History
What nation did Hitler attack in the disastrous Operation Barbarossa
The Soviet Union
Russia
What ancient city was discovered under the Turkish hill of Hisarlik
Troy
Walter Reed of V.A. hospital fame was the surgeon who first discovered the transmission vector of what disease
Yellow Fever
What sport has you herringboning to get uphill
skiing
What musical takes place in the Kit Kat Klub
Cabaret
What English explorer discovered and named Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
Member of what nation's security force must be by law citizens of Switzerland
The Vatican
According to the World Health Organization what is the world's deadliest animal
the mosquito
What famed golf links were the first public course ever to be selected by Golf Digest as America's best
Pebble Beach
What was the pen name of English novelist Mary Ann Evans
hint G E
George Elliot
Who invented the first commercially successful revolver.
Samuel Colt
The Island of Murano is famous for making what
glass
What drug was named for Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams
Morphine
What golfer was known as "The Golden Bear"
Jack Nicklaus
What magazine debuted in December 1953
hint M.M. cover
Playboy
What Norwegian was the United Nations' first secretary general
Tyrgve Lie
What country is a member of NATO despite having no standing army
Iceland
What 1942 invention of Dr. Harry Coover was used to close wounds in Vietnam
superglue (cyanoacrylate)
What is the most widely played card game in the world
solitaire
What nationality was Aladdin
hint: not Arab
Chinese
What ended the Crimean War, the Spanish American War, the Seven Years War and the American Revolution
A Treaty of Paris
Perth is the capital of Western Australia. Because it is 1,300 miles from its closest neighbor. It is consided to be the most "? what" capital in the world
most isolated
What controversial pil received FDA approval for distribution in 1960
Bityh control pill
What is the better know name of the card game Twenty-one
Blackjack
What humorist wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
(J. T.)
James Thurber