Historic Americans
In 1891 he applied for a patent on the first American motion-picture camera.
a) Thomas Edison
b) Nicola Tesla
c) George Eastman
a) Thomas Edison
You'll find the Pompidou Centre not far from this big river.
a) the Danube
b) the Seine
c) the Rhine
b) the Seine
The prologue to this 14th c. work says 29 pilgrims are gathered at the Tabard Inn; the knight is introduced first.
a) The Decameron
b) The Canterbury Tales
c) The Lais of Marie de France
b) The Canterbury Tales
a) "'Red Sonja"
b) "White Christmas"
c) "Blue Jasmine"
b) "White Christmas"
From the Latin for "cap", the pileus is the circular cap on one of these.
a) Mushroom
b) Flower
c) Vegetable
a) Mushroom
This president left office in 1861 and left the nation on the brink of civil war--where did it all go wrong?
a) Millard Fillmore
b) Franklin Pierce
c) James Buchanan
c) James Buchanan
Lake Nasser was created by impounding the waters of this river.
a) the Nile
b) the Congo
c) the Niger
a) the Nile
This Jane Austen novel begins, "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex".
a) Sense and Sensibility
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Emma
a) Sense and Sensibility
a) "La La Land"
b) "Zombieland"
c) "Tomorrowland"
b) "Zombieland"
A xerophyte is a plant adapted to living in places where there is a shortage of this.
a) Water
b) Light
c) Nitrogen
a) Water
No grim reaper, in the 1850s his harvest machine company became the world's largest maker of farming implements.
a) John Deere
b) Cyrus McCormick
c) Eli Whitney
b) Cyrus McCormick
This "colorful" river starts in New Mexico and flows across northern Texas to join the Atchafalaya near Baton Rouge.
a) the Verde
b) the Red
c) the Brazos
b) the Red
Hazel is the leader of the rabbits and the brother of Fiver in this beloved novel by Richard Adams.
a) Redwall
b) Animal Farm
c) Watership Down
c) Watership Down
a) "Mrs. Brown"
b) "Mrs. Doubtfire"
c) "Mrs. Miniver"
c) "Mrs. Miniver"
Field peas usually have reddish-purple blossoms; garden peas have blossoms mostly of this color.
a) Blue
b) Pink
c) White
c) White
Dubbed "The Father of American Music", he composed songs like "Camptown Races" and "Oh! Suzanna".
a) Stephen Foster
b) Henry Clay Work
c) Will S. Hays
a) Stephen Foster
Virgil loved this lake of northern Italy, calling it "the greatest lake".
a) Lake Lugano
b) Lake Garda
c) Lake Como
c) Lake Como
At the beginning of a Virginia Woolf novel, it's where Mrs. Ramsay tells her son James he may go if the weather is fine.
a) the shore
b) the lighthouse
c) the park
b) the lighthouse
a) "Encino Man"
b) "Rain Man"
c) "Repo Man"
c) "Repo Man"
Southern or giant cane can reach heights of 20 feet and is a type of this tall grass.
a) Japanese knotweed
b) Bamboo
c) Cattail
b) Bamboo
The first Southern black woman elected to the house, she represented Texas from 1973 to 1979.
a) Katherine Johnson
b) Julia Ward Howe
c) Barbara Jordan
c) Barbara Jordan
This Swiss body of water is also known as Lac des Quatre Cantons.
a) Lake Varese
b) Lake Lucerne
c) Lake Constance
b) Lake Lucerne
You can be sure this David Mitchell novel consisting of 6 interlinked narratives was nominated for a 2004 Nebula Award.
a) Cloud Atlas
b) Black Swan Green
c) Ghostwritten
a) Cloud Atlas
a) "You've Got Mail"
b) "In the Good Old Summertime"
c) "The Shop Around the Corner"
c) "The Shop Around the Corner"
Petunias belong to this scientific family, as do tomatoes and bell peppers.
a) the Rose family
b) the Nightshade family
c) the Amaranth family
b) the Nightshade family