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The American Baseball Convention of 1867 prohibited pitchers from: (A) using signs (B) throwing curveballs
(B) throwing curveballs
100
Peter Barr, blind for 10 years, regained his sight when he: (A) was hit by lightning (B) pounded his hands together
(B) pounded his hands together
100
Tom Tower's bell in Christ Church, Oxford University, tolls every evening: (A) before dinner (B) 101 times
(B) 101 times
100
Wrestling events at the first Olympics had no weight divisions and: (A) no time limits (B) no rules
(A) no time limits
100
Virgil Connor, at age 92: (A) swam the English Channel (B) won a dance marathon
(A) swam the English Channel
200
Telephone booths were once constructed with ornate woodwork, stools and: (A) silk curtains (B) mirrors
(A) silk curtains
200
Marlene Dietrich, in 1933, was asked by the police to leave Paris because she was: (A) refusing to speak French (B) wearing pants
(B) wearing pants
200
There are only three trees in: (A) Antarctica (B) The Gobi Desert
(B) The Gobi Desert
200
John de Vilbiss and Jack Hawkins crossed the U.S.A. in 10 weeks on: (A) sail powered tricycles (B) roller skates
(A) sail powered tricycles
200
A fakir in Morocco regularly: (A) slept on a bed of nails (B) ate scorpions
(B) ate scorpions
300
The Sherpas of Nepal, patch the soles of their feet with: (A) darning needles and string (B) yak ears
(A) darning needles and string
300
The town of Ganvie, Benin, West Africa was built: (A) on stilts (B) in a cave
(A) on stilts
300
The koala bear never: (A) drinks (B) sleeps
(A) drinks
300
The Bontocs of Luzon, Philippines, play flutes with their: (A) feet (B) noses
(B) noses
300
17th century writer Cyrano de Bergerac predicted: (A) rockets to the moon (B) television
(A) rockets to the moon
400
Tibetans put salt in their: (A) tea (B) wounds
(A) tea
400
Author Christy Brown typed his first book with: (A) his nose (B) his left foot
(B) his left foot
400
Colin Ostle lassoed: (A) an eagle (B) a shark
(B) a shark
400
Berbers of the Draa Valley, Morocco: (A) worship the whale (B) have blue skin
(B) have blue skin
400
The Roman calendar that was used before 46 B.C. was divided into: (A) 60 weeks (B) 13 months
(B) 13 months
500
Yaupa died in 1899 at the age of 130 from: (A) measles (B) a common cold
(A) measles
500
The Cradock House, built in Medford, Massachusetts in 1636, is the oldest house in the United States built of: (A) wood (B) brick
(B) brick
500
Tobacco oil is widely used in: (A) perfumes (B) nail polish
(A) perfumes
500
Hummingbirds are so small they can nest and hatch their eggs in a: (A) teaspoon (B) teacup
(A) teaspoon
500
A monument in Columbia, South Carolina, was erected to a: (A) bed (B) cloud
(A) bed
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