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| 1 | By what other name is Mount Rainier known? | Old smokey | Mt St Helens | Olympus | Tacoma | 4 |
| 2 | The Empire State Building was opened on: | May 1 1931 | Sep 1 1941 | Jun 1 1925 | Jan1 1921 | 1 |
| 3 | Hiroshima was bombed on: | Jul 15 1945 | Aug 6 1945 | Aug 15 1946 | Jul 25 1946 | 2 |
| 4 | President Reagan ordered an air attack on Libya on: | Feb 14 1984 | Mar 14 1985 | Apr 14 1986 | May 14 1987 | 3 |
| 5 | Total air miles from New York City to Hong Kong is: | 6080 miles | 8060 miles | 7050 miles | 5070 miles | 2 |
| 6 | Total air miles from Los Angeles to Berlin is: | 5782 miles | 7542 miles | 6662 miles | 4942 miles | 1 |
| 7 | Total air miles from Washington DC to Melbourne is: | 18100 miles | 14810 miles | 12820 miles | 10180 miles | 4 |
| 8 | On June 16 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became: | Mother of quintuplets | First woman chess champion | First woman in space | First non-Russian in the Bolshoi Ballet | 3 |
| 9 | On Feb 29 1962 The US put this first American into orbit: | Alan Shepard | John Glenn | Virgil Grissom | Scott Carpenter | 2 |
| 10 | On May 5 1951 The US put this first American into space: | Alan Shepard | John Glenn | Virgil Grissom | Scott Carpenter | 1 |
| 11 | The parachute was invented by French inventer Blanchard in: | 1785 | 1875 | 1915 | 1936 | 1 |
| 12 | One bushel is equal to | 8 pints | 16 pints | 32 pints | 64 pints | 4 |
| 13 | One gill is equal to | 480 minims | 960 minims | 1920 minims | 3840 minims | 3 |
| 14 | One ounce is equal to | 4 drams | 8 drams | 16 drams | 32 drams | 2 |
| 15 | One gallon is equal to | 8 pints | 16 pints | 4 pints | 12 pints | 1 |
| 16 | The diameter of the planet Mercury is | 2100 miles | 3100 miles | 4100 miles | 5100 miles | 2 |
| 17 | The median distance from the sun to the planet Pluto is | 1.6 billion miles | 2.6 billion miles | 3.6 billion miles | 4.6 billion miles | 3 |
| 18 | Sadie Hawkins Day is | Two weeks before Thanksgiving | First day of autumn | The day before the Harvest Moon | First Saturday after November 11th | 4 |
| 19 | Ground Hog Day is | Jan 15th | Feb 2nd | Feb 15th | Mar 2nd | 2 |
| 20 | Father's Day is | Six weeks after Mother's Day | June 15th | Third Sunday in June | June 22nd | 3 |
| 21 | The 27th President of the United States was | William Taft | William McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | Woodrow Wilson | 1 |
| 22 | Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct 14 1890 in | Illinois | Alabama | Texas | Tennessee | 3 |
| 23 | Which of the following was not a Nobel Peace Prize recipient? | Henry Kissinger | Richard Nixon | Woodrow Wilson | Theodore Roosevelt | 2 |
| 24 | The Spingarn Medal was not awarded by the NAACP to: | Martin Luther King | Alex Haley | Lena Horne | Bill Cosby | 1 |
| 25 | The US daily newspaper with the highest circulation is | The Wall Street Journal | USA Today | The New York Daily News | The Los Angeles Times | 1 |
| 26 | Ted Koppel was born on Feb 8 1940 in: | Omaha Nebr | St Louis Mo. | Lancashire England | Banff Alberta | 3 |
| 27 | Johnny Carson was born on Oct 23 1925 in | Omaha Nebraska | Corning Iowa | Olathe Kansas | Madison Tenn. | 2 |
| 28 | Who was not born in New Jersey? | John Travolta | Meryl Streep | Loretta Swit | Rod Stewart | 4 |
| 29 | Who was not born in the US? | Elizabeth Taylor | Pia Zadora | John Travolta | Loretta Swit | 1 |
| 30 | What is the alias used by Alphonso D'Abruzzo | Al Capone | Alan Brady | Alan Alda | Eddie Albert | 3 |
| 31 | The highest city in the US at 11 560 ft is: | Fort Yukon Alaska | Climax Col. | Presque Isle Me | Coeur d'Alene Id | 2 |
| 32 | What is the deepest lake in the US? | Lake Superior | Lake Michigan | Great Salt Lake | Crater Lake | 4 |
| 33 | What is the southernmost city in the US? | Key West Fla | Brownsville Tex | San Diego Cal | Hilo Hawaii | 4 |
| 34 | What is the highest Mountain in the US? | Mt Rainier | Mt McKinley | Mt Rushmore | Mt Whitney | 2 |
| 35 | What is the elevation at Red Bluff Reservation the lowest spot in New Mexico? | 2817 ft | 287 ft | 1287 ft | 1827 ft | 1 |
| 36 | What is the lowest elevation in Colorado? | 2350 ft | 2850 ft | 3350 ft | 3850 ft | 3 |
| 37 | In which state are the Carlsbad Caverns? | New Mexico | Utah | Arizona | Colorado | 1 |
| 38 | On what island was the Statue of Liberty erected? | Staten Island | Bedloe's Island | Riker's Island | Ellis Island | 2 |
| 39 | The Statue of Liberty was a gift from: | England | Irish immigrants | Queen Elizabeth | France | 4 |
| 40 | The Statue of Liberty weighs: | 100 tons | 87 tons | 225 tons | 155 tons | 3 |
| 41 | The height of the Statue of Liberty is | 105 ft | 205 ft | 305 ft | 405 ft | 3 |
| 42 | On the US seal 'E Pluribus Unum ' means | One for all and all for one | Of one accord | The proud ones | One out of many | 4 |
| 43 | The first European to explore New York harbor was: | Christopher Columbus | Giovanni de Verrazano | Ponce de Leon | John Cabot | 2 |
| 44 | St Augustine Florida was founded in: | 1565 | 1625 | 1665 | 1725 | 1 |
| 45 | The island of Manhattan was bought by Peter Minuit on May 6th | 1626 | 1668 | 1711 | 1729 | 1 |
| 46 | On July 20 1969 who stepped out of Apollo 11 to become the first earthman on the moon? | John Glenn | Alan Shepard | Neil Armstrong | Edwin Aldrin Jr | 3 |
| 47 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated on Nov 22 1963 in | Boston | Austin | Baltimore | Dallas | 4 |
| 48 | The U-2 Recon plane was shot down on May Day: | 1958 | 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 2 |
| 49 | Which of the following is not a poisonous snake? | krait | boomslang | black mamba | red tailed boa | 4 |
| 50 | God created fish and birds on the | second day | third day | fourth day | fifth day | 4 |
| 51 | Methuselah lived to the age of | 669 years | 749 years | 849 years | 969 years | 4 |
| 52 | At the beginning of the flood Noah was | 200 years old | 400 years old | 600 years old | 800 years old | 3 |
| 53 | The length of Noah's ark was | 405 feet | 450 feet | 345 feet | 545 feet | 2 |
| 54 | Which of these disciples of Jesus was not a fisherman? | Matthew | Peter | James | Andrew | 1 |
| 55 | How many people did Jesus feed with five loaves and two fish? | 500 | 2500 | 5000 | 10000 | 3 |
| 56 | Who created 'Garfield'? | Jim Davis | Brad Anderson | Bill Keane | Johnny Hart | 1 |
| 57 | Which is not a South American country? | Bolivia | Paraguay | Argentina | Guatemala | 4 |
| 58 | Which of these cities is a state capital? | New York | Chicago | Boston | Los Angeles | 3 |
| 59 | 'Live Free or Die' is the motto of which state? | Maryland | Missouri | Vermont | New Hampshire | 4 |
| 60 | In which month is the vernal equinox? | March | April | September | October | 1 |
| 61 | Which mountain is in Denali National Park? | Whitney | McKinley | Rushmore | St Helens | 2 |
| 62 | The Grand Coulee Dam is on which river? | Colorado | Missouri | Snake | Columbia | 4 |
| 63 | Which plant is not a member of the lily family? | Asparagus | Tulip | Daffodil | Onion | 3 |
| 64 | American poet Emma Lazarus wrote the sonnet 'The New Colossus' about which landmark? | The GoldenGate Bridge | The Empire State Building | The Statue of Liberty | Disney World | 3 |
| 65 | Who was awarded the Heisman Trophy? | Terry Bradshaw | Roger Staubach | Joe Namath | Fran Tarkenton | 2 |
| 66 | On Sep 21st 1982 Al McReynolds caught a striped bass off Atlantic City that weighed | 64lbs 6 oz | 52 lbs 4 oz | 102 lbs 10 oz | 78 lbs 8 oz | 4 |
| 67 | On May 17th 1985 Les Anderson Caught a Chinook Salmon in the Kenai River weighing | 97 lb 4 oz | 44 lb 6 oz | 27 lbs 8 oz | 68 lbs 10 oz | 1 |
| 68 | Only this player has scored more than 35 000 points in his professional basketball career: | Wilt Chamberlain | Elvin Hayes | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Oscar Robertson | 3 |
| 69 | Which player did not get NBA's rookie of the year award? | Larry Bird | Erving Johnson | Patrick Ewing | Michael Jordon | 2 |
| 70 | During the 1980's which one of these teams was national collegiate football champions twice? | Penn State | Miami(Fl) | Notre Dame | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 71 | Which stadium do the San Fransisco teams call home? | Riverfront Stadium | Soldier Field | Veterans Stadium | Candlestick Park | 4 |
| 72 | In Which sport would one compete for America's Cup? | Tennis | Golf | Yachting | Lacrosse | 3 |
| 73 | Which American athlete holds the world record for 400m 800m and 1500m freestyle swim? | Matt Biondi | Janet Evans | Tom Jager | Betsy Mitchell | 2 |
| 74 | Lewis Feild was the 'all around champ' for 1985 86 and 87 earning around $150 000 each year in which sport? | Surfing | Rodeo | Archery | Skeet shooting | 2 |
| 75 | To which city would you NOT go to compete for the Winston Cup? | Pocono | Dover | Bristol | Orlando | 4 |
| 76 | In 1988 he was the first golfer to earn more than $1 million on the PGA tour: | Curtis Strange | Tom Kiye | Tom Watson | Greg Norman | 1 |
| 77 | In 1972 American Bobby Fischer defeated Soviet Boris Spassky for the world championship in | Wrestling | Fussball | Chess | Arm wrestling | 3 |
| 78 | Sixty one home runs is a professional baseball record set by | Roger Maris in '61 | Mickey Mantle in '60 | Babe Ruth in '27 | Jimmy Fox in '32 | 1 |
| 79 | In 1959 he pitched a perfect game and lost 0-1 | Sandy Koufax | Harvey Haddix | Don Larsen | Jim Bunning | 2 |
| 80 | Who said 'The buck stops here' ? | F.D.Roosevelt | J.F. Kennedy | J.F. Dulles | H.S. Truman | 4 |
| 81 | Which book is not included in the Old Testament? | Daniel | Micah | Jude | Joel | 3 |
| 82 | Which of these books is not a letter from the Apostle Paul? | Timothy | Philemon | James | Titus | 3 |
| 83 | Which of the following plants is not a mallow (fam Malvaceae)? | Marshmallow | Cotton | Okra | Artichoke | 4 |
| 84 | A sea cow (family Sirenian) is a | Mermaid | Walrus | Manatee | Otter | 3 |
| 85 | A group of whales is called a | Muster | Pod | Gaggle | Pride | 2 |
| 86 | Senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) is in the professional hall of fame in what sport? | Basketball | Football | Baseball | Hockey | 1 |
| 87 | X-rays were discovered in 1895 by | Marie Curie | Wilhelm Roentgen | Albert Einstein | Thomas Edison | 2 |
| 88 | Which is not a Ford? | Mustang | Pinto | Bronco | Colt | 4 |
| 89 | If you wanted to go to Orange; S.Orange; E.Orange; and W. Orange to which state would you go? | Florida | California | New Jersey | Alabama | 3 |
| 90 | In New York City the borough of Richmond is on which island? | Manhattan | Long Island | Ellis Island | Staten Island | 4 |
| 91 | Which is not an arachnid? | Centipede | Scorpion | Tick | Spider | 1 |
| 92 | The Beatles included John Lennon; Paul McCartney, Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr) and: | Brian Jones | George Harrison | Bill Wyman | Eric Clapton | 2 |
| 93 | Marion Michael Morrison acted under the name of | Don Knotts | Tiny Tim | John Wayne | Clint Eastwood | 3 |
| 94 | Cirrhosis is a disease of the | Kidneys | Bone marrow | Hair follicles | Liver | 4 |
| 95 | The longest bone in the human body is: | Fibula | Ulna | Femur | Tibia | 3 |
| 96 | Which country is not in Europe? | Morocco | San Marino | Liechtenstein | Monaco | 1 |
| 97 | The sixteenth letter of the greek alphabet 'pi' represents the mathematical relationship between the radius and circumference of a circle and is assigned the approximate value of: | 2.843 | 3.14159 | 3.54873 | 4.13165 | 2 |
| 98 | Who said 'The first thing any comedian does on getting an unscheduled laugh is to verify the state of his buttons; the second is to look around to see if a cat has walked out on the stage.'? | Bob Hope | Red Skelton | W.C. Fields | Jackie Gleason | 3 |
| 99 | Who said 'The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time'? | George Washington | John Hancock | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | 4
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