Geography
What Western Hemisphere nation boasted the largest U.N. peacekeeping force, by 1997
Canada
Which American artist is famous for his paintings of soup cans and portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe?
Andy Warhol
What country's civil war was described as a "rehersal for World War II"?
Spain's
What sense did Galileo lose in 1637?
Sight
Who was the first Major League Baseball player to have his number retired by a team?
Lou Gehrig
What Texas tourist attraction claims to be "The most famous white house west of D.C."?
Southfork
Which 19th-century Russian author wrote The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
What was the U.S. minimum wage in January, 1961?
One Dollar
What living thing can jump 130 times its own height?
A Flea
What Hall of Fame running back was known as “The Kansas Comet” before becoming a star with the Chicago Bears?
Gale Sayers
What nation opened its doors to outsiders in 1950, enabling Edmund Hillary to scale Mount Everest from its more accessible south side?
Nepal
In George Orwell’s 1984, what is the name of the totalitarian leader who rules Oceania?
Big Brother
Who ordered the master copy of the Treaty of Versailles burned in 1940?
Adolf Hitler
What Chinese food did the Japanese sagely wait 2000 years before tasting?
Tofu, or soybean curd
Which pitcher threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series — the only one in World Series history?
Don Larsen
What European city hosted the last and biggest world's fair of the 20th century?
Lisbon
What Edgar Allan Poe poem inspired Paul Gauguin's painting, Nevermore?
The Raven
What three-word phrase for a bombing mission earned the Defense Department a Doublespeak Award in 1991?
What color does litmus turn when dipped into acid?
Pink
Before Joe Namath guaranteed and won Super Bowl III, which team did he and the New York Jets defeat in that historic upset?
Baltimore Colts
What nation tries to lure tourists with the ad, "We've been fascinating travelers since 8,000 B.C."?
Turkey
Claude Monet’s painting Impression, Sunrise gave its name to which art movement?
Impressionism
What Washington D.C. mayor's comeback did the New York Times describe as "one of the most remarkable in American history"?
Marion Barry's
What popular African entree is an extremely poor dinner choice in the midst of an Ebola virus outbreak?
Chimpanzee
In 1961, two Yankees teammates battled for the single-season home run record. Who were they?
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle