World History
What country was the scene of the Maori wars?
New Zealand
What states highest point is the lowest of all 50 states?
Florida
What other name is rubella known by?
German Measles
Who was said to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee?
Muhammad Ali
What do little children make a ring around in a childhood verse?
The rosie
What Frenchman said "Soldiers win the battles and generals get the credit"?
Napoleon
What country has Montevideo as its capital?
Uruguay
The cuspids are another name for these teeth?
Canines
What is the term for a bet before the cards are dealt in a poker game?
Ante
What is a fisherman's Bend, a sheepshank, or a bowline?
A knot
What future French president founded the Free French Movement during WWII?
Charles de Gaulle
What NYC location is popularly called the "Crossroads of the World"?
Times Square
What is another name for the sense of smell?
Olfactory sense
What two schools race their boats from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames river every year?
Oxford and Cambridge
What Cherokee Indian gave his name to a tree?
Sequoia
What defense line was supposed to keep the Germans out of France in WWII?
Maginot Line
What U.S. state capital was once called La Petite Roche?
Little Rock
What tree did early man chew the bark of to relieve head aches?
The Willow
What player-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 40's, known as the "lip", said "Nice guys finish last"?
Leo Durocher
How many years will relative newly weds have been married if they receive a Leather Anniversary gift?
Three
Who won the power struggle to succeed Lenin?
Joseph Stalin
What's the oldest public park in the U.S?
Boston Commons
What is the common name of the fluid expelled from the body by the process of lacrimation?
Tears
Who was the 14 year old Rumanian girl who stole the show at the Montreal Olympics winning 3 golds and scoring 6 perfect 10's?
Nadia Comaneci
What's the highest city, located in the Western Hemisphere, to have hosted a summer olympics?
Mexico City