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It’s the only continent with no active volcanoes.
What is Australia?
The name for this news agency means “peninsula,” referring to the Arabian Peninsula.
What is Al Jazeera?
The original title of the 1895 novel was The Chronic Argonauts.
What is The Time Machine?
This country’s leaders have included Yusof Ishak, Benjamin Sheares and Lee Kuan Yew.
What is Singapore?
After more than 150 years, he’s still the tallest president in U.S history
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was born in Connecticut in 1800 and hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859.
Who was John Brown?
This word for a friend comes from the Latin for “with whom you would eat bread.”
What is a companion?
The blonde preferred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
The first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, Henry Cisneros was mayor of this Texas city from 1981-1989.
What is San Antonio?
Within a 3 1/2 year period, he became mayor of Buffalo, governor of New York, and president of the U.S.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The last time there were no living former presidents was when this man was president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This 1951 Humphrey Bogart film was based on a book by C.S. Forester.
What is The African Queen?
The make of car that starts up immediately after 200 years in Woody Allen’s Sleeper.
What is the Volkswagen Beetle?
In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb.
What is New Mexico?
Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.
What is the Greenback Party?
It’s the only island whose territory makes up parts of 3 different independent nations
What is Borneo?
In 1984, in the first of the films featuring this character, he only has 21 lines, for a total of 133 words.
Who is The Terminator?
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starred in this 2016 movie together.
What is La La Land?
In his teens, this Pittsburgh “pickle king” was running a business to supply grocers with fresh produce.
Who is Henry Heinz?
Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years.
Who is Noah Webster?
All that is known about her life is limited to nine days in August 1587.
Who is Virginia Dare?
This famous PBS bird has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
Who is Big Bird?
Creators of Casper say this film’s logo plagiarized one of their characters.
What is Ghostbusters?
Opened in 1937, it got its name in response to the George Washington Bridge, north of it.
What is the Lincoln Tunnel?
In 1875 this Tammany Hall “boss” escaped from prison and fled to Cuba and then to Spain.
Who is William Magear “Boss” Tweed?