for trivia fans

1. Who is considered the founder of modern nursing?

Florence Nightingale

2. Who disappeared from a Michigan restaurant on July 30, 1975?

James Hoffa

3. Who was known to Edward I as `The King`s Enemy`?

William Wallace

4. During the Vietnam Conflict, what was a `seven step Charlie`?

A tree viper

5. In ancient China until the 19th century, what was considered a symbol of distinction?

Long fingernails

6. By what name was Mildred Gillars better known?

Axis Sally

7. What was the name of the woman who drowned July 18, 1969 after she and Senator Edward Kennedy drove off the bridge on Chappaquiddick Island?

Mary Jo Kopechne

8. What toy grew from post-World War II recreation of Yale students?

Frisbee

9. What did the sign which was nailed above the head of Jesus with the letters INRI mean?

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

10. In 1914, what did the Wrigley Company do to promote its chewing gum?

Mailed gum to everyone in U.S. phone books

11. What was Charles Elmer Hires going to call the soft drink we now know as root beer?

Root tea

12. In the seventeenth century, who introduced table knives?

Cardinal Richelieu

13. Who invented evaporated milk in 1853?

Gail Borden

14. What dessert did Peter Cooper patent in 1845?

Jell-O

15. What food was packaged with a string handle so it could be hung on a Christmas tree?

Animal Crackers

16. Whose autobiography did American novelist Clifford Irving sell to McGraw-Hill publishers in 1971?

Howard Hughes

17. Who was known as the `Boston Strangler`?

Albert DeSalvo

18. According to Greek mythology, who gave the Golden Apples to earth?

Hera

19. Whose U.S. president`s campaign song was `High Hopes`?

John F. Kennedy

20. During which U.S. president`s administration did the Spanish-American War take place?

William McKinley

21. Why was Sir Thomas More beheaded?

Refusing to accept the Act of Supremacy

22. Who was the founder of Fascism?

Benito Mussolini

23. In what war was napalm used?

All except World War I and Spanish-American

24. Who was a lawyer and a consumer advocate in the 1970s?

Ralph Nader

25. Who was known as the `Little Wolf`?

Napoleon

26. What were the name of the two robbers crucified next to Jesus?

Dismas and Gestas

27. What was the first American satellite in orbit?

Explorer I

28. In the `Dick and Jane` readers, what was the name of Sally`s teddy bear?

Tim

29. Who was the first president of the United States to be shown on color television?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

30. Who introduced the fork to the world?

Doge Domenice Silvie`s wife

31. Who monopolized a significant portion of the silver market between 1979 and 1980?

Hunt Brothers

32. Who authored the First Letter to Timothy?

Paul

33. Which New Testament book features the death of Lazarus?

John

34. Where was Charles Lindbergh born?

Little Falls, Minnesota

35. What was the name of the American satirical humor magazine which was started in 1952?

Mad

36. Where was the Mau Mau Uprising?

Kenya

37. Who founded the Boy Scouts?

Sir Robert Baden-Powell

38. Whose last words were, `The executor is, I believe, very expert, and my neck is very slender`?

Anne Boleyn

39. Who invented stainless steel?

Harry Brearly

40. Who was known as `Iberia`s Pilot`?

Christopher Columbus

41. Who was the only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer Prize?

John F. Kennedy

42. `Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise` is a quote from which person?

Benjamin Franklin

43. Who started the `Paint by Numbers` paint set?

Palmer Paint Products

44. Who came out with `Billy Beer` in the 1970s?

Billy Carter

45. To which country was Fidel Castro exiled?

Mexico

46. Who was nicknamed `the elephant man`?

John Merrick

47. In which battle was the tank first used?

Battle of the Somme

48. Who is credited with the invention of the gasoline automobile?

Karl Benz

49. Who was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1961 through 1964?

William Miller

50. Where is `Holy Kaaba` located?

Mecca

51. What are the first words of the Bible?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth.

52. According to legend, what animal was thrown off Noah`s Ark and drowned?

Unicorn

53. During which war was the battle of `Pork Chop Hill` fought?

Korean War

54. Lawrence of Arabia led the Arabs against which nation?

Turkey

55. In the Fifties and early Sixties, what was placed inside Wheaties and Cheerios cereal boxes?

Miniature license plates

56. What was the name of the book Mark Chapman was carrying when he shot John Lennon?

Catcher in the Rye

57. Which English Queen had previously been Queen of France?

Eleanor of Aquitaine

58. What infamous act was carried out by Charles J. Whitman in August 1966?

Texas Tower Massacre

59. In what U.S. state did the near-disaster at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant occur?

Pennsylvania

60. What did Congress make the official national flower of the United States in 1986?

Rose

61. What was the first mass-production car equipped with retractable headlamps?

DeSoto

62. In which war did the United States attempt to gain territory in Canada?

War of 1812

63. Who painted `Haystacks`?

Monet

64. What was the name of Magellan`s ship?

Victoria

65. In Greek mythology, who did Medea marry?

Jason

66. Which ancient Egyptian god was usually depicted as a human with the head of a ram?

Amon

67. What ancient city was founded by Seleucus Nicator in about 300 BC?

Antioch

68. What philosophy was propounded by British philosopher and economist Jeremy Bentham?

Utilitarianism

69. Who was the first Socialist congressman elected in the United States?

Victor Louis Berger

70. Which of the following world leaders did not take part in the Cairo Conference during World War II?

Josef Stalin

71. Nell Gwyn was the mistress of which King of England?

Charles II

72. Which English king was the first ruler from the house of Lancaster?

Henry IV

73. Sir Fitzroy MacLean was the model for which literary character?

James Bond

74. What religious movement was founded by L. Ron Hubbard?

Scientology

75. What Protestant denomination was formed by the 1957 union of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church?

United Church of Christ

76. Who wrote `Journey to the Center of the Earth`?

Jules Verne

77. Which explorer first introduced the horse on a large scale to what is now the United States?

Francisco Coronado

78. In what state was the first organized temperance group in the U.S. formed?

Connecticut

79. In which state was the first kindergarten in the United States opened?

Wisconsin

80. Before the establishment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which government agency oversaw agricultural matters?

Patent Office

81. For what was the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory known?

Sweatshop where over 100 workers died in a fire

82. Who was Dr. Heinrich F. Albert?

Head of a propaganda and spy ring

83. Which prominent American chartered a `Peace Ship` to Europe during World War I?

Henry Ford

84. Which U.S. president signed the first law establishing Daylight Savings Time?

Woodrow Wilson

85. What was the name of the first U.S.-U.S.S.R. cooperative space program?

Echo 2

86. What union was the first to stage a labor strike in the United States?

Journeyman Printers

87. What landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated racial segregation in schools?

Brown v. Board of Education

88. Which ancient civilization introduced the game of checkers?

Egyptians

89. What form of transportation was invented by Kirkpatrick MacMillan of Scotland?

Bicycle

90. What educational advance was first introduced by the Chautauqua Methodist school of New York in 1871?

Correspondence courses

91. According to legend, what did Leodegraunce give to his son-in-law, King Arthur?

The Round Table

92. Which of the following was not one of the `Watergate Seven`?

Richard M. Nixon

93. What piece of communications equipment was first introduced by Buhrle and Company in 1949?

Phone answering machine

94. What popular teenage activity was started by Bill Richards of California in 1958?

Skateboarding

95. What two countries were involved in the Hundred Years War?

England and France

96. What automotive pioneer founded both Cadillac and Lincoln?

Henry Leland

97. Which Mexican General and President set siege to the Alamo?

Santa Anna

98. Which book follows Haggai in the Old Testament?

Zechariah

99. Who was nicknamed `the Kingfisher`?

Huey P. Long

100. Who said, `The only good Indian I ever saw was a dead Indian`?

Philip Sheridan

101. What religious group did Jakob Ammann found in the 17th century?

Amish

102. Which of these is not the name of a pet who resided in the White House?

Paddy

103. What battle was also called the `Needless Battle`?

Battle of New Orleans

104. Who built the Arch of Titus in Rome?

Verpasian

105. Who was the first U.S. astronaut to change orbit in flight?

Virgil Grissom

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