THIS CITY'S PLACE D'ARMES, NOW JACKSON SQUARE,
WAS BUILT BY THE SPANISH
Q - NEW ORLEANS
A - THIS BOSTON HALL BUILT IN 1742 AS A MARKET & MEETING PLACE IS NICKNAMED
"THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY"
Q - FANEUIL HALL
A - THIS FAMOUS FORT WAS LOCATED AT THE POINT WHERE LAKE GEORGE EMPTIES INTO
LAKE CHAMPLAIN
Q - FORT TICONDEROGA
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Category: U.S. HISTORY
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A - WITH THE NATION IN A FINANCIAL PANIC, FDR ORDERED THIS TYPE OF HOLIDAY A
DAY AFTER HIS INAUGURATION
Q - BANK HOLIDAY
A - THE BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG IN AUGUST 1814 PRECEDED THE BURNING OF THIS CITY
BY THE BRITISH
Q - WASHINGTON
A - IN AN 1823 ADDRESS, HE DECLARED THAT THE AMERICAS WERE CLOSED TO NEW
EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
Q - JAMES MONROE
A - WHEN IT FIRST MET IN 1789, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAD 65 MEMBERS;
TODAY IT'S SET AT THIS MANY
Q - 435
A - IN ITS YEAR & A HALF OF OPERATION IN THE 1860S, IT LOST ONLY ONE MAIL
DELIVERY
Q - PONY EXPRESS
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Category: U.S. PLACE NAMES
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A - PONCE DE LEON DISCOVERED THIS STATE DURING EASTER, THE FEAST OF FLOWERS, &
NAMED IT ACCORDINGLY
Q - FLORIDA
A - MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES FOUNDED THIS PENNSYLVANIA CITY IN 1741 & NAMED IT FOR
JESUS'S BIRTHPLACE
Q - BETHLEHEM
A - THIS COLORADO CITY WAS NAMED FOR ITS ABUNDANCE OF LARGE ROCKS
Q - BOULDER
A - THE NAME OF THIS LARGEST N.H. CITY WAS TAKEN FROM ONE IN ENGLAND; THEY'RE
BOTH CENTERS OF INDUSTRY
Q - MANCHESTER
A - THE SITE OF AN 1820 SKIRMISH BETWEEN 2 SURVEYORS & 2 INDIANS GAVE THIS
MICHIGAN CITY ITS NAME
Q - BATTLE CREEK
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Category: U.S. PRESIDENTS
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A - HE TOOK THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH AT 2:39 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963
Q - LYNDON JOHNSON
A - IN 1953, IN HIS LAST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, HE WARNED OF THE DANGERS
OF ATOMIC WAR
Q - HARRY S TRUMAN
A - HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT
Q - ULYSSES S. GRANT
A - IN 1970 HE SAID, "IT IS TIME FOR THE GREAT SILENT MAJORITY OF AMERICANS TO
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED"
Q - RICHARD NIXON
A - IN 1969 THE CINCINNATI HOME OF THIS 27TH PRESIDENT WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE
Q - WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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Category: U.S. PRESIDENTS
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A - IN HIS LAST WILL & TESTAMENT, THIS PRESIDENT LEFT MOUNT VERNON TO HIS
NEPHEW BUSHROD
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - HIS FIRST RADIO CHATS WERE DELIVERED WHILE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
Q - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A - THIS REPUBLICAN DEFEATED WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN IN THE ELECTIONS OF 1896 &
1900
Q - WILLIAM MCKINLEY
A - THIS U.S. PRESIDENT DIED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON AUGUST 2, 1923 AFTER AN
EXHAUSTING TOUR OF ALASKA
Q - WARREN G. HARDING
A - THIS PRESIDENT'S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER CORNELIUS MAESEN EMIGRATED
FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 1631
Q - MARTIN VAN BUREN
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Category: U.S. RIVERS
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A - THIS RIVER ON THE BORDER OF TEXAS & OKLAHOMA IS NAMED FOR THE COLOR OF ITS
SEDIMENT
Q - RED RIVER
A - HISTORIC SITES LOCATED ON THIS RIVER INCLUDE HARPERS FERRY & MOUNT VERNON
Q - POTOMAC
A - THIS RIVER RISES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS & EMPTIES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
AT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
Q - RIO GRANDE
A - THE GREAT MIAMI, WABASH & TENNESSEE RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS IMPORTANT
COMMERCIAL RIVER
Q - OHIO
A - BOATS CAN TRAVEL ON THIS 1,000- MILE-LONG RIVER AS FAR INLAND AS LEWISTON,
IDAHO
Q - SNAKE
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Category: U.S. STATES
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A - MORE THAN HALF OF THIS SOUTHEAST STATE'S ORANGE CROP IS USED FOR FROZEN
CITRUS CONCENTRATE
Q - FLORIDA
A - THE CITY OF BANGOR HAD THIS STATE'S FIRST RADIO STATION IN 1922 & ITS FIRST
TV STATION IN 1953
Q - MAINE
A - AS EARLY AS 1879 A TELEPHONE SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN BUTTE IN THIS STATE
Q - MONTANA
A - IN THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS SECOND-SMALLEST STATE WAS KNOWN AS THE "PEACH
STATE"
Q - DELAWARE
A - THIS MID-ATLANTIC STATE'S STATE FLOWER IS THE BLACK-EYED SUSAN
Q - MARYLAND
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Category: U.S. STATES
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A - ABOUT 1/4 OF THIS "PELICAN STATE'S" AREA CONSISTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
DELTA
Q - LOUISIANA
A - MOST OF THIS STATE'S MINERAL WEALTH LIES IN THE BLACK HILLS
Q - SOUTH DAKOTA
A - THIS STATE'S NICKNAME, "THE HAWKEYE STATE" PROBABLY HONORS THE INDIAN
LEADER BLACK HAWK
Q - IOWA
A - THIS STATE'S ONLY NATIONAL FOREST IS FINGER LAKE NATIONAL FOREST
Q - NEW YORK
A - ITS STATE BIRD IS THE BLUE HEN CHICKEN
Q - DELAWARE
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Category: U.S. STATES
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A - "THE RUSHMORE STATE" IS A NICKNAME USED TO REFER TO THIS STATE
Q - SOUTH DAKOTA
A - NEW YORK'S NICKNAME "THE EMPIRE STATE" WAS SUGGESTED BEFORE 1800 BY THIS
GENERAL
Q - GEORGE WASHINGTON
A - THE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST IS ITS ONLY NATIONAL FOREST
Q - INDIANA
A - WHEN IT BECAME A STATE IN 1863, WHEELING WAS ITS CAPITAL
Q - WEST VIRGINIA
A - THIS STATE, WHICH LEADS THE USA IN WHEAT PRODUCTION, HAS BEEN CALLED THE
"BREADBASKET OF AMERICA"
Q - KANSAS
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Category: U.S. U.N. AMBASSADORS
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A - THOUGH HE SERVED LESS THAN 2 YEARS AS A U.N. AMBASSADOR, HE SERVED 4 YEARS
AS A U.S. PRESIDENT
Q - GEORGE BUSH
A - TO BECOME U.N. AMBASSADOR IN 1965, ARTHUR GOLDBERG RESIGNED FROM THIS BODY
Q - SUPREME COURT
A - MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT WAS THE SECOND FEMALE AMBASSADOR; SHE WAS THE FIRST
Q - JEANE KIRKPATRICK
A - THIS ILLINOIS LAWYER WHO ATTENDED THE 1945 U.N. CHARTER CONFERENCE WAS
NAMED U.N. AMBASSADOR IN 1960
Q - ADLAI STEVENSON
A - AFTER LOSING HIS SENATE SEAT TO JFK IN 1952, HE WAS APPOINTED U.N.
AMBASSADOR
Q - HENRY CABOT LODGE
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Categories beginning with V (ANQV)
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Category: VALENTINE'S DAY
-------------------------
A - HALLMARK ELIMINATED THIS COLOR FOR ITS VALENTINE ENVELOPES; POSTAL
COMPUTERS CAN'T READ THEM
Q - RED
A - THE HOLIDAY MAY GO BACK TO LUPERCALIA, A ROMAN FESTIVAL IN THIS MONTH
Q - FEBRUARY
A - A DANISH WOMAN WHO GUESSES HER SECRET VALENTINE SENDER'S IDENTITY GETS AN
EGG FROM HIM ON THIS HOLIDAY
Q - EASTER
A - THIS RODGERS & HART SONG HAS BEEN USED IN THE FILMS "GENTLEMEN MARRY
BRUNETTES" & "PAL JOEY"
Q - MY FUNNY VALENTINE
A - IN "HAMLET," SHE SINGS ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY
Q - OPHELIA
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Category: VICE PRESIDENTS
-------------------------
A - WHEN INAUGURATED AT AGE 40 ON JANUARY 20, 1953 HE BECAME THE
SECOND-YOUNGEST VICE PRESIDENT
Q - RICHARD NIXON
A - THIS 1ST VICE PRESIDENT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS THE GRANDSON OF FAMOUS
PREACHER JONATHAN EDWARDS
Q - AARON BURR
A - IN 1939 HE GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Q - HUBERT HUMPHREY
A - THIS RUNNING MATE OF HARRY TRUMAN WAS THE 1ST VICE PRESIDENT TO SIT ON THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
Q - ALBEN W. BARKLEY
A - IN THE 1970S THIS INDIANAN WORKED BRIEFLY AS ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER OF THE
HUNTINGTON HERALD-PRESS
Q - DAN QUAYLE
-------------------------
Category: VICE PRESIDENTS
-------------------------
A - WHILE ATTENDING DEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THIS FUTURE VICE
PRESIDENT PLAYED ON THE GOLF TEAM
Q - DAN QUAYLE
A - IRONICALLY, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 1791 OVER ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S
FATHER-IN-LAW
Q - AARON BURR
A - THIS VICE PRESIDENT EARNED HIS LAW DEGREE IN 1947 FROM BALTIMORE LAW
SCHOOL
Q - SPIRO AGNEW
A - A TEXAS CITY BEARS THE NAME OF THIS MAN WHO WAS VICE PRESIDENT WHEN TEXAS
JOINED THE UNION
Q - GEORGE MIFFLIN DALLAS
A - THIS REPUBLICAN HAD SERVED LESS THAN 2 YEARS AS GOVERNOR WHEN ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT IN 1900
Q - THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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Category: VIOLINISTS
--------------------
A - THIS BELOVED BOSTON POPS CONDUCTOR JOINED THE BOSTON SYMPHONY AS A
VIOLINIST IN 1915
Q - ARTHUR FIEDLER
A - YEHUDI MENUHIN PERFORMED WITH THIS INDIAN SITARIST WHO WROTE "PRABHATI" FOR
HIM
Q - RAVI SHANKAR
A - STEPHANE GRAPELLI IS ONE OF THE FEW TO SUCCESSFULLY ADAPT THE VIOLIN TO
THIS GENRE OF MUSIC
Q - JAZZ
A - ISAAC STERN CALLED THE TALENT OF THIS ISRAELI-AMERICAN VIOLINIST "UTTERLY
LIMITLESS"
Q - ITZHAK PERLMAN
A - THIS LEGENDARY ITALIAN VIRTUOSO WOULD SOMETIMES CUT THREE STRINGS & PLAY
DIFFICULT PIECES ON THE REMAINING ONE
Q - NICCOLO PAGANINI
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Category: "V"OCABULARY
----------------------
A - IT'S THE PROPER TERM FOR AN ANIMAL WITH A BACKBONE
Q - VERTEBRATE
A - IT'S THE POPULAR TERM FOR THE HOST OF A MUSIC VIDEO SHOW
Q - VEEJAY
A - A FEMALE FOX
Q - VIXEN
A - IT'S THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF A COUNTRY OR LOCALE
Q - VERNACULAR
A - IT'S A SHORT DRAPERY THAT CAN HANG FROM THE EDGE OF A BED OR TABLE, OR
ACROSS THE TOP OF A WINDOW
Q - VALANCE
--------------------
Category: VOCABULARY
--------------------
A - FROM THE GREEK FOR "DEEP SLEEP," A HEAD INJURY MAY CAUSE YOU TO FALL INTO
ONE
Q - COMA
A - THIS 4-LETTER WORD FOR A DECEPTION IS PROBABLY A CONTRACTION OF HOCUS
Q - HOAX
A - SCOTTISH FOR A SQUARE OF TURF; CREATE ONE ON THE GOLF COURSE & YOU SHOULD
REPLACE IT
Q - DIVOT
A - IT'S FROM THE LATIN FOR "ASSEMBLY;" NUNS MAY LIVE IN A CLOISTERED ONE
Q - CONVENT
A - THE NAME ANGEL COMES FROM A GREEK WORD MEANING THIS, AN ANGEL'S JOB
Q - MESSENGER
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Category: VOLCANOES
-------------------
A - A MAN NAMED HARRY TRUMAN REFUSED TO LEAVE THIS WASHINGTON MOUNTAIN BEFORE
ITS ERUPTION IN 1980
Q - MOUNT SAINT HELENS
A - FUMES STILL RISE FROM THE VOLCANIC CONE OF THIS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN
WASHINGTON
Q - MOUNT RAINIER
A - THE 1883 EXPLOSION OF THIS INDONESIAN VOLCANO RELEASED ENERGY EQUIVALENT TO
AN ESTIMATED 150 MEGATONS
Q - KRAKATOA
A - HAWAII'S KILAUEA IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THIS LARGER VOLCANO
Q - MAUNA LOA
A - WHEN HEKLA ERUPTED ON THIS ISLAND IN 1947, ASH FELL AS FAR AWAY AS FINLAND
Q - ICELAND
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Categories beginning with W (ANQW)
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Category: WAR
-------------
A - THE THIRD SEMINOLE WAR ERUPTED IN THIS STATE IN 1855
Q - FLORIDA
A - HE WAS FORCED TO ABDICATE IN 1815, NEAR THE END OF THE HUNDRED DAYS
Q - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A - AT THE TIME OF PLYMOUTH'S FOUNDING IN AMERICA, EUROPE WAS BEGINNING THIS
SEMI-LONG WAR
Q - 30 YEARS WAR
A - IN 32 B.C. OCTAVIAN WENT TO WAR AGAINST THIS MAN, HIS EX-BROTHER-IN-LAW
Q - MARK ANTONY
A - IN 1972 THE U.S. MINED VIETNAMESE PORTS ON THIS GULF
Q - GULF OF TONKIN
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Category: WATERWAYS
-------------------
A - THE SUEZ CANAL HAS NO LOCKS BECAUSE THE GULF OF SUEZ & THIS SEA ARE ABOUT
THE SAME LEVEL
Q - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A - BOATS GOING TO ROME CAN GO UP THE FIUMICINO, AN ARTIFICIAL WATERWAY IN THIS
RIVER'S DELTA
Q - TIBER RIVER
A - COMPLETED IN 1825, IT CONNECTED THE GREAT LAKES TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD
Q - ERIE CANAL
A - YOU'LL FIND THE ISLANDS OF QESHM & LARAK IN THIS STRAIT SEPARATING IRAN &
THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Q - STRAIT OF HORMUZ
A - THIS SYSTEM EXTENDS OVER 2,500 MILES DOWN THE ATLANTIC COAST & AROUND THE
GULF OF MEXICO
Q - INTRACOASTAL
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Category: WEATHER
-----------------
A - IN 1988, GILBERT, ONE OF THESE STORMS, DEVASTATED JAMAICA WITH WIND GUSTS
OVER 200 MPH
Q - HURRICANE
A - ESKIMOS HAVE MANY NAMES FOR THIS, INCLUDING PUKAK FOR THE KIND THAT LOOKS
LIKE SALT
Q - SNOW
A - IN THE 1980S RESEARCHERS PUT TOTO, A 400-LB. PACKAGE OF INSTRUMENTS, IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS
Q - TORNADOES
A - THE CITY OF CHERRAPUNJI, INDIA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST OF THIS IN A
12-MONTH PERIOD: 1,041.8 INCHES
Q - RAIN
A - THESE WINDS ARE CLASSIFIED ON THE BEAUFORT SCALE AS STRONGER THAN BREEZES,
BUT LESS SEVERE THAN STORMS
Q - GALES
----------------------------
Category: WEIGHTS & MEASURES
----------------------------
A - AT THE EQUATOR 1 DEGREE OF THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 69.17 MILES; AT THE POLE,
O MILES
Q - LONGITUDE
A - NUMBER OF TEASPOONS IN A TABLESPOON
Q - THREE
A - THIS LINEAR UNIT OF 16 1/2 FEET CAN ALSO BE CALLED A POLE
Q - ROD
A - THE NAME OF THIS WEIGHT SYSTEM COMES FROM A FRENCH TERM MEANING "GOODS OF
WEIGHT"
Q - AVOIRDUPOIS
A - IN ANGULAR MEASURE, 60 MINUTES EQUAL ONE OF THESE
Q - DEGREE
----------------------------
Category: WEIGHTS & MEASURES
----------------------------
A - FOR WHEAT THIS MEASURE IS EQUAL TO 27 KILOGRAMS
Q - BUSHEL
A - THIS IS DEFINED AS THE SPEED NECESSARY TO TRAVEL ONE NAUTICAL MILE IN ONE
HOUR
Q - KNOT
A - THIS BIBLICAL MEASURE WAS EQUAL TO ABOUT 18 INCHES; THE GREEK UNIT OF THE
SAME NAME, 18.22 INCHES
Q - CUBIT
A - OF A PARSEC, AN ASTRONOMICAL UNIT OR A LIGHT YEAR, THE ONE THAT'S THE
LONGEST
Q - PARSEC
A - THIS UNIT OF AREA IS EQUAL TO 160 SQUARE RODS
Q - ACRE
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Category: WHEN IN ROME
----------------------
A - VISITORS CAN GET A PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROME FROM THE TOP OF THE DOME OF THIS
VATICAN CITY CHURCH
Q - ST. PETER'S
A - THE FAMILY TOMB OF SCIPIO AFRICANUS IS ONE OF THE SIGHTS ALONG THIS ANCIENT
ROAD
Q - APPIAN WAY
A - IN A CITY OF MANY FOUNTAINS, THE MOST FAMOUS IS THIS ONE DOMINATED BY
OCEANUS IN A SEA CHARIOT
Q - TREVI FOUNTAIN
A - ON CAPITOLINE HILL, A WHITE MARBLE MONUMENT TO THIS KING CONTAINS ITALY'S
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Q - VICTOR EMMANUEL
A - THIS ROMAN RIVER IS NAMED FOR A KING OF ALBA LONGA WHO DROWNED IN IT
Q - TIBER RIVER
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Category: THE WHITE HOUSE
-------------------------
A - ORIGINALLY IN THE CENTER OF THE WEST WING, THIS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IS
NOW IN A CORNER
Q - OVAL OFFICE
A - IN 1965 A GARDEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MANSION WAS NAMED FOR THIS FIRST
LADY BY MRS. JOHNSON
Q - JACQUELINE KENNEDY
A - FORMERLY A STUDY, THIS BEDROOM DISPLAYS THE ONLY SIGNED COPY OF THE
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Q - LINCOLN BEDROOM
A - THE OLDEST POSSESSION IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
BY THIS ARTIST
Q - GILBERT STUART
A - USED FOR THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICIAL BANQUETS, THIS ROOM CAN SEAT AS MANY AS
140 GUESTS
Q - STATE DINING ROOM
--------------------------
Category: WHO'S IN CHARGE?
--------------------------
A - IN 1994 SYLVIO BERLUSCONI, PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY, BROUGHT 5
NEO-FASCISTS INTO HIS CABINET
Q - ITALY
A - PATRICIO AYLWIN BECAME PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY IN 1990; PINOCHET REMAINED
ARMY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Q - CHILE
A - THIS GERMAN CHANCELLOR RECEIVED A PH.D. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG
IN 1958
Q - HELMUT KOHL
A - IN 1959 HE FLED TO CAIRO AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING TO OUST IRAQI DICTATOR
GENERAL ABDUL KARIM KASSEM
Q - SADDAM HUSSEIN
A - THIS PAKISTANI P.M. WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE OXFORD
UNION
Q - BENAZIR BHUTTO
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Category: WILLS & BEQUESTS
--------------------------
A - WHEN THIS GREEK TYCOON DIED, HE WILLED JACKIE ONLY $200,000 A YEAR; SHE
LATER RECEIVED $26 MILLION
Q - ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
A - THIS GERMAN SOCIALIST WHO DIED IN 1895 WILLED MOST OF HIS PROPERTY TO KARL
MARX'S CHILDREN
Q - FRIEDRICH ENGELS
A - HER WILL ORDERED THE AUCTIONING OF MANY ITEMS, INCLUDING A PROP RIFLE FROM
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN"
Q - ETHEL MERMAN
A - WHEN THIS STATESMAN DIED IN 1790, HE LEFT G. WASHINGTON HIS "CRABTREE
WALKING STICK WITH A GOLD HEAD"
Q - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A - THIS WEALTHY PUBLISHER BEQUEATHED $10,000 TO THE AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST
ASSOCIATION
Q - MALCOLM FORBES
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Category: WISE MEN
------------------
A - THIS ANCIENT SAGE KNOWN FOR HIS WISE SAYINGS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PHILOSOPHER IN CHINA'S HISTORY
Q - CONFUCIUS
A - "THE SOUL OF MAN IS IMMORTAL AND IMPERISHABLE," HE SAID IN HIS "REPUBLIC"
Q - PLATO
A - AROUND 1516 THIS ARTISTIC GENIUS OF THE RENAISSANCE MOVED TO FRANCE AT THE
INVITATION OF KING FRANCIS I
Q - LEONARDO DA VINCI
A - THE HISTORIAN BEDE IS ALMOST ALWAYS DESCRIBED BY THIS 9-LETTER ADJECTIVE, A
TRADITIONAL TERM OF RESPECT
Q - VENERABLE
A - THE SCHOOL THIS MAN FOUNDED CAME TO BE CALLED THE LYCEUM BECAUSE IT WAS IN
A GROVE SACRED TO APOLLO LYCEUS
Q - ARISTOTLE
---------------
Category: WOMEN
---------------
A - THIS FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT'S MAIDEN NAME WAS COJUANGCO
Q - CORAZON AQUINO
A - IN JANUARY OF 1935 SHE FLEW SOLO FROM HAWAII TO CALIFORNIA
Q - AMELIA EARHART
A - THIS ENVIRONMENTALIST'S 1951 BOOK, "THE SEA AROUND US" WON THE NATIONAL
BOOK AWARD
Q - RACHEL CARSON
A - IN 1975 THIS UPI REPORTER BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION
Q - HELEN THOMAS
A - THIS SHOSHONE WAS THE WIFE OF FRENCH-CANADIAN FUR TRADER TOUSSAINT
CHARBONNEAU
Q - SACAJAWEA
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN ARTISTS
-----------------------
A - BRITISH PAINTER VANESSA BELL WAS THE OLDER SISTER OF THIS LEADER OF THE
BLOOMSBURY GROUP
Q - VIRGINIA WOOLF
A - SHE MARRIED ALFRED STEIGLITZ IN 1924; HE WAS 23 YEARS HER SENIOR
Q - GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
A - AFTER FRIDA KAHLO'S DEATH, HE GAVE HER HOUSE IN COYOACAN TO MEXICO FOR USE
AS A MUSEUM
Q - DIEGO RIVERA
A - ONE VERSION OF A. GENTILESCHI'S "JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES" IS IN THIS MOST
FAMOUS FLORENCE GALLERY
Q - UFFIZI
A - H. FRANKENTHALER WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ASSOCIATE FELLOW OF CALHOUN COLLEGE AT
THIS NEW HAVEN UNIVERSITY
Q - YALE
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN AUTHORS
-----------------------
A - IN 1869, DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF "LITTLE WOMEN," SHE WROTE "PAID UP ALL THE
DEBTS, THANK THE LORD!"
Q - LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
A - SHE BEGAN WRITING ABOUT CHINESE LIFE FOR U.S. MAGAZINES IN 1923, 7 YEARS
BEFORE HER FIRST NOVEL
Q - PEARL S. BUCK
A - HER 1986 BOOK "LETTERS TO JUDY" WAS A COMPILATION OF LETTERS SENT TO HER
FROM YOUNG READERS
Q - JUDY BLUME
A - THIS OHIO NATIVE WON A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR HER 1977
NOVEL, "SONG OF SOLOMON"
Q - TONI MORRISON
A - "CLUELESS," STARRING ALICIA SILVERSTONE, WAS LOOSELY BASED ON HER 1816
NOVEL, "EMMA"
Q - JANE AUSTEN
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN AUTHORS
-----------------------
A - SHE SAID, "MISS MARPLE INSINUATED HERSELF SO QUIETLY INTO MY LIFE THAT I
HARDLY NOTICED HER ARRIVAL"
Q - AGATHA CHRISTIE
A - FROM 1921 TO 1931 SHE WAS A UNIVERSITY TEACHER IN NANKING
Q - PEARL S. BUCK
A - MARY ANN EVANS CHOSE THIS PEN NAME PARTLY IN HONOR OF HER LOVER, GEORGE
HENRY LEWES
Q - GEORGE ELIOT
A - THIS ROUND TABLE WIT COLLABORATED WITH ELMER RICE ON THE 1924 PLAY "CLOSE
HARMONY"
Q - DOROTHY PARKER
A - IN 1969 THIS "REBECCA" AUTHOR WAS CREATED A DAME COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF
THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Q - DAPHNE DU MAURIER
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN AUTHORS
-----------------------
A - SHE INTRODUCED MISS JANE MARPLE IN HER 1930 NOVEL, "MURDER AT THE
VICARAGE"
Q - AGATHA CHRISTIE
A - M.M. KAYE, BORN IN THIS COUNTRY, SET HER BESTSELLER "THE FAR PAVILIONS"
THERE
Q - INDIA
A - HER "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" GREW OUT OF AN EARLIER NOVEL, "ELINOR AND
MARIANNE"
Q - JANE AUSTEN
A - "FORTUNE'S FAVORITES" IS THE THIRD VOLUME IN THIS AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR'S ROMAN
EPIC
Q - COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH
A - SHE'S THE CREATOR OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE V.I. WARSHAWKSKI
Q - SARA PARETSKY
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN AUTHORS
-----------------------
A - SHE WAS 65 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE PUBLISHED HER FIRST "LITTLE HOUSE" BOOK IN
1932
Q - LAURA INGALLS WILDER
A - "MURDER IN THE WHITE HOUSE," HER FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL, CONCERNED THE DEATH
OF A CORRUPT SECRETARY OF STATE
Q - MARGARET TRUMAN
A - THIS WOMAN WHO CO-FOUNDED THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE WON AN O. HENRY AWARD
FOR HER STORY "BIG BLONDE"
Q - DOROTHY PARKER
A - HER BOOK "THE PROUD TOWER" DESCRIBES THE WORLD THAT LED TO "THE GUNS OF
AUGUST"
Q - BARBARA TUCHMAN
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "ETHAN FROME" MET HENRY JAMES IN EUROPE & HE BECAME HER
FRIEND & MENTOR
Q - EDITH WHARTON
-----------------------
Category: WOMEN AUTHORS
-----------------------
A - SHE WAS BORN AGATHA MARY CLARISSA MILLER IN TORQUAY, ENGLAND IN 1890
Q - AGATHA CHRISTIE
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "VALLEY OF THE DOLLS" APPEARED IN MORE THAN 20 BROADWAY
PRODUCTIONS AS AN ACTRESS
Q - JACQUELINE SUSANN
A - ALICE B. TOKLAS TRANSLATED HER 1938 BOOK "PICASSO" INTO ENGLISH
Q - GERTRUDE STEIN
A - THOUGH DANISH, SHE WROTE HER WORKS, LIKE "OUT OF AFRICA" IN ENGLISH
Q - ISAK DINESEN
A - SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HER 1985 NOVEL "THE ACCIDENTAL
TOURIST"
Q - ANNE TYLER
--------------------------
Category: WOMEN IN HISTORY
--------------------------
A - MARK ANTONY'S MARRIAGE TO HER WASN'T LEGAL IN ROME-- HE WAS ALREADY MARRIED
TO OCTAVIAN'S SISTER
Q - CLEOPATRA
A - THIS SPY COULD HAVE LEARNED HER EXOTIC DANCES WHILE LIVING IN JAVA &
SUMATRA FROM 1897 TO 1902
Q - MATA HARI
A - FROM 1892 TO 1900 SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION
Q - SUSAN B. ANTHONY
A - THIS MEDICI WAS THE MOTHER OF THE LAST 3 VALOIS KINGS OF FRANCE: FRANCIS
II, CHARLES IX, & HENRY III
Q - CATHERINE DE MEDICI
A - MARINA, THIS CONQUISTADOR'S LOVER & INTERPRETER, IS KNOWN AS THE "BETRAYER
OF THE AZTECS"
Q - HERNAN CORTES
----------------------
Category: WOMEN ON ICE
----------------------
A - TRAINING 6 DAYS A WEEK ON HER CAMELS & OTHER MOVES WON HER THE GOLD AT THE
'76 OLYMPICS
Q - DOROTHY HAMILL
A - AT AGE 10 IN 1924, SHE WON THE 1ST OF 6 STRAIGHT NORWEGIAN FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Q - SONJA HENIE
A - IN 1984 SHE & PARTNER CHRISTOPHER DEAN EARNED 6.0S FOR ARTISTIC IMPRESSION
ACROSS THE OLYMPIC BOARD
Q - JAYNE TORVILL
A - AT THE '94 OLYMPICS, THIS GERMAN PLACED 7TH IN HER ATTEMPT TO WIN A 3RD
GOLD
Q - KATARINA WITT
A - THOUGH SHE FELL ON A TRIPLE LOOP IN THE 1992 OLYMPICS, SHE STILL TOOK THE
GOLD
Q - KRISTI YAMAGUCHI
---------------------
Category: WOMEN POETS
---------------------
A - THE LINE "MEN SELDOM MAKE PASSES AT GIRLS WHO WEAR GLASSES" APPEARED IN HER
POEM "NEWS ITEM"
Q - DOROTHY PARKER
A - THIS POET'S ONLY NOVEL WAS "THE BELL JAR," PUBLISHED IN 1963
Q - SYLVIA PLATH
A - A CHAPTER IN "THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES" MAY HAVE INFLUENCED HER "I HEARD A
FLY BUZZ-- WHEN I DIED"
Q - EMILY DICKINSON
A - DURING HER LAST DECADE, THIS BRITISH POET LIVED IN THE CASA GUIDI IN
FLORENCE, ITALY
Q - ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
A - IN ADDITION TO WRITING "THE NEW COLOSSUS," SHE TRANSLATED WORKS BY GOETHE &
VICTOR HUGO
Q - EMMA LAZARUS
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Category: "W"ORDS
-----------------
A - IT'S A LEGAL WRIT OR ORDER AUTHORIZING AN ARREST
Q - WARRANT
A - TO CUT IN & OUT OF TRAFFIC, OR INTERLACE A WEFT & WARP
Q - WEAVE
A - IT DESCRIBES SOMETHING SLIGHT OR DELICATE, LIKE A LONG PUFF OF SMOKE OR
PIECE OF HAIR
Q - WISP
A - IT'S THE CARD GAME FROM WHICH MODERN BRIDGE DEVELOPED
Q - WHIST
A - IT'S THE FLESHY FOLD OF SKIN THAT HANGS FROM THE NECK OF A TURKEY
Q - WATTLE
------------------------
Category: WORLD BUSINESS
------------------------
A - FUJITSU IS THIS COUNTRY'S NO. 1 MAINFRAME COMPUTER MANUFACTURER
Q - JAPAN
A - IN 1965 THIS SOFT DRINK COMPANY BOUGHT FRITO-LAY
Q - PEPSICO
A - THIS ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR COMPANY'S NAME IS GREEK FOR VICTORY
Q - NIKE
A - IN 1916 THE U.S. RUBBER COMPANY FIRST CALLED THESE SNEAKERS "PEDS"
Q - KEDS
A - ALUMINUM SHEET METAL USED IN BEVERAGE CANS IS THE BIGGEST PRODUCT OF THIS
PITTSBURGH COMPANY
Q - ALCOA
------------------------
Category: WORLD CAPITALS
------------------------
A - THE GREAT FIRE OF 1666 WAS NOTHING NEW TO THIS CITY; IT ALSO BURNED IN 61,
798 & 982
Q - LONDON
A - A FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE, TEATRO COLON, IS LOCATED IN THIS ARGENTINE CAPITAL
Q - BUENOS AIRES
A - ANTANANARIVO IS THE CAPITAL & LARGEST CITY OF THIS ISLAND COUNTRY OFF
AFRICA'S COAST
Q - MADAGASCAR
A - BEFORE IT BECAME HAITI'S CAPITAL, IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF SAINT-DOMINGUE
Q - PORT-AU-PRINCE
A - THE NAME OF THIS PAKISTANI CAPITAL REFLECTS THE COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS NATURE
Q - ISLAMABAD
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Category: WORLD CAPITALS
------------------------
A - THE MOURARIA IS THE ANCIENT MOORISH QUARTER OF THIS PORTUGUESE CAPITAL
Q - LISBON
A - VISITORS TO THIS DANISH CAPITAL SHOULD SEE THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT
AMALIENBORG PALACE
Q - COPENHAGEN
A - IN 1842 & 1879 THIS CITY WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH DURING THE AFGHAN
WARS
Q - KABUL
A - THIS CITY IS THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF EAST AFRICA AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL OF
KENYA
Q - NAIROBI
A - BUILT IN 1592, THE CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN THIS
HONDURAN CAPITAL
Q - TEGUCIGALPA
------------------------
Category: WORLD CAPITALS
------------------------
A - THE HARBORS OF THIS CITY & YOKOHAMA HAVE BEEN COMBINED TO FORM ONE CALLED
KEIHIN
Q - TOKYO
A - IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE FRENCH IN 1883 & BECAME THE CAPITAL OF FRENCH
INDOCHINA A FEW YEARS LATER
Q - HANOI
A - THIS CAPITAL'S NAME COMES FROM A MASAI PHRASE FOR "COLD WATER"
Q - NAIROBI
A - THIS CITY IS HOME TO VICTORIA UNIVERSITY & THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Q - WELLINGTON
A - IN THE 1500S THIS PARAGUAYAN CAPITAL BECAME SPAIN'S HQ FOR ITS AFFAIRS IN
EASTERN SOUTH AMERICA
Q - ASUNCION
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Category: WORLD CAPITALS
------------------------
A - THIS THAI CITY HAS HUNDREDS OF BUDDHIST TEMPLES, INCLUDING WAT ARUN, THE
TEMPLE OF DAWN
Q - BANGKOK
A - DUKE BERCHTOLD OF ZAHRINGEN FOUNDED THIS SWISS CITY IN 1191
Q - BERN
A - THIS CITY WAS KNOWN AS SERDICA IN ANCIENT TIMES, LONG BEFORE IT BECAME
BULGARIA'S CAPITAL
Q - SOFIA
A - THIS MOROCCAN CITY LIES AT THE MOUTH OF A SHALLOW RIVER CALLED THE BOU
REGREG
Q - RABAT
A - YEREVAN, THE CAPITAL OF THIS REPUBLIC, LIES ABOUT 35 MILES FROM MOUNT
ARARAT
Q - ARMENIA
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - THIS ENGLISH COASTAL CITY WAS THE MAYFLOWER'S LAST PORT OF CALL BEFORE
SAILING FOR AMERICA
Q - PLYMOUTH
A - IT WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF OPERA & THE CRADLE OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Q - FLORENCE
A - THIS THIRD-LARGEST CITY OF SPAIN IS NOTED FOR ITS SILK & ITS ORANGES
Q - VALENCIA
A - IN 1754 THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN THIS SCOTTISH CITY
Q - ST. ANDREWS
A - IN 1863 AN EARTHQUAKE DESTROYED A LARGE PART OF THIS LARGEST PHILIPPINE
CITY
Q - MANILA
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - THE ANCIENT PARTHENON IN THIS CITY WAS BUILT OF MARBLE FROM MOUNT
PENTELICUS
Q - ATHENS
A - THIS SCOTTISH CITY MAY HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR EDWIN OF NORTHUMBRIA, AN
ANGLICAN KING
Q - EDINBURGH
A - ONCE KNOWN AS MASSILIA, IT'S FRANCE'S OLDEST TOWN
Q - MARSEILLES
A - PERU'S "CITY OF KINGS," IT WAS FOUNDED DURING THE FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS
IN 1535
Q - LIMA
A - THIS CHIEF SEAPORT CITY OF ISRAEL IS LOCATED ON MOUNT CARMEL
Q - HAIFA
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - LAWRENCE WELK WOULD HAVE HAD A WUNNERFUL, WUNNERFUL TIME IN THIS DANISH
CAPITAL
Q - COPENHAGEN
A - THERE PROBABLY AREN'T TOO MANY CROCODILES IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S CITY
OF DUNDEE
Q - SCOTLAND
A - PORTO, KNOWN FOR ITS PORT WINE, IS THIS COUNTRY'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY
Q - PORTUGAL
A - HRADCANY CASTLE, FORMER HOME TO THE KINGS OF BOHEMIA, IS IN THIS CAPITAL
CITY
Q - PRAGUE
A - THIS CAPITAL OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE NOW DEFUNCT WEST
INDIES FEDERATION
Q - PORT OF SPAIN
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - THIS CANADIAN CAPITAL WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED BYTOWN AFTER LT. COL. JOHN BY
OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS
Q - OTTAWA
A - FROM 1453 TO 1922, IT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Q - CONSTANTINOPLE
A - THE NAME OF THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CITY IS SPANISH FOR "GOOD AIR"
Q - BUENOS AIRES
A - THIS CAPITAL LOCATED ALMOST ON THE EQUATOR HAS THE OLDEST ART SCHOOL IN
SOUTH AMERICA
Q - QUITO
A - IN 1661 THIS MOST POPULOUS INDIAN CITY WAS GIVEN TO ENGLAND'S KING CHARLES
II AS PART OF A DOWRY
Q - BOMBAY
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - THE CITY OF BEERSHEBA CLAIMS TO HAVE A WELL DUG BY THIS BIBLICAL PATRIARCH
Q - ABRAHAM
A - IN 1737 THIS CITY PASSED FROM THE MEDICIS TO THE HOUSE OF
HAPSBURG-LORRAINE
Q - FLORENCE
A - YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE "LE TREK" TO THIS CAPITAL OF FRANCE'S HAUTE-GARONNE
DEPARTMENT
Q - TOULOUSE
A - THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO IS THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO IN
THIS COUNTRY
Q - BRAZIL
A - THIS CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA WAS BUILT AT AN OASIS
Q - RIYADH
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - THIS, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF NEW FRANCE, IS CANADA'S ONLY WALLED CITY
Q - QUEBEC CITY
A - MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, "THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT" STILL EXISTS
IN THIS SYRIAN CAPITAL
Q - DAMASCUS
A - WHILE BANKING IN THIS LARGEST SWISS CITY, YOU MAY WANT TO PICK UP SOME
CHOCOLATES OR AN ARMY KNIFE
Q - ZURICH
A - THE REPUTED TOMB OF EVE IN JIDDAH WAS DESTROYED BY THIS COUNTRY'S
GOVERNMENT AS A PLACE OF IDOLATRY
Q - SAUDI ARABIA
A - THE HABOOB, A DUST-LADEN WIND, CAN DARKEN THE SKY IN THIS SUDANESE CAPITAL
BETWEEN MARCH & OCTOBER
Q - KHARTOUM
----------------------
Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - FROM 1914 TO 1924, THIS RUSSIAN CITY WAS KNOWN AS PETROGRAD
Q - ST. PETERSBURG
A - PORT JACKSON HARBOR HAS HELPED MAKE THIS CITY AUSTRALIA'S BUSIEST SEAPORT
Q - SYDNEY
A - THIS BRAZILIAN CITY IS HOME TO THE SECOND-LARGEST METROPOLITAN POPULATION
IN LATIN AMERICA
Q - SAO PAULO
A - EMPEROR HIROHITO OPENED EXPO '70 IN THIS CITY, THE FIRST IN ASIA TO HOST A
WORLD'S FAIR
Q - OSAKA
A - THE CAPITAL OF ITALY'S PIEDMONT REGION, IT PRODUCES ABOUT 85% OF ITALY'S
AUTOS
Q - TURIN
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Category: WORLD CITIES
----------------------
A - HERNAN CORTES FOUNDED VERACRUZ IN THIS COUNTRY TO SERVE AS A BASE FOR HIS
CONQUEST
Q - MEXICO
A - AL-QAHIRAH, MEANING "THE VICTORIOUS," IS THE ARABIC NAME FOR THIS EGYPTIAN
CITY
Q - CAIRO
A - THIS MOST POPULOUS CITY OF IRELAND IS ONLY 45 SQUARE MILES IN AREA
Q - DUBLIN
A - THIS LARGE GERMAN CITY ON THE ELBE RIVER WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF FELIX
MENDELSSOHN & JOHANNES BRAHMS
Q - HAMBURG
A - THE TOMB OF WILLIAM THE SILENT CAN BE SEEN IN THIS DUTCH CITY THAT'S FAMOUS
FOR ITS POTTERY
Q - DELFT
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Category: WORLD CURRENCY
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A - THIS GERMAN UNIT OF CURRENCY IS ABBREVIATED DM
Q - DEUTSCHE MARK
A - OF DING, DONG OR CONG, THE BASIC MONETARY UNIT OF VIETNAM
Q - DONG
A - THE DIRHAM, THE MAIN CURRENCY OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, DERIVES ITS NAME
FROM THIS GREEK COIN
Q - DRACHMA
A - SINCE MAY 1993 KYRGYZSTAN HAS BEEN USING THE SOM, WHILE RUSSIA STILL USES
THIS CURRENCY
Q - RUBLE
A - IN 1967 SOUTH AFRICA INTRODUCED THIS GOLD COIN PICTURING A ONE-TIME
PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSVAAL
Q - KRUGERRAND
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Category: WORLD CURRENCY
------------------------
A - IN ENGLAND PAPER BILLS OF THIS MONETARY UNIT COME IN DENOMINATIONS OF 5,
10, 20 & 50
Q - POUND
A - IN 1961 THE RAND BECAME LEGAL TENDER IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - SOUTH AFRICA
A - YOU'D PROBABLY BE SPENDING TUGRIKS IN ULAN BATOR, THE CAPITAL OF THIS
COUNTRY WHERE THE TUGRIK IS THE MONETARY UNIT
Q - MONGOLIA
A - IN 1980 ISRAEL ADOPTED THIS CURRENCY THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A BIBLICAL
UNIT OF WEIGHT
Q - SHEKEL
A - DIVIDED INTO 100 GROSCHEN, IT'S THE MAIN UNIT OF AUSTRIA
Q - SCHILLING
---------------------
Category: WORLD FACTS
---------------------
A - IN THE 1980S IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY ABOUT 225,000 PERSONS OF ABORIGINAL
DESCENT REMAINED IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - EUBOEA IN THE AEGEAN SEA IS THIS COUNTRY'S SECOND-LARGEST ISLAND
Q - GREECE
A - THE JAVA OR SUNDA TRENCH IS THE DEEPEST POINT IN THIS OCEAN
Q - INDIAN OCEAN
A - ACCORDING TO GUINNESS, THE WORLD'S WINDIEST PLACE IS COMMONWEALTH BAY ON
THE COAST OF THIS CONTINENT
Q - ANTARCTICA
A - THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THIS COUNTRY IS REPUBLIK OSTERREICH
Q - AUSTRIA
---------------------
Category: WORLD FACTS
---------------------
A - SINCE THE 1989 DEATH OF FRANZ JOSEF II, PRINCE HANS ADAM HAS REIGNED OVER
THIS SMALL PRINCIPALITY
Q - LIECHTENSTEIN
A - THE CRWTH, A FOLK INSTRUMENT OF MEDIEVAL ORIGIN, IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS PART OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Q - WALES
A - CANADA'S WESTERNMOST PROVINCE, IT'S ALSO THE THIRD LARGEST IN AREA
Q - BRITISH COLUMBIA
A - BUILT BY EMPEROR TRAJAN AROUND 110 A.D., THIS CITY'S ULPIAN LIBRARY LASTED
FOR CENTURIES
Q - ROME
A - ABOUT 80% OF HAWAIIANS LIVE IN OR NEAR THIS STATE CAPITAL
Q - HONOLULU
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Category: WORLD FACTS
---------------------
A - THE NAME OF BELEM, A CITY IN NORTHERN BRAZIL, IS PORTUGUESE FOR THIS
BIBLICAL BIRTHPLACE
Q - BETHLEHEM
A - A CANADIAN RIVER THAT RISES NEAR THE QUEBEC-VERMONT BORDER IS NAMED FOR
THIS FRENCH CARDINAL
Q - RICHELIEU
A - IN 1972 MUJIBUR RAHMAN BECAME THE 1ST PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY ONCE
KNOWN AS EAST PAKISTAN
Q - BANGLADESH
A - THESE PEOPLE OF THE PYRENEES SPEAK EUSKERA, WHICH IS UNRELATED TO ANY OTHER
KNOWN LANGUAGE
Q - BASQUES
A - THIS LARGEST ISLAND IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAS BRIDGES NAMED FOR THE
DUTCH QUEENS EMMA & JULIANA
Q - CURACAO
---------------------
Category: WORLD FACTS
---------------------
A - THE SINGAPURA CAT ORIGINATED ON THIS ISLAND
Q - SINGAPORE
A - "KIMIGAYO," THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM, TRANSLATES AS "THE EMPEROR'S
REIGN"
Q - JAPAN
A - THIS COUNTRY'S FLAG IS A BANNER OF THE MUSLIM WAHABI SECT ONCE LED BY IBN
SAUD
Q - SAUDI ARABIA
A - THIS COUNTRY'S MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST FULLY-
STEERABLE RADIO TELESCOPE
Q - GERMANY
A - MANAMA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS PERSIAN GULF ISLAND NATION
Q - BAHRAIN
---------------------
Category: WORLD FLAGS
---------------------
A - THE WHITE BAND ON CHILE'S FLAG STANDS FOR THE SNOW OF THESE MOUNTAINS
Q - ANDES
A - THIS COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL IS KATHMANDU HAS THE ONLY FLAG THAT ISN'T SQUARE
OR RECTANGULAR
Q - NEPAL
A - THE FLAG OF THIS TINY EUROPEAN PRINCIPALITY SHOWS A GOLD CROWN WITH A RED &
BLUE BACKGROUND
Q - LIECHTENSTEIN
A - THE FLAG OF THIS COUNTRY SHOWS THE MUSLIM CREED ABOVE A SWORD
Q - SAUDI ARABIA
A - IN 1993 GREECE PROTESTED THIS NEW COUNTRY'S USE OF THE STAR OF VERGINA ON
ITS FLAG
Q - MACEDONIA
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
-------------------------
A - IN 1902 THE FIRST ASWAN DAM WAS COMPLETED ON THIS RIVER
Q - NILE RIVER
A - THIS MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF GERMANY WAS NAMED FOR THE DARK FIR & SPRUCE
TREES THAT COVER IT
Q - BLACK FOREST
A - ST. CROIX, ST. THOMAS & ST. JOHN ARE DEPICTED ON THE SEAL OF THIS ISLAND
GROUP
Q - VIRGIN ISLANDS
A - THE BOROUGHS OF BROOKLYN & QUEENS ARE SEPARATED FROM MANHATTAN BY THIS
RIVER
Q - EAST RIVER
A - CITIES LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER INCLUDE BISMARCK, OMAHA & KANSAS
CITY
Q - MISSOURI
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
-------------------------
A - MOST OF EGYPT'S FARMLAND IS LOCATED IN THE VALLEY & DELTA OF THIS RIVER
Q - NILE
A - FRANCE'S GULF OF LION IS AN ARM OF THIS SEA
Q - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A - THIS SOUTH AMERICAN NATION STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF THE EQUATOR TO SOUTH OF
THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
Q - BRAZIL
A - OUTSIDE OF ICELAND, EUROPE'S LARGEST ICE FIELD IS JOSTEDAL GLACIER IN THIS
COUNTRY
Q - NORWAY
A - THIS "LITTLE" ALASKAN ISLAND IS ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES FROM RUSSIA IN THE BERING
SEA
Q - LITTLE DIOMEDE
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
-------------------------
A - AT 9,888 FEET, PICO DA NEBLINA IS THE TALLEST PEAK IN THIS LARGEST SOUTH
AMERICAN COUNTRY
Q - BRAZIL
A - NAMED FOR A QUEEN, IT'S AUSTRALIA'S SMALLEST MAINLAND STATE
Q - VICTORIA
A - FRANCE'S SOMME RIVER RISES NEAR THE BELGIAN BORDER & FLOWS NORTHWEST TO
THIS WATERWAY
Q - ENGLISH CHANNEL
A - THE LIMPOPO & MOLOPO RIVERS PROVIDE PART OF THIS COUNTRY'S NORTHERN BORDER
WITH BOTSWANA
Q - SOUTH AFRICA
A - THIS VOLCANIC PEAK 40 MILES EAST OF PORTLAND OREGON LAST ERUPTED IN 1865
Q - MOUNT HOOD
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
-------------------------
A - ABOUT 70% OF THE WATER THAT ENTERS THE ARCTIC OCEAN COMES FROM THIS OCEAN
Q - ATLANTIC OCEAN
A - MAJOR STREETS IN THIS CAPITAL INCLUDE PASEO DE LA REFORMA & AVENIDA JUAREZ
Q - MEXICO CITY
A - A 9,655 FEET, COMA PEDROSA IN THE PYRENEES IS THIS SMALL COUNTRY'S HIGHEST
POINT
Q - ANDORRA
A - THE GULF OF RIGA, AN INLET OF THE BALTIC SEA, EXTENDS ABOUT 100 MILES INTO
THIS REPUBLIC
Q - LATVIA
A - LAKE OF THE WOODS LIES IN MINNESOTA, ONTARIO & THIS OTHER PROVINCE
Q - MANITOBA
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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A - NEAR THE BORDER OF COLOMBIA & ECUADOR, RANGES OF THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM MERGE
TO FORM THE KNOT OF PASTO
Q - ANDES
A - THE GUADIANA RIVER FORMS PART OF THIS COUNTRY'S SOUTHEASTERN BORDER WITH
SPAIN
Q - PORTUGAL
A - ALTHOUGH ONE OF EUROPE'S LARGEST PORTS, THIS GERMAN CITY LIES 68 MILES
INLAND ON THE ELBE RIVER
Q - HAMBURG
A - THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULOUS LAND REGION IS WALACHIA, WHICH BORDERS THE
DANUBE RIVER IN THE SOUTH
Q - ROMANIA
A - THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THIS CARIBBEAN NATION IS BLUE MOUNTAIN AT 7,402 FEET
Q - JAMAICA
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Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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A - KYUSHU IS THIS COUNTRY'S SECOND MOST POPULOUS ISLAND
Q - JAPAN
A - IT'S THE CONTINENT CLOSEST TO THE KINGDOM OF TONGA
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - THE PORT OF MATRAH IS THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THIS SULTANATE BUT MUSCAT IS
THE CAPITAL
Q - OMAN
A - DON'T BE DECEIVED BY THIS CONTINENT'S DECEPTION ISLAND; IT'S AN ACTIVE
VOLCANO
Q - ANTARCTICA
A - THE SUEZ CANAL SEPARATES MOST OF EGYPT FROM THIS PENINSULA ON ITS EAST
BANK
Q - SINAI
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - IN 1988 THIS COUNTRY'S NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING WAS DEDICATED IN CANBERRA
Q - AUSTRALIA
A - IN 1957 THIS COUNTRY PHYSICIAN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HAITI
Q - FRANCOIS DUVALIER
A - THIS REGION OF FRANCE THAT JUTS INTO THE ATLANTIC WAS CONQUERED BY JULIUS
CAESAR IN 56 B.C.
Q - BRITTANY
A - AT HIS INAUGURAL ON MARCH 4, 1933, HE SAID, "OUR GREATEST PRIMARY TASK IS
TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK"
Q - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A - IN 1556 THE DEADLIEST QUAKE IN HISTORY SHOOK THIS COUNTRY'S SHENSI REGION,
CLAIMING 830,000 LIVES
Q - CHINA
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - IN 220 THIS COUNTRY'S HAN DYNASTY WAS OVERTHROWN, BEGINNING THE PERIOD OF
DISUNITY
Q - CHINA
A - IN 1920 THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS GAVE THIS NEIGHBORING COUNTRY A MANDATE OVER
THE TERRITORY OF NAMIBIA
Q - SOUTH AFRICA
A - IN 1025 BOLESLAW I BECAME THIS COUNTRY'S FIRST KING BUT DIED WITHIN THE
YEAR
Q - POLAND
A - IN JULY 1977 THE MILITARY TOOK OVER THIS NATION & GEN. ZIA UL-HAW BECAME
CHIEF MARTIAL LAW ADMINISTRATOR
Q - PAKISTAN
A - IN 1579 THE UNION OF UTRECHT WAS FORMED WITH THIS PRINCE OF ORANGE AS ITS
LEADER
Q - WILLIAM
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - THIS COUNTRY'S SEMI-LEGENDARY 1ST DYNASTY, THE HSIA, BEGAN C. 2200 B.C. &
RULED FOR OVER 400 YEARS
Q - CHINA
A - BISHOP PIERRE CAUCHON SELECTED & HEADED THE PANEL OF JUDGES THAT TRIED HER
IN ROUEN IN 1431
Q - JOAN OF ARC
A - IN THE 1840S HONE HEKE, A MAORI CHIEF, LED AN UPRISING ON THIS COUNTRY'S
NORTH ISLAND
Q - NEW ZEALAND
A - ON NOVEMBER 30, 1939 RUSSIA INVADED THIS NEIGHBOR, BEGINNING THE "WINTER
WAR"
Q - FINLAND
A - IN 1825 NEWFOUNDLAND DIVIDED LABRADOR WITH THIS NEIGHBORING PROVINCE
Q - QUEBEC
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - THE ROMANS BELIEVED THIS VOLCANO WAS EXTINCT UNTIL ITS ERUPTION IN 79 A.D.
Q - MOUNT VESUVIUS
A - IN 1949 THIS AUSTRALIAN CITY WAS CHOSEN AS THE SITE OF THE 1956 SUMMER
OLYMPIC GAMES
Q - MELBOURNE
A - IN 1615 ANNE OF AUSTRIA, DAUGHTER OF THIS COUNTRY'S KING PHILIP III,
MARRIED LOUIS XIII
Q - SPAIN
A - IN 339 B.C. PHILIP II OF THIS COUNTRY DEFEATED & KILLED ATHEAS, THE RULER
OF THE SCYTHIANS
Q - MACEDON
A - THIS ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA WAS BORN IN VIENNA ON MAY 13, 1717
Q - MARIA THERESA
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
-----------------------
A - IN 1804 HE CROWNED JOSEPHINE EMPRESS
Q - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
A - IN 1991 THIS COUNTRY SPLIT INTO 15 INDEPENDENT REPUBLICS
Q - SOVIET UNION
A - ON THIS DATE IN 1941, THE U.S. DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN
Q - DECEMBER 8, 1941
A - HE MADE ST. PETERSBURG HIS CAPITAL, CALLING IT HIS "WINDOW ON THE WORLD"
Q - PETER THE GREAT
A - FOUNDED AROUND 1300, THIS EMPIRE USED A SERIES OF JIHADS OR HOLY WARS TO
ENLARGE ITS TERRITORY
Q - OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
-----------------------
A - ON JUNE 12, 1991 HE RECEIVED ABOUT 60% OF THE VOTE TO BECOME RUSSIA'S FIRST
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Q - BORIS YELTSIN
A - ON FEBRUARY 20, 1985 THIS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSED A JOINT SESSION
OF THE U.S. CONGRESS
Q - MARGARET THATCHER
A - DURING WORLD WAR II, HE ORGANIZED A VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT CALLED
THE VIET MINH
Q - HO CHI MINH
A - ON JULY 21, 1986 THIS MOROCCAN KING BECAME THE SECOND ARAB LEADER TO MEET
PUBLICLY WITH AN ISRAELI LEADER
Q - HASSAN
A - IN 1976 THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY NATIONALIZED 21 OF ITS OIL COMPANIES
Q - VENEZUELA
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - BRIEFLY, IN 1945, KARL DOENITZ SUCCEEDED THIS MAN AS FUHRER OF GERMANY
Q - ADOLF HITLER
A - UNTIL A 1969 COUP BY MUAMMAR AL-QADDAFI, KING IDRIS HAD RULED THIS COUNTRY
FOR 18 YEARS
Q - LIBYA
A - IN 1756 BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE IMPRISONED BY INDIAN TROOPS IN THIS 15' X 18'
ROOM
Q - BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA
A - IN THE KOREAN WAR, U.N. FORCES CAPTURED THIS NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL OCTOBER
19, 1950
Q - PYONGYANG
A - IN 1066 HE BECAME THE LAST SAXON KING TO RULE ENGLAND
Q - HAROLD II
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - LOUIS IX EMBARKED ON 2 OF THESE MILITARY EXPEDITIONS IN 1248 & 1270
Q - CRUSADES
A - ALBERTO CAVOS REBUILT THIS MOSCOW OPERA & BALLET THEATRE IN 1856 AFTER A
FIRE
Q - BOLSHOI
A - THIS LARGEST AUSTRALIAN CITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1788 & NAMED FOR BRITAIN'S HOME
SECRETARY
Q - SYDNEY
A - THIS "NUMERICAL" GROUP THAT INCLUDED MAO'S WIFE FELL FROM POWER AFTER MAO'S
DEATH
Q - GANG OF FOUR
A - THE LARGEST NAVAL BATTLE OF WWI WAS FOUND NEAR & NAMED FOR THIS DANISH
PENINSULA
Q - JUTLAND
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Category: WORLD HISTORY
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A - IN 1991 FRANCOIS MITTERAND APPOINTED EDITH CRESSON THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME
MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY
Q - FRANCE
A - IN 1909 U.S. TROOPS LEFT THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND AFTER OVERSEEING J.M.
GOMEZ'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT
Q - CUBA
A - AS A RESULT OF WORLD WAR II, THIS COUNTRY'S EASTERN BORDER WAS PUSHED BACK
TO THE NEISSE & ODER RIVERS
Q - GERMANY
A - IN 1644 THE MING DYNASTY FELL OUT OF POWER IN CHINA & THIS DYNASTY REPLACED
IT
Q - QING
A - MAORIS KILLED 4 OF HIS MEN WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON NEW ZEALAND'S
SOUTH ISLAND IN DECEMBER 1642
Q - ABEL TASMAN
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Category: WORLD LITERATURE
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A - "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS" BY LO KUAN-CHUNG IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET
IN THIS COUNTRY
Q - CHINA
A - CATULLUS, KNOWN FOR HIS PASSIONATE LOVE POEMS, IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THIS
EMPIRE'S GREATEST POETS
Q - ROMAN EMPIRE
A - THIS "BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK WAS A TRANSLATION
OF BALZAC'S "EUGENIE GRANDET"
Q - FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
A - FAIRY BLACKSTICK IS FEATURED IN THIS "VANITY FAIR" AUTHOR'S CHRISTMAS BOOK
"THE ROSE AND THE RING"
Q - WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
A - "LITTLE HERR FRIEDEMANN" WAS THIS "BUDDENBROOKS" AUTHOR'S FIRST COLLECTION
OF SHORT STORIES
Q - THOMAS MANN
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Category: WORLD THEATRE
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A - THE FIRST KNOWN PLAY PRESENTED AT THIS BRITISH UNIVERSITY WAS "ST.
KATHERINE" IN 1490
Q - OXFORD
A - WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PHYLAKES-- IMPROVISED PLAYS FROM THIS ANCIENT
CIVILIZATION-- COMES FROM VASE PAINTINGS
Q - GREECE
A - THIS 19TH CENTURY DRAMATIST'S EARLY YEARS IN SKIEN, NORWAY INFLUENCED MANY
OF HIS PLAYS
Q - HENRIK IBSEN
A - THIS AUTHOR OF "THE THREEPENNY OPERA" FOUNDED THE BERLINER ENSEMBLE IN EAST
BERLIN IN 1949
Q - BERTOLT BRECHT
A - THIS IRISH POET FELL IN LOVE WITH MAUD GONNE & SHE STARRED IN HIS PLAY
"CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN"
Q - WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
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Category: WORLD TRAVEL
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A - LAKE BALATON, SOUTHWEST OF BUDAPEST, IS ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR
TOURIST AREAS
Q - HUNGARY
A - THIS DOWNTOWN AREA OF CHICAGO IS NAMED FOR THE RECTANGLE FORMED BY THE
TRACKS OF THE ELEVATED TRAINS
Q - LOOP
A - FANO, AN ISLAND WEST OF JUTLAND IN THIS COUNTRY, PRESERVES ITS HERITAGE AS
A SHIPBUILDING CENTER
Q - DENMARK
A - THIS CAPITAL OF THE BAHAMAS WAS FOUNDED AS CHARLES TOWNE BY ENGLISH
SEAFARERS IN THE 1660S
Q - NASSAU
A - BOTH BOTSWANA & SOUTH AFRICA HAVE NATIONAL PARKS WITHIN THIS DESERT
Q - KALAHARI DESERT
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Category: WRITERS
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A - THIS "DRACULA" AUTHOR ONCE SERVED AS DRAMA CRITIC FOR THE DUBLIN MAIL
Q - BRAM STOKER
A - IN 1939 THIS AUTHOR OF "GIANT" PUBLISHED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, "A PECULIAR
TREASURE"
Q - EDNA FERBER
A - HIS "TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY: IN SEARCH OF AMERICA" RECOUNTS HIS TOUR OF 34
STATES WITH HIS PET POODLE
Q - JOHN STEINBECK
A - "OUR EXPLOITS AT WEST POLEY" IS THIS "TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES" AUTHOR'S
ONLY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Q - THOMAS HARDY
A - ON NOVEMBER 28, 1859 THIS AUTHOR DIED AT SUNNYSIDE, HIS ESTATE ON THE
HUDSON RIVER
Q - WASHINGTON IRVING
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Category: ZOOLOGY
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A - IT'S THE FAMILIAR TERM FOR A MARSUPIAL'S MARSUPIUM
Q - POUCH
A - IT'S THE TERM FOR THE CHANGE IN AN ORGANISM FROM LARVAL TO ADULT FORM, LIKE
A CATERPILLAR TO A BUTTERFLY
Q - METAMORPHOSIS
A - ON AVERAGE THIS BREED OF GOAT YIELDS ABOUT 8 POUNDS OF MOHAIR EACH YEAR
Q - ANGORA
A - IN RARE INSTANCES THE MALE OF THIS WHALE WILL GROW 2 SPIRAL TUSKS INSTEAD
OF 1
Q - NARWHAL
A - IN THE WEDDELL SPECIES OF THIS ANIMAL, THE FEMALE IS LARGER THAN THE MALE
Q - SEAL
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