Ben Franklin used a kite and this small item in an experiment with lightning?
What is a key?
100
This is the capital of Peru.
What is Lima?
100
This best-selling author wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a novella that topped the NY Times best-seller list for two years in a row.
Who is Richard Bach?
100
This woman, who was phenomenally successful on Today, was the first female anchor on the CBS Evening News.
Who is Katie Couric?
200
In what country were ricksaws and bicycles the main forms of transportation?
What is China?
200
Three thousand years ago, the Chinese made kites out of this fabric?
What is silk?
200
This is the capital of Chile.
What is Santiago?
200
Colleen McCullough's best-selling book, which became a TV mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain, follows three generations of the Cleary family in the Australian Outback.
What is The Thorn Birds?
200
This Canadian-born newscaster served as news anchor for ABC off and on form 1965 until he died in 2005. He was the youngest news anchor in US History.
Who is Peter Jennings.
300
The song that we think of as "A Bicycle Built for Two" is really named something else? What is the proper name for this song?
What is "Daisy Bell" or "Daisy"
300
This "kite" was the CBS anchor who signed off with "And that's the way it is".
Who is Walter Cronkite?
300
This is the capital of Venezuela?
What is Caracas?
300
This former Mississippi trial lawyer and Mississippi state legislator is know for his legal thrillers, which in A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Rainmaker.
Who is John Grisham?
300
He was the other half of Chet Huntley on NBC's evening newscast. Their sign off was "Good night Chet, Good night, ????, And good night, for NBC News".
Who was David Brinkley?
400
What is a bicycle with only one wheel called?
What is a unicycle?
400
This form of "beat the bank", which takes advantage of the float between the time a check is written and the time it clears, is often referred to as this.
What is check kiting?
400
This is the capital of Ecuador.
What is Quito?
400
This versatile best-selling mystery and romance author has written a series of books around Alex Cross, his police detective character.
Who is James Patterson?
400
This English-born broadcaster became a household name when he began anchoring Nightline, a late-night newscast developed to broadcast during the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Who is Ted Koppel?
500
What do many kids use when they first graduate from a tricycle to a bicycle?
What are training wheels?
500
This type of kite requires no tail to fly.
What is a box kite?
500
This is the capital of Uruguay.
What is Montevideo?
500
This best-selling author wrote more than four dozen fiction and non-fiction works, including Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, and The Drifters.
Who is James Michener?
500
Although he never served as an anchor of the nightly news, this newsman is best known for going after Senator Joesph McCarthy.