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Questions 1. ENTERTAINERS: Which pop music singer was born with the name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou? 2. HISTORY: Who was the first woman to hold federal office in the United States? 3. MEDICAL: What is a more common name for “myocardial infarction”? 4. MUSIC: Which singer had a 2010 hit single with “Rolling in the Deep”? 5. GENERAL LANGUAGE: What is the NATO phonetic word for the letter “I”? 6. SCIENCE: What is the only type of rock that is less dense than water? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of jellyfish called? 8. MOVIES: Who voiced...
* It was Isaac Asimov, professor of biochemistry and beloved Grand Master of science fiction, who made the following sage observation: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” * According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, if you’re like the average American, you drink 22.7 gall...
Questions 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the international word (NATO phonetic alphabet) for the letter “O”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Which U.S. city lies further west: Los Angeles, California, or Reno, Nevada? 3. MUSIC: Which Latin rock band had a hit with the 1999 album “Supernatural”? 4. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century author wrote a book of short stories called “Twice-Told Tales”? 5. LANGUAGE: What does the phrase “fifth column” refer to? 6. ANATOMY: What part of the human body is referenced by the adjective “hepatic”? 7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the n...
* It was 20th-century American author and futurist Robert Anton Wilson who made the following sage observation: “Only the madman is absolutely sure.” * Lightning isn’t solely a phenomenon of Earth: Astronomers have noted lightning bolts on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. * Historians say that Russia’s Peter the Great was nearly 7 feet tall. * Athletes playing baseball on steroids have been in the news in recent years, but drugs are nothing new in America’s national sport. During the late 1960s and ‘70s, Dock Ellis was a valued pitcher who pl...
Questions 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital city of the Yukon territory in Canada? 2. LANGUAGE: What is the ending to the proverb that begins, “All roads lead ...”? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which country’s flag is a red circle on a white background? 4. SCIENCE: What gas with a distinctive odor is created by a lightning strike? 5. GEOMETRY: How many sides does a decagon have? 6. COMICS: What is the full name of Batman’s butler? 7. MOVIES: What was the name of Johnny Depp’s character in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie? 8. BIBLE: On what mount...
* It is still not known who made the following sage observation: “The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was ‘involved’; the pig was ‘committed.’” * Those who study such things say that if you were (for reasons unspecified) to eat the liver of a polar bear, you’d die. The amount of vitamin A stored in that organ constitutes a fatal dose for humans. * You might be surprised to learn that high-quality opals can be more valuable than diamonds. * John Tyler, born March 29, 1790, was t...
