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100

Which is the third largest Mediterranean island after Sicily and Sardinia?

Cyprus

100

What is the capital of Canada?

Ottawa

100

What nursery rhyme character was warned that the cow was in the corn?

Little Boy Blue

100

What bird lays the largest eggs?

Ostrich

100

What French word for sled is given to a Winter Olympic event?

luge

200

What New York location is popularly called the Crossroads of the World?

Times Square

200

What was banned in Mississippi in 1907 and did not become legal there again until 1966?

Alcohol

200

What town in northern Italy is the home of Valentine and Proteus, Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen"?

Verona

200

What is the only dog rated above the Basset Hound for its sense of smell?

Bloodhound

200

What Winter Olympic sport requires players to slide stones at houses?

Curling

300

What is the world's largest volcano?

Mauna Loa

300

What language joins Chinese, English, Russian, French and Spanish to complete the six official languages of the U.N.?

Arabic

300

What song in The Sound of Music do Julie Andrews and the von Trapps reprise in the folk festival?

Do-Re-Mi

300

What berry has the highest antioxidant?

blackberry

300

Which two classic Monopoly game tokens are articles that can be worn?

shoe and top hat

400

Which U.S. city's "Elvis Wedding Chapel" advertises The best wedding with best value?

Las Vegas

400

Who is the only president to be buried in Washington, D.C.?

Woodrow Wilson

400

Whose assassination was announced to the cat of My Fair Lady by Audrey Hepburn after filming Wouldn't It Be Loverly in November 1963?

John F. Kennedy's assassination

400

What name is given to male rhinoceroses?

Bulls

400

What world record did Jesse Owens hold for 25 years and Bob Beamon for 23 years?

long jump

500

Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was situated approximately 50 miles south of modern Baghdad?

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

500

Which structure in Rome is the best preserved Roman building and the oldest important building in the world with its roof intact?

The Pantheon

500

Whose painting "London, the Parliament, Effects of the Sun in the Fog" sold for over $20 million in 2004?

Claude Monet's

500

What did Clive Sinclair call the world's first pocket calculator, launched in 1972?

Sinclair Executive

500

Who beat Bobby Riggs in tennis' famous Battle of the Sexes?

Billie Jean King