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What did 1,519 New York City residents
report they were bitten by, in 1985?People
What religion are the Hasidim?Jewish
Who died first - Chiang Kai-shek or Mao
Tse-tung?Chiang Kai-shek
How many King Edwards have ruled Britain?Eight
What fast-food chain served its first ice
cream cone in Joliet, Illinois, in 1940?Dairy Queen
What military school's first mascot was a
goat named El Cid?The U.S. Naval Academy's
What century saw the first crossing of the
Atlantic by a steamship?The nineteenth
What knighted explorer led the first English
ships into the Pacific Ocean?Sir Francis Drake
What was the crowning achievement of a 1953
Asian expedition led by Britain's John Hunt?The first ascent of Mount Everest
What country's zealous censors once banned
Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native"?South Africa's
Is Albania a Warsaw Pact member?No
What airline's Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to
Paris ended up at Entebbe on June 27, 1976?Air France's
What island spawned the iceberg that sunk
the "Titanic"?Greenland
What African leader did Kenya label a
fascist, warmonger and sadist in 1976?Idi Amin Dada
What kind of cleaning center was first set
up in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1934?A laundromat
What make of car is the 626 Sport Sedan?Mazda
What country's retiring deputy premier in
1985 was Veniamin E. Dimshits?The Soviet Union's
What characteristic was the Pope officially
endowed with at the Vatican Council of 1870?Infallibility
Who spent more time with Nikita Khrushchev
in 1959 than any other U.S. politician?Richard Nixon
What country's people introduced Europeans
to the delights of chocolate?Mexico's
What African country's first prime minister
was Louis Botha?South Africa's
What doctor was buried beside his wife in
1965 on the banks of the Ogooue River?Albert Schweitzer
What former governor made country singer
Lisa Taylor his third wife?George Wallace
What nationality were the first Europeans to
set foot on Australia and New Zealand?Dutch
What did W.M. Foster start making in
Melbourne, Australia, in 1888?Beer
How many 90-degree angles are formed by the
lines in a swastika?Eight
Who was dictator of Rome from 49 to 44 B.C.?Julius Caesar
What country's largest companies include
Bass, Coats Viyella and United Biscuits?Britain's
What president presided over U.S.
Bicentennial celebrations?Gerald Ford
What two countries declared war on each
other on December 11, 1941?Germany and the U.S.
Who was known as the "sphinx" of Watergate?G. Gordon Liddy
What Saudi Arabian oil magnate named his
luxury yacht the "Nabila"?Adnan Khashoggi
What new military tactic did General
Takijiro Onishi propose on October 19, 1944?Kamikaze raids
What European country's largest company is
Petrogal?Portugal's
What British monarch did Winston Churchill
say "falls instantly in and out of love"?Edward VIII
What's the Afrikaans word for "farmer"?"Boer"
What founder of a major religion was born in
Nepal?Buddha
What South American country appropriated two
U.S. copper mines in 1971?Chile
What European country has fought in the most
wars since 1812?France
What drug did Britain and China fight a war
over?Opium
What European country did Baudouin I become
king of in 1951?Belgium
What French seer asked to be buried standing
upright?Nostradamus
What cool treat was first manufactured
commercially by Jacob Fussel in 1851?Ice cream
What commodity did half of the world's top
10 companies primarily deal in, in 1986?Oil
What does a ship flying the yellow jack flag
have on board?Disease
What southeast Asian country did King
Bhumibol become monarch of in 1950?Thailand
What state put Sam Nunn in the U.S. senate?Georgia
What country granted independence to
Madagascar in 1960?France
What city had the highest rate of auto theft
in the U.S. in 1985?Detroit
What house does Britain's Lord Chancellor
preside over?The House of Lords
What Scandinavian country did Gro Harlem
Brundtland become prime minister of in 1986?Norway
What character is the U.S. equivalent of
Britain's John Bull?Uncle Sam
What's the more common title of the
sovereign of the state of Vatican City?Pope
How many sacraments are there in the Roman
Catholic Church?Seven
What country did the Soviet Union invade on
Christmas Eve, 1979?Afghanistan
What Southern city made Andrew Young its
first black mayor, in 1973?Atlanta
What two countries issued a joint report on
acid rain in January, 1986?Canada and the U.S.
What regal ocean liner had a hot dog stand
erected on its sports deck in 1971?The "Queen Mary"
What city was Russian dissident Anatoly
Shcharansky set free in, in 1986?West Berlin
What Jersey cow was credited with raising
$10 million at World War II war bond rallies?Elsie
What century saw the French and Germans
first take up leech farming?The seventeenth
What British politician shared a bedmate
with Russian attache Eugene Ivanov in 1963?John Profumo
What Asian country saw 650,000 killed in a
1976 earthquake?China
What was the hottest event in England in
1666?The Great Fire of London
What Chief Justice administered the
Presidential Oath of Office to Gerald Ford?Warren Burger
What major religion was founded in the
seventh century?Islam
What country's coast witnessed the Battle of
Trafalgar?Spain's
Whose assassination brought Hosni Mubarak to
power?Anwar Sadat's
Who did Mark Antony present with 200,000
volumes for the library at Alexandria?Cleopatra
What kind of craft made up World War II's
"wolf packs"?Submarines, or U-boats
What religion were the gunmen who
assassinated Indira Gandhi?Sikh
How many U.S. presidents have been divorced?One
What TV evangelist founded PTL?Jim Bakker
What name did black leader El-Hajj Malik
El-Shabazz go by?Malcolm X
What country had its first of many Stewart
kings in 1371?Scotland
What country outside Europe and Asia hosted
the most Russian troops in 1986?Cuba
What book did Ronald Reagan send a signed
copy of to Iranian leaders in 1986?The Bible
What empire was Cuzco the capital of?The Inca Empire
Who was emperor of Rome when Christ was born?Augustus
What Middle Eastern country bombed the U.S.
frigate "Stark" in 1987, killing 37 sailors?Iraq
What imperialist country found a lot of
Kenyans revolting in the 1960s?Britain
What number did Levi Strauss affix to the
first pair of jeans he sold?501
What continent was first crossed by an
expedition led by Vivian Fuchs?Antarctica
Whose death caused the Cuban flag to be
flown at half-staff for 30 days in 1967?Che Guevara's
What country's Premier Zhao Ziyang had some
wags saying in 1987 that he'd soon be ZZ Top?China's
What does the firm of Yankelovich Clancy
Schulman conduct?Opinion polls
What Italian lady-killer spent the last 13
years of his life as a Bohemian librarian?Casanova
How many voyages to the Pacific did James
Cook make?Three
What new country was born in 1963 when
Malaya joined Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore?Malaysia
What Asian country lifted martial law in
1987, 38 years after it was imposed?Taiwan
What European country's workers spent a
total of 29,474,000 days on strike in 1979?Britain's
What form of punishment did the Royal Navy
abolish in 1881?Flogging
What great man was entombed in a golden
coffin in Alexandria in 323 B.C.?Alexander the Great
What country's Shinji Kazama reached the
North Pole by motorcycle in 1987?Japan's
What religion was practiced by the Mogul
emperors of India?Islam
What country did Britain's Lord Elgin get
his marbles from?Greece
What does the "E" stand for in "OPEC"?Exporting
What appropriately-named yacht took Gary
Hart to Bimini in March, 1987?The "Monkey Business"
What could Englishmen start paying bills
with in 1681?Checks
What decade saw the first zippered jeans?The 1950s
What Caribbean republic did Fulgencio
Batista flee to when he left Cuba in 1959?The Dominican Republic
What North African country did Ahmed Ben
Bella become the first president of?Algeria
What city did the U.S. Supreme Court first
meet in?Philadelphia
What U.S. city's first condominium garage
sold a parking space for $29,000?New York's
What was the last state to join the
Confederate States of America?Tennessee
What queen's likeness appeared on the first
postage stamp?Victoria's
What did Adolf Hitler say would be the
perfect symbol for the victory of Aryan man?The swastika
What country's World War II resistance
forces included the "'maquis'"?France's
What showy New York lawyer represented
Bianca Jagger, Calvin Klein and Andy Warhol?Roy Cohn
What religious office did Lucrezia Borgia's
father attain in 1492?Pope
What birthday did Hugh Hefner celebrate at
the Playboy Mansion in 1986?His sixtieth
What two-seater sports car did Cadillac
introduce in 1987?The Allante
What neutral country's people voted in 1986
to reject United Nations membership?Switzerland's
What organization is a direct descendant of
the Cheka, created by the Bolsheviks in 1917?The KGB
What left Baikonur, the Soviet Union, on
October 4, 1957?Sputnik I
What did Nezar Hindawi hide in his flying
fiancee's luggage in 1986?A bomb
What Watergate figure once arrested Timothy
Leary while working for the FBI?G. Gordon Liddy
Who initiated a 1986 World Day of Prayer for
Peace, involving leaders of 12 religions?Pope John Paul II
Whose ministry was among the top 10
employers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1986?Jimmy Swaggart's
What Borden bovine was given Elmer as a
husband in 1940?Elsie
What year saw Britain stop sending convicts
to the American colonies?1776
What major religion's sacred scriptures are
written in Sanskrit?Hinduism's
Who was Jackson, Mississippi, named for?Andrew Jackson
What war saw pirate Jean Laffite fighting on
the side of U.S. forces?The War of 1812
Where did Russia send prisoners for the
first time in 1709?Siberia
What car did Ford recruit 1,160 new dealers
to sell and service?The Edsel
What two southwestern U.S. states joined the
union in 1912?Arizona and New Mexico
Who was the sixth U.S. president to have
attended Harvard University?John F. Kennedy
What month are Americans statistically most
likely to drown in?July
What city was the "Andrea Doria" headed for
when it sank?New York
Who became king of Scotland in 1040 after
defeating Duncan in battle?Macbeth
What company bought RCA for $6.4 billion?General Electric
What Mongol leader does legend say was born
holding a blood clot in his hand?Genghis Khan
What European country had its first general
election in 41 years in 1977?Spain
What African country put an Immorality Act
into effect in 1957?South Africa
What luxury Italian liner was hijacked in
1985?The "Achille Lauro"