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Which element along with polonium did the Curies discover?	Radium
In The Banana Splits what sort of animal was Snorky?	Elephant
Who had an 80s No 1 hit with Can't Fight This Feeling?	REO Speedwagon
Which parallel was the truce line in the Korean War?	38th Parallel
On a computer keyboard which letter is between A and D?	S
Which musical featured the song Flash Bang, Wallop?	Half
What was Hitchcock's first sound movie?	Blackmail
Which newspaper did Jackie Kennedy work for just before her marriage?	Washington Times Herald
What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Turkey?	TR
Who wrote The Turn Of The Screw in the 19th century and The Ambassadors in the 20th?	Henry James
Which American nuclear submarine was the first to sail across the North Pole under the ice cap?	Nautilus
What was John Glenn/'s first spacecraft called?	Friendship 7
Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?	Haematology
Where was Lee Harvey Oswald shot dead?	Underground car park
Where was The Iron Triangle?	Vietnam
What is the correct name of laughing gas?	Nitrous oxide
What is Reba McEntire's best of album called?	Moments and Memories
In which decade was Kirstie Alley born?	1950s
What is the distance between bases on a little league baseball field?	60 feet
What college once had 22 members of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on its football team?	Dartmouth, in 1925
What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics?	Tennis, at the 1900 games in Paris. Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain was the first gold medalist
What sport was the first to be filmed---and who filmed it?	The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison; the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in West Orange, New Jersey
How many home runs did baseball great Ty Cobb hit in the three world series in which he played?	None
In cross-country bike racing, what do the initials BMX represent?	Bicycle moto x (cross)
Under what name did Dr. Joshua Pim of Great Britain enter and win the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1893?	Mr. X. Because he feared that revealing his true identity would hurt his medical practice, Pim entered under the mystery name
In 1939, what famous American athlete starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for Basketball?	Jackie Robinson, who later gained national fame playing professional baseball. At UCLA, he earned letters in baseball, basketball, football and track
What popular sport did Joe Sobek invent at the Greenwich, Connecticut, MCA in 1950?	Racquetball. Sobek designed a strung paddle racquet and handle, and combined the rules of squash and handball, to create the game he called paddle rackets
"What sports activity was originally known in England as ""plank-gliding""?"	Waterskiing. The first recorded mention of the sport in England was in 1914
Which was the first sport to have its top players named to an All-American team?	Football, in 1889. The idea originated with famed football authority Walter Camp, who picked 36 All-American teams until his death in 1925
How many world records did swimmer Mark Spitz set when he won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?	Seven--one in each of the races in which he competed
After retiring as a player, with what team did baseball great Babe Ruth spend one year as a coach?	The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938
What is the maximum weight permitted for calves in rodeo calf-roping competition?	350 pounds. The minimum is 200 pounds
What Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher hit a home run in his first major league at-bat--and never hit another?	New York Giant knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, in 1952
What baseball player hit the only home run of his 212-year major league career off his own brother?	Joe Nickro in 1976. Nickro, a pitcher with the Houston Astros, hit a four-bagger off his brother Phil, who was pitching fro the Atlanta Braves. Houston won the game, 4-3
What 1921 sporting event took up all of the first 13 pages of The New York Times --except for a little space on the front page devoted to the formal end of World War I?	The July 2nd heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and George Carpenter, the first fight to gross over $1 million in gate receipts. Dempsey won in a fourth-round knockout
In the National Football League, how many footballs is the home team required to provide for each game?	24--although from 8 to 12 are usually used
Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski hold the major league baseball record for playing the greatest number of seasons with the same team. How many years did they play-- and with what teams?	23 years. Third baseman Robinson played with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977; Carl Yastrzemski, outfielder/first baseman, played with the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1983
How long is the average pool cue?	$85,000
Under the rules outlined in the charter of the International Olympic Committee, how much pure gold must there be in each gold medal awarded to first-place winners?	At least 6 grams. Silver medals must be at least .925 sterling silver
What professional ice hockey star didn't hang up his skates until he was 52?	Gordie Howe, who played in 1,687 games in the National Hockey League
Who was the first athlete to hit a major league home run and make a professional football touchdown in the same week?	Jim Thorpe, in 1917. He did it a second time in 1919. Deion Sanders was the second athlete to accomplish the feat---70 years later in 1989
Who was the famous great-great-grandfather of San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young?	Mormon leader Brigham Young
Who was the first professional athlete to win championship rings in two major sports?	Gene Conley. He pitched for the Milwaukee Braves team that won the 1957 World Series, and was on the Boston Celtic teams that won National Basketball Association championships in 1959,1960 and 1961
How long and wide is the balance beam used in Olympic gymnastic competition?	Length, 16 feet 3 inches; width, 4 inches
How much did a one-minute TV spot cost advertisers on the first Super Bowl broadcast in 1967?	$85,000
How many of the four Grand Slam trophies in tennis are gold; how many are silver?	Only the Wimbledon trophy is gold; the others--for the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open--are sliver
How did pound cake get its name?	From the one-pound quantities of the key ingredients (sugar, butter, eggs, and flour) in the original recipe
"What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for ""stirrup""?"	The Bagel
What animal is the source of the milk used in making Roquefort cheese?	The ewe, or female sheep
How did the manufacturers of Old Grand-Dad bourbon get away with producing their whisky during Prohibition?	The marked the bottles for medicinal purposes
What popular drink did a Dutch medical professor produce in his laboratory while trying to come up with a blood cleanser that could be sold in drugstores?	Gin
In wine making, what is the must?	The juice drawn from the grapes but not yet fermented into wine
What elaborate confection was inspired by St. Bride's Church in London?	The tiered wedding cake--which was based on the tiered spire of the church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren
On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath?	The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity
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?	As chicken a la Keene--it was named in honor of Foxhall Keene, a regular at Delmonico's
What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?	Houston Texas
What drink is named for the wormwood plant?	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
Italy leads the world in pasta consumption with 61.7 pounds eaten per person per year. What country is second?	Venezuela, where the annual pasta consumption is 27.9 pounds
When Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, what did the company call it/	Frosted food
What two spices are derived from the fruit of the nutmeg tree?	Nutmeg, which is produced from he kernel; and mace, which is produced from the kernel's lacy covering
Which is the second longest river in Africa?	Zaire, formerly Congo
Who was Zambia's first president?	Kenneth Kuanda
Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?	Suez Canal
In which country is the Aswan Dam?	Egypt
Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?	Uganda
Which country has the rand as its currency?	South Africa
What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?	Dohomey
In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?	Morocco
Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?	Sadat
Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?	Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?	Burkina Faso
Who was the Egyptian king whose tomb an treasures were discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922?	Tutankhamen
Name the East African country which lies on the equator.	Kenya
What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?	Blue Nile and White Nile
In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?	Morocco
Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?	Gordon
On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?	Zambia and Zimbabwe
What is the name of the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?	Great Rift Valley
Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?	Humphrey Bogart
Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?	Alan Paton
What is the capital of Kenya?	Nairobi
From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?	Portugal
Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?	Somalia
What is the capital of Sierra Leone?	Freetown
Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?	Tanzania
What is Africa's largest country?	Sudan
Which African country is bordered by Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Mali?	Burkino Faso
Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?	Winnie Mandela
In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?	Zimbabwe
Who was the founder of the Back to Africa movement who largely inspired Rastafarianism?	Marcus Garvey
Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?	Togo
The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?	Limpopo
In which mountains are Camp David?	Appalachian
"Which song say, ""The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls?"""	Sound of Silence
Who sang the title song for the Bond film A View To A Kill?	Duran Duran
In which country did General Jaruzelski impose marital law in 1981?	Poland
Who won the Oscar for directing It Happened One Night?	Frank Capra
If it is 8 a. m. in California, what time is it in Missouri?	10 a.m
In which decade of the 20th century was Ted Danson born?	1940s
Hellenikon international airport is in which country?	Greece

Which element along with polonium did the Curies discover?

Radium

In The Banana Splits what sort of animal was Snorky?

Elephant

Who had an 80s No 1 hit with Can't Fight This Feeling?

REO Speedwagon

Which parallel was the truce line in the Korean War?

38th Parallel

On a computer keyboard which letter is between A and D?

S

Which musical featured the song Flash Bang, Wallop?

Half

What was Hitchcock's first sound movie?

Blackmail

Which newspaper did Jackie Kennedy work for just before her marriage?

Washington Times Herald

What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Turkey?

TR

Who wrote The Turn Of The Screw in the 19th century and The Ambassadors in the 20th?

Henry James

Which American nuclear submarine was the first to sail across the North Pole under the ice cap?

Nautilus

What was John Glenn/'s first spacecraft called?

Friendship 7

Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?

Haematology

Where was Lee Harvey Oswald shot dead?

Underground car park

Where was The Iron Triangle?

Vietnam

What is the correct name of laughing gas?

Nitrous oxide

What is Reba McEntire's best of album called?

Moments and Memories

In which decade was Kirstie Alley born?

1950s

What is the distance between bases on a little league baseball field?

60 feet

What college once had 22 members of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on its football team?

Dartmouth, in 1925

What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics?

Tennis, at the 1900 games in Paris. Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain was the first gold medalist

What sport was the first to be filmed---and who filmed it?

The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison; the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in West Orange, New Jersey

How many home runs did baseball great Ty Cobb hit in the three world series in which he played?

None

In cross-country bike racing, what do the initials BMX represent?

Bicycle moto x (cross)

Under what name did Dr. Joshua Pim of Great Britain enter and win the Wimbledon tennis tournament in 1893?

Mr. X. Because he feared that revealing his true identity would hurt his medical practice, Pim entered under the mystery name

In 1939, what famous American athlete starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for Basketball?

Jackie Robinson, who later gained national fame playing professional baseball. At UCLA, he earned letters in baseball, basketball, football and track

What popular sport did Joe Sobek invent at the Greenwich, Connecticut, MCA in 1950?

Racquetball. Sobek designed a strung paddle racquet and handle, and combined the rules of squash and handball, to create the game he called paddle rackets

"What sports activity was originally known in England as ""plank-gliding""?"

Waterskiing. The first recorded mention of the sport in England was in 1914

Which was the first sport to have its top players named to an All-American team?

Football, in 1889. The idea originated with famed football authority Walter Camp, who picked 36 All-American teams until his death in 1925

How many world records did swimmer Mark Spitz set when he won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?

Seven--one in each of the races in which he competed

After retiring as a player, with what team did baseball great Babe Ruth spend one year as a coach?

The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938

What is the maximum weight permitted for calves in rodeo calf-roping competition?

350 pounds. The minimum is 200 pounds

What Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher hit a home run in his first major league at-bat--and never hit another?

New York Giant knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, in 1952

What baseball player hit the only home run of his 212-year major league career off his own brother?

Joe Nickro in 1976. Nickro, a pitcher with the Houston Astros, hit a four-bagger off his brother Phil, who was pitching fro the Atlanta Braves. Houston won the game, 4-3

What 1921 sporting event took up all of the first 13 pages of The New York Times --except for a little space on the front page devoted to the formal end of World War I?

The July 2nd heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and George Carpenter, the first fight to gross over $1 million in gate receipts. Dempsey won in a fourth-round knockout

In the National Football League, how many footballs is the home team required to provide for each game?

24--although from 8 to 12 are usually used

Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski hold the major league baseball record for playing the greatest number of seasons with the same team. How many years did they play-- and with what teams?

23 years. Third baseman Robinson played with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977; Carl Yastrzemski, outfielder/first baseman, played with the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1983

How long is the average pool cue?

$85,000

Under the rules outlined in the charter of the International Olympic Committee, how much pure gold must there be in each gold medal awarded to first-place winners?

At least 6 grams. Silver medals must be at least .925 sterling silver

What professional ice hockey star didn't hang up his skates until he was 52?

Gordie Howe, who played in 1,687 games in the National Hockey League

Who was the first athlete to hit a major league home run and make a professional football touchdown in the same week?

Jim Thorpe, in 1917. He did it a second time in 1919. Deion Sanders was the second athlete to accomplish the feat---70 years later in 1989

Who was the famous great-great-grandfather of San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young?

Mormon leader Brigham Young

Who was the first professional athlete to win championship rings in two major sports?

Gene Conley. He pitched for the Milwaukee Braves team that won the 1957 World Series, and was on the Boston Celtic teams that won National Basketball Association championships in 1959,1960 and 1961

How long and wide is the balance beam used in Olympic gymnastic competition?

Length, 16 feet 3 inches; width, 4 inches

How much did a one-minute TV spot cost advertisers on the first Super Bowl broadcast in 1967?

$85,000

How many of the four Grand Slam trophies in tennis are gold; how many are silver?

Only the Wimbledon trophy is gold; the others--for the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open--are sliver

How did pound cake get its name?

From the one-pound quantities of the key ingredients (sugar, butter, eggs, and flour) in the original recipe

"What breakfast food gets its name from the German word for ""stirrup""?"

The Bagel

What animal is the source of the milk used in making Roquefort cheese?

The ewe, or female sheep

How did the manufacturers of Old Grand-Dad bourbon get away with producing their whisky during Prohibition?

The marked the bottles for medicinal purposes

What popular drink did a Dutch medical professor produce in his laboratory while trying to come up with a blood cleanser that could be sold in drugstores?

Gin

In wine making, what is the must?

The juice drawn from the grapes but not yet fermented into wine

What elaborate confection was inspired by St. Bride's Church in London?

The tiered wedding cake--which was based on the tiered spire of the church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren

On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath?

The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity

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?

As chicken a la Keene--it was named in honor of Foxhall Keene, a regular at Delmonico's

What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?

Houston Texas

What drink is named for the wormwood plant?

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

Italy leads the world in pasta consumption with 61.7 pounds eaten per person per year. What country is second?

Venezuela, where the annual pasta consumption is 27.9 pounds

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

Frosted food

What two spices are derived from the fruit of the nutmeg tree?

Nutmeg, which is produced from he kernel; and mace, which is produced from the kernel's lacy covering

Which is the second longest river in Africa?

Zaire, formerly Congo

Who was Zambia's first president?

Kenneth Kuanda

Which 100-mile long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?

Suez Canal

In which country is the Aswan Dam?

Egypt

Where did Idi Amin rule from 1971-1979?

Uganda

Which country has the rand as its currency?

South Africa

What is the former name of the People's Republic of Venin?

Dohomey

In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?

Morocco

Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated in 1981?

Sadat

Which country unilaterally declared independence in November 1965?

Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe

Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984?

Burkina Faso

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

Tutankhamen

Name the East African country which lies on the equator.

Kenya

What are the two main arms of the River Nile called?

Blue Nile and White Nile

In which country did King Hassan II ascend the throne in 1961?

Morocco

Which British general was killed at Khartoum in 1885?

Gordon

On the border of which two countries is Victoria Falls?

Zambia and Zimbabwe

What is the name of the volcanic valley that runs from the Sinai peninsula to central Mozambique?

Great Rift Valley

Which actor won an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen?

Humphrey Bogart

Who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa?

Alan Paton

What is the capital of Kenya?

Nairobi

From which European country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?

Portugal

Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?

Somalia

What is the capital of Sierra Leone?

Freetown

Which country is the island of Zanzibar part of?

Tanzania

What is Africa's largest country?

Sudan

Which African country is bordered by Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Mali?

Burkino Faso

Who was the woman sentenced to six years in jail after the murder of Stompei Seipi?

Winnie Mandela

In which country are the towns of Gweru and Kwekwe?

Zimbabwe

Who was the founder of the Back to Africa movement who largely inspired Rastafarianism?

Marcus Garvey

Which African country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?

Togo

The Zambesi and which other river define the borders of Matabeleland?

Limpopo

In which mountains are Camp David?

Appalachian

"Which song say, ""The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls?"""

Sound of Silence

Who sang the title song for the Bond film A View To A Kill?

Duran Duran

In which country did General Jaruzelski impose marital law in 1981?

Poland

Who won the Oscar for directing It Happened One Night?

Frank Capra

If it is 8 a. m. in California, what time is it in Missouri?

10 a.m

In which decade of the 20th century was Ted Danson born?

1940s

Hellenikon international airport is in which country?

Greece