History
How many days after John F. Kennedy's assassination was Lee Harvey Oswald shot
two
What state university is in Charlottesville
University of Virginia
What traditionally tops the meat in shepherds pie
mashed potatoes
What sporting event closes the Champs-Elysees every year in July
end of the Tour-de-France
What war added "jeep" and "quisling" to the English language
World War II
What began August 15, 1960 on Max Yasgur's dairy farm
The Woodstock Music Festival
What country is home to Europe's largest engineering firm Siemens AG
Germany
What fruit comes in these varieties Bartlett and Bose
pears
What hockey violation is committed when the puck travels across the red line and the goalie without being touched
(think I)
icing
How many volumes make up J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series
three
From what country did Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria fight to win their independence
France
What is the world's most populous country that drives on the left
(think former colony)
India
What was the first food frozen by Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of frozen foods
fish
How long is a marathon race
26.2 miles
What author named his character for Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What was Woodrow Wilson's post (job) before entering politics
President of Princeton University
After almost four hundred years of fruitless searching , what was finally navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1906
(think what were the early explorers looking for)
The Northwest Passage
What drink is made from fermented water yeast and honey
(old, old drink)
Mead
What was the first National Hockey League team in the United States
(1924)
Boston Bruins
Where is Michelangelo's "Pieta"
(think church)
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
What age followed the "Bronze Age"
The Iron Age
What U.S. city's flag features a blue 'flour-de-lis' representing both its French namesake and the three rivers that converge there
(think midwest)
St. Louis
What Canadian company is North America's oldest brewery
(M)
Molson (1786)
What Hall of Fame pitcher is baseball's winningest lefty ever
( think Braves and W.S. )
Warren Spahn
Who created "Doonesbury"
(think G. T.)
Gary Trudeau