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100

What country music singer recorded the 45rpm single, "Young Love" 1956?

Sonny James

100

What Canadian province got its name from the Iroquois word guilibek, meaning "place where waters narrow"?

Quebec.

100

What physicist discovered that a wave's frequency changes when the source and the observer are in motion relative to one another?

Christian Johann Doppler

100

To propose marriage.

Pop the question

100

An Individual Soared Over the Straw House of a Bird With a Distinct Call

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

200

What country music singer performed the breakthrough hit, "Walkin' after Midnight" in 1957?

Patsy Cline

200

Which U.S. president used some of his winnings from poker games to help launch his campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives?

Richard Nixon

200

What is the gestation period of a Hippopotamus?

4,8,12 or 16 months

8 months.

200

Olive Oyl’s longtime boyfriend.

Popeye

200

The Ghost at La Scala

The Phantom of the Opera

300

He scored an unexpected hit on the charts in 1955 with his version of Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons."

Tennessee Ernie Ford

300

What New York City landmark is the largest movie theater in the U.S.?

Radio City Music Hall.

300

What was one of the most famous species studied by Charles Darwin?

SPARROW FINCH PARROT CRANE


finches

300

The capital of Arkansas.

Little Rock

300

Celestial Body of the Primates

Planet of the Apes

400

Who recorded the song, "I Walk The Line" in 1955, which tells the story of the singer, staying faithful to his wife while on the road.

Johnny Cash

400

What's the world's longest road, running from Texas to Valparaiso, Chile?

The Pan-American Highway.

400

What instrument is used to measure wind speed?

anemometer

400

Figuratively, this idiom means to disturb an otherwise stable situation

Rock the boat

400

The Most Superb House of Ill-Repute in the Lone Star State

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

500

What country musician sang the song, "Waterloo" in the 1950s?

Stonewall Jackson

500

What $7.2 million purchase did one senator call "an awful lot of ice for an awful lot of dollars," in 1867?

Alaska

500

What layer of the Earth's atmosphere makes radio communications possible?

ionosphere

500

An image of this solid limestone promontory is used as the logo for Prudential Insurance.

Rock of Gibraltar

500

The Daily Journal of a Juvenile Female

The Diary of a Young Gir

600

What influential country musician performed the number one single, "Hey Good-Looking" in the 1950s?

Hank Williams, Sr.

600

What Nepalese city name means "wooden temples"?

Katmandu.

600

Saturn is the ______ planet.

Biggest, Oldest, Coldest or Flattest.

flattest

600

A baseball hit that usually gets caught.

Pop fly (or pop up)

600

The Armed Pursuit for Scarlet Autumn Month

(movie with Sean Connery)

The Hunt for Red October

700

What American country singer, known for his distinctive voice sang "White Lightning" in the 1950s?

George Jones

700

What Egyptian city was built up during the Middle Ages from limestone stripped off the exterior of the Great Pyramid?

Cairo.

700

How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?

35,76,92 or 114

76 years.

700

Singer Michael Jackson was given this “royal” nickname.

King of Pop

700

 The Bliss of Preparing Food 

The Joy of Cooking

800

What musician recorded the song, "Heartbreak Hotel" in January, 1956?

 Elvis Presley

800

What Texas city along Route 66 got its name from the Spanish word for yellow?

Amarillo

800

What is the most abundant element in the Universe?

Hydrogen

800

Idiom that means you’re in a difficult position or facing a tough decision between two alternatives.

Between a rock and a hard place

800

Violent Hostilities and Tranquility

War and Peace

900

What singer recorded Otis Blackwell's song, "Don't Be Cruel" in 1956?

Elvis Presley

900

What continent are you on if you're lost in the eastern tip of Egypt?

Asia.

900

When will the sun run out of fuel?

10 million, 200 million, 20 Billion or 5 Billion

5 Billion

900

Description of a romantic relationship that is faltering and will probably end soon.

On the rocks

900

“Trio of Visually Impaired Rodents”

“Three Blind Mice”

1000

What American country musician recorded "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" in 1952, after switching to "The Supreme Record Company," Decca Records?

Kitty Wells

1000

What desert's name was inspired by the array of colors that erosion has exposed there?

The Painted Desert's.

1000

How much skin will the average person shed during their lifetime?

70, 100, 500 or 9000 pounds

100

1000

Popular Anglican hymn written in Britain in 1763

“Rock of Ages”

1000

The Irish Beer Volume of the Earth’s Superior Achievements

he Guinness Book of World Records