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100
This US city has been called "Little Havana"?
What is Miami?
100
This fabled bird sprang to new life from the ashes of its nest.
What is the Phoenix?
100
These two Monopoly properties complete the dark blue set, the most expensive in the game.
What are Boardwalk and Park Place?
200
Pennsylvania borders this Great Lake.
What is Lake Erie?
200
The last czar of Russia.
Who is Nicholas II?
200
This author's novels include "Emma", "Pride and Prejudice", and "Northanger Abbey".
Who is Jane Austen?
200
Important to pilots, international businessmen, and watch enthusiasts, G.M.T. stands for this.
What is Greenwich Mean Time?
200
The height of a tennis net.
What is three feet?
300
This country contains the westernmost point in South America.
What is Peru?
300
This century was the setting for T.V.'s "Star Trek".
What is the 23rd-century?
300
The mother tongue of Queen Victoria.
What is German?
300
This character said, "I've had such a curious dream."
Who is Alice?
400
The most popular drink in Greece.
What is Ouzo?
400
This Broadway play propelled Barbara Streisand to fame.
What is Funny Girl?
400
The only state carried by George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election.
What is Massachusetts?
400
The newspaper with the motto: "All the news that's fit to print".
What is The New York Times?
400
This term describes a space devoid of matter.
What is a vacuum?
400
This athlete retired with 755 homeruns to his credit.
Who is Hank Aaron?
500
The largest train station in the world.
(1979)
What is Grand Central Station?
(Chongqing East Railway Station in China, spanning 1.22 million square meters (roughly 13 million square feet). It is over five times larger than New York's Grand Central Terminal and officially opened in June 2025.)
500
Birdie went bye-bye because...
He was drafted.
500
These two later presidents were first elected to Congress in 1946.
Who are John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
500
The term "30" means this to a newspaper editor.
What is the end (of the story)?
500
The moon has this fraction of Earth's gravity.
What is one-sixth?
500
This board game derives its name from the Persian word for "kings".
What is chess?
(Even the famous end-of-game phrase "checkmate" is a corruption of the Persian phrase shāh māt, which translates to "the king is helpless" or "the king is dead". )
600
The smallest country in Central America.
What is El Salvador?
600
She played Mrs. Partridge on "The Partridge Family".
Who is Shirley Jones?
600
This singer paid a $240,000 ransom to free his kidnapped son.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
600
The name of the ship commanded by Captain Hook in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
What is the Jolly Roger?
600
These berries give gin its flavor.
What are juniper berries?
600
The site of the 1956 Summer Olympics.
What is Melbourne?
700
This unit of currency will buy you dinner in Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yugoslavia.
What is the Dinar?
700
The author of "God Bless America".
Who is Irving Berlin?
700
These four letters were placed on the cross on which Christ was crucified.
What are "I.N.R.I."?
700
Huntsmen traditionally call out this word upon sighting a fox.
What is "Tallyho!"?
800
These two countries share the Khyber Pass.
What are Afghanistan and Pakistan?
(Connecting the Afghan city of Kabul to Peshawar in Pakistan, this 33-mile corridor has historically served as a critical trade route and military gateway.)
800
Though transitioning to focus on live performances and concerts in 1979, this movie theater has sold the most tickets all-time.
What is Radio City Music Hall?
(300+ million tickets since opening in 1932)
800
The title of prosecuting attorney Vincent Bugliosi's book, an account of the Manson murders and trial.
What is Helter Skelter?
800
A mandrill is a type of...
What is a monkey?
800
V. S. O. P. on a bottle of brandy.
What is "Very Superior Old Pale"?
900
This vocalist for The Doors died of a heart attack on July 3rd 1971.
Who is Jim Morrison?
900
Time Magazine's first Man of the Year, in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
900
Charles Goodyear invented this by accident in 1839.
What is vulcanized rubber?
900
It is recommended that you "duck the boom" in this sport.
What is yachting (or sailing)?
1000
This person made the most appearances on Hollywood Squares.
Who is Paul Lynde?
1000
This Sheriff killed Billy the Kid.
Who is (Lincoln County) Sheriff Pat Garrett?
1000
This work begins: "Go placidly amid the noise & haste, & Remember what peace there may be in silence"?
What is Desiderata?
1000
This American is considered the pioneer of modern rocketry.
Who is Robert H. Goddard?
1000
This six-time Olympic champion was known as "The Flying Finn".
Who is Paavo Nurmi?
