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What sea separates Europe and Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
Which actor played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Robert Downey Jr.
President William McKinley was assassinated, and this man became the 26th president in 1901.
Theodore Roosevelt
What does the Latin ante mortem mean?
Before death
What organ produces insulin?
Pancreas
Who was the first to win five straight Wimbledon singles tennis titles?
Bjorn Borg
What square is geographical center of London?
Trafalgar Square
Which TV series features a coffee shop called Central Perk?
Friends
What were women first able to do in 1974?
Have a Credit Card in their own name
What U.S. nutritionist wrote Let's Cook it Right and Let's Have Healthy Children?
Adele Davis
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
What city was chosen to host and then refused the 1976 Winter Olympics?
Denver
Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
The Indian
What film did Broderick Crawford win the best actor Oscar for in 1949?
All the King's Men
What explorer was nicknamed Iberia's Pilot?
Christopher Columbus
What's the alternate title of the masterpiece painting La Giaconda?
The Mona Lisa
What is the medical term for high blood pressure?
Hypertension
What animal lives in a lodge?
The beaver
What two countries border the Dead Sea?
Israel and Jordan
Which show follows a chemistry teacher who turns into a drug dealer?
Breaking Bad
What were the participants in the Boston Tea Party protesting?
Taxation without representation
What wrote Riders of the Purple Sage?
Zane Grey
What disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C?
Scurvy
How many minutes are in a standard soccer match?
90
Which planet is known as the Blue Planet?
Earth
Who wrote White Christmas?
Irving Berlin
What New Orleans businessman went to trial accused of conspiring to kill John F. Kennedy?
Clay Shaw
Whose novels all began with: "The Case of the ...."?
Erle Stanley Gardner's
What vitamin is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D
What's the last event in the decathlon?
The 1,500 meters
What country lies beneath the High Aswan Dam?
Egypt
What film featured dueling banjos?
Deliverance
What was did Florence Nightingale tend the troops in?
The Crimean War
What's Americas bestselling weekly magazine?
TV Guide
What is the medical term for the windpipe?
Trachea
What combat sport did Dr. Jigoro Kano devise in Japan in 1882?
Judo
What U.S. state does the Continental Divide leave to enter Canada?
Montana
Who played Superman in the 1978 movie?
Christopher Reeve
What's Richards Nixon's middle name?
Milhous
Whose biography is titled Eleanor: The Lonely Years?
Eleanor Roosevelt's
What is the name of the surgery to remove the appendix?
Appendectomy
What board game was originally called Criss Cross?
Scrabble Crossword Game
What New Mexico resort town was named for a radio game show?
Truth or Consequences
Who wrote God Bless America?
Irving Berlin
Who led the expedition, approved by President Jefferson, to explore the lands west of the Mississippi?
Lewis & Clark
What was the name of Scarlett O'Hara's mansion?
Tara
What disease was eradicated globally by 1980 after a worldwide vaccination campaign?
Smallpox
What baseball team became the Minnesota Twins?
The Washinton Senators
How many U.S. states border on the Great Lakes?
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
What's the leading female singer in an opera called?
The prima donna
Who was the King of England when the American Revolution broke out?
George the 3
What was the occupation of Jay Gatsby?
Bootlegger
What medical breakthrough is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen credited with discovering?
X-rays
What's the height of a basketball hoop?
Ten feet
What country is home to the Bank of Alexandria?
Egypt
What film did Frank Sinatra portray a drug addict in?
The Man with the Golden Arm
What are the names of the legendary twins that were said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus
What French impressionist is famed for his paintings of ballet dancers?
Edgar Degas
What condition is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus?
Mononucleosis
Which country dominates international rugby?
New Zealand