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100
In Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair and could turn people into stone if they looked at her?
Medusa
100
If you were in the Gobi Desert, what continent would you be on?
Asia
100
Which peasant girl led the French army at Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War?
Joan of Arc
100
In physics, for every action there is an equal and opposite what?
Reaction
100
What makes the blue colour in blue cheese?
Mould...
100
Who said this: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
200
Australia was originally created to serve as a British ______ colony.
Penal
200
Angel Falls at 979 metres (3,212 ft) is the world's tallest waterfall in which country?
a) Costa Rica
b) Turkey
c) Venezuela
d) Vietnam
Venezuela
200
Which writing system is the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet and, hence, of all Western alphabets?
a) Phoenician alphabet
b) Runic alphabet
c) Gothic alphabet
d) Etruscan alphabet
a) Phoenician alphabet
200
Fossilized tree resin is known as what?
Amber
200
What is the main ingredient in meringue, which makes it light and fluffy?
Egg whites
200
A famous passage from the Bible, the Twenty-third Psalm begins with the line “The Lord is my” what?
Shepard
300
Which of these Oscar-winning musicals features a lead actress whose singing was largely dubbed by another performer?
a) My Fair Lady
b) The Sound of Music
c) West Side Story
d) Chicago
a) My Fair Lady
300
What two countries are separated by the Khyber Pass?
a) Spain and France
b) India and Nepal
c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
d) Italy and Switzerland
c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
300
Which U.S. president introduced the New Deal to combat the effects of the Great Depression?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
d) Woodrow Wilson
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
a) African Elephant
b) Blue Whale
c) Giraffe
d) Rhinoceros
c) Giraffe
300
What was the best selling beer in the world during the 1990s?Hint
a) Heineken
b) Budweiser
c) Miller Lite
d) Corona
b) Budweiser
300
What world leader popularised the expression 'The Iron Curtain' ?
Winston Churchill
400
Which of these famous people was never married to his first cousin?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Charles Darwin
d) Edgar Allen Poe
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt (He and Eleanor were 5th cousins!)
400
The Palace of Knossos (ruins) is on what island in the Mediterranean?
Crete
400
Frequently cited as the counterpart to the CIA, what was the name of the Soviet intelligence agency?
KGB
400
What is the only continent with no native species of ants?
Antarctica
400
Popular in India, paneer is a type of which food?
a) Cheese
b) Bread
c) Lentil
d) Yogurt
a) Cheese
400
Which Country & Western singer is quoted as saying "It takes an awful lot of money to look this cheap."
Dolly Parton
500
What is the most common name for a pub in Britain?
a) The Crown
b) The Red Lion
c) The King’s Arms
d) The White Hart
b) The Red Lion
500
What city was once called Bombay?
Mumbai, India
500
What was Agent Orange used for during the Vietnam War?
a) To kill vegetation and destroy food crops
b) To treat wounded soldiers
d) As a chemical weapon against enemy forces
c) To mark enemy targets for airstrikes
a) To kill vegetation and destroy food crops
500
Golden hamsters are commonly kept as pets. Nearly all are descended from a small group captured in 1930. From what country did the original hamsters come?
a) the United States
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Mongolia
d) Syria
d) Syria
500
Created during the Great Depression, what snack was named after a fancy hotel?
"Ritz" Cracker
500
Pop Artist Andy Warhol famously said “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for ___ minutes.”
15
600
Which insect-eating animal has also been used as a term for a nagging or scolding woman, and appears in the title of a Shakespeare play?
Shrew
600
The Amazon river pushes so much water into the _____________ that, more than a hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean and drink it.
Atlantic
600
Who was Karl Marx’s associate and fellow political theoretician?
a) Friedrich II
b) Friedrich Nietzsche
d) Friedrich Reich
c) Friedrich Engels
c) Friedrich Engels
600
What is the atmosphere on Mars mostly composed of?
a) Helium
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Nitrogen
c) Carbon dioxide
600
Which meat dish is named after a 19th-century Russian count?
a) Beef Wellington
b) Steak Diane
c) Beef Stroganoff
d) Chicken Kiev
c) Beef Stroganoff
600
“If you can remember the ___, then you weren’t really there,” which decade is this in reference to?
The 60s
700
All the continents on the Earth at one time were part of one super continent before plate tectonics began breaking them apart. What is the name given to this continent?
Pangea
700
On what river does China’s Three Gorges Dam lie?
a) the Huangpu River
b) the Yellow River
c) the Mekong River
d) the Yangtze River
d) the Yangtze River
700
This 1215 document forced an English king to accept limits on royal power and is often cited as a foundation of constitutional government.
The Magna Carta
700
How many times larger is the radius of the Sun than that of the Earth?
a) 1,025
b) 109
c) 10
d) 4.8
b) 109
700
One of the "mother sauces" of French cuisine, which sauce is traditionally made from a white roux and milk?
Béchamel
700
"You have sent me a Flanders mare" was said about Anne of Cleves by whom?
Henry VIII
800
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 were called "Little Boy" and...
"Fat Man"
800
Which country would come first in an alphabetical list of countries
Afghanistan
800
Who was known as the Iron Chancellor?
a) Wilhelm II
b) Hermann Goering
c) Winston Churchill
d) Otto von Bismarck
d) Otto von Bismarck
800
What is the only letter that does not appear in the symbol of any chemical element?
J
800
A staple in mob movie meals,”gabagool” is one pronunciation of capicola,a type of Italian what?
Cured meat
800
Eleanor Roosevelt famously described what military branch as having “the cleanest bodies,the filthiest minds,the highest morale”?
Marines
900
Which famous play tells the story of the Salem witch trials?
The Crucible
900
What is the world's largest volcanic island?
a) Sumatra
b) Honshu
c) North Island,NZ
d) Java
Sumatra
900
What is the name of the megalithic monument located on the Salisbury Plain, England, that was built between 3000 and 1520 BCE?
Stonehenge
900
What is the only organ in the human body capable of regenerating a significant portion of itself?
The liver
900
What fruit is depicted in this famous Chinese painting?
a) Kumquat
b) Peaches
c) Persimmons
d) Oranges
c) Persimmons "Six Persimmons"
900
Complete the Quote "Alas! Poor Yorick! I knew him, ____ ?"
Horatio (Hamlet)
1000
Known only by her headgear, what never-identified woman was seen taking pictures at JFK’s fatal motorcade?
Babushka Lady
1000
What island is known as the Spice Island
Zanzibar
1000
What was the name of the uprising in China from 1899–1901 against foreign influence?
The Boxer Rebellion
1000
Which hormone, produced by the corpus luteum, is primarily responsible for maintaining pregnancy by preparing and sustaining the uterine lining?
Progesterone
1000
Avoided by the ancient Greeks and Romans - because of its association with poverty - which grain was later embraced by Scandinavia and parts of eastern Europe and used in many very popular breads?
Rye
1000
What actress said "When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better."
Mae West