History/Geography
What city boasts the world's highest subway?
Mexico City
What TV newsman was the unlikely quizmaster for 1953's short lived It's News to Me?
Walter Cronkite
What literary character confronts The Lorry, The Duck, The Dodo, The Eaglet and The Crab in a pool of her own tears?
Alice
What did pessimist Hyman L. Lipman add to pencils in 1858?
Erasers
What was dubbed the "Boston Game," as played by Harvard teams starting in 1869?
Football
What rental firm offers patrons an "Adventure in Moving"?
U-Haul
Who copped a Tony in 1965 as best musical actress for her part in Flora, The Red Menace?
Liza Minnelli
What British author followed up The Eye of the Needle with Triple?
Ken Follett
What's a "Lumbar puncture" better known as?
A spinal tap
How many playing pieces of each color are there in Chinese checkers?
Ten
What country boasts Boothia Peninsula, dubbed The Home of the North Magnetic Pole?
Canada
What silent screen star had a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park named for him?
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
What was the handicap of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges?
Blindness
What was the first airship to operate on a transatlantic passenger service?
The Graf Zeppelin
What two words appear on the screen when you've taken your last hit in Missile Command?
The End
What was the first state to enact a "no fault" divorce law, on July 6, 1970?
California
How many hours did you have to watch TV to see all of the show Roots?
twelve
Can adverbs modify adjectives?
Yes
Do pigs have sweat glands?
No
How many points in the ace worth in Rummy?
One
What city did the first regular air mail service in the U.S. link with New York, in 1918?
Washington, D.C.
Paul Newman
Who did Ben Johnson call "the applause! delight! the wonder of our stage!"?
William Shakespeare
What is the oldest man-made metal?
Bronze
What culinary wizard claims to have devoted his life to experimenting with and cross-breeding corn to create the perfect popcorn?
Orville Redenbacher