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From which of the following U.S. cities can you travel due south to Canada?
A. Detroit, MI
B. Seattle, WA
C. Chicago, IL
D. Augusta, ME
A. Detroit, MI
Starting in 2000, Amtrak's Acela Express high-speed train travels between Boston and which of these cities?
A. Miami
B. Washington, D.C.
C. Los Angeles
D. Chicago
B. Washington, D.C.
Deciphered in 1952, Linear B is an early form of what language?
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. Russian
D. Arabic
A. Greek
Put these American battle sites in geographical order, starting in the north.
A. Bunker Hill
B. Charleston
C. New Orleans
D. Gettysburg
A, D, B, C
If you were traveling eastward sampling European cheeses in each of the 4 countries where they originated, in what order would you taste the following?
A. Manchego, Gruyere, Camembert, Provolone
B. Provolone, Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere
C. Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone
D. Camembert, Provolone, Gruyere, Mancheg
C. Manchego, Camembert, Gruyere, Provolone
Which of the following wines is not the name of a grape?
A. Chablis
B. Chardonnay
C. Cabernet Sauvignon
D. Chenin Blanc
A. Chablis
Which of these was a year in the second century A.D.?
A. 63
B. 163
C. 263
D. 363
B. 163
In astronomy, what is the phenomenon known as "The Perseids"?
A. Black hole
B. Spiral galaxy
C. Meteor shower
D. Binary star
C. Meteor shower
Because it's evenly divisible by every integer between 1 and 10, what did Plato consider to be an ideal number?
A. 1,880
B. 3,450
C. 5,040
D. 7,770
C. 5,040
Put the following James Bond movies in order of their release, from the earliest to the most recent.
A. The Spy Who Loved Me
B. Live And Let Die
C. Moonraker
D. The Man With The Golden Gun
B, D, A, C
In a honeybee colony, which of the following is true of worker bees?
A. They are male
B. They cannot fly
C. They are female
D. They cannot sting
C. They are female
The U.S. icon "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what?
A. Meat inspector
B. Mail deliverer
C. Historian
D. Weapons mechanic
A. Meat inspector
Compiled by Benjamin Franklin in 1737, "The Drinker's Dictionary" included all but which of these synonyms for "drunkenness"?
A. Nimptopsical
B. Buzzey
C. Pifflicated
D. Staggerish
C. Pifflicated. Pifflicated does mean drunk, but Benjamin Franklin didn't include it in his book.
Filmed shortly after the assassination of JFK, the opening to what TV program originally showed a flag at half-mast in the background?
A. Star Trek
B. M*A*S*H
C. The Brady Bunch
D. Gilligan's Island
D. Gilligan's Island
Starting in the north and working south, put these capital cities in order.
A. Warsaw
B. Cairo
C. Reykjavik
D. Buenos Aires
C, A, B, D
What color best describes the sand of the Kalahari Desert?
A. Red
B. White
C. Gray
D. Black
A. Red
Which of these people has never won a Nobel Prize?
A. Toni Morrison
B. The Dalai Lama
C. Al Gore
D. Stephen Hawking
D. Stephen Hawking
One of the oldest continuously-inhabited places in America, the 1,000-year-old Arizona village of Oraibi is made up of members of what tribe?
A. Blackfeet
B. Cherokee
C. Hopi
D. Sioux
C. Hopi
Panama borders which of the following countries to connect Central and South America?
A. Ecuador
B. Venezuela
C. Nicaragua
D. Columbia
D. Columbia
Which of the following equals 243?
A. # of Men in U.S. Congress - # of Women
B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
C. # of Books of the Bible x # of Apostles
D. Age of Pyramids ÷ Age of Big Ben
B. # of U.S. States + # of UN Member States
Rank these 1998 films according to U.S. box office totals, starting with the biggest money maker.
A. The Waterboy
B. Titanic
C. Rush Hour
D. Saving Private Ryan
B, D, A, C
In 1947, what did Reynolds Metals Co. market to consumers for use in the kitchen?
A. Teflon-coated cookware
B. Aerosol cans
C. Aluminum foil
D. Stainless steel
C. Aluminum foil
Better known for his paintings of soup cans, Andy Warhol once made a five-hour movie showing only what?
A. A man sleeping
B. A rat in a maze
C. A flowing river
D. A television screen
A. A man sleeping
Put these philosophers in geographic order by the country of their birth, starting in the U.S. and going east.
A. Confucious
B. Hobbes
C. Plato
D. Nietzsche
B, D, C, A
Which of these cities is closer to coordinates 0°N, 0°E?
A. Accra
B. Marrakech
C. Cape Town
D. Port-Vila
A. Accra
0°N, 0°E is where the Equator and Prime Meridian meet, near West Africa. Accra, the capital of Ghana, is just about 600km north of that point.