Geography
What is Earth's largest continent?
Asia-Currently, Asia is Earth's largest continent at approximately 17,300,000 square miles
Who was awarded the very first gold record?
The Beatles
Perry Como
Elvis Presley
Nat King Cole
Perry Como-
Although there were earlier publicity stunts involving records sprayed with gold lacquer, the actual award recognized today as a Gold Record was first awarded to Perry Como in 1958 for his recording of "Catch a Falling Star".
In Bewitched, what part of her body does Samantha twitch to practice magic?
Nose
What Hollywood starlet was arrested for shoplifting from the Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills?
Winona Ryder
What conflict was known as "The War to End All Wars"?
WW1
What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?
Chile
What is the oldest surviving musical instrument?
Flute-An ancient bone flute, estimated to be about 43,000-82,000 years old
What was the longest running of the "fantasy sitcoms" that dominated the airwaves in the mid 1960s?
I dream of Jeannie
Bewitched
The Adams Family
The Munsters
Bewitched
Who was the first major American celebrity whose AIDS diagnosis became public knowledge?
Rock Hudson
Clarke Gable
Magic Johnson
Issan Ismov
Rock Hudson-The revelation that Hudson was gay was almost as surprising as the announcement of his terminal illness because he had been a Hollywood leading man for three decades. He died on October 2, 1985, of complications resulting from the disease
How old was the youngest American serviceman in World War II?
12
What country has the most natural lakes?
India
USA
Canada
Australia
Canada
What did Freddie Mercury attribute his enhanced vocal range to?
Larger Lungs
Extra teeth
Practice
Genetics
Extra Teeth-Mercury was born with four extra teeth and attributed his enhanced vocal range to this. He refused to have his teeth fixed, fearing it would affect his vocal ability.
In what reality TV show are contestants eliminated in "tribal council"?
Survivor
In a bizarre bit of celebrity behavior, who dangled his baby from the third-floor balcony of a German hotel on November 20, 2002?
Michael Jackson
During what war did Florence Nightingale help to found modern nursing?
Crimean
WW1
First Barbary War
First Boer War
Crimean War -Florence Nightingale came to prominence during the Crimean War, where she organized the tending to wounded soldiers. She gave nursing a highly favorable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
In what country can you visit Machu Picchu?
Peru
What was the first rock-n-roll song to hit #1 on the charts?
Rock Around The Clock
Which character stays behind in Korea in the series finale of M*A*S*H?
Klinger
Colonel Potter
Hawkeye
Klinger
Before his big Hollywood break, Harrison Ford worked as a _________.
Roadie
Body Painter
Fragrance Chemist
Feug Shui Consultant
Roadie of the doors
What military leader spread Greek culture from his native Macedonia to the Indian subcontinent?
Alexander the Great
Which African nation has the most pyramids?
Sudan
Egypt
Libya
Nigeria
Sudan
What singer is known as the "Empress of the Blues"?
Etta James
Bessie Smith
MA Rainey
Dinah Washington
Bessie Smith, the greatest of all blues singers, is known as the "Empress of the Blues".
What TV show is credited for a massive surge of applications for courses in forensic science?
CSI
What Hollywood power couple announced they were separating on January 7, 2005?
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
What woman disguised herself as a man and fought alongside her husband during the American Civil War?
Harriet Tubman
Malina Blalock
Clara Barton
Malinda Blalock-Instead of separating from her beloved Keith, Malinda Blalock decided to escape with him by enrolling in the 26th North Carolina Regiment too. She secretly dressed as a young man, cutting her hair and wearing male clothing. The couple would eventually cross Confederate lines and join the Union partisans in the mountains of western North Carolina.