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Questions 1. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek suffix "-stasis" mean in English? 2. GEOGRAPHY: How many continents are in the world? 3. INVENTIONS: Who invented the nuclear reactor? 4. TELEVISION: In what year did "Monday Night Football" debut? 5. FOOD & DRINK: What was the original name of the breakfast cereal Cheerios? 6. LITERATURE: Where did the Grinch live in Dr. Seuss' book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"? 7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was the first to campaign by telephone? 8. MOVIES: Which war was the setting for the musical "South...
* It was Henry Brooks Adams, American historian and descendant of two U.S. presidents, who made the following sage observation: "They know enough who know how to learn." * Spanish explorers named California after a mythical island of Amazon women ruled by a warrior queen named Califa. * Though an electric eel is born with the ability to see, by the time it becomes an adult it is blind. This lack of sight is not a hindrance, though; the fish uses electricity to create an image of its surroundings in much the same way that we use radar. The...
Questions 1. MOVIES: Which 1969 movie featured the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"? 2. LITERATURE: What is the name of Harry's owl in the "Harry Potter" book series? 3. MUSIC: Which American actor performs music as his alter ego Childish Gambino? 4. FOOD & DRINK: Which kids' snack, contained in a box with a string handle, was first marketed in 1902? 5. GAMES: In what game is a shuttlecock used? 6. SPACE: Who piloted America's first and shortest flight into space? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which fish is the fastest in the world? 8. GEOGRAPHY:...
* It was 20th-century American author Margaret Mitchell -- best known, of course, for her Civil War-era novel "Gone With the Wind" -- who made the following sage observation: "Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is." * It seems that the Germans have a word for everything. For instance, "waldeinsamkeit" describes the feeling of being alone in the woods. * In rural Wisconsin in 1921, two third-grade students in a one-room schoolhouse became sweethearts. At the end of the school year,...
Questions 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the number of the U.S. highway that runs along the West Coast? 2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the fastest bird in the world? 3. LITERATURE: What is the name of the wood carver in "The Adventures of Pinocchio"? 4. MOVIES: Which 1980s movie featured the tagline, "One man's struggle to take it easy"? 5. ASTRONOMY: How long is a year on the planet Mercury? 6. BUSINESS: Which automaker sold a line of cars called the Fairlane? 7. ANATOMY: How many times does the average human heart beat each day? 8. TELEVISION: Which...
* It was Leroy "Satchel" Paige, arguably the best pitcher in baseball history, who made the following sage observation: "Never look back. Something might be gaining on you." * The "Harley" in "Harley-Davidson" comes from William Harley, one of the motorcycle company's three founders. His is a common surname in England with roots in Old English, in which language it means, literally, "pile of rocks." * A narwhal's horn isn't a horn; it's a tooth -- the left front tooth, to be specific. As such, it's considered to be a tusk, making the narwhal...
