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Question | Answer |
1770 portrait, the most famous work of Thomas Gainsborough | Blue Boy |
The Miami Hurricanes' home football stadium | Orange Bowl |
Denmark owns this largest island in the world | Greenland |
Site of a 1942 U.s. naval victory in World War II | Coral Sea |
This 18th century pirate's real name was Edward Teach | Blackbeard |
Established in 1872, it was the world's first national park | Yellowstone National Park |
This Italian disproved spontaeous generation | Francesco Redi |
He wrote Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | Thomas Gray |
The capital of the Yukon Territory | Whitehorse |
His detective agency broke up the Molly Maguires | Allan Pinkerton |
It was driven into the ground on May 10, 1869, at Promontory, Utah | Golden Spike |
Who founded the Methodist religion? | John Wesley |
Who founded the Islam religion? | Muhammad |
Who founded the Buddhism religion? | Siddhartha Gautama |
Who founded the Christian Science religion? | Mary Baker Eddy |
Who founded the Scientology religion? | L. Ron Hubbard |
Who founded the Seventh Day Adventist religion? | William Miller |
Who founded the Jehovah's Witnesses religion? | Charles Taze Russell |
Who founded the Mormon religion? | Joseph Smith |
Who founded the Scottish Presbyterianism religion? | John Knox |
Who founded the Taoism religion? | Lao-Tsu |
Who founded the Anglican Church religion? | Henry VIII or Parliament |
The first four books of the New Testament are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Name the next four books in the order they appear in the Bible | Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians |
TV show description: Cameras follow Philadelphia employees in their daily duties giving tickets, booting cars, and impounding vechicles | Parking Wars |
Methodist | John Wesley |
Islam | Muhammad |
Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama |
Christian Science | Mary Baker Eddy |
Scientology | L.Ron Hubbard |
Seventh Day Aventist | William Miller |
Jehovah's Witnesses | Charles Taze Russell |
Mormon | Joseph Smith |
Scottish Presbyterianism | John Knox |
Taoism | Lao-Tsu |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
Sao Paulo | Brazil |
Rotterdam | Netherlands |
Mombasa | Kenya |
Veracruz | Mexico |
Pusan | South Korea |
Dhaka | Bangladesh |
Strasbourg | France |
Benghazi | Libya |
Barranquilla | Colombia |
Wellington | New Zealand |
Comic strip written and drawn by Charles Schulz | Peanuts |
Founder of the New York Tribune; he coined "go west, young man" | Horace Greeley |
Political cartoon written and drawn by Gary Trudeau | Doonesbury |
Comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams | Dilbert |
Magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr. | George |
Magazine of the Boy Scouts | Boy's Life |
Founder of Playboy magazine | Hugh Hefner |
Military cartoon written and drawn by Mort Walker | Beetle Bailey |
Creator of the elephant and the donkey political cartoons | Thomas Nast |
Chicago newspaper whose famous headline said "Dewey Defeats Truman" | Chicago Tribune |
The first editor of Cosmopolitian magazine | Helen Gurley Brown |
Country with the longest coastline | Canada |
World's largest archipelago | Indonesia |
World's largest inland sea | Caspian Sea |
World's deepest lake | Lake Baikal |
Deepest place on earth | Marianas Trench |
Lowest point on earth | Dead Sea |
World's largest freshwater lake | Superior |
Driest country on Earth | Egypt |
Largest bay | Hudson Bay |
World's highest waterfall | Angel Falls |
highest point on Earth | Mount Everest |
Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this man is an internationally known bestselling author of legal thrillers. | John Grisham |
Only driver to rank among the Winston Cup top ten every year from 1989-2000 | Mark Martin |
After playing for Uca, he went on to play on six NBA championship teams w/ the Chicago Bulls. | Scottie Pippen |
This American general served as field marshal in the Philippine Army. | Douglas MacArthur |
What U.S. state is Fort McHenry found in? | Maryland |
What U.S. state is Mt. Saint Helens found in? | Washington |
What U.S. state is Death Valley found in? | California |
What U.S. state is Custer Battlefield found in? | Montana |
The Battle of New Orleans occured after this war was technically over | War of 1812 |
This isotope is used for archaeological dating | Carbon-14 |
Number of Muses in Greek Mythology | nine |
Olga, Masha, and Irina are the title characters of this Anton Chekhov play | The Three Sisters |
The first major mathematical theorem to be proven by a computer | Four Color Theorem |
Number of consults that ruled over Rome at any time | Two |
Buddhist way that leads to the end of suffering | Noble Eightfold Path |
The battles of Poitiers and Agincourts occured in this war | Hundred Years' War |
Number of the Beethoven symphony called the Eroica | Three or Third |
Collective name for War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
Fransico Goya painting of scene form the Peninular War | The Third of May, 1808 |
What game is Colonel Mustard a character in? | Clue |
In what game would you use only the Jack of diamonds, queen of spades, along with no cards lower than a nine in? | Pinochle |
In what game do you use the words "sounds like"? | Charades |
In what game do you use letter tiles? | Scrabble |
Give the name for two lines that are not parallel and do not intersect. | Skew lines |
What company operates the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II ocean line? | Cunard Line |
What do residents of England often call a line of people waiting for something? | queue (read:cue) |
What play features the line "O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do" spoken at a masquerade? | Romeo and Juliet |
Name any four of the six African countries through which the Equator passes, | Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda |
Tell the Show According to the Host: Jeff Probst | Survivor |
Tell the Show According to the Host: Phil Keoghan | The Amazing Race |
Tell the Show According to the Host:Ryan Seacrest | American Idol |
Tell the Show According to the Host: Cat Deeley | So You Think You Can Dance |
The adjective refers to memory that requires constant power to maintain the stored information | volatile |
Windows uses this adjective to refer to memory that is actually stored on disk | Virtual |
Frequently used data is fenerally stored in this very fast area of memory. | Cache |
This term refers to the loss of access to a part of memory because it was not freed when the program using it was closed. | memory leakage |
Old Testament book of songs written by King David | Psalms |
African country that border Ethiopia,Somalia, and Eritea. | Djibouti (zhih BOO tee) |
Animal phylum to which jellyfish belong | Cnidaria (nye DAYR ree uh) |
Shared name of 14 ancient kings of Egypt | Ptolemy (TAH luh mee) |
Author of Peace Breaks Out and A Separate Peace | John Knowles |
Brothers credited with the first airplane flight | Orville and Wilbur Wright |
China's second longest river, also called the Yellow River | Huang He (wahng HOH) |
Metamorphic rock formed from granite | gneiss (NYES) |
General term for bacterial food poisoning | ptomaine (toh MAYN) |
A word or phrase to aid in memory | mnemonic (nuh MAH nihk) |
It runs back to front in the center or sides of a church or theatre. | aisle |
This miser is in charge of a counting house and is visited by four ghosts. | Ebenezer Scrooge |
Scrooge reluctantly lets this clerk have Christmas Day off. | Bob Cratchit |
"God bless us, everyone!" is the famous line of this very ill son of Bob Cratchit | Tiny Tim |
Scrooge's former partner is this man, who appears in the novel only as a ghost. | Jacob Marley |
Founder of McDonald's Corporation. | Ray Kroc |
Female prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder trial | Marcia Clark |
Famous humorist who dies in a plane crash in Alaska. | Will Rogers |
Leader of the PLO during the year 2000. | Yasir Arafat |
Pirate whose real name was Edward Teach | Blackbeard |
Founder of the Persian Empire | Cyrus the Great |
Father of Charlemagne | Pepin the Short |
Governor of New York who got the Erie Canal built | Dewitt Clinton |
Greek shipping magnate who married Jacqueline Kennedy | Aristotle Onassis |
Chinese provisional president in 1912 | Sun Yat-sen |
American artist known for his work with birds | John James Audubon |
Nine letter word that means to move toward somebody or something; "G" | Gravitate |
To recede, like a tide; "E" | Ebb |
To move in many intersecting lines across a given point; "C" | Crisscross |
Five letter word that means "to move along a border"; "S" | Skirt |
To depart quickly, especially with a car; "P.O." | Peel Out |
Six letter word which means "to turn as if on a pivot"; "S" | Swivel |
To leap over something with the aid of a pole or your hands; "V" | Vault |
Six letter word that means "to set out from some place, usually on a trip"; "E" | Embark |
To strike a surface and rebound; "B" | Bounce |
To rush forward with a sudden thrust; "L" | Lunge |
Eight letters, meaning "to depart quickly from an endangered place"; "E" | Evacuate |
Decorating a piece of fabric with needlework, usually holding the fabric taut by fastening it in a wooden hoop. | Embroidery |
Looping and knotting heavy thread on a hand shuttle to make lace. | Tatting |
Ornamentation by making perforations in a pattern, or by cutting fabric in a saw-toothed pattern. | Pinking |
A form of knitting performed with a hooked needle. | Crocheting |
A form of wrestling popular in Japan | Sumo |
Single engine WWII fighter plane | Zero |
Japan's highest mountain | Fuji |
Japanese sect of Buddhism that aims at enlightenment through meditation | Zen |
A long robe with wide sleeves worn with a broad sash | Kimono |
The name of the board sash worn with this garment | Obi |
The name of Japan's legislautre | Diet |
The name for a Japanese emperor and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta | Mikado |
A Japanese wine made of fermented rice | Sake |
Cold rice dressed with vinegar and garnished with raw fish | Sushi |
The official flower of Japan | Cheery Blossom or Plum Blossom |
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 1999-2002 | Regis Philbin |
Jeopardy! 1984-present | Alex Trebek |
Double Dare 1986-93 | Marc Summers |
Tic Tac Dough 1978-85 | Wink Martindale |
The Price is Right 1972-2006 | Bob Barker |
Blockbusters 1980-82 | Bill Cullen |
The $25,000 Pyramid 1982-87 | Dick Clark |
Press Your Luck 1983-86 | Peter Tomarken |
Wheel of Fortune 1981-present | Pat Sajak |
Lingo 2002-present | Chuck Woolery |
Match Game PM 1975-81 | Gene Rayburn |
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