History
What president proposed and established The Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy
What country is governed by a legislature called The Diet
Japan
What does the Kelvin scale measure
temperature
What is the second jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown
The Preakness Stakes
According to Erma Bombeck best seller where is the grass always greener
over the septic tank
From what historically black Atlanta college did Martin Luther King Jr. graduate
Morehead
Earl Warren and Jerry Brown were both governors of what state
California
In the Northern Hemisphere the day with the latest sunrise falls in what month
January
(due to the earth's elliptical and tilt)
What is the only Grand Slam tennis event still played on grass
Wimbledon
What poem starts with "on the eighteenth of April in seventy-five: hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year"
Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What was the Allies' code name Operation Overlord was the code name for what
The D-Day invasion
Where are U. S. coins with a "D" minted
Denver
What is the snooty nickname applied to gases like neon, argon,krypton and xenon that refuse to interact with other elements
Noble (or inert) gases
What movie star founded Hole in the Wall summer camps for ill children
Paul Newman
Cindy Lou Who witnessed what crime
The Grinch stealing Christmas
What fashion icon died in 1971 at the suite at the Paris Hilton Ritz now named for her, where she'd lived for decades
Coco Chanel
What Danish peninsula lent its name to the largest naval battle of World War I
Jutland
What measurement is derived from the rope to which a boat's "chip log" was tied
The Knot
What basketball player was known as 'The Big O'
Oscar Robinson
What Dutch painter painted "The Girl With the Pearl Earing"
Jan Vermeer
What king was forced to witness the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215
King John
What flower symbolizes the throne of the Japanese emperor
the chrysanthemum
What gas makes up 96 percent of the atmosphere of Venus but just .04 percent of our atmosphere
Carbon dioxide
Who is the only man to have won the Olympic decathlon twice
hint: B.M.
Bob Mathias
What is the highest pitched instrument in the orchestra
a piccolo