PEOPLE & PLACES
What Texas city claims the most restaurants, bars, and movie screens per person in America?
AUSTIN
What were the Little Rascals called before their comedies aired on television?
OUR GANG
Who was the first serving vice president to be elected president since Martin Van Buren in 1836?
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
What accompanies your steak if the waiter plops a solanum tuberosum on your plate?
A POTATO
What method of execution employed at San Quentin was ruled cruel and unusual punishment by 1996 courts?
THE GAS CHAMBER
What are the two official languages of Vatican City?
ITALIAN AND LATIN
What kids' TV show got its name from a famous Ali Baba command?
SESAME STREET
What Roman's years were numbered after he had a statue of himself inscribed "to the unconquerable god"?
JULIUS CAESAR
What term describes energy obtained from underground heat?
GEOTHERMAL
What Greek was forced to bear the sky on his shoulders for rebelling against Zeus?
ATLAS
What four U.S. state names have a double N?
CONNECTICUT, MINNESOTA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND TENNESSEE
How many male stereotypes made up the original Village People?
SIX
What could you have at dinner on December 5, 1933, that you couldn't legally have at lunch?
ALCOHOL
What's defined as a central star and all the bodies that orbit it?
A SOLAR SYSTEM
How much did it cost to mail a postcard within the U.S. in 1951?
ONE CENT
What U.S. river got its name from the Spanish word meaning "reddened" or "colored"?
COLORADO RIVER
What wise guys are inextricably linked to the phrase "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk"?
THE THREE STOOGES
What became the first fraternity in the U.S. in 1776?
PHI BETA KAPPA
What midwestern city's drivers got to gab on the first cellular telephones?
CHICAGO
What fast-food chain sports a red roof in its logo?
PIZZA HUT
What U.S. state decided to make its official vegetables the chili and frijole?
NEW MEXICO
What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall TV ratings?
THE COSBY SHOW
What country did the U.S. not trade with for 19 years until Bill Clinton rescinded the embargo in 1994?
VIETNAM
How many sharks are killed by humans for every person attacked by one?
ONE MILLION
What article of attire is known as a "corset" around police precincts?
BULLETPROOF VEST