History
What five young ladies were born on May 28,1934
The Dionne Quintuplets
What harbor is overlooked by Victoria Peak
Hong Kong
What common English word comes from the Latin word for 'salt' for the Roman practice of paying their soldiers with salt
salary
What future secretary of state became America's first five-star general in December 1944
George Marshall
What two U.S. states have the word mountain in their official nicknames
Vermont The Green Mountain State
West Virginia The Mountain State
What is a sommelier
French for wine stewart
What major league team has won two World Series as a wild card
Florida Marlins
Whom did the Daughters of the American Revolution bar from singing at Constitution Hall in 1936
Marion Anderson
Chablis is in the northernmost district of what French wine region
Burgundy
What thin cotton fabric used in summer suits takes its name from Persian words for 'milk and honey'
seersucker
What poker hand are you holding if you have 'two fish-hooks'
Two jacks
Until "Ben-Hur" broke its record what was the best selling novel of the nineteenth century
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What Indian tribe defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Sioux
What mountain range contains the world's highest mountains not located in Asia
The Andes
What is the more common name for fata morgana
hint: desert
mirage
Who was the first coach of the Green Bay Packers
hint: think field name
Curly Lambeau
Who opened her first school in Rome's 'Casa del Bambini' in 1907
Maria Montessori
Thimpu, the world's only capital city with no traffic lights, is the capital of what tiny kingdom.
hint: I have been there and talked about it
hint: gross national happiness
Bhutan
What common English word comes from the Latin word for 'lead' for the Roman practice of making water pipes out of lead
plumbing
What are the "ten" referred to when a surfer "hangs ten" on a wave
his ten toes