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100

How many laps comprise the Indianapolis 500?

200

100

This California national park is home to the highest waterfall in the US.

Yosemite National Park

100

The Georgia Peach

Ty Cobb

100

Switzerland

Franc

100

Which England king had six wives?

Henry VIII

200

Which college football tam has a children's hospital overlooking the playing field to which fans wave at the end of every first quarter?

University of Iowa

200

What stone monument tributes four very important people

Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

200

Leader of the Rough Riders

Teddy Roosevelt

200

South Africa

Rand

200

Who wrote the plays Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare

300

Prior to becoming president of the United States, which state did Barack Obama represent in the US Senate?

Illinois

300

What national park is visited by 13 million people annually making it the most visited park in the US

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

300

The girl with the curls

Shirley Temple

300

Japan

Yen

300

Who was the first prime minister of Britian

Margaret Thatcher

400

If you land at George H.W.Bush International Airport, what city would you you be in?

Houston

400

Which California park is home to the world's tallest trees?

Redwood National Park

400

The Brown Bomber

Joe Louis

400

China

Yuan

400

Who developed the dot system that helps the blind read

Louis Braille

500

In the Homestead Act of 1862, how many acres of land were settles awarded?

160 acres

500

What was the tallest skyscaper in the world for 41 years

Empire State Building

500

King of Late Night TV

Johnny Carson

500

United Kingdom

Pound

500

Which queen ruled England at the time of the Spanish Armada? QE1

Queen Elizbeth I

600

What is the largest country in Southj America?

Brazil

600

Which park is the site of the largest battle of the Civil War

Gettysburg National Park

600

Peanut farmer

Jimmy Carter

600

India

Rupee

600

Which author wrote the book with characters Fagin and a gang of child theives?

Charles Dickens

700

In the 1977 film "Smokey and the Bandit, which brand of beer is the Bandit trying to transport from Atlanta to Texarkana?

Coors

700

What is the oldest national park in the US. . .incepted in 1872

Yellowstone National Park

700

The Bard of Avon

Shakespeare

700

Germany

Deutsche mark

700

Who was the wife of the Eqyptian pharaoh whose sandstone bust has made her image famous

Nefertiti

800

Which organ cleans approximately 50 gallons of blood every day?

The liver

800

277 miles of the Colorado River runs through which park in Arizona?

Grand Canyon National Park

800

The rail splitter

Abraham Lincoln

800

France

Franc

800

Who was the British Prime minister who served during WWII?

Winston Churchill

900

What interstate goes through Spokane and Minneapolis on the way to Chicago?

Interstate 90

900

What national park is 282 feet below sea level. . .the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere

Death Valley

900

The Lone Eagle

Charles Lindbergh

900

Italy

Lira

900

Which king was believed to live at Camelot?

King Arthur

1000

Who was the first secretary of the treasury in the history of the United States?

Alexander Hamilton

1000

What national monument is the symbol of freedom and democracy?

Statue of Liberty

1000

The Duce

Mussolini


1000

Mexico

Peso

1000

Where was Florence Nightingale born?

Florence, Italy

1100

In Greek mythology, who is the god of the sea? Popular movie uses the name P Adventure

Poseiden

1100

Which area in New Orleans hosts the Mardi Gras celebration?

Bourbon Street OR the French Quarter

1100

Scarface

A Capone

1100

Russia

Ruble

1100

What queen led a revolt agasint Rome rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60?

The Celtic queen Boadica

1200

What type of poem consists of 14 lines, with eah line consisting of 10 syllables. Shakespeare wrote 154 of them

Sonnet

1200

Main Street USA serves as the entrance to this famous theme park

Disney Land or Disney World

1200

Schnozzola

Jimmy Durante

1200

Argentina

Peso

1200

Where was President Lincoln shot?

Ford's Theater

1300

Which scientist named the third law of physicis that states "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?"

Isaac Newton

1300

What water attractions straddles the U.S. - Canadian boarder?

Niagra Falls

1300

The Professional Virgin

Doris Day

1300

Canada

dollar

1300

Who was the first president served by Secret Service (His nickname was "General"

Harry Truman

1400

Which presidential library is located in Yorba Linda, CA

Richard Nixon

1400

What mountain has the highest peak in the U.S.

Mount McKinley

1400

The Little Tramp

Charlie Tramp

1400

Vietnam

Dong

1400

Who was the US Army officer and Union Major general that invented baseball?

Abner Doubleday