Question: What elaborate confection was inspired by St. Bride's Church in London?
Answer: The tiered wedding cake--which was based on the tiered spire of the church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren

Question: On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath?
Answer: The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity

Question: How was the dish we know as chicken a la king first listed when it was added to the menu at New York's Delmonico's restaurant in the 1880's?
Answer: As chicken a la Keene--it was named in honor of Foxhall Keene, a regular at Delmonico's

Question: What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?
Answer: Houston Texas

Question: What drink is named for the wormwood plant?
Answer: A :Vermouth, which is flavored with wormwood (vermout in French; wermut in German)--so called because the bitter-tasting plant was once used as a cure for intestinal worms. Only the harmless blossoms of the plant, not its toxic leaves, are used in making vermouth

Question: Italy leads the world in pasta consumption with 61.7 pounds eaten per person per year. What country is second?
Answer: Venezuela, where the annual pasta consumption is 27.9 pounds

Question: When Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, what did the company call it/
Answer: Frosted food

Question: What two spices are derived from the fruit of the nutmeg tree?
Answer: Nutmeg, which is produced from he kernel; and mace, which is produced from the kernel's lacy covering

Question: Who was Zambia's first president?
Answer: Kenneth Kuanda

Question: Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
Answer: Suez Canal

Question: In which country is the Aswan Dam?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?
Answer: Uganda

Question: Which country has the rand as its currency?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?
Answer: Dohomey

Question: In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?
Answer: Morocco

Question: Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?
Answer: Sadat

Question: Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?
Answer: Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe

Question: Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?
Answer: Burkina Faso

Question: Who was the Egyptian king whose tomb an treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?
Answer: Tutankhamen

Question: Name the East African country which lies on the equator.
Answer: Kenya

Question: What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?
Answer: Blue Nile and White Nile

Question: In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?
Answer: Morocco

Question: Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?
Answer: Gordon

Question: On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?
Answer: Zambia and Zimbabwe

Question: What is the name of the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?
Answer: Great Rift Valley

Question: Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Question: Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?
Answer: Alan Paton

Question: From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
Answer: Somalia

Question: What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
Answer: Freetown

Question: Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: What is Africa's largest country?
Answer: Sudan

Question: Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?
Answer: Winnie Mandela

Question: In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?
Answer: Zimbabwe

Question: Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
Answer: Togo

Question: The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?
Answer: Limpopo

Question: In which mountains are Camp David?
Answer: Appalachian

Question: Which song say, "The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls?"
Answer: Sound of Silence

Question: Who sang the title song for the Bond film A View To A Kill?
Answer: Duran Duran

Question: In which country did General Jaruzelski impose marital law in 1981?
Answer: Poland

Question: Who won the Oscar for directing It Happened One Night?
Answer: Frank Capra

Question: If it is 8 a. m. in California, what time is it in Missouri?
Answer: 10 a.m

Question: In which decade of the 20th century was Ted Danson born?
Answer: 1940s

Question: Hellenikon international airport is in which country?
Answer: Greece

Question: Who had a 60s No 1 with Lightnin' Strikes?
Answer: Lou Christie

Question: In which year was CNN founded?
Answer: 1980

Question: Who was President Reagan's Secretary for Defense from 1987 to 1989?
Answer: Frank Carlucci

Question: In basketball where do the Celtics come from?
Answer: Boston

Question: Which Disney film had the theme tune A Whole New World?
Answer: Aladdin

Question: What does MG sand for in Booker T & The MG's?
Answer: Memphis Group

Question: Florence Ballard was a member of which girl group?
Answer: Supremes

Question: Who was born first, Susan Sarandon or Glenn Close?
Answer: Susan Sarandon

Question: Who wrote the novel The Go Between?
Answer: L. P. Hartley

Question: In which musical do the sweeps sing Chim Chim Cheree?
Answer: Mary Poppins

Question: Who had a big 60s No 1 with Tossin' and Turnin'?
Answer: Bobby Lewis

Question: Sam Phillips was owner of which legendary recording studio?
Answer: Sun

Question: Which actor played Maxwell Smart?
Answer: Don Adams

Question: On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is between C and B?
Answer: V

Question: Lunar 10's Lunar Excursion Module was named after which famous character?
Answer: Snoopy

Question: Where was the peace treaty signed that brought World War I to an end?
Answer: Versailles

Question: Which Welsh singer was invited to sing at the White House on Millennium Eve?
Answer: Tom Jones

Question: Which company was responsible for the oil spill in Alaska in 1989?
Answer: Exxon

Question: Vehicles from which country use the international registration letter C?
Answer: Cuba

Question: What date is Father's Day?
Answer: 3rd Sunday in June

Question: In which decade of the 20th century was the FBI set up?
Answer: 1900s

Question: In which decade of the 20th century was Dan Aykroyd born?
Answer: 50s

Question: Which American wrote The Game of Chess in 1959?
Answer: Bobby Fischer

Question: Which company first manufactured the electric toothbrush?
Answer: Squibb

Question: Who lived under the pseudonym of Harriet Brown in New York form the 40s to the 90s?
Answer: Greta Garbo

Question: Which actor bought the island of Tetiaroa?
Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: Between 1952 and 1954 did the number of TV stations in the USA double, triple or quadruple?
Answer: Triple

Question: What was Wham!'s first No 1?
Answer: Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

Question: Which musical featured the song You'll Never Walk Alone?
Answer: Carousel

Question: In which year was Bloody Sunday in Londonderry?
Answer: 1972

Question: The first untethered space walk took place from which space craft?
Answer: Challenger

Question: What was the main color of a Storm trooper in Star Wars?
Answer: White

Question: Luxor international airport is in which country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which country did Albert Einstein move to as the Nazis rose to power?
Answer: America

Question: In the 90s how many points have been awarded for finishing first in a Grand Prix?
Answer: 10

Question: Which lawyer made Raymond Burr famous?
Answer: Perry Mason

Question: Which broadcasting company did Edward J Noble found?
Answer: Abc

Question: In which decade did the Jackson 5 sign to Motown?
Answer: 1960s