World History
What country try did King Gustav V reign over from 1907-1950?
Sweden
What city is home to the University of Nebraska?
Lincoln
When he learned he was no longer an ______ to his fathers estate it knocked the ______ out of his balloon?
Heir-Air
What sport do you throw bombs in?
Football
What actress made a million by the age of ten?
Shirley Temple
What happened to the Archbishop of Krakow in 1978?
He became Pope John Paul II
What did the memorial at Golden Spike, Utah commemorate?
Completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
I came _______ to _________ his speech?
Here, Hear
In what city are track and field's Millrose games held?
New York City
What book did Dickens call "a ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an idea"?
A Christmas Carol
What part of Britain was occupied by the Germans in World War II?
The Channel Islands
What country has sovereignty over the Galápagos Islands?
Ecuador
All efforts to find the bleeder were for naught?
Vein, Vain
What distance running event was increased by 385 yards so Edward VII could see the finish line better?
The Marathon
What was the American fiction book, published in 1936, bestseller '36 and '37, Pulitzer in 1937, Oscar in 1939?
Gone With the Wind
What war featured the Charge of the Light Brigade?
Crimean War
What is known as Sewards Folly?
The purchase of Alaska
The bloom of this grain is milled into a useful baking product?
Flower, Flour
What 17 year old American won the U.S. and the Olympic decathlon championships in 1948? Think BM.
Bob Mathias
What did Longfellow say "must fall...into every life"?
Rain
What Asian leader was known as "The Little Brown Saint"?
Mahatma Gandhi
What South American city has the world's highest commercial airport?
La Paz, Bolivia
If I blend these two liquors it will lead to a cheerful party?
Marry, Merry
What water sportsmen are divided into naturals and goofy-foots?
Surfers
Who was Sherlock Holme's archenemy?
Professor Moriarty