What was the last state admitted into the United States?
Hawaii
Which cosmetic gets its name from the Spanish or Italian word for "mask"?
Mascara
What were the sides of the U.S fighting ship nicknamed Old Ironsides made of?
Wood
Which renowned British author dreamed up such characters as Miss Havisham, Oliver wist and Tiny Tim?
Charles Dickens
Which primatologist was the first to observe chimpanzees making and using tools in the wild?
Jane Goodall
What is the longest river in Western Europe?
The Rhine
What is the prettiest town that George Hamilton IV has ever seen?
Abilene
Who is the patron saint of bakers, confectioners and pastry chefs, celebrated by the French with a feast day each May 16th?
St. Honore, a.k.a Honoratus
What nursery rhyme character was warned that the cow was in the corn?
Little Boy Blue
How many major blood types are there?
Four
Which airport's international airport code is ORD?
O'Hare
Who appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock films?
Alfred Hitchcock
Who was flying the 1905 airplane that his a bird in Dayton, Ohio becoming the first pilot involved in a recorded aviation bird strike?
Wilbur Wright
Which book, compiled by two brothers, was originally named Children and Household Tales, but was meant for an adult audience?
Grimm's Fairy Tales
What is the common name of the Asian plant in the ginger family that is often used in curry and gives food an orange color?
Turmeric
What city lay at the end of the 1,933 mile ride aboard the Orient Express, which left Paris daily in 1889?
Constantinople
What was Howdy Doody's sister's name?
Heidi Doody
Who was JFK's press secretary?
Pierre Salinger
Who is Shakespeare's Moorish general in the service of Venice?
Othello
Peanuts are categorized as which type of plant?
Legumes
Which London cathedral has a U.S Memorial Chapel, dedicated to the Brits' brothers in arms who lost their lives in World War II?
St. Paul's Cathedral
Which animated little characters are just "three apples high," according to their creator, Belgian cartoonist Peyo?
Smurfs
In 1976 the first recorded outbreak of which dead;y virus occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Ebloa
What do Mr and Mac mean when used in surnames?
Son of
What uninvited pest also goes by the Latin name Mus musculus?
House Mouse