Question: In ancient Athens, what tree was considered sacred -- with all its fruit belonging to the state, and death the penalty for anyone caught cutting one down?
Answer: The olive tree

Question: What legendary fire-breathing female monster had a lion's head, a goat's body and a dragon's tail?
Answer: The Chimera

Question: What famous structure in Greek mythology was built by a man named Epeius?
Answer: The Trojan Horse. According to the legend, Epeius was a skilled woodworker commissioned by Odysseus to build the huge gift horse

Question: According to legend, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel, his only vulnerable spot?
Answer: Paris

Question: What mythological god was portrayed as the Colossus of Rhodes, the more than 100-foot-high sculpture that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World?
Answer: Helios, the sun god. The statue was destroyed by an earthquake in 224

Question: Who was the ancient Greek god of dreams?
Answer: Morpheus. (Hypnus was the god of sleep.)

Question: What is the name of the imaginary city built in the air in The Birds, the comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 414B.C.?
Answer: Cloud-Cuckoo-Land-- or Nephelococcygia in Greek

Question: According to Norse legend, what animals pulled Thor's chariot across the sky?
Answer: Two goats. Thor was the god of thunder

Question: According to legend, what Hindu god died as Achilles did---from an arrow shot into his heel?
Answer: Krishna. He was shot by a hunter who mistook him for a deer. His heel was his only vulnerable spot

Question: Which entertainer said, "He was into animal husbandry--until they caught him at it?
Answer: Tom Lehrer

Question: According to hippy guru Dr. Timothy Leary, what did you do before you "drop out?"
Answer: Turn on, tune in

Question: What is Nelson Mandela's middle name?
Answer: Rolihlahla

Question: How old would James Dean have been had he lived to the end of the 20th century?
Answer: 68

Question: Barry Clifford found fame discovering what?
Answer: Sunken pirate ships

Question: What was Christopher Reeve's first movie?
Answer: Gray Lady Down

Question: The Porcaro Brothers featured in which group?
Answer: Toto

Question: Which city was called Leninakan until 1990?
Answer: A: Kumayri

Question: What is Iggy Pop's real name?
Answer: James Osterberg

Question: Dorval International airport is in which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: In square miles how big is lake Michigan?
Answer: 22,300

Question: Who wrote the song Momma Told Me Not To Come?
Answer: Randy Newman

Question: What star sign is Harrison Ford?
Answer: Cancer

Question: Who founded the Organization of Afro American Unity?
Answer: Malcolm X

Question: Which NASA space probe was launched to Venus in 1989?
Answer: Magellan

Question: To ten thousand square miles what is the area of Kansas?
Answer: 81,823

Question: Harry Weinstein became a world champion under which name?
Answer: Gary Kasparov

Question: Who directed Good Morning Vietnam?
Answer: Barry Levinson

Question: What was Bette Davis's real first name?
Answer: Ruth

Question: In which decade was Alzheimer's disease first clinically described?
Answer: First decade

Question: Which singer signed his editorials "Always your boy" in his own 50s comic?
Answer: Pat Boone

Question: What star sign is Glenda Jackson?
Answer: Taurus

Question: Who won Super Bowl XXV?
Answer: New York Giants

Question: Where was horse racing's Breeders' Cup held in 1990?
Answer: Belmont Park, New York

Question: Robert Mueller Municipal Airport is in which US state?
Answer: Texas

Question: In what year were women first admitted to Harvard?
Answer: 1969

Question: Who had 70s No 1 hit with Show and Tell?
Answer: Al Wilson

Question: What was the first name of the original food manufacturer Mr. Heinz?
Answer: Henry

Question: Panama proclaimed independence in 1903 from which country?
Answer: Columbia

Question: How old was Ronald Reagan when he became US President?
Answer: 69

Question: Which Iowa-born artist painted American Gothic and Spring Turning?
Answer: Grant Wood

Question: Mark Hogg of Louisville set a record for eating what in Nov 1998?
Answer: Nightcrawler worms

Question: The worlds biggest what was made in London in 1998 to celebrate the re-release of Disney's Lady And The Tramp?
Answer: Bowl of spaghetti

Question: How old was Elizabeth Taylor when she appeared in National Velvet?
Answer: 82,751 square miles

Question: To ten thousand square miles, what is the area of Idaho?
Answer: 82,751 square miles

Question: In which decade was the University of Miami founded?
Answer: 1920s

Question: Sarah Vaughan first joined which band as singer?
Answer: Earl Hines

Question: Elmas international airport is in which country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which pioneering aviator had a plane called Percival Gull?
Answer: Jean Batten

Question: Henri Becquerel shared a Nobel prize for his work in discovering what?
Answer: Radioactivity

Question: Who was the first white music star to record on Atlantic, through its sister label Atco?
Answer: Bobby Darin

Question: Who took the assumed name Sebastian Melmoth when living in Paris?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Who signed the Pacific Security Treaty with the USA in 1951?
Answer: Australia & New Zealand

Question: How many miles long is the canal which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Answer: 50 miles

Question: Established in 1919, which is the world's oldest surviving airline?
Answer: Klm

Question: Vehicles from which country use the international registration letter MA?
Answer: Morocco

Question: Which US First Lady said, "No one can make you feel interior unless you consent?"
Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt

Question: Who won super bowl X?
Answer: Pittsburgh

Question: Who brought to an end Jahangir Khan's long unbeaten run of success in squash in the 80s?
Answer: Ross Norman

Question: Jomo Kenyatta was born into which tribe?
Answer: Kikuyu

Question: Bryan Abrams, Sam Walters, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton formed which group?
Answer: Color Me Badd

Question: When was the Scrabble World championship first held?
Answer: 1991

Question: Arlanda international airport is in which country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: In which year was Grace Kelly born?
Answer: 145,556 square miles

Question: What year was the centenary of Arkansas joining the Union?
Answer: 1936

Question: Which singer formed his own Berlee record label?
Answer: Del Shannon

Question: Who duetted with Barbra Streisand on Till I Loved You in 1988?
Answer: Don Johnson

Question: What was first published on 21st December 1913 in the New York World?
Answer: A crossword puzzle

Question: What finally knocked One Sweet Day off the No 1 position in the charts in the 90s?
Answer: Because You Loved Me

Question: In which American state are the Merril Collection and the Burke Museum of Fine Arts?
Answer: Texas

Question: Which actor paid $93,500 for the baseball which rolled between Bill Buckner's legs in game six of the 1986 World Series?
Answer: Charlie Sheen

Question: What is the Alaskan terminus of the Alaskan Highway?
Answer: Fairbanks

Question: What was Buster Keaton's actual first name?
Answer: Joseph

Question: From 1903 to 1958, every Pope--bar one--took which name?
Answer: Pius

Question: Which brothers were Warner Bros' first major record success?
Answer: Everly

Question: Other than justice and liberty, how many females have appeared on US currency?
Answer: Three - Martha Washington, Pocahontas, Susan B Anthony

Question: What was the title of Kitty Kelley's book about Elizabeth Taylor?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star

Question: What was Eddie Fisher's last top ten hit?
Answer: Cindy Oh Cindy

Question: What are the international registration letters for a vehicle form Jordan?
Answer: Hkj

Question: In which country was Julie Christie born?
Answer: India

Question: Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids?
Answer: Rudolph Dirks