History
hat encyclopedia's first edition, in 1771, described California as "a large country of the West Indies"?
Encyclopedia Britannica's
What former Yankee southpaw explained how to doctor a baseball in the 1977 article "Confessions of a Gunkball Artist"?
Whitey Ford
The United States gave women the right to vote in what year?
1920
1960's:
Joanne Woodward receives the first "what" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Star
What food is the leading source of salmonella poisoning
Chicken
Who saw his crew dine on wormy biscuits and rats on his fourth voyage to the New World?
Christopher Columbus
What 50-year old minor league pitcher did 57,000 fans crowd the Orange Bowl to watch in 1956?
Satchel Page
What US Amendment gave women the right to vote
19th
1960's: The United States launches the first what?
Weather Satellite
What type of lettuce was called Crisphead until the 1920s?
Iceberg Lettuce
What 19th-century president erroneously noted: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
Abraham Lincoln
What homer hitter is known as "The Big Hurt"?
Frank Thomas
According to the US government, throughout the world, the ratio of women married before their fifteenth birthday is...
1 out of 20
1 out of 30
1 out of 7
1 out of 10
1 out of 7
1970's: A ban on radio and television advertisements for what product goes into effect in the United States?
Cigarettes
What type of chocolate was first developed for public consumption in Vevey, Switzerland in 1875?
Milk Chocolate
What country used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against its Kurdish minority in the 1990s?
Iraq
What catcher replaced Mel Allen as TV announcer for the Yankees in 1964?
Joe Garagiola
The first country to give women the right to vote was:
The United States
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
New Zealand
Boxer Joe Frazier defeats whom at Madison Square Garden?
Muhammad Ali
What edible comes in crimmini, morel, oyster and wood ear varieties
Mushrooms
Who was the only American to become vice president and president after resignations?
Gerald Ford
Who has the most wins in Dodgers history-- Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax or Don Sutton?
Don Sutton
Suffrage means...
Right to vote
Where are the 1980 Winter Olympics held?
New York
What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste
Lactose