People and Places
What kind of oil did "America's Oldest Filling Station" in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, fill stagecoach lamps with in 1821?
Whale Oil
What Axis country surrendered six days after after Allies stormed its mainland?
Italy
What machine is most often used in a lie detector test?
A polygraph
Who is the "large green inner child" David Banner is said to be ruled by?
The Hulk
What does the hopeful Latin phrase pacem in terris mean?
Peace on Earth
What is the correct spelling of the Plains Indian abodes often misspelled "T-E-E-P-E-E"?
T-I-P-I
What college gave Ban Franklin his first honorary degree in 1753, even though he had only two years of former schooling?
Harvard College
What fossil fuel is currently the most abundant?
Coal
What 1960's star is the most popular film actress ever, according to top 10 lists kept by Quigley Publishing since 1933?
Doris Day
How many inches square are U.S. passport photos?
Two // 2x2
What are well-fed Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London better known as?
Beefeaters
What Russian statesman killed his son Ivan in a fit of rage in 1581?
Ivan the Terrible // Ivan
What is the term for an adult male pig?
Boar
What movie remake featured Robert De Niro with 37 tattoos, including one of his own?
Cape Fear
What founding father did the U.S. Congress anem its Internet site after?
Thomas Jefferson
What city's first subway line was called the Metropolitan, in 1862?
London
What leader of Huns died from a nosebleed on his wedding night, in 453 A.D.?
Attila
How many of every ten insect species have yet to be identified? 3, 7, or 9?
9
What TV show had over 1,000 guests stars as "passengers" over nine seasons from 1977?
The Love Boat
What oil outfit had 14,151 service stations, tops in the U.S., by 1992?
Texaco
What library boats 600 miles of shelves?
The Library of Congress
What archipelago lost an estimated one million of its citizens in the war against Japan from 1941 to 1945?
The Philippines
What car model accounted for half the autos in the world in 1920?
Model T Ford
What Shakespearean character is most often paired with Rosencrantz?
Guildenstern
What's an ambulatory camisole better known as in mental hospitals?
A straight jacket
Which U.S. state has made the most frequent use of lethal injections?
Texas
What U.S. president officially recognized Israel?
Harry S Truman
What is the deepest major root many deciduous trees use to tap into ground moisture?
A taproot
What is the subtitle of the second Ace Ventura movie?
When Nature Calls
What item measuring 42" tall by 13" wide by 4" thick, does the U.S. government provide for free to veterans?
A headstone
What holy place are followers of Islam duty-bound to visit at least once?
Mecca
Who was Israel's first native-born prime minister?
Yitzhak Rabin
What four legged household animal was selected to test the first electric toothbrush?
a Dog
How many of the 7 dwarfs have beards?
6
What four-letter word, starting with the letter F, did humorist Fran Lebowitz say was "an important part of a balanced diet"?
Food
What did the U.S. Board on Geographic Names strip from Harpers Perry and Jamestown?
Apostrophes
What controversial drug guru booked passage for seven grams of his remains to be launched into space, just before dying in 1996?
Timothy Leary
What were all the U.S. auto exhaust systems fitted with, starting in 1975?
Catalytic Converters
Who had 149 singles on the Billboard Hot 100chart from 1956 to 1990?
Elvis Presley
What brand of cookie do the pigs run for, in Swifty Swine Productions' Pig Races?
Oreo
Which animals won the most military medals during World War II?
Pigeons