Question: On Nov 4, 1862, what medical doctor was awarded a patent for an early rapid fire gun, a hand cranked forefather of the modern machine gun?
Answer: Dr. Richard Gatling

Question: The artifacts from what famous tomb, discovered on Nov 4, 1922 by one Howard Carter, are currently on display at the Pacific Science Center?
Answer: King Tut

Question: In the Marvel universe, what is the name of the physicist who becomes the Incredible Hulk?
Answer: Dr. Bruce Banner

Question: What do you do on the galley of a ship?
Answer: Prepare food

Question: What American photographer and environmentalist is best remembered for his black and white photos of the West, especially Yosemite National Park in the early half of the 20th century?
Answer: Ansel Adams

Question: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US federal agency, is headquartered in what U.S. city?
Answer: Atlanta

Question: In the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (or the Willy Wonka movie), what are the names of the little green haired people who loved to sing?
Answer: Ommpa-Loompas

Question: Although current evidence suggests that he was a maltster, not a brewer, what Founding Father lends his name to a brand of beer?
Answer: Samuel Adams

Question: November 6, 1860 saw the election of the first ever Republican president when who won the right to lead our great nation?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: The DynaTac 8000x, the first mobile produced, was created by what company?
Answer: Motorola

Question: According to the common saying, what is nine-tenths of the law?
Answer: Possession

Question: Which automobile company, which recently announced it was discontinuing the sale of cars in the US, makes a model called the Sidekick or Grand Vitara?
Answer: Suzuki

Question: What are the building materials used by the 3 Little Pigs?
Answer: straw, sticks (wood), and bricks

Question: Beefsteak, plum, cherry, and grape are all types of what?
Answer: Tomatoes

Question: As measured by a sphygmomanometer, what are the two components that make up a blood pressure measurement?
Answer: Systolic and diastolic

Question: According to Charlie Daniels, what was the devil looking for when he went down to Georgia?
Answer: A soul to steal

Question: The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month saw the signing of the armistice that put an end to the violence of WWI in what year?
Answer: 1918

Question: From the Latin for flints, what element, with the atomic number 14, uses the symbol SI?
Answer: Silicon

Question: Ishmael is the only survivor of the Pequod, following a fateful encounter with whom?
Answer: Moby Dick

Question: Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 with the goal of preparing high school students for a future in what?
Answer: Business

Question: Now making a career as a pop singer and actress, who was the first African-American woman to win the Miss America crown, which she held for 10 months, before being forced to resign over the imminent publication of nude photos?
Answer: Vanessa Williams

Question: Publishing such games as Battleship, Connect Four and Yahtzee, was the Milton Bradley company named for a real person? Or not?
Answer: Real person

Question: First opening in 1954, and with 6 locations to serve you, what is Seattle's oldest, continuously operating fast-food restaurant?
Answer: Dick's Drive-In

Question: Chow Mein is a dish typically served over what?
Answer: Fried noodles

Question: What country and western singer recently lost his lucrative gig singing the theme to Monday Night Football based on an ill-considered Hitler reference?
Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.

Question: What famed boxer, nicknamed Smokin' Joe, was the beat Muhammed Ali in the famous Fight of the Century, but lost a battle against liver cancer earlier this week?
Answer: Joe Frazier

Question: In anatomy, what is the flap of elastic cartilage that prevents food from going down the wrong tube?
Answer: Epiglottis

Question: Name the 1967 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”
Answer: Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate

Question: What is the only marsupial native to North America?
Answer: Opossum

Question: Born in November, 1431, Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia had a more common nickname, translating as Son of the Dragon, which inspired what Bram Stroker character?
Answer: Dracula

Question: What long running comic strip character, created by Chester Gould, is described as a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective with a love of trench coats and fedoras?
Answer: Dick Tracy

Question: What famed playwright, who seemed to have earned his most famous nickname due to his thick, southern drawl, won 2 Pulitzer prizes for A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Answer: Tenessee Williams

Question: Tun Tavern, Philadelphia is considered the official birthplace of which US armed forces branch, when they held their first recruitment drive there in 1775 following a Continental Congress mandate?
Answer: United States Marine Corp

Question: With examples such as Panama and Suez, what is the name for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas with water on each side?
Answer: Isthmus

Question: Friday is Veterans Day, first proclaimed as a way to honor those US citizens who participated in what war?
Answer: World War I

Question: The bestselling novels The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, by the late Steig Larsson, are popularly known by what name, taken from the place of employment of the main protagonist?
Answer: Millennium series

Question: Introduced in 1823, which president lent his name to a doctrine declaring that Europe would no longer be allowed to interfere with the affairs of the Americas?
Answer: James Monroe

Question: Orange Pekoe is a variety of what beverage?
Answer: Tea

Question: What is it called in basketball when the player with the ball illegally moves one or both feet, usually by moving his pivot foot or taking too many steps without dribbling?
Answer: Traveling

Question: What former representative from the state of Wyoming, White House Chief of Staff, and Secretary of Defense, seemed to attain the maximum amount of controversy as his role as Vice President?
Answer: Dick Cheney

Question: The official end to what war occurred on the 11th hour (CET) of the 11th day of the 11th month?
Answer: World War I or The War to End All Wars

Question: According to the Jim Croce song, who was the baddest man in the whole damn town?
Answer: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Question: What company was (more or less) responsible for the creation of the first silicon transistor, first integrated circuit, the first microprocessor, and a host of other firsts?
Answer: Texas Instruments

Question: Much maligned for his handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which Tony was the CEO for BP until October 1, 2010?
Answer: Hayward

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, Monday's child is full of grace. Which child is loving and giving?
Answer: Fridays

Question: Name the states that make up the Gulf Coast.
Answer: Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida

Question: For what reason did Old West legend John Henry "Doc" Holliday, friends with Wyatt and Virgil Earp, get his nickname?
Answer: He was a dentist

Question: The classic Muffuletta sandwich, filled with capicola, salami, provolone cheese and olive salad, originated in what southern U.S. city?
Answer: New Orleans

Question: November 7, 1970 saw the birth of Morgan Spurlock, director of the "documentary" Super Size Me, a film about his 30 day diet of food from what fast food restaurant?
Answer: McDonalds

Question: Born on November 10, 1919, Mikhail Kalashnikov saw his most famous creation, the AK-47, introduced into service in what year?
Answer: 1947

Question: Which cult/religion was formed by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard?
Answer: Scientology