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| 1. | World History | $100 | In 1967 this country exploded its first H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang Province. | What is (PRC) (Red) China? |
| 2. | World History | $200 | A civil war in Paris during his youth convinced this king to build his palace at Versailles. | Who was Louis XIV? |
| 3. | World History | $300 | Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by the lowest margin in history. | What is Mexico? |
| 4. | World History | $400 | The first great building on the Acropolis wat this one built between 447 & 438 BC. | What is the Parthenon? |
| 5. | The Universe | $100 | In 1986 Giotto, a craft launched by the European Space Agency, got within 335 miles of this comet's nucleus. | What is Halley's Comet? |
| 6. | World History |
$500 | In a famous race, these two men reached the South Pole, one in December, 1911, the other five weeks later. | Who were Amundsen and Scott? |
| 7. | The Universe | $200 | Horsehead, Triffid, and Crab are three examples of these clouds of interstellar matter. | What are nebulae? |
| 8. | The Universe | $300 | On Nov. 30, 1954, a Mrs. Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, became the only person on record to be injured by one of these. | What is a meteorite? |
| 9. | Actors' Real Names | $100 | It's the "noble" stage name of John Joseph Ryan, who starred on "Hawaii-Five-O." | Who is Jack Lord? |
| 10. | The Universe | $400 | This term for a star that has undergone a complete gravitational collapse was coined in the 1960's. | What is a black hole? |
| 11. | The Universe | $500 | This outermost part of the solar atmosphere can be seen during a total solar eclipse. | What is the corona? |
| 12. | Actors' Real Names | $200 | "Silverstreak" star Jerome Silberman. | Who is Gene Wilder? |
| 13. | Actors' Real Names | $300 | Ronald Pierce, who swung through the jungle as TV's Tarzan in the 1960's, acts under this name. | Who is Ron Ely? |
| 14. | Food & Drink | $100 | With the hull left on, it's called brown; with it removed, it's white and called "polished." | What is rice? |
| 15. | Food & Drink | $200 | You can't beat this soup which is made from beets. | What is borscht? |
| 16. | Food & Drink | $300 | The Larousse Gastronomique says quiche originated in this French province. | Where is Lorraine? |
| 17. | Food & Drink | $400 | Lyophilization is the scientific name of this process used to produce instant coffee. | What is freeze-drying? |
| 18. | Food & Drink | $500 | Escoffier came up with this fruit & ice cream dish in 1892 to honor a star of "Lohengrin." | What is Peche Melba? |
| 19. | Gardening | $100 | Junipers and Japanese Maples are especially suited for this type of tree dwarfing. | What is Bonsai? |
| 20. | Gardening | $200 | These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scale and spider mites. | What are ladybird beetles (ladybugs)? |
| 21. | Gardening | $300 | Some roses form these seed pods rich in vitamin-C after they bloom and drop their petals. | What are rose hips? |
| 22. | Gardening | $400 | Ladies' Slippers, Ladies' Tresses, and Dragon's Mouth are examples of this exotic flower. | What are orchids? |
| 23. | Actors' Real Names | $400 | He used to be Hugh Krampe, but he shot to fame as Wyatt Earp under this name. | Who is Hugh O'Brien? |
| 24. | Actors' Real Names | $500 | Seen on "Happy Days," his real name is Anson Heimlich, & his cousin invented the Heimlich Maneuver. | Who is Anson Williams? |
| 25. | Rhyme Time | $100 | An over-eater of sheep meat. | What is a mutton-glutton? |
| 26. | Rhyme Time | $200 | A rapid reeling of fishing line. | What is a fast cast? |
| 27. | Rhyme Time | $300 | In boxing, it could be Caesar's Palace or Madison Square Garden. | What is a fight site? |
| 28. | Gardening | $500 | Used for lawns & golf courses, it's usually listed last alphabetically among grasses. | What is zoisha? |
| 29. | Rhyme Time | $400 | Animator Tex Avery described this Walter Lanz penguin as devoid of personality. | Who is Chiily Willy? |
| 30. | Rhyme Time | $500 | He takes the minutes at a pow-wow. | What is the tribe scribe? |
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| 31. | Poe | $200 | Completes the line from "To Helen"
"To the Glory that was Greece and ..."/ |
What is "And the Grandeur that was Rome? |
| 32. | Poe | $400 | In this tale, William LeGrand and his servant Jupiter find a rare entomological specimen. | What is the Gold Bug? |
| 33. | Poe | $600 | An 1845 poem set in December, at midnight, in a chamber. | What is "The Raven?" |
| 34. | Poe | $800 | We're not sure who was the Last of the Mohicans, but we do know Roderick was the last man in this line. | What is the "House of Usher?" |
| 35. | Poe | $1000 | According to the Oxford Companion to American Literature, they were sleigh, wedding, alarm and funeral. | What were the bells? |
| 36. | Artists | $200 | When this Spanish surrealist died, there was no rush to buy his prints because there were so many of them. | Who was Salvador Dali? |
| 37. | Religion | $200 | Though Hindus disapprove of killing any animals, they regard the slaying of these animals as the worst offense. | What are cows? |
| 38. | Magazines | $200 | Its name is a pronoun, the objective case of "we." | What is "Us?" |
| 39. | Magazines | $400 | As you might expect, "Smithsonian" is published in this city. | What is Washington, DC? |
| 40. | U.S. Cities | $200 | Called the German Athens in the 19th century, this Wisconsin city is a leadin center of German culture in the U.S. | What is Milwaukee? |
| 41. | Artists | $400 | His photo silkscreens include "Liz," "Jackie," and "Elvis" as well as "Marilyn." | Who was Andy Warhol? |
| 42. | Artists | $600 | It was recently said of this artist, "He's far more than cowboys and Indians, (he) is uncannily modern." | Who was Frederic Remington? |
| 43. | Artists | $800 | The New Yorker first published one of this cartoonists ghoulish works in 1935, long before the TV show (or movie). | Who was Charles Addams? |
| 44. | Artists | $1000 | German-born artist famous for his portraits of the court of Henry VIII. | Who was Hans Holbein? |
| 45. | Religion | $400 | Mormons regard both of these books as the Word of God. | What are the Bible and the Book of Mormon? |
| 46. | Religion | $600 | In most Orthodox Synogogues, they are separated; in Conservative and Reform, they are not. | What are the sexes? |
| 47. | Religion | $800 | Muslim law allows a man to have up to four of these if he can support and care for each equally. | What are wives? |
| 48. | Religion | $1000 | In March, 1989, thirty-five archbishops from this country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million. | What is the United States? |
| 49. | Magazines | $600 | Of "Gourmet," "Vanity Fair," or "Connoisseur," the one that calls itself "The Guide to the Civilized World." | What is "Connoiseur?" |
| 50. | Magazines |
$800 | The Magazine named for this naturalist celebrated its 100th aniversary in 1987. | Who was Audubon? |
| 51. | U.S. Cities | $400 | Survey Sampling, Inc., calls this Iowa capital the number one city for market research. | What is Des Moines? |
| 52. | U.S. Cities | $600 | An early visitor found Hohokam Indian ruins here and predicted a new city would rise from the ashes. | What is Phoenix? |
| 53. | U.S. Cities | $800 | This city that earned its own song in "The Music Man," was named for an executive of U.S. Steel. | What is Gary, Indiana? |
| 54. | U.S. Cities | $1000 | You had to send the earliest Kodaks back to this city to have the film inside developed. | What is Rochester, NY? |
| 55. | Magazines | $1000 | It's now published by the Benjamin Franklin Literary and Medical Society; Curtis sold it in 1982. | What is the Saturday Evening Post? |
| 56. | Dogs | $200 | A German word for "splashing in water" gave us the word puddle and this dog's name. | What is a poodle? |
| 57. | Dogs | $400 | Pure white at birth, this dog's spots begin to appear when he's about three weeks old. | What is a Dalmation? |
| 58. | Dogs | $600 | This smallest of dogs comes in all canine colors. | What is a chihuahua? |
| 59. | Dogs | $800 | This "badger dog" was bred to keep its legs short so it could follow a badger into its burrow. | What is a dachshund? |
| 60. | Dogs |
$1000 | Unlike the German miniature schnauser, most other breeds of this group originated in the British Isles. | What are terriers? |
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| 61. | Presidents | The last president who did not serve in the armed forces(pre Clinton). |
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? | |
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