History
In 1979 a Chinese farmer digging a well discovered an 8,000 "army" made go what
Terra Cotta
What nation does Panama "attach" onto in South America
Colombia
What black store is the most common volcanic rock on earth
basalt
What must be manufactured by Victorinox or Wenger to be official
Swiss Army knives
What kind of animal was "My Friend Flicka"
horse
What army was founded by "General" William Booth
Salvation Army
The seismic belt called the Ring of Fire surrounds what body of water
The Pacific Ocean
What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond
blue
In what sport would you see a scrum
Rugby
What does the Protagonist in "The Gift of the Magi" sell to buy a watch fob
her hair
What wasn't banned in the U. S. until 1972, a full decade after Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring"
DDT
The majority of English Commonwealth realms are found on what continent
North America
What word for a retired professor comes from the Latin for "having earned a discharge"
emeritus
What color is one-ball in a traditional pocket billiard set
yellow
What U.S. skyscraper's exterior ornamentation includes radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood-ornament eagles on the sixty-first floor
The Chrysler Building
During "The Great Upheaval" in 1755 and again in 1763. Who was expelled from Canada
French Acadians
What Canadian Island was named for the father of Queen Victoria
Prince Edward Island
What company's famous plaid pattern is called "nova check"
Burberry's
Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times
(Think B.M.)
Billy Martin
According to Opera America what Nagasaki-set work is the most performed opera in North America
Madame Butterfly
Canada Prime Minister Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for defusing what world crisis
The Suez crisis
In what city would you find the fashionaable Dupont Circle neighborhood
Washington, D.C.
An "umiak" is a larger version of what
(Think Inuit, Aleut)
kayak
In the nineteenth century what Swiss-born carriage maker switched over to making bowling balls and billiard tables
(Think J. B.)
John Brunswick
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas
Narnia