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1000    Although there have been hardships in the past, your future now looks bright.
1001    Distant countries beacon to you now more than ever. Now is the time for travel.
1002    Executive ability is prominent in your make up.
1003    Good health will be yours for a long time.
1004    Good news will come to you.
1005    Although there have been hardships in the past, your future now looks bright.
1006    Distant countries beacon to you now more than ever. Now is the time for travel.
1007    Executive ability is prominent in your make up.
1008    Good health will be yours for a long time.
1009    Good news will come to you by e-mail.
1010    Good news will come to you by mail.
1011    Good news will come to you by telephone.
1012    Good news will come to you through a close friend.
1013    Happy events will take place shortly in your home.
1014    Hardships will be coming soon. It is best to prepare now.
1015    In your life, excitement is welcomed, now more than ever.
1016    Now is a good time to finish up old tasks.
1017    Now is not the time to wonder. You are needed at home.
1018    Now is the time to try something new.
1019    Outside pressure to change will cause your long held value system to strengthen.
1020    People like you because you are different, don't change.
1021    Soon you will be sitting on top of the world.
1022    Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
1023    You are a bundle of energy. Always on the go.
1024    You are a person of culture.
1025    You are a person of dignity.
1026    You are a person of respect.
1027    You are always welcome in any gathering.
1028    You are careful and systematic in your business arrangements.
1029    You are going to have a very comfortable old age.
1030    You are kind-hearted and hospitable, cheerful and well liked.
1031    You are needed elsewhere.
1032    You are next in line for a promotion.
1033    You are one of the people who 'goes places in life.'
1034    You display the wonderful traits of charm and courtesy.
1035    You display the wonderful traits of patience and understanding.
1036    You have a deep interest in all that is artistic.
1037    You have a natural grace and a great consideration for others.
1038    You have a reputation for being straight-forward and honest.
1039    You have a strong desire for a home and your family comes first.
1040    You have a strong desire to travel abroad.
1041    You have an unusually magnetic personality.
1042    You will be a very successful in your next life.
1043    You will be awarded some great honor.
1044    You will be fortunate if you seize the opportunity.
1045    You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you.
1046    You will be loved by many in your old age.
1047    You will be unusually successful in business.
1048    You will have good luck and overcome many hardships.
1049    You will have good luck in your business affairs.
1050    You will have good luck in your personal affairs.
1051    You will make a change for the better.
1052    You will soon be involved in many gatherings and parties.
1053    You will soon experience a change in pace.
1054    You will step on the soil of many countries.
1055    Your existence is enough to make at least one person happy.
1056    Your luck has been completely changed today.
1057    Your mentality is alert, practical and analytical.
1058    Your personality defines you.
1059    Your personality is so powerful it often frightens others away.
1060    Your wisdom spans many lifetimes.
2000    You are going to be visited by the aliens.
2001    You are going to win the lottery - and lose your personality.
2002    Someday you'll be President. Then you'll be impeached.
2003    In four weeks you'll be fishing (you didn't need this job anyway).
2004    Your pot of spaghetti boilith over.
2005    Your cup spillith over.
2006    Your bank account will continue to be empty, uninterrupted.
2007    Love awaits you. With the emphasis on 'wait'!
2008    You will soon pass through a door - to the kitchen? Bathroom?
2009    Soon you shall learn a new skill - How to quickly click the 'OK' button to get rid of a boring fortune!
2010    Bleach can look tasty, but if you drink it, you will see the giant fortune cookie in the sky.
2011    DUCK!
2012    If you had a nickel for every time you said, 'If I had a nickel...' you'd have a lot of nickels!
2013    In the recent past you have been victorious.
2014    The aliens were here, but they left.
2015    The IRS will call you today.
2016    The mouse is your weapon of choice.
2017    There will be a new mahjongg CD in your future.
2018    You are being followed by a tall man in a dark coat.  Look, there he is!  Oh, you missed him.
2019    You are too paranoid, even though everyone really is out to get you.
2020    You will receive a fortune in the future!
2021    Your belief in fortunes will be shaken.
2022    You guessed it.  This is another one of those fortunes that don't say anything.
2023    You love your family. So why haven't you spoken to them in so long?
2024    You may soon be the winner of $10,000,000! You might also be a figment of your computer's imagination!
2025    You may want to write this fortune down so you don't forget it.
2026    You will soon need some fresh air and sunshine.
2027    You should pay dearly for not flossing regularly.
2028    You shouldn't believe this fortune.
2029    This fortune is a lie.
2030    This fortune is a truth.
2031    You want the future? You can't handle the future!
2032    You will be getting a call about an upgrade within the next few months.
2033    You will be struck by a car next time you step into traffic.
2034    Anything that can go wrong will. Anything that can't go wrong, will go wrong.
2035    The stars indicate that you should go get a glass of water before playing another game.
2036    I predict you will continue breathing for the rest of your life.
2037    You will doubt the accuracy of this fortune.
2038    You will have a craving for fortune cookies after a few more games.
2039    You will have the disquieting feeling that you left the stove on.
2040    You will have the strangest urge to say 'Yeeeeeehaaaaaaw.'
2041    You will have used a computer before the day is over.
2042    You will meet secret agent Boris at the corner of 7'th and Elm Street. He will have your package in his left arm. The code word will be 'Fluttering bio-degradables'.
2043    You will never win the lotto. Now here's your lucky numbers...
2044    You will see the sky every time you look up, unless you're inside, in which case you will see the ceiling, unless of course you don't have a ceiling, in which case you will see the sky.
2045    You will shun all that is material, unless it is a MoraffWare CD ROM.
2046    You will soon reach a higher state of consciousness through Morejongg.
2047    You will think about listening to your conscience, but quickly put the idea aside.
2048    You will wonder what this fortune is trying to imply about your intelligence.
2049    You won't think this was very funny.
2050    Your evil plans for world domination will be foiled. Curses!
2051    Your fortune can be found in a cookie.
2052    Your life's achievement will hinge upon your next game of Morejongg.
2053    Confucius say: lovers in triangle not on square.
2054    The answers you seek can be found at the nearest convenience store.
2055    The future of your wealth depends on your friends...don't lend them money.
2056    To be or not to be...now that's a dumb question.
2057    You are a great asset to your friends...if you own a car.
2058    Your memory is much like a rabbit...short and fuzzy.
3000    Life is a wonderful habit.
3001    Life is habit-forming.
3002    Knowledge is power, but wisdom doesn't need power.
3003    Who wants to live forever?
3004    Innocence belongs to children, lovers, and the aged.
3005    All values are learned. Like a good car, we must be concerned with our values' performance and source.
3006    Will-power is habit forming.
3007    Self discipline is a skill.
3008    Intelligence is learned.
3009    If you think you can't when you can, you won't. If you think you can when you can't, you just might!
3010    It is best if your future remains a mystery.
3011    Self worth can be found through mastery.
3012    Stop searching forever. Happiness is right in front of you.
3013    The key to mastery is through your inner self.
3014    You are but a grain of salt in the great expanse of ocean around you.
3015    A bird caged too long may not wish to fly when released.
3016    A body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
3017    A civilization that regards nuclear energy as important and cooking as trivial is surely headed for destruction.
3018    A fool utters all on their mind. The wise wait till afterwards.
3019    A fool's mouth is their own destruction and their lips are the snare of their soul.
3020    A gentle person points out the admirable qualities of all and does not point out bad qualities. A petty one does just the opposite.
3021    A gentle person, well studied in literature, and abiding by the rules of ritual, will not go very wrong.
3022    A kind word with forgiveness is better than charity followed by insult.
3023    A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
3024    A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
3025    A moment is only the sharing of the space and time in which we observe.
3026    A problem encountered is an opportunity granted.
3027    A righteous one falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
3028    A teacher should but teach the student to teach himself.
3029    A true ruler's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but the favor must be as boisterous.
3030    A well trained horse isn't less exciting than a wild one.
3031    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
3032    Acceptance is but a road to truth.
3033    Actions take less time to come true than wishes.
3034    Adults grow up to be children.
3035    All events are equal in value, one can not be said to be more important than another.
3036    All, in time, does pass.
3037    An ideal world can only be created by idealistic people.
3038    Answer a fool according to their folly, lest they be wise in their own conceit.
3039    Answer not a fool according to their folly, lest you be like unto them.
3040    Anyone learning without thought is lost; anyone thinking but not learning is in peril.
3041    As in chess small moves pave the way for big ones.
3042    As one plays on an instrument, the fate plays on us.
3043    As one that diligently seeks good procures favor, shall one who seeks mischief find it.
3044    Avert misunderstanding by calm poise and balance.
3045    Before destruction one's heart is haughty, and before honor is humility.
3046    Being overlooked can sometimes be a blessing.
3047    Boast not oneself of tomorrow, for one knows not what a day may bring forth.
3048    Both action and thought have tremendous impact on our environment.
3049    By keeping alive to what is happening, we live in the present.
3050    By nature, all are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
3051    Causality is but a collection of assumptions about sequential events.
3052    Caution is never cowardice.
3053    Confidence in one unfaithful in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
3054    Courage to set an example by word and deed is one of the best ways to bring about change.
3055    Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
3056    Death is as essential to life as life itself.
3057    Denial only slows down the process of self-discovery.
3058    Discretion is the better part of valor.
3059    Do not do to others as you would not wish done to yourself.
3060    Don't drink and drive.
3061    Don't let friends drink and drive.
3062    Don't let friends impose on you. Work calmly and silently.
3063    Don't race a cheetah.
3064    Dreams are merely ourselves convincing ourselves of our true selves.
3065    Eat healthy foods and exercise regularly.
3066    Enthusiasm is life-giving, but deadly if misguided.
3067    Even a child is known by duties, whether they be pure and whether they be just.
3068    Every completion is a beginning as well.
3069    Everyone is a volume if you know how to read them.
3070    Everyone prudent deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open their folly.
3071    Everything happens at once.
3072    Everything is forever changing always.
3073    Everything is related.
3074    Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
3075    Fantasy is only a beginning.
3076    For all, the attainment of sincerity is the path to virtue.
3077    Forgive or forget.
3078    Getting out of the way and letting things happen is sometimes the best thing we can do.
3079    Giving others space, frees oneself in turn.
3080    Great thoughts come from the heart.
3081    Happiness is found only when you find yourself smiling.
3082    Hear what others say, listen to your inner voice.
3083    Hitchhiking is an adventure, but then again, so is rush hour traffic.
3084    Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
3085    Human responsibility for the world begins and ends with oneself.
3086    Humans believe they are devils pretending to be angels when, in fact, the reverse is true.
3087    If one's spirit knows principles as well as one breaths the air, the evils of the world are blinding.
3088    If there is any hope for the world it can only be found in small acts of personal kindness.
3089    If you have two legs-run; if you have one leg-hop; if you have no legs-fly.
3090    If you pick the wrong path, backtrack and try a new one.
3091    In all things success depends on preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
3092    In order to recognize the taste of joy, one must suffer.
3093    In youth and beauty, wisdom is rare.
3094    Irritation is something done to oneself.
3095    It is not good to do bad.
3096    It is the unexpected that usually happens.
3097    Keep your ducks in a row.
3098    Keep your feet on the ground even though friends may flatter you.
3099    Laughter is the best medicine.
3100    Listen not to the empty words of a jealous tongue.
3101    Listen not to the vain words of the empty tongue.
3102    Living is creative act in itself.
3103    Lollipops are good for your tongue, not your hair.
3104    Love involves respect for the time and space for all living beings.
3105    Many illnesses are self-inflicted.
3106    Maturity does not exclude playfulness.
3107    Measure twice, cut once.
3108    Mental wounds heal far slower than physical.
3109    Morals are far more valuable than community instilled ethics.
3110    Most anger is only fear. Most depression is only anger.
3111    Music can soothe more than just the savage beast.
3112    Necessity is a reality term.
3113    Never take anything too seriously.
3114    Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
3115    Not only should one recompense injury with justice, one must recompense kindness with kindness as well.
3116    Nothing is by chance, everything happens because it has to.
3117    Nothing is insignificant.
3118    Observe yourself living from time to time. It can be enlightening.
3119    On the stage of life a change of scene can further the action.
3120    One becomes poor when dealing with a slackened hand, but a diligent hand makes one rich.
3121    One of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of humanity and will die for the sake of humanity.
3122    One shouldn't bite off more than one can chew.
3123    One soul may exist in many bodies.
3124    One that bears false witness against one's neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
3125    One that deals in evil shall flee to their own doom, let none stand in their way.
3126    One that gathers in summer is wise, while one that sleeps in harvest is shameful.
3127    One that hides hatred with lying lips, is as much the fool as the one that utters the slander.
3128    One that is void of wisdom despises the neighbor, but the one of understanding holds the former at peace.
3129    One that keeps one's mouth shut keeps one's life, but one who opens wide one's lips shall have destruction.
3130    One void of understanding strikes with the hand of a fool, as this is revealed in the presence of friends.
3131    One who answers on a matter before one knows of it, folly and shame.
3132    One who causes the righteous to go astray shall fall themselves into the same pit.
3133    One who does not heed their own history is doomed to the same downfalls.
3134    One who has been offended is harder to be won than a strong city.
3135    One who has no rule over one's own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
3136    One who is poor and oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
3137    One who is prudent sees the evil and hides oneself, while the simple pass on, and are punished.
3138    One who runs behind a car gets exhausted.
3139    One's spirit will sustain one's infirmity, but a wounded spirit, who can bear.
3140    Only by pride does contention come, but with the well advised is wisdom.
3141    Only the fool despises wisdom and instruction.
3142    Open rebuke is better than secret love.
3143    Our first and last love is self love.
3144    People generally shout at each other when they are far apart.
3145    Philosophy is just another way of confusing someone else.
3146    Poverty and meanness are what all dislike; but if they cannot be avoided in the proper way, they should not be avoided.
3147    Quitting is not always a bad idea.
3148    Relinquishing power can be the most powerful thing that can be done.
3149    Riches and honors acquired by inhumanity are to me as a floating cloud.
3150    Riches and honors are what all desire; but if they cannot be obtained in the proper way, they should be let go.
3151    Right now, you occupy a point where three lines reach across the expanse of time and space and intersect only there, and that you and only you possess.
3152    Say no to drugs.
3153    Seeing in the dark isn't done with one's eyes.
3154    Simply seeing is an act of creation.
3155    Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
3156    Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
3157    Slow and steady wins the race.
3158    Smile and others will smile with you.
3159    Snowflakes aren't the only things that hold beauty in their diversity.
3160    Some people are at their best asleep.
3161    Sometimes we must learn to ask for what is needed.
3162    Starting a fire is far easier than extinguishing one.
3163    Strange coincidences may be but the normal workings of the universe.
3164    Study the past, live in the present, prepare for the future.
3165    Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!
3166    That all things do indeed pass is revealed when a child's sadness gives way to laughter.
3167    That which shatters the silence we call noise. That which enhances the silence we call music.
3168    The artist is but an instrument through which the universe unveils itself.
3169    The chicken is only the egg's way of reproducing itself.
3170    The ego massage is undoubtedly a pleasant pastime, but hardly the most rewarding.
3171    The grass is always greener on the other side.
3172    The greatest battles are fought within oneself.
3173    The greatest gift one can give to another is to reveal oneself.
3174    The heart can be an enemy of the intellect.
3175    The heart is sometimes wiser than the intellect.
3176    The heart is wiser than the intellect.
3177    The highest form of control is knowing when to let go.
3178    The insane are often the most perceptive.
3179    There is no power greater than the power of love.
3180    The key to happiness fits in a shiny new sports car.
3181    The lips of righteous feed many, but the fools die for want of wisdom.
3182    The meaning of life can be found in a can of alphabet soup.
3183    The memory of the blessed is forever blessed, but the names of the wicked shall rot.
3184    The merciful one does good to one's own soul, but one that is cruel troubles one's own.
3185    The mind of the superior one is conversant with virtue; the mind of the base one is conversant with gain.
3186    The more fictitious one's history becomes the more one is doomed to encounter one's true past.
3187    The most amazing place you will ever be in your life time is where you are each day.
3188    The most knowledgeable is rarely the wisest.
3189    The most rigid trees are the first to be snapped when wind blows.
3190    The naming of some things as important and others as unimportant is but a value judgment, a product of human ego.
3191    The one who digs the pit shall fall therein and the one that rolls a stone, it will return upon them.
3192    The only thing known for sure is what is believed.
3193    The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
3194    The present is where we live, yet we can never know it as well as our past.
3195    The progress of the superior one is upwards; the progress of the one lacking in virtues is downwards.
3196    The realm of the unknown must always be respected.
3197    The road less traveled gets you helplessly lost.
3198    The road less traveled leads you nowhere.
3199    The rule is the exception.
3200    The sanctity of one's beliefs should be respected.
3201    The secret of life should not be known as then it would no longer be a secret.
3202    The secret to concentration is the acceptance of endless distractions.
3203    The simplest things in life are the most important.
3204    The sloth desire and have nothing, while the diligent shall be fat with wealth.
3205    The slothful one says, 'There is a lion in the way, a lion in the streets.'
3206    The speaker of lies reveals the secret, where the trustworthy never seem to know of such things.
3207    The superior one is anxious lest one should not get truth; one is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
3208    The superior one is modest in speech, but exceeds in actions.
3209    The thoughts of the righteous are always right, where the counsels to the wicked are wrought with deceit.
3210    The true church is one's own heart.
3211    The unknown is not to feared, but to be known.
3212    The wisest is not always the most knowledgeable.
3213    The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.
3214    There is always a place to be alone.
3215    There is always something smaller and always something bigger.
3216    There is human time and there is nature's time. We must plan our schedule around both.
3217    There will be always be someone better, but there may not be anyone worse.
3218    Those who shun you need not be shunned, they have done it to themselves.
3219    To be a skillful criminal detective one must have an acute criminal mind.
3220    To be content is to be enlightened.
3221    To be fond of learning is to be next to knowledge.
3222    To give charity publicly is good, while anonymous giving awards one with divinity.
3223    To judge of others by what is ourselves is part of what limits humanity.
3224    To know wisdom and instruction is to perceive the words of understanding.
3225    To simply remain still may be humanities greatest challenge.
3226    To the insane the sane are insane, and vice-versa.
3227    To the sleeper, the waking life is recurring dream.
3228    Treasures of wickedness profit nothing.
3229    Trees are made of wood.
3230    Understanding only begins with the act of perception.
3231    Violence only covers the mouths of the wicked and blessings are upon the heads of the just.
3232    Virtue is not left to stand alone. One who practices it will have many neighbors.
3233    War does not determine who's right, war only determines who's will be left to say they were right.
3234    We see much, observe little, and perceive less.
3235    Wealth gained through vanity can only diminish, where wealth gained through labor will increase.
3236    What can we say with absolute certainty?
3237    What the gentle demand is something of themselves. What the petty demand is something of others.
3238    When evil rises often the good are pushed aside, but upon the demise of evil, good always increases.
3239    When in doubt...go to sleep.
3240    When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?
3241    When one door closes another door opens.
3242    When the people are more numerous, enrich them, once they are enriched, instruct them.
3243    When wearing comfortable shoes one forgets that they have feet.
3244    Where there is no wood, the fire goes out, so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
3245    While you do not know life, how can you hope to know about death?
3246    Whoever boasts themselves of false gifts is like ominous clouds and wind with no rain.
3247    Will the impossible - accept the inevitable.
3248    Wisdom is more valuable than valuables and all things that can be desired hold no comparison.
3249    Wishes come true far too often.
3250    With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow, I still have joy in the midst of turmoil.
3251    With no counsel present the people will fall. With a multitude of counselors there is safety.
3252    Your pursuit of happiness will end when you stop pursuing it.
4000    Although there have been hardships in the past, your future now looks bright.
4001    Distant countries beacon to you now more than ever. Now is the time for travel.
4002    Executive ability is prominent in your make up.
4003    Good health will be yours for a long time.
4004    Good news will come to you.
4005    Although there have been hardships in the past, your future now looks bright.
4006    Distant countries beacon to you now more than ever. Now is the time for travel.
4007    Executive ability is prominent in your make up.
4008    Good health will be yours for a long time.
4009    Good news will come to you by e-mail.
4010    Good news will come to you by mail.
4011    Good news will come to you by telephone.
4012    Good news will come to you through a close friend.
4013    Happy events will take place shortly in your home.
4014    Hardships will be coming soon. It is best to prepare now.
4015    In your life, excitement is welcomed, now more than ever.
4016    Now is a good time to finish up old tasks.
4017    Now is not the time to wonder. You are needed at home.
4018    Now is the time to try something new.
4019    Outside pressure to change will cause your long held value system to strengthen.
4020    People like you because you are different, don't change.
4021    Soon you will be sitting on top of the world.
4022    Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.
4023    You are a bundle of energy. Always on the go.
4024    You are a person of culture.
4025    You are a person of dignity.
4026    You are a person of respect.
4027    You are always welcome in any gathering.
4028    You are careful and systematic in your business arrangements.
4029    You are going to have a very comfortable old age.
4030    You are kind-hearted and hospitable, cheerful and well liked.
4031    You are needed elsewhere.
4032    You are next in line for a promotion.
4033    You are one of the people who 'goes places in life.'
4034    You display the wonderful traits of charm and courtesy.
4035    You display the wonderful traits of patience and understanding.
4036    You have a deep interest in all that is artistic.
4037    You have a natural grace and a great consideration for others.
4038    You have a reputation for being straight-forward and honest.
4039    You have a strong desire for a home and your family comes first.
4040    You have a strong desire to travel abroad.
4041    You have an unusually magnetic personality.
4042    You will be a very successful in your next life.
4043    You will be awarded some great honor.
4044    You will be fortunate if you seize the opportunity.
4045    You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you.
4046    You will be loved by many in your old age.
4047    You will be unusually successful in business.
4048    You will have good luck and overcome many hardships.
4049    You will have good luck in your business affairs.
4050    You will have good luck in your personal affairs.
4051    You will make a change for the better.
4052    You will soon be involved in many gatherings and parties.
4053    You will soon experience a change in pace.
4054    You will step on the soil of many countries.
4055    Your existence is enough to make at least one person happy.
4056    Your luck has been completely changed today.
4057    Your mentality is alert, practical and analytical.
4058    Your personality defines you.
4059    Your personality is so powerful it often frightens others away.
4060    Your wisdom spans many lifetimes.
4061    Be good to your friends.
4062    Life's a journey, not a destination.
4063    Youth is wasted on children.
4064    There's never time to do it right but there's always time to do it over.
4065    Don't forget to floss!
4066    Shun all that is material, unless it is a MoraffWare CD ROM.
4067    Enthusiasm is life-giving, but deadly if misguided.
4068    Every completion is a beginning as well.
4069    Everyone is a volume if you know how to read them.
4070    Dreams are merely ourselves convincing ourselves of our true selves.
4071    Eat healthy foods and exercise regularly.
4072    Listen not to the empty words of a jealous tongue.
4073    Listen not to the vain words of the empty tongue.
4074    Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
4075    Living is creative act in itself.
4076    For all, the attainment of sincerity is the path to virtue.
4077    Love involves respect for the time and space for all living beings.
4078    Getting out of the way and letting things happen is sometimes the best thing we can do.
4079    Giving others space, frees oneself in turn.
4080    Great thoughts come from the heart.
4081    Happiness is found only when you find yourself smiling.
4082    Human responsibility for the world begins and ends with oneself.
4083    Humans believe they are devils pretending to be angels when, in fact, the reverse is true.
4084    If there is any hope for the world it can only be found in small acts of personal kindness.
4085    Courage to set an example by word and deed is one of the best ways to bring about change.
4086    Denial only slows down the process of self-discovery.
4087    Discretion is the better part of valor.
4088    Do not do to others as you would not wish done unto yourself.
4089    Don't let friends impose on you. Work calmly and silently.
4090    If you pick the wrong path, backtrack and try a new one.
4091    In all things success depends on preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
4092    In order to recognize the taste of joy, one must suffer.
4093    Irritation is something done to oneself.
4094    It is the unexpected that usually happens.
4095    Keep your feet on the ground even though friends may flatter you.
4096    Laughter is the best medicine.
4097    Boast not oneself of tomorrow, for one knows not what a day may bring forth.
4098    Both action and thought have tremendous impact on our environment.
4099    Causality is but a collection of assumptions about sequential events.
4100    Caution is never cowardice.
4101    Life is habit-forming.
4102    Knowledge is power, but wisdom doesn't need power.
4103    Who wants to live forever?
4104    Innocence belongs to children, lovers, and the aged.
4105    Wisdom is more valuable than valuables and all things that can be desired hold no comparison.
4106    With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow, I still have joy in the midst of turmoil.
4107    Self discipline is a skill.
4108    Intelligence is learned.
4109    If you think you can't when you can, you won't. If you think you can when you can't, you just might!
4110    It is best if your future remains a mystery.
4111    Self worth can be found through mastery.
4112    Wishes come true far too often.
4113    The key to mastery is through your inner self.
4114    Wishes come true far too often.
4115    A bird caged too long may not wish to fly when released.
4116    A body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
4117    With no counsel present the people will fall. With a multitude of counselors there is safety.
4118    Your pursuit of happiness will end when you stop pursuing it.
4119    A fool's mouth is their own destruction and their lips are the snare of their soul.
4120    A wise person points out only the admirable qualities of all. A petty one does just the opposite.
4121    A gentle person, well studied in literature, and abiding by the rules of ritual, will not go very wrong.
4122    A kind word with forgiveness is better than charity followed by insult.
4123    Whoever boasts themselves of false gifts is like ominous clouds and wind with no rain.
4124    A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
4125    A moment is only the sharing of the space and time in which we observe.
4126    A problem encountered is an opportunity granted.
4127    Will the impossible - accept the inevitable.
4128    A teacher should but teach the student to teach himself.
4129    A true ruler's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but the favor must be as boisterous.
4130    A well trained horse isn't less exciting than a wild one.
4131    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
4132    Acceptance is but a road to truth.
4133    Actions take less time to come true than wishes.
4134    Adults grow up to be children.
4135    Being overlooked can sometimes be a blessing.
4136    All, in time, does pass.
4137    An ideal world can only be created by idealistic people.
4138    Answer a fool according to their folly, lest they be wise in their own conceit.
4139    Answer not a fool according to their folly, lest you be like unto them.
4140    Anyone learning without thought is lost; anyone thinking but not learning is in peril.
4141    In life as in chess, small moves pave the way for big ones.
4142    As one plays on an instrument, the fate plays on us.
4143    As one that diligently seeks good procures favor, shall one who seeks mischief find it.
4144    Avert misunderstanding by calm poise and balance.
4145    Many illnesses are self-inflicted.
4146    Maturity does not exclude playfulness.
4147    Measure twice, cut once.
4148    Mental wounds heal far slower than physical.
4149    Morals are far more valuable than community instilled ethics.
4150    Most anger is only fear. Most depression is only anger.
4151    Never take anything too seriously.
4152    Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
4153    Not only should one recompense injury with justice, one must recompense kindness with kindness as well.
4154    Nothing is by chance, everything happens because it has to.
4155    Nothing is insignificant.
4156    Observe yourself living from time to time. It can be enlightening.
4157    On the stage of life a change of scene can further the action.
4158    One becomes poor when dealing with a slackened hand, but a diligent hand makes one rich.
4159    One of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of humanity and will die for the sake of humanity.
4160    One shouldn't bite off more than one can chew.
4161    One that deals in evil shall flee to their own doom, let none stand in their way.
4162    One that gathers in summer is wise, while one that sleeps in harvest is shameful.
4163    One that is void of wisdom despises the neighbor, but the one of understanding holds the former at peace.
4164    One who causes the righteous to go astray shall fall themselves into the same pit.
4165    One who does not heed their own history is doomed to the same downfalls.
4166    One who has been offended is harder to be won than a strong city.
4167    One who has no rule over one's own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
4168    One who is poor and oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
4169    One who is prudent sees the evil and hides oneself, while the simple pass on, and are punished.
4170    Only by pride does contention come, but with the well advised is wisdom.
4171    Only the fool despises wisdom and instruction.
4172    Our first and last love is self love.
4173    People generally shout at each other when they are far apart.
4174    Philosophy is just another way of confusing someone else.
4175    Quitting is not always a bad idea.
4176    Relinquishing power can be the most powerful thing that can be done.
4177    Riches and honors are what all desire; but if they cannot be obtained in the proper way, they should be let go.
4178    Say no to drugs.
4179    Seeing in the dark isn't done with one's eyes.
4180    Simply seeing is an act of creation.
4181    Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
4182    Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
4183    Slow and steady wins the race.
4184    Smile and others will smile with you.
4185    Snowflakes aren't the only things that hold beauty in their diversity.
4186    Sometimes we must learn to ask for what is needed.
4187    Starting a fire is far easier than extinguishing one.
4188    Strange coincidences may be but the normal workings of the universe.
4189    Study the past, live in the present, prepare for the future.
4190    That all things do indeed pass is revealed when a child's sadness gives way to laughter.
4191    That which shatters the silence we call noise. That which enhances the silence we call music.
4192    The artist is but an instrument through which the universe unveils itself.
4193    The ego massage is undoubtedly a pleasant pastime, but hardly the most rewarding.
4194    The grass is always greener on the other side.
4195    The greatest battles are fought within oneself.
4196    The greatest gift one can give to another is to reveal oneself.
4197    The heart can be an enemy of the intellect.
4198    The heart is wiser than the intellect.
4199    The highest form of control is knowing when to let go.
4200    The insane are often simply the most perceptive.
4201    There is no power greater than the power of love.
4202    The key to happiness fits in a shiny new sports car.
4203    The lips of righteous feed many, but the lips of fools only eat.
4204    The meaning of life can be found in a can of alphabet soup.
4205    The merciful one does good to one's own soul, but one that is cruel troubles one's own.
4206    The mind of the superior one is conversant with virtue; the mind of the base one is conversant with gain.
4207    The more fictitious one's history becomes the more one is doomed to encounter one's true past.
4208    The most amazing place you will ever be in your life time is where you are each day.
4209    The most knowledgeable is rarely the wisest.
4210    The most rigid trees are the first to be snapped when wind blows.
4211    The naming of some things as important and others as unimportant is but a value judgment, a product of human ego.
4212    The one who digs the pit shall fall therein and the one that rolls a stone, it will return upon them.
4213    The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
4214    The present is where we live, yet we can never know it as well as our past.
4215    The realm of the unknown must always be respected.
4216    The road less traveled gets you helplessly lost.
4217    The road less traveled leads you nowhere.
4218    The rule is the exception.
4219    The sanctity of one's beliefs should be respected.
4220    The secret of life should not be known as then it would no longer be a secret.
4221    The secret to concentration is the acceptance of endless distractions.
4222    The simplest things in life are the most important.
4223    The sloth desire and have nothing, while the diligent shall be fat with wealth.
4224    The slothful one says, 'There is a lion in the way, a lion in the streets.'
4225    The speaker of lies reveals the secret, where the trustworthy never seem to know of such things.
4226    The superior one is modest in speech, but exceeds in actions.
4227    The true church is one's own heart.
4228    The unknown is not to feared, but to be known.
4229    The wisest is not always the most knowledgeable.
4230    The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.
4231    There is always a place to be alone.
4232    There is always something smaller and always something bigger.
4233    There is human time and there is nature's time. We must plan our schedule around both.
4234    There will always be someone better, but there may not be anyone worse.
4235    Those who shun you need not be shunned, they have done it to themselves.
4236    To be content is to be enlightened.
4237    To give charity publicly is good, while anonymous giving awards one with divinity.
4238    To judge of others by what is ourselves is part of what limits humanity.
4239    To know wisdom and instruction is to perceive the words of understanding.
4240    To simply remain still may be humanities greatest challenge.
4241    To the insane the sane are insane, and vice-versa.
4242    To the sleeper, the waking life is recurring dream.
4243    Treasures of wickedness have no value.
4244    Understanding only begins with the act of perception.
4245    Virtue is not left to stand alone. One who practices it will have many neighbors.
4246    We see much, observe little, and perceive less.
4247    Wealth gained through vanity can only diminish, where wealth gained through labor will increase.
4248    What can we say with absolute certainty?
4249    While the wise demand is something of themselves, the unwise demand is something of others.
4400    The Earth is no fun without gravity!
4401    My cup spilleth over!
4402    It's all water over the bridge!
4403    My heart be still - well, almost still.
4404    I've been talking about me all evening. Now it's your turn. What do YOU think of me?
4405    Skier: One who pays an arm and a leg for the opportunity to break them.
4406    Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, teach teachers. Those who can't teach teachers go into politics. Those who can't do politics teach political science.
4407    Memory loss is one of the top ten signs of aging.  I can't remember the other nine.
4408    Some say football is boring - the players are always lying on the ground. But it's how they get there that makes the game interesting.
4409    Confucius say: lovers in triangle not on square.
4410    Your pot of spaghetti boilith over.
4411    Traverse: To ski across a slope at an angle; one of two quick and simple methods of reducing speed. Tree: The other method.
4412    If you had a nickel for every time you said, 'If I had a nickel...' you'd have a lot of nickels!
4413    You are too paranoid, even though everyone really is out to get you.
4414    You may soon be the winner of $10,000,000! More likely, you are a figment of your computer's imagination!
4415    Anything that can go wrong will. Anything that can't go wrong, will still go wrong.
4416    To be or not to be...now that's a dumb question.
4417    One who runs behind a car gets exhausted.
4418    The chicken is only the egg's way of reproducing itself.
4419    War does not determine who's right, war only determines who's will be left to say they were right.
4420    A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks 'Why the long face?'
4421    Your cup tippith over.
4422    There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.
4423    The worm that sleeps in escapes the bird.
4424    A barber learns to shave by shaving fools.
4425    A penny saved is a penny soon spent.
4426    As welcome as water in one's shoes.
4427    Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as to your food.
4428    He is a fool who makes his doctor his heir.
4429    His butter is breaded on both sides.
4430    It is very hard to shave an egg.
4431    One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.
4432    Out of the fire and into the frying pan.
4433    People who live in stone houses should never throw glass.
4434    Promises and pie crusts are meant to be broken.
4435    Some are wise and some are otherwise.
4436    You may have a head but so does a pin.
4437    You can teach a new dog old tricks
4438    What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own.
4439    Two attorneys can live in a town where one cannot.
4440    Like looking for hay in a needle stack.
4441    No good deed goes unpunished!
4442    If you're feeling good, don't worry: you'll get over it.
4443    Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
4444    A short cut is the longest distance between two points.
4445    In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
4446    The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train!
4447    The more I practice, the luckier I get!
4448    If I can't double click on it, I don't want it.
4449    Never argue with a fool-people might not know the difference.
4800    Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. -JFK
4801    We have nothing to fear except fear itself! -FDR
4802    Always remember wherever you go... There you are! -Buckaroo Bonzai
4803    It's deja vu, all over again. - Yogi Berra
4804    I shall return. - General Douglas MacArthur
4805    Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon
4806    I'll be back. - Arnold Schwartzenegger
4807    We choose to do these and the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard! - John F. Kennedy
4808    It's never too late to be what you could have been. - George Eliot
4809    Change is the law. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy
4810    Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. - Albert Einstein
4811    Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. - Jorge Luis Borges
4812    Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others. - Winston Churchill
4813    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. - Sigmund Freud
4814    A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who was the better lawyer. - Robert Frost
4815    The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. - William James
4816    We may have all come to this country on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Dr. Tony Evans
4817    One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne
4818    Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams
4819    What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. - Woody Allen
4820    I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. - Poul Anderson
4821    If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you. - Anonymous
4822    A toast to bread, for without bread, there could be no toast. - Anonymous
4823    A boy can learn a lot from a dog; obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.- Robert Benchley
4824    What happens to the hole when the Swiss cheese is gone? - Bertolt Brecht
4825    Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. - Terence Mann
4826    When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work. - George Bernard Shaw
4827    Luck is the result of good planning. - Anonymous
4828    Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
4829    Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. - Charles Caleb Colton
4830    Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. - T. H. Huxley
4831    Love your neighbor; yet don't pull down your hedge. - Ben Franklin
4832    One sign of maturity is the ability to be comfortable with people who are not like us. - Virgil A. Kraft
4833    Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides. - Frank Tyger
4834    Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso
4835    Things ain't what they used to be, and probably never was. - Will Rogers
4836    The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. - Thomas Jefferson
4837    The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
4838    Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. - Thomas Edison
4839    I will permit no man to degrade my soul by making me hate him. - Booker T. Washington
4840    The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. - Robert Bloch
4841    A baby is born with the need to be loved, and never out grows it. - Frank A. Clark
4842    A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter
4843    Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. - Washington Irving
4844    Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William A. Ward
4845    To love what you do and feel that it matters--how could anything be more fun? - Katherine Graham
4846    The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself. - Victor Hugo
4847    Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. - Moliere
4848    You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. - Leo Aikman
4849    Conquer yourself rather than the world. - Descartes
4850    The end must justify the means. - Matthew Prior
4851    We probably wouldn't worry about what people think about us if we could knew how seldom they do. - Olin Miller
4852    The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. - Arnold H. Glasow
4853    Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. - Ben Franklin
4854    When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. - Mae West
4855    The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. - Frank Lloyd Wright
4856    I'm the kind of woman that likes to enjoy herselves in peace. - Alice Walker 'The Temple of My Familiar'
4857    Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. - Charles Kuralt
4858    What is it that makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse. - Tom Wolfe 'The Right Stuff'
4859    The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. - Thornton Wilder 'The Skin of Our Teeth'
4860    The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God, because they were the best he planted. - John Muir
4861    Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close knit family in another city. - George Burns
4862    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
4863    Banks are a place that will lend you money, if you prove that you don't need it. - Bob Hope
4864    The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. - George Bernard Shaw
4865    February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. - Shirley Jackson 'Raising Demons'
4866    All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn'.  - Ernest Hemingway 'Green Hills of Africa'
4867    The best way to get to knowing any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music. - Woody Guthrie 'Woody Sez'
4868    History is the version of past event that people have decided to agree upon. - Napoleon
4869    Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. - Aristotle
4870    When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell
4871    If you don't know where you're going, you'll end somewhere else. - Lewis Carroll 'Alice in Wonderland'
4872    Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it. - Philip K. Dick
4873    The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - G.K. Chesterton
4874    How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Sign of the Four'
4875    I think it's in my basement&  Let me go upstairs and check. - M.C. Escher
4876    There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. - Alfred Hitchcock
4877    If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. - Earl Wilson
4878    Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. - B.F. Skinner
4879    Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
4880    Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul? - Socrates
4881    Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin
4882    When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West
4883    It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. - Dan Quayle
4884    Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams 'Last Chance to See'
4885    One of the saddest things is that the thing a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat nor drink nor make love for eight hours a day. All you can do for eight hours is work. - William Faulkner
4886    When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
4887    To a chemist, the thought of dirt doesn't exist. - Anton Chekhov
4888    A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. - Emily Dickenson
4889    Flow with whatever is happening, let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. - Chuang Tzu
4890    I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. - Dr. Seuss
4891    Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4892    Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. - Lewis Grizzard
4893    The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. - G.K. Chesterton
4894    Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Oscar Wilde
4895    His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. J.R.R. Tolkien 'The Hobbit'
5200    The hurrier I go, the behinder I get!
5201    Youth is a gift from Nature; Age is a work of art.
5202    The early bird gets the worm.
5203    Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
5204    Wake up and smell the coffee.
5205    A  horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.
5206    A penny saved is a penny earned.
5207    A fool and his money are soon parted.
5208    A good beginning makes a good ending.
5209    As clean as a whistle.
5210    Ask no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
5211    Birds of a feather flock together.
5212    Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
5213    His bite is worse than his bark.
5214    Last but not least, first but not most.
5215    Like mother, like daughter.
5216    Once shy, twice bitten.
5217    Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
5218    Rome was not built in a day.
5219    You can have your cake and eat it to.
5220    When the cat is away the mice will play.
5221    A bee in one's bonnet.
5222    To build castles in the air.
5223    Time lost cannot be won again.
5224    Ask and ye shall receive.
5225    Curiousity killed the cat.
5226    The idle hand is the Devil's playhouse.
5227    What goes up must come down.
5228    Do as I say, not as I do!
5229    When in doubt...go to sleep.
5230    When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?
5231    When one door closes another door opens.
5232    When the people are more numerous, enrich them, once they are enriched, instruct them.
5233    When wearing comfortable shoes one forgets that they have feet.
5234    While you do not know life, how can you hope to know about death?
5235    A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
5236    Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.
5237    Nature does nothing in vain.
5238    Live and learn - Learn and live.
5239    If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
5240    Thinking is very far from knowing.
5241    The soul is not where it lives but where it loves.
5242    The sea refuses no river.
5243    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
5600    Now, live in a car or a can! I evil, won!
5601    Race card? Ah, had race car!
5602    Rate tar? Ah ha, rate tar!
5603    No race card? Ah, had race car on!
5604    Ere he bared a son, no sad era be here!
5605    On part, is it so Pam? I'm a post. Is it rap? No.
5606    Start on God's dog, not rats.
5607    Yer pets ate pate grated. A mama made target ape taste prey.
5608    Rise to vote, sir.
5609    Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
5610    Murder for a jar of red rum.
5611    Able was I ere I saw Elba.
5612    A man, a plan, a canal, panama.
5613    A Santa lived as a devil at NASA.
5614    Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna.
5615    Are we not drawn onward to new era?
5616    Dumb mobs bomb mud.
5617    Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age.
5618    Go hang a salami, doc. Note: I dissent, a fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod, I'm a lasagna hog.
5619    Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog.
5620    He won't, ah, wander, Edna. What now, eh?
5621    I madam, I made radio! So I dared. Am I mad? Am I?
5622    Lager, sir, is regal.
5623    Let O'Hara gain an inn in a niagara hotel.
5624    Ma is a nun, as I am.
5625    Ma is as selfless as I am.
5626    Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam.
5627    Man, Oprah's sharp on A.M!
5628    Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
5629    Niagara, O roar again.
5630    No, it is opposed, Art sees trade's opposition.
5631    No, it is opposition.
5632    No lemons, no melon.
5633    No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon.
5634    No,misses ordered roses, Simon.
5635    No pet so tragic as a cigar to step on.
5636    No, sir, prefer prison.
5637    Nora, a raft! Is it far, Aaron?
5638    Norma is as selfless as I am, Ron.
5639    Now, Ned, I am a maiden nun. Ned, I am a maiden won.
5640    Ogre, flog a golfer! Go!
5641    Poor Dan is in a droop.
5642    Red rum, sir, is murder.
5643    Reviled did I live, said I, as evil I did deliver.
5644    Rot can rob a born actor.
5645    Snug & raw was I ere I saw war & guns.
5646    Star comedy by Democrats.
5647    Straw? No, too stupid a fad, I put soot on warts.
5648    Ten animals I slam in a net.
5649    To last, Carter retracts a lot.
5650    Too bad, I hid a boot.
5651    Was it a car or a cat I saw?
5652    Won't cat lovers revolt? Act now!
5653    Wonder if Sununu's fired now?
5654    Campus motto: Bottoms up, Mac.
6000    Hand my part now. Now part my hand.
6001    Fly to reason, no. So plane crash. You crash plane so, no reason to fly!
6002    Part the left sea, see now? See, sea left the part!
6003    See to Thy left, now. See now? See, now left Thy to see!
6004    Way long, a fly can reason with you. You, with reason, can fly a long way.
6005    You can eat worms on spit can't you. But, you can't spit on worms. Eat. Can you?
6006    You can't food eat, worms can. But can worms eat food? Can't you?
6007    Go to buy and eat, and buy to go.
6008    This in Fall will you have. Cozy and warm pillows. Warm and cozy, you will fall in this.
6009    Fall this far, go you alone. Because alone, you go far this Fall!
6010    Quicksand in sink? You made mess. Big mess made you sink in quicksand.
6011    You eat lobsters do you? Do lobsters eat you?
6012    Life is what shows you with love. Love with you shows what is life.
6013    Jim saved money for mom. For money saved Jim.
6014    Behind everyone, is why it is. Empty, is it? Why is everyone behind?
6015    Behind everyone, is why you are lonely. You're lonely, are you? Why is everyone behind?
6016    Hard rock sounds darn solid! Look, walls look solid. Darn! Sounds rock hard.
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20000    Which American State contains Yellowstone National Park, and how big is it?
20005    Idaho. Yellowstone National Park covers almost 3500 square miles of land, and Grand Teton National Park is right next door.
20010    Where is Great Sand Dunes National Monument?
20015    In southern Colorado in the US. The endless sand dunes are often used in science fiction movies.
20020    Which is the smallest American state, and how many people live there?
20025    Rhode Island, with 1,000,000 people.
20030    Which is the tallest mountain in the United States, and how tall is it?
20035    Mount McKinley in central Alaska is 20300 feet tall!
20040    Which is the least populated state in America?
20045    Wyoming, with only 450,000 people, or 4.7 people per square mile!
20050    What are the world's two largest islands?
20055    The two largest islands in the world are Australia and Greenland.
20060    What are the three longest rivers in the world?
20065    The Nile, the Amazon, and the Mississippi are the world's three longest rivers.
20070    What is the third largest country in the world by population?
20075    The United States with over a quarter of a million people.
20080    In what ocean is Zanzibar located?
20085    Zanzibar, which is part of Tanzania, is in the Indian Ocean.
20090    What is the largest sea in the world?
20095    The Coral Sea, measuring 1,850,200 square miles.
20100    What is the largest lake in North America?
20105    Lake Superior is, measuring 31,760 square miles.
20110    In what continent is the world's largest desert located?
20115    The Sahara Desert, measuring 3,320,000 square miles, is located in Africa.
20120    What country has the highest percentage of land protected as national parks?
20125    New Zealand has 7.8% of it's land protected as national parks.
20130    What three countries produce the most wine?
20135    Italy, France, and Spain together produce over 50% of the worlds wine.
20140    What is the only country in South America that doesn't have Spanish as it's official language?
20145    In Brazil the main language is Portuguese.
20150    What are the world's five largest countries by area?
20155    Russia, Canada, China, The U.S., and Brazil, in that order.
20160    What is the smallest country in the world by population?
20165    The Vatican City State with only 1,000 residents.
20170    What are the three Baltic states, all formerly part of the USSR?
20175    Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia were all part of the USSR and lie on the Baltic sea.
20180    Where is the site of the Chernobyl disaster?
20185    Although at the time it was part of the USSR, the area is now in the Ukraine.
20190    What country are the Canary Islands a part of?
20195    They are provinces of Spain.
20200    Where is Sri Lanka?
20205    It is an island country in the Indian Ocean.
20210    How many states were admitted to the United States in the twentieth century?
20215    Five states: Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma all achieved statehood in the twentieth century.
20220    How many separate countries are there in Europe?
20225    As of this writing, there are thirty-seven countries in Europe.
20230    How many independent countries has the former Soviet Union broken up into?
20235    There are currently fifteen countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.
20240    What three countries make up the 'Benelux' region of Europe?
20245    Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg constitute the 'Benelux'. They are also known as the Low Countries of Europe.
20250    What is the highest waterfall in the world?
20255    The highest waterfall is the Angel located in Venezuela and is 2648 ft in height.
20260    What is the deepest cave in the world?
20265    The deepest cave is the Jean Bernard located in France and is 4900 ft deep.
20270    Name Canada's four marine Provinces?
20275    Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
20280    What is the second largest French speaking city in the world?
20285    Montreal in Quebec, Canada is second only to Paris, France.
20290    Which is the smallest of the United Kingdom's four units, population wise?
20295    Northern Ireland with a population of approximately 1.7 million.
20300    What four languages are commonly used in Switzerland?
20305    German, French, Italian, and Romansch.
20310    What two countries are on the Iberian Peninsula?
20315    Spain and Portugal are on the land mass separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea.
20320    What is the largest of the Greek islands?
20325    The island of Crete is the largest in Greece.
20330    How many seas are named after colors?
20335    Two, the Red Sea and the Black Sea.
20340    What part of Russia still lies on the Baltic Sea?
20345    Kaliningrad lies on the Baltic between Lithuania and Poland. It is not connected to mainland Russia.
20350    What is the largest building in Europe?
20355    The Republic House in Bucharest, Romania.
20360    What is the largest country in area that is completely in Europe?
20365    The Ukraine, at approximately 232,000 square miles.
20370    What city's name changed to Leningrad following the Russian revolution?
20375    St. Petersburg, named after Tsar Peter the Great.
20380    What are the five Great Lakes?
20385    Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
20390    What is the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world?
20395    Brazil is with a population of over 156 million.
20400    What does balkanization mean?
20405    The breakup of a region into smaller units, usually accompanied with hostilities and violence.
20410    What was Pangea?
20415    A huge landmass which consisted of most of the area of the present continents and broke up at the end of the Mesozic period.
20420    What countries lie in the Maghreb region of Africa?
20425    The Maghreb region is made up of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
20430    What is the largest city in Australia?
20435    Sydney, with a population of over 3 million. It was also the first city established in Australia.
20440    What two countries lead the world in coffee production?
20445    Brazil and Colombia, both in South America.
20450    What two South American countries are landlocked?
20455    Both Bolivia and Paraguay have no coastline.
20460    What ocean surrounds Antartica?
20465    The Southern Ocean, which is almost the size of the Atlantic.
20470    What two South American countries do not border Brazil?
20475    Chile and Ecuador are the only two.
20480    Where is the lowest point in North America?
20485    Death Valley, California is 282 feet below sea level.
20490    How many islands make up Sri Lanka?
20495    Just two, the islands of Sri Lanka and Mannar.
20500    What U.S. state has the most national parks?
20505    Alaska has the most national parks with eight.
20510    Where in the world can one find people of the Inuit tribe?
20515    In the arctic and sub-arctic regions of the Western Hemisphere from Greenland to Alaska.
20520    What three countries have the most speakers of English as a first language?
20525    The top three are the United States, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria.
20530    What are the most northern, southern, eastern, and western states in the U.S.?
20535    Alaska is actually the most northern, eastern, and western state. Hawaii is the southernmost.
20540    What are the four commonwealth states in the U.S.?
20545    Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are all commonwealths.
20550    What is the capitol of Canada?
20555    Ottawa, in the province of Ontario, is the capitol of Canada.
20560    What is the world's largest island group?
20565    Indonesia is with 13,677 islands and islets. About 6,000 of these are inhabited.
20570    What is the largest country in Africa?
20575    Nigeria, with a population of over 96 million.
20580    What is the nickname of Ohio?
20585    Ohio is known as the Buckeye State.
20590    What country has a Bill of Rights for cows?
20595    India, where many people hold the cow sacred.
20600    What country has a literacy rate of 100%?
20605    Iceland is the only country that can boast that all of its citizens can read.
20610    Which U.S. State has the fewest school districts?
20615    Hawaii has just one school district serving the entire state.
20620    What U.S. State has the longest coastline?
20625    Alaska's coastline is larger that the lower 48 states combined.
20630    What U.S. City is largest in area?
20635    Juneau, Alaska covers over 3,100 square miles.
20640    What four U.S. states have active volcanoes?
20645    Washington, California, Hawaii, and Alaska all have active volcanoes.
20650    What is the oldest building in the U.S.?
20655    In 1610, the Spanish built The Palace of the Governor in Santa Fe, NM.
20660    Where is the driest place in the world?
20665    Rain has never even been seen in Calama, which is part of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
20670    How far is Russia from the U.S.?
20675    Just two miles across the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska.
20680    What country has the world's highest population density?
20685    Monaco does with over 41 thousand people per square mile.
20690    Who was Marietta, Ohio named after?
20695    Executed French Queen Marie Antoinette.
20700    Where is the oldest university in the world?
20705    The Islamic University, founded in 859 AD, is in Fez, Morocco.
20710    What was the original name of Iran?
20715    Iran was originally called Iran. It later changed to Persia then back to Iran.
20720    What was the first European name of New York?
20725    In 1623, New York was called New Netherlands by the Dutch. The name was later changed to New Amsterdam and eventually New York.
20730    What is the coldest place on Earth?
20735    The interior of Antarctica where a temperature of -126.9 degrees Fahrenheit was once recorded.
20740    Where is the world's highest waterfall?
20745    The Salto Alto (Angel Falls), is in Venezuela.
20750    What country has the highest population growth rate?
20755    Afghanistan does with a rate of 5.9%. The world average is 1.4%
20760    What US city has the highest percentage of foreign born residents?
20765    Almost 60% of the population of Miami, Florida were born in another country.
20770    What major US city (population over 200,000) gets the most precipitation?
20775    Mobile, Alabama gets 64.0 inches of precipitation a year.
20780    What state has three of the ten largest cities in the U.S.?
20785    Texas does with Houston at number four, Dallas at number seven, and San Antonio at number ten.
20790    What is the world's largest rain forest?
20795    Amazonia in South America, which is approximately 2.5 million square miles and shrinking fast.
20800    What are the three longest mountain ranges in the world?
20805    The Andes at 4,500 miles, the Rockies at 3,100 miles, and the Himalayas at 2,400 miles.
20810    What two countries' names start with the letter Z?
20815    Zambia and Zimbabwe, both are in Africa.
20820    What is Puerto Rico to the U.S.?
20825    Puerto Rico is officially a commonwealth of the United States.
20830    What two U.S. states don't recognize daylight savings time?
20835    Neither Arizona nor Hawaii ever set their clocks back.
20840    What is the most isolated island on Earth?
20845    Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic. It is 1,050 miles from the nearest land.
20850    What is the largest body of fresh water in the world?
20855    Lake Baikal in Russia, which is over 12,000 square miles in area and up to 5,315 feet deep.
20860    What is the largest man made structure in the US?
20865    The landfill in Staten Island, New York. The Great Wall of China is the largest in the world.
20870    Where is the longest cave in the world?
20875    Mammoth-Flint Ridge, at 235.6 miles, is in Kentucky.
20880    What is the wettest U.S. state?
20885    Louisiana is the wettest of the U.S. states.
20890    How many islands make up American Samoa?
20895    There are five islands and two coral atolls making up American Samoa. They are: Tutuila, Aunu'u, Tau, Ofu, Olosega, Swains island and Rose Island.
20900    What is the capitol of Australia?
20905    Canberra is the capitol of Australia.
20910    What country is Santiago the capitol of?
20915    Santiago is the capitol of Chile.
20920    What is the country of Cote D'Ivoire known as?
20925    Cote D'Ivoire is more commonly referred to as the Ivory Coast.
20930    What are Fiji's two main islands?
20935    90 percent of the population of Fiji live on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu although there are 842 other islands.
20940    On what continent would you find Togo?
20945    The Republic of Togo is a nation in western Africa.
20950    What major mountain chain can be found in Romania?
20955    The Carpathian Mountains are in the heart of Romania.
20960    What body of water separates New Zealand's North and South Islands.
20965    Cook Strait lies between North Island and South Island.
20970    Where is Kathmandu?
20975    Kathmandu is the capitol of Nepal, a Himalayan country in Asia.
20980    What six states constitute New England?
20985    New England is made up of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
20990    What two U.S. States contain the names of other states in there own names?
20995    West Virginia (Virginia), and Arkansas (Kansas).
21000    In what subphylum are humans?
21005    Humans are vertebrata or vertebrates.
21010    What mammal has the longest gestation period?
21015    The african elephant has a gestation period of approximately 640 days.
21020    Where would you have to go to find an emu?
21025    Emus are found in Australia.
21030    What is the largest animal ever known to exist?
21035    The blue whale at 120 tons was the largest animal. It was also the longest living mammal.
21040    What vegetable has more calories than bacon?
21045    Chickpeas with 320 calories per 100 gram serving as compared to 308 in bacon.
21050    What is the age of the Sun?
21055    The Sun is estimated to be over 4,500,000,000 years old.
21060    What planet in our own Solar System has the most moons?
21065    Saturn does with 18 moons.
21070    What is the scientific name for fear of the dark?
21075    The scientific name for fear of the dark is Achluophobia.
21080    What is the world's oldest known living organism?
21085    A 5,100 year-old Bristecone pine tree in Nevada.
21090    What is the maximum level of sound the human ear should be exposed to for long periods?
21095    85 decibels. This can be measured with a sound meter. Rock concerts are typically 110-140 decibels, which causes permanent hearing damage.
21100    Which is a heavier metal, iron or lead?
21105    Lead is almost four times heavier than iron.
21110    Which is a heavier metal, titanium or platinum?
21115    Platinum is about 4 times heavier than titanium.
21120    What element has the symbol Au?
21125    Gold, with an atomic number of 80.
21130    What do Helium, Neon, Argon, and Krypton have in common?
21135    They all have 8 electrons in their outer shell. This makes them very stable elements that don't react with other elements.
21140    What mammal is the fastest on ground?
21145    The cheetah is the fastest mammal on foot and can reach speeds to about 68 miles per hour.
21150    What mammal is the fastest in the water?
21155    The dolphin is the fastest mammal in the water and can reach speeds of about 40 miles per hour.
21160    What fish can travel the fastest in the water?
21165    The sailfish is the fastest fish reaching speeds around 68 miles per hour.
21170    What is the longest snake in the world?
21175    The longest snake is a reticulated python that measures 32.8 ft. in length.
21180    What is the difference between an artery and a vein?
21185    Veins take blood to the heart and arteries move blood away from the heart.
21190    How many electrons can be in the first valence shell of an electron?
21195    Two electrons can be in the first shell.
21200    What is the significance of the letters s, p, d, and f in atomic structure?
21205    They refer to the subshells of valence shells. An s shell can hold only 2 electrons, while p, d, and f shells hold 6, 10, and 14 electrons respectively.
21210    How many protons are there in a carbon atom?
21215    Carbon atoms have 6 protons.
21220    What is red-shift in astronomy?
21225    As objects move away, their light becomes redder as the wavelengths appear longer. By looking at common patterns of wavelength emissions from common elements, astronomers can tell both what a star is made of, and how fast it is moving away.
21230    What is a black hole?
21235    It is a very dense mass, whose gravitational pull is so great that the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Escape velocity is the speed an object must travel in order to avoid being pulled back by a gravitational force.
21240    What is the escape velocity of Earth?
21245    7 miles per second. If you threw a baseball at 7 miles per second directly away from the Earth, it would never come back.
21250    What are telemeres?
21255    Telemeres are ends of DNA strands that may be associated with cancer and aging. It is thought that telemeres may shorten as calls divide, eventually ending cell division. Telemeres don't appear to shorten in cancer cells.
21260    What is the difference between weight and mass?
21265    Weight is determined by the mass of an object and the gravity that pulls on it. Mass is constant, regardless of where the object is.
21270    What is an ion?
21275    Ions are atoms that have too few or too many electrons, giving tham an electrical charge.
21280    What is interstitial fluid?
21285    It is the fluid between the cells.
21290    What is an isotope?
21295    It is a variation of an element with a different number of neutrons.
21300    What are the mitochondria?
21305    They are small organelles that produce ATP or energy for cell functions.
21310    What are T cells?
21315    Generally used to fight disease, they include the killer, helper, suppressor, and memory T cells.
21320    What are organelles?
21325    They are tiny organs inside cells that perform specific functions.
21330    What are memory cells?
21335    They are T cells and B cells that remember information on how to fight diseases.
21340    What is a killer T cell?
21345    It is an immune system cell that kills foreign cells.
21350    What are electrolytes?
21355    When in solution, atoms and molecules break down into ions. They also enable the solution to conduct electrical current.
21360    What does DNA stand for?
21365    DeoxyriboNucleic Acid. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the source code for the human program containing all of the information needed to create every protein used in the entire body.
21370    What does RNA stand for?
21375    RiboNucleic Acid. RNA carries out the actual production of proteins whose design is stored in the DNA.
21380    What are LDL and HDL?
21385    Low Density Lipoprotein, and High Density Lipoprotein. LDL carries cholesterol through the body, often leaving it stuck to artery walls where it causes atherosclerosis. HDL actually picks up and removes cholesterol from artery walls.
21390    What is cholesterol?
21395    Cholesterol is a steroid found in all cell membranes (walls). Cholesterol is both ingested in food, and created by the liver.
21400    What is the cranial cavity?
21405    It is the space inside the skull in which the brain resides.
21410    What is the Integumentary system?
21415    It is the skin, hair and nails that cover the body. It contains the sweat and oil glands.
21420    What is the epidermis?
21425    The epidermis is the outer layer of skin, which can become hard and tough.
21430    What is the dermis?
21435    The dermis is the inner layer of skin, which can become separated from the epidermis by a blister. The dermis contains hair follicles and sweat and oil glands.
21440    When did cell theory become accepted by the scientific community?
21445    In the mid-1800's scientists finally began to accept and build cell-theory.
21450    What is a red dwarf?
21455    A red dwarf is a very old, dying star that is gradually burning itself out.
21460    What is a red giant?
21465    A red giant is a star that has burned too much of its hydrogen, then collapsed and heated up. It becomes so hot that it burns helium, and then it expands to a size that is larger than Earth's orbit, or 2-3 hundred times the size of the sun!
21470    What is a neutron star (also known as a pulsar)?
21475    It is a star that has collapsed into burned out blob of neutrons squashed together. Our sun would be only about 10 miles across, and a car made out of this material would be heavier than the Earth!
21480    What effect does gravity have on time?
21485    Time runs slower under higher gravity.
21490    What effects does near light-speed travel have on an object?
21495    Time slows down, the object becomes heavier, and the object becomes shorter in the direction of motion.
21500    How do we hope to detect black holes?
21505    It is believed that objects falling into black holes will gain tremendous energy and emit gamma rays.
21510    What is the largest planet in our solar system?
21515    Jupiter is about 1000 times the size of the Earth.
21520    What is a positron?
21525    A positron is a subatomic particle with a charge equal and opposite to that of an electron.
21530    What is antimatter?
21535    Antimatter consists of atoms made up of negatively charged protons and positively charged electrons. It's not clear why there seems to be very little antimatter.
21540    What is photosynthesis?
21545    It is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to grow new plant tissue.
21550    What is kinetic energy?
21555    It is the energy value of a moving object. If the object is stopped, the energy will probably be converted to heat.
21560    What does e=mc squared mean?
21565    It means that mass equals energy times the square of the speed of light. It was revolutionary for Einstein to suggest that mass could be turned into energy and vice versa.
21570    What is fission?
21575    Fission is the splitting of an atom, generally uranium or plutonium. Energy is released in the process.
21580    What is fusion?
21585    Fusion is the combining of atoms, usually hydrogen, which makes helium. A large percentage of the mass is converted to energy in the process.
21590    How far away is the moon?
21595    The moon is about one quarter of a million miles away. It takes light about 1.5 seconds to travel that far.
21600    What is the nearest star system?
21605    Alpha Centauri, which contains 3 stars, is about 4.3 light years away. The smallest of the three stars is Proxima Centauri, and is significantly closer than the others.
21610    What is the Hubble Constant?
21615    It is the rate of expansion of the universe. The exact rate is unknown, but recent discoveries are helping scientists zero in on it. Once known, the Hubble Constant will reveal the age of the universe.
21620    What is superstring theory?
21625    Conceived in 1981, this is a unifying theory that physicists hope will bring together general relativity and quantum theory, leading to a 'Theory of everything'.
21630    What is the nearest galaxy?
21635    The Andromeda galaxy is about 2,000,000 light years away.
21640    What is Mitosis?
21645    It is the division of the cell nucleus, which already has duplicated its chromosomes. After mitosis, one cell has two nuclei. The cell then splits into two cells.
21650    What is cytokinesis?
21655    It is the division of the cell's cytoplasm. This process takes place after mitosis in which two nuclei are formed. Both cells then each have one nucleus.
21660    What is an AU in astronomical terms?
21665    An AU is an astronomical unit representing the distance from the Sun to the Earth.
21670    What is the common characteristic among marsupials?
21675    All marsupial females have pouches to carry their young.
21680    Why don't frogs need to drink water?
21685    Frogs have the ability to absorb water through their skin.
21690    What is the simplest animal known to man?
21695    Placozoa, also known as trichoplax adhaerens. They have no organs or tissues.
21700    What is auroraphobia?
21705    Auroraphobia is fear of northern lights.
21710    What is a parsec?
21715    One parsec is equal to 19.2 trillion miles, or about 3.3 light years.
21720    What is a light year?
21725    A light year is the distance that light travels in a year, or 186,000 miles per second times 3600 seconds per hour times 24 hours per day times 365.25 days per year. That is 5,865,696,000,000 miles.
21730    How fast is the speed of light?
21735    Light travels 186,000 miles per second, or seven times around the Earth.
21740    What are the most distant objects in the known universe?
21745    Quasars, which are believed to be galaxies at the far reaches of the universe, hurtling away from us at nearly the speed of light.
21750    When were quasars first discovered?
21755    They were first observed in the 1950's, and the first quasar to be identified was 3C273 on March 16, 1963.
21760    How long would it take an airplane traveling at 500 mph to reach the nearest star system?
21765    It would take over 5 million years to reach Alpha Centauri.
21770    How long does it take light from the sun to reach the Earth?
21775    It takes 8 minutes for light to travel the nearly 100 million miles to the Earth.
21780    How large is the sun?
21785    Almost one million miles in diameter.
21790    How much energy does the fusion of one pound of hydrogen produce?
21795    The fusion would release less than 1 pound of helium, and energy equivalent to the yield of 10,000 tons of coal.
21800    How many stars can be seen as larger than a point with our most powerful telescopes?
21805    Only the sun. No other star is close enough even for the most powerful telescopes!
21810    How fast does the moon rotate?
21815    About one month per revolution. Since the same side of the moon always faces the Earth, the moon's rotation has to match it's orbit exactly.
21820    Why does the same side of the moon always face the Earth?
21825    Tides gradually pulled the moon's rotation to a stop. The tides are also gradually slowing down the Earth's rotation in part due to the friction of the oceans.
21830    What are 'good' and 'bad cholesterol?
21835    The cholesterol is the same in both cases, but is carried by different means. The good carrier cleans cholesterol off the artery walls, and the bad carrier deposits it there.
21840    What are microtubules in cells?
21845    Microtubules form a transportation network inside cells that can be used to carry materials from place to place by tiny transport molecules.
21850    What are molecular motors in cells?
21855    Molecular motors are molecules that are used to move objects around in cells. They also help in other processes such as muscular motion. These molecules literally walk along filaments carrying loads on their shoulders.
21860    What is actin in cells?
21865    Actin is a substance that cells use to create an 'on demand' skeleton that can move and change shape as the cell moves and changes shape.
21870    How does the body dispose of old red blood cells?
21875    Immune system cells called Microphages eat about 100 million of your red blood cells every day.
21880    What is an electron microscope?
21885    An electron microscope uses electrons instead of light. Light is limited by its wavelength and electrons are not.
21890    What is a heart murmur?
21895    Blood normally flows quietly through the heart. Obstructions and other problems can cause unusual sounds. A doctor can hear these sounds with a stethoscope.
21900    How long does it take for the body's blood supply to pass through the heart.
21905    The entire blood supply passes through the heart about once per minute.
21910    What is a 'myocardial infarction'?
21915    It is a 'heart attack', or a 'coronary'. It refers to the death of a large portion of heart muscle (myocardium) due to obstructed blood circulation to the muscle.
21920    How much blood does the body hold?
21925    The average body holds about 6 quarts of blood.
21930    How many quarts of blood does the heart pump per day?
21935    The heart pumps about 6000 quarts blood per day, meaning that the 6 quarts of blood in the body is reused 1000 times per day.
21940    How does smoking cause permanently persistent coughing?
21945    Smoking destroys the cilia that move mucus out of the lungs, leaving coughing as the only way to prevent accumulation of mucus.
21950    What does the Heimlich maneuver do?
21955    By squeezing the victim's chest rapidly, the air in the lungs is used to blow an obstructing lump of food out of the windpipe.
21960    What are 'antigens'?
21965    They are large molecules or parts of molecules that are recognized as foreign to the immune system.
21970    How many deaths per year in the US are caused by smoking?
21975    About 450,000, or about 1 per minute.
21980    How prevalent is lung cancer?
21985    Lung cancer accounts for one third of all cancer deaths in the United States.
21990    What percentage of lung cancer deaths were smokers?
21995    About 90 percent of all who die from lung cancer were smokers. Got a cigarette?
22000    Who wrote 'Little Women'?
22005    Louisa May Alcott in 1868.
22010    For what character is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famous?
22015    The author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes.
22020    Who was the author that created James Bond?
22025    Ian Fleming did in his 1953 novel 'Casino Royale'.
22030    What were the last two plays written by William Shakespeare?
22035    'Henry VIII' and 'The Tempest' were both written in 1613.
22040    For what play did Tennessee Williams win his second Pulitzer Prize?
22045    'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' in 1956. His first was for 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
22050    What was the name of the main character in 'The Hobbit'?
22055    The hobbit of the title was named Bilbo Baggins.
22060    By what name is Robert Zimmerman commonly known?
22065    He is commonly known as Bob Dylan.
22070    Who wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
22075    Ernest Hemmingway. It was for this work that he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for best fiction.
22080    What author has won two Pulitzer prizes for his stories about 'Rabbit'?
22085    John Updike won two Pulitzer prizes.
22090    What book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1980?
22095    Norman Mailer's book 'The Executioner's Song.'
22100    Who wrote 'To Kill A Mockingbird?'
22105    Harper Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for this classic book.
22110    What Richard Adams novel is about rabbits?
22115    'Watership Down', written in 1972.
22120    What 1818 novel is widely hailed as the first science fiction novel?
22125    Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly.
22130    What do 'J' and 'D' stand for in 'J.D. Salinger'?
22135    The author of 'The Catcher in the Rye''s initials stand for Jerome David.
22140    What transformation occurs in 'The Metamorphosis'?
22145    In Franz Kafka's 1916 novel, the main character starts out human and turns into a giant cockroach.
22150    What was Lewis Carroll's real name?
22155    The author of both 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There' was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
22160    What novel opens with: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
22165    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
22170    What is considered the first mystery story in English literature?
22175    'Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe.
22180    What was the prize in Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'.
22185    A stoning was the prize.
22190    How many Academy Awards did 'Gone with the Wind' win?
22195    'Gone with the Wind' won ten Oscars.
22200    For what movie did Paul Newman win an Academy Award?
22205    'The Color of Money'.
22210    Who was the singing voice of 'Prince Charming' in 'Cinderella'?
22215    Former talk-show host Mike Douglas.
22220    Who is Warren Beatty's sister?
22225    Actress Shirley MacLaine.
22230    What was the Love Bug's name?
22235    Herbie, the Love Bug.
22240    What was the last James Bond movie starring Sean Connery?
22245    'Never Say Never Again'
22250    What was Bill Cosby's first TV series?
22255    He was featured in 'I, Spy' along with Robert Culp.
22260    Who played Kathleen Turner's husband in 'Peggy Sue got Married'?
22265    Oscar winner Nicholas Cage.
22270    Who is Isabella Rossellini's mother?
22275    Film legend Ingrid Bergman.
22280    What was the first film directed by Steven Spielberg?
22285    'Duel', a 1971 TV film.
22290    What film based on a Stephen King novel won an Academy Award in acting?
22295    The 1990 film 'Misery' for which Kathy Bates won Best Actress.
22300    Who is the voice of Darth Vader?
22305    Actor James Earl Jones.
22310    On what TV show did the character Mork from Ork first make an appearance?
22315    70's sitcom 'Happy Days'.
22320    What was the first James Bond film?
22325    The 1963 film 'Dr. No' started the craze.
22330    Who played the young Indiana Jones in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'.
22335    The late River Phoenix.
22340    What was the first Martin Scorcese film starring Robert De Niro?
22345    'Mean Streets' (1973).
22350    What film based on a Truman Capote novel starred Audrey Hepburn?
22355    'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961).
22360    What playwright was once married to Marilyn Monroe?
22365    Arthur Miller, author of 'Death of a Salesman' and 'The Crucible'.
22370    Which two actors received Academy Awards for Best Actor two years in a row?
22375    Spencer Tracey and Tom Hanks.
22380    Who was the only American member of the Monty Python comedy troupe?
22385    Terry Gilliam was the only American.
22390    In what two Woody Allen films did Dianne Wiest win Academy Awards?
22395    Hanna and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
22400    In what genre is a Hugo awarded?
22405    Hugo awards go to the year's best Science Fiction.
22410    What poem begins with the line, 'April is the cruelest month'
22415    T.S. Eliot's 'Waste Land'.
22420    Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?
22425    Emily Bronte in 1847.
22430    In what Charles Dickens novel can the Artful Dodger be found.
22435    He's a character in Oliver Twist.
22440    Who wrote the poem The Road not Taken.
22445    The New England poet Robert Frost.
22450    Who is A. A. Milne's best-known character?
22455    Winnie the Pooh, the famous teddy bear.
22460    What is the sequel to The Iliad.
22465    The Odyssey was the sequel.
22470    What two movies starred Tom Hanks and Sally Field together?
22475    'Forrest Gump' and 'Punchline'
22480    What actress starred in all three Alien movies?
22485    Sigourney Weaver played a tough military type.
22490    Meg Ryan plays an alcoholic in what movie?
22495    'When a Man Loves a Woman'
22500    In what film does actress/director Jodi Foster play a prostitute?
22505    The movie 'Taxi Driver'
22510    Tom Hanks made his directorial debut in what movie?
22515    'That Thing You Do'
22520    Louise Chiccone is which extremely well-known entertainer's real name?
22525    Louise Chiccone has used the name 'Madonna' since the beginning of her music career.
22530    Which 1994 movie rekindled the popularity of actor John Travolta?
22535    'Pulp Fiction' sent the star of 'Grease' and 'Saturday Night Fever' back to the top of the charts.
22540    What the singer pursued a solo career after the group 10,000 Maniacs?
22545    Natalie Merchant, whose fans include Chelsea Clinton.
22550    Which 'Friends' star appeared in one of the Leprechaun movies?
22555    Jennifer Anniston
22560    What movie starred both Debra Winger and John Travolta?
22565    The classic 'Urban Cowboy'
22570    What romantic comedy starred Debra Winger and Billy Crystal?
22575    'Forget Paris', in which Billy Crystal plays a basketball coach.
22580    Name the sequel to the drama 'Terms of Endearment'.
22585    'Evening Star'.
22590    What movie starred Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, and William Hurt?
22595    The reunion movie 'The Big Chill'
22600    Which Oscar-winning movie starred Tom Berenger and William Defoe?
22605    'Platoon', directed by Oliver Stone
22610    What Stanley Kubrick movie portrayed the cruelty of the Vietnam War?
22615    'Full Metal Jacket'. Stanley Kubrick also directed '2001'.
22620    What movie featured Steve Moraff, the author of The 'Jongg CD, as an extra?
22625    'Ballad of the Sad CafΘ'. The movie starred Venessa Redgrave and Keith Caradine.
22630    In what movies do Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon act 'grumpy'?
22635    'Grumpy Old Men' and 'Grumpier Old Men'
22640    In what movie do Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon act 'odd'?
22645    'The Odd Couple', which became a popular sit-com.
22650    In what movie did the artist formerly known as Prince make his acting debut?
22655    'Purple Rain', the first of several movies he made.
22660    In this directorial debut, Mel Gibson plays a disfigured outcast.
22665    'This was the movie, 'The Man Without a Face'.
22670    What was rapper Ice Cube's debut movie?
22675    'Boyz in the Hood'.
22680    In what movie did Tom Hanks star as the voice of 'Woody'?
22685    'Toy Story', a fully computer-generated movie.
22690    Tom Hanks starred in what TV show?
22695    'Bossom Buddies'. (He was much younger then).
22700    What two movies starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together?
22705    'Joe Versus the Volcano' and 'Sleepless in Seattle'
22710    Who plays Robin in the movie 'Batman Forever'?
22715    Chris O'Donell, in the third Batman movie
22720    Who plays gangster Michael Corleone's wife in the Godfather trilogy?
22725    Diane Keaton.
22730    What two movies star Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together?
22735    'Godfather II' and 'Heat'
22740    Who played Doc Holiday in the movie 'Tombstone'?
22745    Val Kilmer, who was also in 'Top Secret' and 'Batman Forever'
22750    What actor won an Oscar for his performance in 'City Slickers'?
22755    Jack Palance, who played an old cowboy
22760    Who won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 'My Cousin Vinny'?
22765    Marissa Tomei. Sho also acted in 'The Perez Family'
22770    What highly acclaimed movie starred Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman?
22775    'The Shawshank Redemption'
22780    The movie 'Braveheart' was based on what Scottish hero?
22785    William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson
22790    From the movie 'Braveheart', finish this famous quote: 'Every man dies...'
22795    'But not every man truly lives.'
22800    Mary Louise Parker plays a woman with AIDS in what movie?
22805    'Boys on the Side', which also stars Whoopie Goldberg
22810    What movie did Cybil Sheperd and Robert De Niro star in together?
22815    'Taxi Driver', directed by Jodie Foster
22820    What TV show starred Bruce Willis and Cybil Sheperd?
22825    'Moonlighting' was the TV show. Now Bruce Willis is known for the 'Die Hard' movies.
22830    Who wrote the song 'I Will Always Love You', from the movie 'Bodyguard'?
22835    Dolly Parton. The movie starred Whitney Houston.
22840    What movie starred Bill Pullman and Ellen Degeneres together?
22845    'Mr. Wrong'. Bill Pullman also acted in 'The Butcher's Wife'
22850    In what two movies did Harrison Ford play the character 'Jack Ryan'?
22855    'Patriot Games' and 'Clear and Present Danger'
22860    Eddie Murphy plays a bum turned stock broker in what movie?
22865    'Trading Places'. Eddie Murphy also starred in the 'Beverly Hills Cop' movies.
22870    How many dalmations are in the movie '101 Dalmations'?
22875    103, including the parents.
22880    What two 'Saturday Night Live' alumni starred in 'Black Sheep' and 'Tommy Boy'?
22885    David Spade and Chris Farley
22890    Who wrote 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers'?
22895    Alexandre Dumas.
22900    In what Kurt Vonnegut novel does 'ice-nine' cause the entire world to freeze?.
22905    'Cat's Cradle' - 'Ice nine' was a form of ice that freezes at above room-temperature.
22910    Who may have been the most prolific author in history?
22915    Science fact and fiction writer Isaac Asimov authored over 400 published books.
22920    On which Joseph Conrad novel was the film 'Apocalypse Now' based?
22925    The novel, 'Heart of Darkness'
22930    Who wrote the cult classic 'Stranger in a Strange Land'?
22935    Robert Heinlein wrote this book.
22940    Of what army was George Bernard Shaw's character 'Major Barbara' a member?
22945    The Salvation Army
22950    Who was the most infamous member of the 'Vicious Circle'?
22955    Writer Dorothy Parker
22960    Who wrote 'A Rose for Emily'?
22965    William Faulkner.
22970    What did the 'Scarlet Letter' stand for in Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous story?
22975    The red 'A' stood for 'Adultery'.
22980    Who would not eat 'Green Eggs and Ham' in the Dr. Seuss story?
22985    Sam I Am would not eat 'Green Eggs and Ham'.
22990    What friend of J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the 'Narnia' series?
22995    C.S. Lewis wrote this classic series of fantasy books.
23000    Who was the Greek god of love?
23005    Eros was the Greek god of love.
23010    What god is the Roman equivalent to Zeus?
23015    Jupiter is the Roman equivalent to Zeus.
23020    What is the third largest religion in the world?
23025    With over 719 million adherents Hinduism, trails Christianity and Islam.
23030    For what month is topaz the birthstone?
23035    Topaz is the traditional birthstone for November.
23040    Who was Thor's father?
23045    In Norse mythology, Odin was Thor's father.
23050    Who was the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis?
23055    Isis was Queen of the Gods.
23060    What is the meaning of the Yin-Yang symbol?
23065    This Taoist symbol signifies harmony and balance.
23070    Who was the founder of Taoism?
23075    Lao Zi founded this religion.
23080    Who was the founder of Buddhism?
23085    Siddhartha Gautama founded this religion.
23090    How many heads did the Hydra have in Greek mythology?
23095    This multi-headed monster had nine heads.
23100    What two Greek gods are the children of Zeus and Leto?
23105    Apollo, god of prophecy, and Artemis, goddess of virgins, the hunt, and the night.
23110    What is Ragnarok in Norse mythology?
23115    It is essentially the death of the gods and the end of the cosmos. A new, better world will be reborn in its wake.
23120    What god did Loki conspire to kill?
23125    Loki tricked blind Hod into killing his own twin brother Balder, the Norse god of light, purity, beauty, innocence, and reconciliation.
23130    What two gods were the sons of Thor?
23135    Magni, the god of strength, and Modi, the god of wrath in battle.
23140    'Jormungand' is more commonly known as what, in Norse mythology?
23145    'The Midgard Serpent'. He is a snake that spans the entire length of the world. During Ragnarok, he and Thor will kill each other.
23150    What is a golem?
23155    Usually made of clay in the image of a man, a golem is an inanimate object brought to life through a magical formula. Golems occur in Jewish mythology.
23160    What is Vilkacis, in Latvian mythology?
23165    Similar to a werewolf, a 'Vilkacis' is a malicious creature into which people can be transformed.
23170    Who was Adekagagwaa?
23175    In Iroquois myth, Adekagagwaa was the spirit of summer. He rested in the south during winter.
23180    Who is the Hindu god of fire?
23185    Agni. This god also guards homes and protects humans from evil.
23190    What are Biloko?
23195    They are spirits who live in hollow trees, according to an African myth. They grow grass instead of hair and wear nothing but leaves.
23200    In Hindu mythology, who is the 'Monkey God'?
23205    Hanuman, who is also the King of Hindustan.
23210    In what mythology does a turtle spirit live in the moon?
23215    Just such a spirit may be found in Dakota mythology. The spirit's name is 'Hokewingla'.
23220    Who is Ishtar?
23225    The Mesopotamian goddess of love and war.
23230    According to the Arthurian legend, what is Avalon?
23235    It is the place King Arthur is said to have gone after disappearing.
23240    Other than little girls in uniforms and things you eat, what is a 'brownie'?
23245    In Scottish folklore, a brownie is a spirit who lives in people's homes. Sometimes brownies even do the homeowners' work while they sleep.
23250    What country are the 'Eddas' from?
23255    These sagas, written in Iceland, were the primary source of Norse mythology.
23260    How did the month of September get its name, and what is its gemstone?
23265    'September' was the seventh month in the earlier Roman calendar. September's gemstone is the sapphire.
23270    What is the origin of 'Saturday'?
23275    'Saturday' derives from 'Saturn', the Greek god of fertility and agriculture.
23280    How did the month of January get its name, and what is its gemstone?
23285    'January' originates from 'Janus', the name for the two-faced god of gates. January's gemstone is garnet.
23290    What is the origin of 'Tuesday'?
23295    'Tuesday' derives from the 'Tiw' the name for the god of battle.
23300    What is the meaning of the name Amanda?
23305    'Amanda' means 'fit to be loved', in Latin.
23310    What is the meaning of the name Eric?
23315    'Eric' derives from a Norse word meaning 'ruler of all'.
23320    What is the meaning of the name Elizabeth?
23325    'In the Hebrew language, 'Elizabeth' means 'Oath or perfection of God'.
23330    What is the meaning of the name Stephen?
23335    'Stephen' derives from a Greek word meaning 'crown'.
23340    Who was the Greek messenger of the Gods?
23345    Hermes, whose serpent-entwined staff is a symbol of the medical profession.
23350    How many tasks was Hercules sent to accomplish?
23355    Eurystheus assigned twelve tasks to Hercules.
23360    Who searched for the Golden Fleece?
23365    Jason and the Argonauts set out on a voyage in search of the Golden Fleece.
23370    Over what did the Roman god Vulcan have power?
23375    Fire and metalwork.
23380    Who was Zeus's father?
23385    Zeus was the son of the Titan, Cronus.
23390    Who created the other Egyptian gods?
23395    Ptah, who was also the High God of Memphis. He was often represented as a mummy.
23400    Who was Sebek, in Egyptian mythology?
23405    Sebek was the Nile crocodile God. The ancient city of Crocodilopolis was named in his honor.
23410    Who is Santa Claus?
23415    'Santa Claus' derives from the Dutch name 'Sinte Klaas' for the patron saint of children, St. Nicholas. In life, he was a fourth century bishop in Turkey.
23420    Why are four-leaf clovers considered lucky?
23425    The ancient Druids considered them lucky because they were so rare. (The Druids did not have access to the advantages of modern horticultural techniques.)
23430    In Norse mythology, why is thirteen bad luck?
23435    The god Balder was killed by the thirteenth guest at a banquet, Loki.
23440    What creature in Greek mythology was half horse and half man?
23445    A centaur was part man and part horse.
23450    Who was the Aztec Sun God?
23455    Huizilopochtli. An estimated 15,000 humans were sacrificed to him each year.
23460    Who was Tezcatlipoca, in Aztec mythology?
23465    Quetzalcoatl's arch-rival, Tezcatlipoca was the god of matter.
23470    What did the Chinese see in the moon?
23475    A toad. Also, rabbits.
23480    What is 'Walpurgis Night', in European folklore?
23485    Witch's night.
23490    Who is Zeus's wife in Greek mythology?
23495    Hera, goddess of women and marriage.
23500    Who is the eighth incarnation of Vishnu?
23505    In Hinduism, Krishna is believed to be the eighth incarnation of Vishnu.
23510    What Hindu hero kills the asura Ravana?
23515    Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu, the Protector, kills Ravana.
23520    Who are the two primal gods in Japanese myth?
23525    The twins Izanagi and Iznami.
23530    In Mesopotamian myth, who existed in the beginning?
23535    In the beginning, there was only Tiamat, who represented salt water, and Apsu, who represented sweet water.
23540    How did Odin create humans?
23545    In Norse myth, Odin created people from the wood of ash and elm trees.
23550    Who is Mwuetsi in the mythology of Zimbabwe?
23555    Mwuetsi was the first man. He was created by the high god Mwar.
23560    Why was green a sacred color for the ancient Egyptians?
23565    Green represented the hope and joy of spring.
23570    Who was Khepri, in Egyptian myth?
23575    Khepri was the scarab beetle god who rolled the Sun through the sky.
23580    Who were the Tuatha De' Danann?
23585    In Celtic mythology, the Tuatha De' Danann were a mythical race from which Ireland's tales of fairies derive.
23590    In the myths of India, what god exists as lighting?
23595    Agni, god of fire, exits in the form of lighting.
23600    Who are the three officials in Chinese myth?
23605    T'ien Kuan, official of heaven; Ti Kuan, official of earth; and Shui Kuan, official of water. Collectively they are known as 'San Kuan'.
23610    What Roman god has two faces?
23615    Janus, god of gates and doorways. The two faces were identical and looking in opposite directions. One face looked to the future, the other to the past.
23620    Who was the Sami god of animals?
23625    In Sami myth, which is part of the culture of Lapland, the god Leaibolmmai was the chief over the animals.
23630    Who was Vesta in the Roman pantheon?
23635    Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth.
23640    What different parts was a Sphinx made up of?
23645    In Egyptian and Greek mythology, a Sphinx had the body of a lion, the tail of a serpent, and the head of a human. Some were depicted with wings.
23650    Who is Ninkasi in Sumerian mythology?
23655    Ninkasi was the goddess of intoxicating drink. The Sumerians discovered beer.
23660    Which god has the same name in both the Roman and Greek pantheons?
23665    Apollo, who was the god of sun, music, poetry, and prophecy.
23670    Who is the Mayan god of poetry?
23675    Ab Kin Zoc. He is also called Ppiz Hiu Tec.
23680    Who are the four Bacabs in Mayan mythology?
23685    These four giants, who uphold the universe, are: Cavac, Ix, Kan, and Mulac.
23690    Who is the Mayan 'God of the Gods'?
23695    Hunab Ku, who is the supreme god. He is the head of the Mayan pantheon.
23700    What is the name for the Mayan underworld?
23705    Xibalba is the Mayan equivalent of Hades. It is ruled over by the giant Hun Came.
23710    What Mayan god re-created the earth?
23715    Kan-xib-yui remade the earth after it was destroyed by the Bacabs.
23720    Who is the Yakut creator of life?
23725    In Yakut mythology, which is based in Siberia, Ai Tojon created all life.
23730    Who Artio, in Celtic myth?
23735    In continental Celtic myth, Artio is the goddess of the bear cult.
23740    Who is the source of all life in Mongolian myth?
23745    Atugan, the earth goddess, is the source of life.
23750    Who is the Armenian personification of wind?
23755    The evil demon Ays.
23760    Who is the king of the Fomorians?
23765    Balor, in Celtic mythology, is the king of the giant Fomorians. He is also the god of death.
23770    What does the Lithuanian god Bangputys' name mean?
23775    The god of the sea, Bangputys' name translates to 'He who blows the waves'.
23780    What deities make up a triad, in Ethiopian myth?
23785    Beher, god of the sea; Astar, god of the sky; and Mahrem, the warrior god.
23790    What are 'chthonic' gods?
23795    'Chthonic' deities are gods of the earth and the underworld.
23800    Who is the opposite of Bylebog, in Slavic mythology?
23805    In Slavic mythology, Crnobog is the opposite of Bylebog. He is the black god of death.
23810    How was the Mesopotamian god Dagon depicted?
23815    Dagon, a vegetation god, was normally portrayed as half man/half fish.
23820    In Lakota myth, who gave the people the sacred pipe?
23825    Ptehehincalasanwin, the White Buffalo Calf Woman.
23830    How is the Slavic god Rugiviet depicted?
23835    Rugiviet, the Slavic god of war, was portrayed with seven heads and a sword in hand.
23840    In Basque myth, what is a lamia?
23845    A mermaid or water sprite.
23850    In Greek myth, what is a lamia?
23855    A female vampire that stole little children.
23860    What did the ancient Greeks call Mother Earth?
23865    In Greek mythology, Mother Earth was Gaia, oldest of all the goddesses.
23870    Who were the three Gorgons in Greek myth?
23875    The Gorgons, creatures whose very appearance would turn people into stone, were Euryale, Sthenno, and Medusa.
23880    Who were Mnemosyne's children?
23885    In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne is mother of the nine Muses. Zeus is their father.
23890    What is an 'alfar'?
23895    In Scandinavian mythology, an alfar is half dwarf, half god.
23900    'Banshees' were also known by what other names?
23905    To the Irish, Banshees were called 'Bean Sidhe'. In Scottish legend they are 'Bean Nighe'.
23910    What is a 'griffin'?
23915    A griffin has the body of a lion with the head and wings of an eagle. Sometimes, they are portrayed with the tail of a serpent or a scorpion.
23920    According to legend, how many species of Yeti are there?
23925    Supposedly, there are three types of Yeti: the Rimi, the Nyalmot, and the Raksi-Bombo.
23930    How is 'ouroboros' typically depicted?
23935    Ouroboros, which is a symbol of endless cycles and completion, is normally portrayed as a snake with it's tail in its mouth.
23940    What do Pygmies call a dwarf that can change into a reptile?
23945    In Pygmy myth, such a creature is called an obrigwabibikwa.
23950    Who is the Finnish god Egres?
23955    Egres is a vegetation god and the personification of the turnip.
23960    Who is the Norse god of justice?
23965    Forseti, who is the son of Balder and Nanna.
23970    Who is the Roman queen of the gods?
23975    Juno, daughter of Saturn and wife of Jupiter.
23980    Who flew too close to the Sun?
23985    In Greek legend, Icarus flew so close to the Sun that his wings caught fire.
23990    What is a Muse?
23995    A being that brings inspiration to artists. In Greek mythology, there were nine muses, all sisters.
24000    What NBA team has won the championship the most times?
24005    The Boston Celtics have won 16 titles.
24010    What team did the Dallas Cowboys defeat two years in a row to win the Super Bowl?
24015    The Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills in both the 1993 and 1994 Super Bowls.
24020    What country has won the World Lacrosse championship the most times.
24025    The United States has won the event six of the seven times it has been held.
24030    What former baseballer will always be associated with an asterisk?
24035    Roger Maris for breaking Babe Ruth's home run record, but taking more games to do it.
24040    Who were the two players picked before Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft?
24045    Hakeem Olajuwon was the first player chosen and Sam Bowie the second.
24050    What player dominated women's tennis in the 1980's by winning six consecutive Wimbledon titles?
24055    Martina Navratilova, who won from 1982 to 1987. She also won the event in 1978, 1979, and 1990.
24060    From what country was the first boat to win the America's cup that wasn't from the U.S.?
24065    Australia's Australia II won the cup in 1983, breaking the United States streak of 25 consecutive wins.
24070    What three swords are traditionally used in fencing?
24075    The foil, the epee, and the sabre are all used in competitive fencing.
24080    What three sports make up a triathlon event?
24085    Swimming, running, and cycling constitute a triathlon.
24090    What former football great was nicknamed Sweetness?
24095    Walter Payton who played running back for the Chicago Bears.
24100    Who is the only NBA coach to have accumulated over 1000 losses?
24105    Bill Fitch, who coached the champion 1981 Boston Celtics among other teams.
24110    What film was based on the 1919 Chicago White Sox gambling scandel?
24115    Eight Men Out chronicled how the White Sox threw the 1919 World Series.
24120    What country won the first two World Cups in soccer (futball)?
24125    Italy won the first cup in 1934 by defeating Czechoslovakia, then Italy defeated Hungary in 1938.
24130    Which professional hockey team won the first four Stanley Cups of the 1980's?
24135    The New York Islanders won the Cup in '81, '82, '83, and '84.
24140    Who was the first player ever selected in the NBA lottery draft?
24145    Patrick Ewing in 1985 by the New York Knicks.
24150    Who holds the record for the most career no-hitters?
24155    Nolan Ryan, with seven no-hitters. He also holds the major league record for career strikeouts.
24160    Who was the shortest player to ever win the NBA slam dunk competition?
24165    Mugsy Bogues won, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches. He beat teammate Dominique Wilkins in the 1986 competition.
24170    What was the nickname of the defense line of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970's?
24175    They were the Purple People Eaters, based on the color of their uniforms.
24180    What men's tennis player won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open championships in 1993?
24185    Pete Sampra did. It was his second U.S. Open title and first Wimbledon title.
24190    Who was the most recent golfer to win four U.S. Open tournaments?
24195    Jack Nicklaus won the event in 1962, 1967, 1972, and 1980. Three other golfers had done it previously.
24200    Where were the first modern day Olympics held?
24205    Athens, Greece held the games in 1896.
24210    Who holds the NBA records for career assists?
24215    John Stockton of the Utah Jazz.
24220    How many years did it take the Colorado Rockies to make it into the playoffs?
24225    They made it in just three years after expansion.
24230    What former Seattle Seahawk was elected to Congress after his football retirement?
24235    Representative Steve Largent
24240    In what city did the Braves play before Atlanta?
24245    The Braves played in Milwaukee.
24250    What Hall of Fame running back was also a lacrosse All-American at Syracuse University?
24255    Cleveland Brown great Jim Brown.
24260    Who was the only college player selected for the original 'Dream Team'?
24265    Christian Laettner of Duke University.
24270    What star NBA center first had to fulfill his Naval requirement before joining the league?
24275    David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs.
24280    How many NFL teams play in the state of New York?
24285    One, the Buffalo Bills. The New York Jets and the New York Giants both play in New Jersey!
24290    What baseball player once said, 'I'm the straw that stirs the drink.'
24295    Reggie Jackson, when he was playing for the New York Yankees.
24300    What college basketball team was once nicknamed 'Phi Slamma Jamma'?
24305    The University of Houston Cougars when both Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde 'The Glyde' Drexler were playing there.
24310    Who was the first manager of the New York Mets?
24315    Casey Stengel, who had previously coached for the Yankees.
24320    Which university's sports teams are nicknamed the 'Lobos'?
24325    The University of New Mexico. Lobo is Spanish for wolf.
24330    How many inches is the diameter of a golf hole?
24335    A standard size golf hole is 4.25 inches.
24340    What is the world's oldest annual marathon?
24345    The Boston Marathon, first held in 1897.
24350    What are the four remaining NBA teams from the ABA?
24355    The New Jersey Nets, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Denver Nuggets.
24360    What ball has 32 panels?
24365    A soccer ball.
24370    What is nicknamed the charity stripe in basketball?
24375    The foul line holds that nickname.
24380    What does one have to do to win the 'Triple Crown' in baseball?
24385    Lead the league in batting average, home runs, and RBI's.
24390    Which team did Babe Ruth play for before the Yankees?
24395    The Boston Red Sox. They haven't won a World Series since.
24400    Who was the only player to win the Super Bowl MVP while playing for the losing team?
24405    Chuck Howley who played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1971 Super Bowl.
24410    Which two universities have sports teams nicknamed 'The Bulls'?
24415    The University of South Florida and The State University of New York at Buffalo.
24420    What was once called a 'nickel' in golf?
24425    A five iron used to be called a nickel.
24430    What city hosted the 1904 summer Olympics?
24435    In 1904, St. Louis was the first city in the United States to host the Olympics.
24440    What U. S. city once had a professional sports team called 'The Eskimos'?
24445    The Eskimos played in Duluth and were an NFL team.
24450    Who scored the first three pointer in the NBA?
24455    It was Chris Ford who was playing for the Boston Celtics.
24460    What countries have participated in every summer Olympic?
24465    Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, only Australia and Greece participated in all the games.
24470    How many states allow the hammer throw as a high school sport?
24475    Only one, Rhode Island. It is illegal in the rest of the forty-nine states.
24480    What was the first number 15 seed to defeat a number 2 seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament?
24485    The University of Richmond, by defeating Syracuse University to advance to the second round.
24490    How often are the world trampoline championships held?
24495    The trampoline world championships are held every two years.
24500    What is the Corbillon Cup given out for?
24505    The Corbillon Cup is given out to the world's women's table tennis team champions. China has the most cups with ten.
24510    Where is the Kentucky Derby held?
24515    The Kentucky Derby is raced at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
24520    What country won the men's and women's Olympic gold medal in team gymnastics?
24525    The Unified Team (from the former USSR) won the combined exercise gold in both the men's and women's competition.
24530    Who is golf's 'Golden Bear'?
24535    'Golden Bear' is the nickname of golfing legend Jack Nicklaus.
24540    What is the smallest weight division in professional boxing?
24545    Mini-flyweight, which is also called straw-weight, is for boxers weighing under 105 pounds.
24550    What was the first professional baseball team?
24555    The Cincinnati Red Stockings who were formed in 1869.
24560    How fast was the fastest tennis serve ever recorded?
24565    154 miles per hour by British tennis player Michael Sangster.
24570    Where was hacky-sacking started?
24575    The non-competitive sport of hacky-sacking started in Turkey.
24580    When was the first NIT basketball tournament?
24585    The first NIT was in 1938. Temple beat Colorado, 60-36, in the final.
24590    What summer Olympic had the host country fail to win a gold medal?
24595    In 1976, the summer games were held in Montreal with Canada never winning the gold.
24600    Who won eight medals in one Olympic?
24605    Russian gymnast Alesandr Dityatin won eight medals for both team and individual competition in the 1980 summer games.
24610    What basketball player earned both Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year Awards?
24615    Tom Heinsohn earned both awards as part of the Boston Celtics.
24620    Who is the only women with her name on the Stanley Cup?
24625    Marguerite Morris, who was president of the Detroit Red Wings when they won three Cups in the early 1950's.
24630    What brothers won the PGA tournament?
24635    Lionel and Jay Herbert who won the PGA golf tournament in 1957 and 1960 in respectively.
24640    What heavyweight boxer went undefeated in his professional career?
24645    Rocky Marciano went an astonishing 49 and 0 in his boxing career.
24650    What team didn't score a touchdown in a Super Bowl?
24655    The Miami Dolphins only managed a field goal in their 24 to 3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI.
24660    What is the major league record for strikeouts in a game?
24665    Roger Clemens struck out twenty against the Seattle Mariners on April 29th, 1986.
24670    What is the only major sport that is entirely of American origin?
24675    Basketball, which was invented by James Naismith in 1871.
24680    Where is the largest collection of baseball cards?
24685    At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Their collection is over 200,000.
24690    Who made his major league batting debut in the World Series?
24695    New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry batted for the first time in the 1977 World Series.
24700    Who was the first man to beat the four minute mile?
24705    Roger Banister did it in 1954 with a time of 3:59.4.
24710    Where is the Kodak International Balloon Fiesta held each year?
24715    The event is held each fall in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
24720    What are the four major tournaments in professional golf?
24725    The PGA, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the Masters are golf's most prestigious tournaments.
24730    How many strikes make up a perfect game of bowling?
24735    It takes twelve consecutive strikes to score a 300, which is a perfect game.
24740    What are the Triple Crown events in horse racing?
24745    The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes constitute the Triple Crown.
24750    What continents have never held the Olympic games?
24755    South America, Africa, and Antarctica have never hosted the Olympics.
24760    When was the first winter Olympics held?
24765    The first winter games took place 1924 in Chamonix, France.
24770    When was the first Stanley Cup awarded?
24775    Hockey's championship trophy was first awarded to the Montreal A.A.A. in 1894.
24780    How many players have won baseball's All-Star MVP twice?
24785    Three players have won the award twice; Gary Carter, Steve Garvey, and Willie Mays.
24790    Who were professional baseball's two first MVPs.
24795    Detroit's Ty Cobb for the American League, and Chicago's Wildfire Schulte for the National League.
24800    What is the major league record for career home runs?
24805    Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs in his 23-year career.
24810    What was the first team to lose four Super Bowls?
24815    The Minnesota Vikings lost Super Bowls IV, VII, VIII, and X.
24820    Who was the first foreign golfer to win the Masters?
24825    South African Gary Players won the Masters tournament in 1961.
24830    What college did Larry Bird originally play basketball for?
24835    Larry Bird started his collegiate career at Indiana University. He later transferred to Indiana State.
24840    Who is baseball's career leader in no-hitters?
24845    Nolan Ryan had seven no-hitters during his amazing career.
24850    What was Babe Ruth's real name?
24855    Before being nicknamed Babe, his name was George Herman Ruth.
24860    Who was the shortest player in Major League Baseball?
24865    3 foot 7 inch Edward Gaedel played one game for the St. Louis Browns in 1951.
24870    Who was the first woman to play on a men's professional basketball team?
24875    Nancy Lieberman, who played for the Springfield Fame of the United States Basketball League in 1986.
24880    What were the six original NHL teams?
24885    The Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadians, the New York Rangers, the Chicago Black Hawks, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Boston Bruins.
24890    What president started the tradition of throwing out the first ball at a baseball game?
24895    William H. Taft did when he threw the first pitch for a 1910 game between Philadelphia and Washington.
24900    Who holds the NBA record for most free throws made in a career?
24905    During his 20 year career, Moses Malone sank 8,531 free throws.
24910    Who holds the Major League record for most grand slams in a season?
24915    Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees hit six grand slam home runs during the 1987 season.
24920    What NBA player has won the finals MVP the most times?
24925    Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls has won the award four times.
24930    What was the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
24935    The New York Rangers were the first team from the United States to win the Stanley Cup.
24940    How many horses are there on a polo team?
24945    There are four horses per polo team.
24950    What two leagues was the NBA formed from?
24955    In 1949 the BAA (Basketball Association of America) merged with the NBL(National Basketball League) to form the NBA.
24960    What three states have no teams playing Division I basketball?
24965    Neither Alaska, South Dakota, nor North Dakota has a school represented in NCAA Division I basketball.
24970    What NFL player has scored a touchdown in the most consecutive games?
24975    Lenny Moore scored at least one touchdown for 18 games between 1963 and 1965.
24980    Which NFL player gained over 1,000 yards in both rushing and receiving during one season?
24985    Roger Craig did it while playing for the San Francisco 49'ers.
24990    Who scored the first points in the first Super Bowl?
24995    In Super Bowl I, Max McGee scored on a pass from Bart Starr for the Green Bay Packers.
25000    Who were the first Europeans to reach America and when did they do it?
25005    The Vikings reached America in about 1000 AD, approximately 500 years before Columbus.
25010    What was the last Chinese dynasty?
25015    The Ch'ing dynasty, which ruled from 1644 to 1912.
25020    What was the earliest known walled city?
25025    Fortifications surrounding the ancient city of Jericho may have been constructed as early as the ninth millenium BC.
25030    How was Pompeii destroyed?
25035    By the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
25040    Where was the first newspaper printed?
25045    In China, in approximately 860 AD.
25050    What two countries fought in the Hundred Years War?
25055    England and France. The war lasted 116 years, not 100.
25060    Who is commonly given credit for the introduction of movable type (printing) to Europe.
25065    Johanne Gutenberg, in about 1450 AD. Movable type was prevalent in China about 500 years earlier.
25070    What famous writer was born the same year Michelangelo died?
25075    William Shakespeare, born in 1564.
25080    When was George Washington elected President?
25085    He was elected to his first term in 1789.
25090    What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled on?
25095    The Beagle. Charlie Brown's 'Snoopy' is a beagle.
25100    From whom did the U.S. purchase Alaska?
25105    From Russia, for $7.2 million, or 2 cents per acre.
25110    What was the name of the first space satellite?
25115    'Sputnik I'. It was launched into orbit in 1957 by what was then the USSR.
25120    Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
25125    Neil Armstrong, in 1969.
25130    Who fought in the War of the Roses?
25135    Only England, it was a civil war.
25140    What was the last battle in the Napoleonic Wars?
25145    The Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
25150    How many popes have been named John?
25155    In 2000 years of Christianity, twenty-three popes have been named John.
25160    What is King Arthur's last name?
25165    Pendragon, or 'King Arthur Pendragon'
25170    Who wrote the 'Vindication of the Rights of Women'?
25175    Englishwoman Mary Wollstonecraft, in 1792. Spurred by the failure of the National Assembly in France to guarantee womens' right to education, her book demanded the rights to vote and hold office.
25180    Who was the longest-lived U.S. president?
25185    John Adams, the second president, died at the age of 91. He and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th, 1826, the 50-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence!
25190    In the Western Hemisphere, what used to be the traditional language of diplomacy?
25195    French, until about the middle of the 20'th century.
25200    Before 1948, who governed the land that now constitutes Israel?
25205    The United Kingdom.
25210    Who was the first U.S. president to die in office?
25215    William Henry Harrison delivered a lengthy inauguration speech on an icy-cold day, and died of pneumonia one month later.
25220    What was the last political unit to join a completely unified Italy?
25225    Rome, in 1870. The Papal States had joined the incorporated Italian states in 1860, followed by Venetia in 1866. Rome itself was occupied by France until the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
25230    Where is the oldest Synagogue in the United States?
25235    The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island was built in 1763.
25240    Who was the first human in space?
25245    The Soviet Union delivered Yuri Gagarin to orbit in 1961.
25250    Everyone knows what happened in England in 1066. Do you?
25255    King Edward of England died leaving no heirs. Two Harolds and a William claimed the throne. After successfully battling the Norwegian Harold, the English Harold was routed by William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings.
25260    What event did Pablo Picasso immortalize in a mural-sized painting?
25265    The bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German and Italian planes supporting Franco. Most of the 580,000 people killed during the Spanish civil were civilians.
25270    What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
25275    Instituted in 1963, it is the highest decoration awarded to U.S. civilians during peacetime.
25280    Which American president had the most children?
25285    John Tyler fathered fifteen children.
25290    What was the first country to recognize the United States as a nation?
25295    Croatia recognized the United States of America as a nation when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
25300    What is the oldest surviving calendar?
25305    The Jewish calendar, which is over 5,750 years old.
25310    When did Hitler come to power in Germany?
25315    In January of 1933 the previous chancellor appointed Hitler his successor. In parliamentary elections in March, the Nazi party won only 44% of the vote. On July 14th, Hitler banned all political parties except the Nazi Party.
25320    Who was the first European to discover the Hudson Bay?
25325    Henry Hudson, who reached the bay in 1610.
25330    When did the Russian Revolution occur?
25335    In 1917, in a series of events beginning with 'the February Revolution' and ending with the 'October Revolution'.
25340    Who was the first Pope?
25345    The first Catholic Pope was Peter who held the position until his death in 64 AD.
25350    When did the Cold War end?
25355    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev proclaimed its demise on December 3rd, 1989.
25360    How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan?
25365    They paid Native Americans $24 in trinkets for Manhattan island.
25370    What two countries fought in the Falklands War?
25375    The United Kingdom and Argentina came to blows over the Falkland Islands located off the southern tip of Argentina's coast.
25380    Who was the first chancellor of Germany?
25385    Otto Von Bismarck, who held the position from 1871 till 1890.
25390    Who was Henry McCarty?
25395    Henry McCarty was better known as Billy the Kid.
25400    What ruler had the longest reign in recorded history?
25405    Pepe II ruled Egypt for 90 years, from 2272 BC until 2182 BC.
25410    What U.S. president was a prisoner of war?
25415    Andrew Jackson, in the American Revolution. At age fourteen he was taken prisoner for refusing to polish the boots of a British officer.
25420    What U.S. president also served on the Supreme Court?
25425    Howard Taft was both the country's 27th president and it's 10th Chief Justice.
25430    How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th?
25435    Only two, John Hancock and Charles Thompson. The rest signed at later dates.
25440    How long was the Hundred Years War?
25445    It lasted 116 years. The 'One Hundred and Sixteen Year War' just wouldn't sound right.
25450    How much did the US pay for Alaska?
25455    The US paid Russia 2 cents an acre for Alaska.
25460    Who founded the Zionist movement?
25465    Theodor Herzel founded the movement to establish a Jewish homeland at the end of the 19th century.
25470    When did Karl Marx live?
25475    He lived from 1818 until 1883.
25480    How long has the same family held the Japanese throne?
25485    Since the 6th century, AD. There have been over 120 emperors in succession during that time.
25490    Who ruled Russia up until the Revolution?
25495    Czar Nicholas II was the last imperial ruler of Russia.
25500    How many kings of Sweden were named Charles before King Charles VII?
25505    There were no Swedish kings named Charles before Charles VII. No one knows why he is called 'the seventh'.
25510    What King of England spoke no English?
25515    George I, who ruled from 1714 to 1727, was originally from Germany and did not learn English during his reign.
25520    Who was the first woman elected U.S. senator?
25525    Hattie Caraway, a democrat from Arkansas, was elected to the position in 1922.
25530    In what country, in modern history, did women first gain the right to vote?
25535    Women gained the right to vote in New Zealand in 1893, and in Australia in 1902.
25540    What two Americans are buried in the Kremlin?
25545    John Reed, who wrote 'Ten Days That Shook the World', and American labor leader Bill Haywood.
25550    Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?
25555    Roald Amundsen arrived there on 14 December 1911, 34 days ahead of Robert Scott.
25560    What was a 'Tory' during the American Revolution?
25565    A 'Tory' was someone born and raised in the Colonies who sympathized with the British.
25570    In what war did the United States first institute the draft?
25575    The United States first drafted soldiers to fight in the Civil War. Riots broke out in New York to protest them.
25580    What was the first state to enter the Union after the original thirteen?
25585    Vermont entered the Union in 1791.
25590    What was the first European settlement in America?
25595    Jamestown, Virginia, established in 1607.
25600    Who was the last Ottoman sultan?
25605    Abdal-Hamid II ruled the Ottoman Empire until 1909, at which time he was exiled.
25610    For what act of diplomacy was Teddy Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace prize?
25615    He convinced Japan and Russia to sign a peace treaty.
25620    What future President was in Dallas the day J.F.K. was shot?
25625    Richard Nixon was present in Dallas that day.
25630    Who was the only U.S. President not elected by the people?
25635    Gerald Ford was appointed Vice President after Spiro Agnew resigned. He took over the Presidency when Richard Nixon resigned.
25640    Which U.S. president remained in office the longest?
25645    Franklin Roosevelt served three terms, for a total of 12 years in the White House. He died at the beginning of his fourth term. An amendment to the U.S. constitution now bars any president from serving more than two terms.
25650    Who was the youngest U.S. president?
25655    Teddy Roosevelt was 42 when he stepped into the office after William McKinley was assassinated.
25660    What two famous structures were built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II of ancient Babylon?
25665    The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which was one of the 'seven wonders' of the ancient world.
25670    What family members did Nero have executed?
25675    Emperor Nero of Rome had both his mother and his wife killed.
25680    Who was the first person to sign the U.S. constitution?
25685    The first president of the United States, George Washington, was also the first person to sign the Constitution.
25690    What twelfth century woman was married to two kings and mother to two kings?
25695    In 1137 Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII of France, in 1152 she married Henry II of England. Her sons Richard ('Lion Heart') and John became kings of England.
25700    How many wives did Henry VIII have, who were they, and what became of them?
25705    Six. Catherine of Aragon ('divorced', no male heirs), Anne Boleyn (beheaded, adultery), Jane Seymour (died), Anne of Cleves (divorced, 'too ugly'), Catherine Howard (beheaded, 'immoral conduct'), Catherine Parr (outlived Henry).
25710    When did Israel become a nation?
25715    In 1948, the modern state of Israel was established by a United Nations resolution.
25720    Which two railroads met to complete the transcontinental railroad in the U.S.?
25725    The Central Pacific and Union Pacific were connected on 10 May 1869 at Promentory Point, Utah.
25730    During what war was the White House burned?
25735    The British set fire to the White House in the War of 1812.
25740    Who was the first king of Italy?
25745    Odoacer, a German chief, became king of Italy in 476 AD.
25750    What was the world's first legislative assembly?
25755    Consisting of Norse settlers in Iceland, the 'Althing', first assembled in 930 AD.
25760    Who was the first king of England?
25765    Edgar of Wessex, who was crowned in 973 AD.
25770    Who was the first U.S. president from the Whig party?
25775    William Henry Harrison, the ninth president, elected in 1841. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office.
25780    What was FDR's job before becoming president?
25785    Franklin D. Roosevelt served as the Governor of New York before he was elected President of the USA.
25790    Who was the first U.S. president from the Federalist party?
25795    George Washington.
25800    Who had the longest reign in European history?
25805    King Louis IV ruled France for 72 years.
25810    How did the War of the Roses end?
25815    The infamous war ended with the Battle of Bosworth Field.
25820    Who was the first African-American woman in the U.S. congress?
25825    Shirley Chisholm began her term in 1968.
25830    What did the U.S. receive in the Gadsen Purchase?
25835    Southern Arizona and New Mexico, for $10 million in 1853.
25840    What event triggered World War I?
25845    The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand.
25850    Why is Sally Ride famous?
25855    She was the first U.S. woman in outer space.
25860    What famous 'party' occurred in 1773?
25865    1773 was the year of the Boston Tea Party.
25870    What war began in 1618 and ended in 1648?
25875    The Thirty Years War, appropriately enough.
25880    Who won the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
25885    The Massachusetts Militiamen defeated the British.
25890    Who was the first African-American to be invited to the White House?
25895    Booker T. Washington was invited by Teddy Roosevelt.
25900    Who was the first U.S. vice-president?
25905    George Washington's vice-president was John Adams, who later was elected the second president.
25910    Every U.S. president elected after this man was either a Democrat or a Republican.
25915    Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president, was a member of the Whig party.
25920    Where did generals Grant and Lee first meet?
25925    The two Civil War generals first crossed paths at the Battle of Wilderness.
25930    Which of Henry VIII's wives survived marriage to him?
25935    Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Parr. Henry divorced the first two, and Catherine Parr outlived him.
25940    Who did Ronald Reagan defeat during the race in which he won his second term?
25945    Former Vice-President Walter Mondale. Reagan won by an enormous landslide.
25950    What major piece of real estate did the U.S. purchase in 1819?
25955    The U.S. purchased Florida from Spain in 1819.
25960    This charismatic fifteenth century 'heretic' was burned alive in Rouen.
25965    Joan of Arc. Reversing its historical judgement against her, the Catholic Church declared Joan of Arc a saint in 1920.
25970    By what name is Temujin better known?
25975    Born 'Temujin' in c.1160, Genghis Khan founded the first Mongol empire.
25980    Who was Socrates' most famous pupil?
25985    Socrates taught Plato, who taught Aristotle. Aristotle, in turn, taught Alexander the Great.
25990    Who were the opposing parties in the 'French-Indian War'?
25995    The French and the British. The 'Indians' fought on the side of the French.
26000    What is the world's second largest economy?
26005    Japan. It is about half the size of the world's largest economy (the United States).
26010    What country produces the most wine?
26015    Italy. It's wine production totals almost 6000 tons a year.
26020    What does 'per capita' mean?
26025    'Per capita' means 'per person'.
26030    Which country has lower unemployment, the United States, Germany, or France?
26035    The United States.
26040    Which country has higher unemployment, the United States, Germany, or Japan?
26045    Germany has much higher unemployment.
26050    About how many gallons of gas are consumed in the United States?
26055    140 billion gallons per year.
26060    If it forms, would the European Union (EU) have as many consumers as the US.?
26065    It would have more. The EU would have more than 340 million people, compared to 250 million in the US. The North American Free Trade Agreement creates a free trade zone with over 400 million people.
26070    What effect does low unemployment usually have on interest rates in the United States?
26075    The Federal Reserve Bank often increases interest rates to prevent inflation that could be caused by businesses facing higher costs caused by tight labor markets.
26080    Approximately how large is the US national debt?
26085    It is about 6 trillion dollars, or about $100,000 per family in the US.
26090    What percentage of all expenditures are made by governments?
26095    In the US, about 42%. Most European governments account for about half of total spending in their countries.
26100    What bill does Woodrow Wilson appear on?
26105    He appears on the $100,000.00 bill, which is the largest the US prints.
26110    What country produces the most waste?
26115    The world's largest economy (the United States) generates over three times the amount of waste produced by any other country.
26120    What are the three highest growth industries in the US?
26125    Computers, electronics, and communications, in that order.
26130    What is the 'Clean Air Act of 1990', passed in the US?
26135    'The Clean Air Act' limits the amount of pollution power plants are allowed to generate. The act gives each plant pollution 'rights'. Plants may sell their rights to each other.
26140    Until 1980, which country spent more on military defense, the US or the USSR?
26145    From 1971 to 1980, the USSR spent, on average, 38.7 billion more dollars per year than the US, on defense. In 1980 the US spent $129 billion on defense.
26150    What was the U.S.-Canadian Free-Trade Agreement?
26155    The U.S.-Canadian Free-Trade Agreement was an agreement between the two countries to eliminate all barriers to trade with one another by 1988.
26160    What is the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
26165    NAFTA was an agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. to establish all of North America as a free-trade zone. NAFTA encompasses 360 million people and a total annual output of over $7 trillion per year.
26170    What is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?
26175    Established in the US by the 1935 Wagner Act, the NLRB's duties include protecting workers' rights to join unions and seeing that firms participate fairly in collective bargaining.
26180    Who were the 'Knights of Labor'?
26185    Members of one of the earliest successful labor organizations in the US that recruited both skilled and unskilled laborers. They were responsible for taking down the Wabash railroad, owned by 'robber baron' Jay Gould in 1885.
26190    What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
26195    The AFL exists as a confederation of individual craft unions representing skilled workers. Founded in 1881 it exists today as part of the AFL-CIO and maintains a preeminent position among unions.
26200    How much did the automobile industry spend on television network advertising in 1990?
26205    $1.8 billion. The automobile industry spends more than any other industry on commercial advertising.
26210    What is the typical cost for a commercial spot during a Super Bowl game?
26215    In 1993, a thirty-second commercial spot during the Super Bowl cost between $850,000 and $900,000.
26220    What is the Sherman Act?
26225    The 1890 Sherman Act makes any attempt, successful or not, at creating monopolies illegal in the US.
26230    What is the US social program Medicaid?
26235    Medicaid provides health and hospitalization benefits to people with low incomes. Usually administered by the states, 56% of the cost of this program is paid by the US government.
26240    How many people in the US receive Medicaid benefits?
26245    In 1990, a total of $72.2 billion in Medicaid benefits was paid to 25.3 million people.
26250    What is the US social program Medicare?
26255    Medicare is a health insurance program for senior citizens and some disabled persons. It covers most US citizens over the age of 65, regardless of their income.
26260    How many people in the US receive Medicare benefits?
26265    In 1990 29.7 million senior citizens and 2.9 million disabled people received benefits. Medicare pays only a part of hospital expenses.
26270    Who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994?
26275    John Nash, Reinhard Selten, and John Harsanyi. 'Nash Equilibrium'occurs when all players in a market are performing at their best, given what their competitors are doing.
26280    What country produced the most nuclear energy in 1990?
26285    The US. It produced approximately 611,473 gigawatt-hours of nuclear energy in 1990. France followed with 314,081 gigawatt-hours.
26290    Rank the ten US industries which grew the fastest between 1972 and 1985.
26295    From highest to lowest, the top ten industries in the US were: Computers, Electronics, Communications, Instruments, Social Services, Finance and Insurance, Trade, Real Estate, Plastics, and Aerospace.
26300    What country produced the most hydro energy in 1990?
26305    Canada, with an output of 296,919 gigawatt-hours.
26310    What country consumed the most electricity in 1990?
26315    The US led the world in electricity consumption, using 2.6 million gigawatt-hours. Japan followed, with 758,438 gigawatt- hours. (One gigawatt-hour is equal to a thousand million watts).
26320    What does Madagascar produce?
26325    Its agricultural products include rice, manioc, coffee, sugar, vanilla, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, and livestock. Of these, it exports coffee, vanilla, and cloves. It also produces some chromite and graphite.
26330    What are Rwanda's agriculture products?
26335    Coffee, tea, pyrethrum, maize, beans, and livestock. Approximately 8.4 million people live in Rwanda's capitol city, Kigali.
26340    What does Jordan produce?
26345    Known locally as al'Urdun, Jordan produces mainly oil, cement, potash, phosphate, and light manufacturing. It is the world's third largest exporter of phosphate.
26350    What country is the world's leading producer of cocoa?
26355    Ghana, providing two-thirds of the world's cocoa. Ghana's economy also includes commercial reserves of oil, diamonds, gold, manganese, bauxite, and timber.
26360    What does the term 'brain drain' mean?
26365    'Brain drain' is said to occur when talented people from developing countries receive education from a developed country and remain there after graduation.
26370    What is a socialist economy?
26375    An economy in which the government controls the means of production. Most 'socialist' countries are only partly socialist, and most 'capitalist' countries are partly socialist too.
26380    What is communism, in Marxist theory?
26385    A system in which workers control all means of production (including capital and land) directly without the intervention of a government or state. The Soviet Union was a socialist economy with government-controlled production.
26390    What does the economic term 'shock therapy' mean?
26395    'Shock therapy' is a reform tactic in which a socialist economy rapidly transforms to market capitalism. This transition includes rapid deregulation of prices, liberalization of trade, and privatization.
26400    What percentage of the labor force was unemployed during the Great Depression of the 1930's?
26405    At the height of the depression in 1933, the rate of unemployment in the US was about 25%. This figure stayed above 14% until 1940, when increased defense spending by the US created millions of jobs.
26410    What is economic growth?
26415    An increase in an economy's total output.
26420    What is a 'laissez-faire' economy?
26425    'Laissez-faire' literally means 'let do', in French. A 'laissez faire' economy is one in which individuals and firms pursue their own interest without government regulation.
26430    What is a 'command' economy?
26435    In a command economy a central authority determines what will be produced and when, sets production goals, and regulates distribution.
26440    What are retained earnings?
26445    Retained earnings are profits a corporation keeps, usually for the purchase of more capital assets. Other earnings are paid in taxes and dividends.
26450    About how much profit did US corporations make in 1992?
26455    In 1992, U.S. corporations earned a total of $372.3 billion. Out of this, $140.5 billion were paid in taxes, $149.3 billion were paid to shareholders, and $82.5 billion were retained.
26460    What is a monopoly?
26465    One large company operating as the sole producer within an industry. Your local electric company is an example.
26470    What is gross domestic product (GDP)?
26475    GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced by factors of production within a country. For example, products made by a Japanese-owned factory in Illinois would count toward the GDP of the US.
26480    What is gross national product (GNP)?
26485    GNP is the total market value of all goods and services produced by factors of production owned by a country's citizens. For example, products made by a US-owned factory in Europe would count toward the GNP of the US.
26490    What state is the leading chile pepper producer in the US?
26495    New Mexico harvests more than $200 million dollars worth of chile peppers a year.
26500    What country produces the most wool?
26505    Australia produces more wool than any other country.
26510    What is 'monopsony'?
26515    A market in which there is only one buyer. A hypothetical example would be the market for a cure for a disease so rare that only one person suffers its symptoms.
26520    What two countries lead the world in oil production?
26525    Saudi Arabia is the world's leading producer, followed by Iraq.
26530    Which US state produces the most whiskey?
26535    Kentucky produces more whiskey than all other states combined.
26540    What was the first nation to receive aid from the US?
26545    Venezuela received $50,000 in 1812 during its war of independence with Spain.
26550    What was the first billion dollar company?
26555    The U.S. Steel Corporation, owned by J.P. Morgan.
26560    Which US President had the most expensive inauguration?
26565    Republican George Bush, the 41st President, spent $25 million on his inauguration.
26570    What state the leading producer of avocados in the US?
26575    California accounts for 95 % of US avocado production.
26580    Where in the US can a public school teacher expect to earn the most money?
26585    In Connecticut, where the average teacher salary exceeds $50,000.
26590    What is the fastest growing occupation in the US?
26595    Personal and home-care aide.
26600    In the economic sense, what does the term 'perfect knowledge' mean?
26605    Perfect knowledge is the assumption that households and firms possess a knowledge of the qualities and prices of everything available in the market.
26610    What are opportunity costs?
26615    Opportunity costs are what we give up, or forgo, when we make choices.
26620    What kind occurs when the minimum hourly wage is increased in the US?
26625    Some estimates show that for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, there is a 1 percent loss in jobs. Many disagree on this issue.
26630    What is economics?
26635    Economics it the study of how individuals and society choose to use the scarce resources that nature and previous generations have provided.
26640    What are 'sunk costs'?
26645    Sunk costs are costs that cannot be avoided, regardless of what is done in the future, because they have already been incurred.
26650    What is microeconomics?
26655    Microeconomics is the branch of economics that examines the functioning of individual industries and the behavior of individual decision-making units.
26660    What is macroeconomics?
26665    Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that studies the economic behavior of total income, total employment, and total output on a national scale.
26670    What is positive economics?
26675    Positive economics is an approach to economics that seeks to understand behavior and the operation of systems without making judgements. It describes what exists and how it works.
26680    What is normative economics?
26685    Normative economics is an approach to economics that analyzes the outcomes of economic behavior and evaluates them as good or bad. This type of approach provides certain courses of action to solve economic dilemmas.
26690    What country is the biggest producer of cobalt?
26695    Congo (formerly Zaire). Per capita income in Congo is under $200. Per capita income in the US is just over $19,000.
26700    Tunisia one of the world's biggest producers of what two products?
26705    Tunisia is the fourth largest producer of olive oil and the fifth largest producer of phosphates.
26710    For what exports is Australia well-known?
26715    Australia is the world's largest producer of wool and is a top exporter of veal and beef.
26720    Brazil is the world's largest exporter of what product?
26725    Brazil is the world's largest exporter of coffee and the second largest exporter of cocoa and soybeans. Brazil has one of the world's largest reserves of iron-ore and the world's largest reserve of timber.
26730    Canada is the largest producer of what raw materials?
26735    Asbestos, zinc, silver, and nickel. It is the second largest producer of potash, gypsum, molybdenum, and sulfur.
26740    What is a 'Gini coefficient'?
26745    A measure of income distribution.
26750    What is market demand?
26755    Market demand is the total of all the quantities of a good or service demanded per period by all the households in the market for that particular good or service.
26760    What is the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI)?
26765    The agency of the Japanese government responsible for industrial policy, MITI uses tariffs and subsidies to protect and subsidize key industries and help some sectors plan orderly reductions in capacity.
26770    How many US households have cable television?
26775    Approximately 57 million. In 1993, the FCC called for a billion-dollar rollback in cable rates, which sparked a 10% to 20% decrease in the price of some cable stocks.
26780    What is 'oligopoly'?
26785    A market characterized by only a few producers, each of them having limited, but not complete, control over the price of their product.
26790    What is an 'infant industry'?
26795    A young industry which may need temporary market protection from established industries in other countries in order to develop an acquired comparative advantage.
26800    What does 'OPEC' stand for?
26805    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
26810    When was the world's first ad agency founded?
26815    In 1786 by British businessman William Taylor.
26820    On an average day, how much petroleum is used worldwide?
26825    About one billion gallons of petroleum is consumed (in the economic sense) every day.
26830    What three states lead the US in pear production?
26835    Oregon, Washington, and California grow 95% of the pears in the US.
26840    How many credit cards are there for every person in the US?
26845    There are two credit cards for every US citizen.
26850    What are the richest and poorest countries in the world?
26855    Based on per capita income, the United Arab Emirates is the world's richest nation, while the Himalayan country of Bhutan is the poorest.
26860    When was the first tax on income imposed in England?
26865    An income tax was introduced in 1799, by British Prime Minister William Pitt.
26870    What is the concept 'utilitarian justice'?
26875    Utilitarian justice is the idea that 'A dollar in the hand of a rich person buys less than a dollar in the hand of a poor person.'
26880    What is Karl Marx's labor theory of value?
26885    A theory proposing that the value of a commodity depends only on the amount of labor required to produce it.
26890    By definition, when does a trade deficit?
26895    When a country imports more than it exports. The US has maintained a trade deficit for goods and services since 1975.
26900    What is rent-seeking behavior?
26905    Actions taken by households or firms to preserve extra-normal profits.
26910    What is a cartel?
26915    A group of firms that get together and make joint price and output decisions in order to maximize joint profits.
26920    What is price leadership?
26925    Price leadership is a form of oligopoly in which one dominant firm sets prices and all the smaller firms in the industry follow its pricing policy.
26930    What is urban decline?
26935    Urban decline is the deterioration of the private and social capital stock of a city. It results from lack of investment by both private and public sectors.
26940    What is the 'ability-to-pay' principle?
26945    It is the principal that citizens should bear tax burdens commensurate with their ability to pay.
26950    What is a proportional tax?
26955    A proportional tax takes the same percentage of income from all payers regardless of income.
26960    What is a progressive tax?
26965    A progressive tax takes a larger percentage of income from payers with larger incomes. The US income tax is progressive in theory, but not in practice.
26970    What is a regressive tax?
26975    A regressive tax takes a smaller percentage of income from payers with larger incomes. An example is the US social security tax.
26980    What happened on 'Black Monday'?
26985    'On Monday, October 19, 1987, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its biggest one-day loss. Most of the losses were regained shortly afterwards.
26990    Who wrote the book 'The Affluent Society' in 1958?
26995    John Kenneth Galbraith. He believed that an obsession with growth led to the production of waste, or goods and services that people do not really need.
27000    What does DOS stand for?
27005    Disk Operating System.
27010    What is a 24 bit image?
27015    It is an image where each pixel can be any of 16,777,216 colors, or 2 to the 24th power.
27020    What is the difference between a 16 and a 32 bit program in Windows?
27025    A 16 bit program has to use a complex and convoluted addressing system to access memory. A 32 bit program can directly address thousands of times more memory.
27030    What is the significance of the number 256 in computers?
27035    256 is 2 to the 8th power. A byte is made of 8 bits or switches that can be on or off (1 or 0). A byte therefore has 256 possible combinations. So a byte stores 1 of 256 possible numbers.
27040    Which is smaller, a JPEG or a GIF image?
27045    JPEG images are compressed, so they are much smaller than GIF's. JPEG images also contain 16.7 million colors instead of 256.
27050    How much data can a CD hold?
27055    Usually 680 megabytes, or the equivalent of 485 1.4 meg 3 1/2 inch diskettes!
27060    How big is a 17 inch monitor?
27065    12.8 inches by 9.6 inches! Monitor sizes are measured diagonally to sound larger. In addition, 17 inches is the size of the glass, but you can usually only see about 16 inches of picture!
27070    What does high color, 16 bit mean?
27075    16 bits mean that every pixel is composed of 16 bits that are on or off. That allows 65,536 (2 to the 16th power) different colors for each pixel.
27080    What is the difference between inkjet and laser printers?
27085    Inkjets spit wet ink onto the paper, and lasers burn dry ink onto the paper.
27090    What is a modem?
27095    It is a device that converts digital computer data to analog tones that can be sent over the phone line. ISDN communication does not need a modem because it uses lines capable of digital transmission.
27100    How is a CD-ROM made?
27105    The master CD is made out of very hard glass, then copies are formed from melted plastic. The copies are slammed against the master, and then covered with a reflective surface.
27110    How does a hard drive work?
27115    Hard drives have a stack of magnetically coated metal plates, with one read and write head on each side of each plate.
27120    What is a motherboard?
27125    The motherboard is a printed circuit board which holds the CPU, some RAM memory, and many other chips. It is the heart of the computer, and it has expansion slots which can hold modems, sound cards, video cards, and more.
27130    What was the purpose in designing the 'C' programming language?
27135    'C' was designed to be the most effective language for experienced programmers.
27140    What was the BASIC programming language designed for?
27145    BASIC was designed to be an easy-to-learn language.
27150    What was the main purpose of Fortran?
27155    It was an early 'high level language' and the main language of math and engineering in its time.
27160    How much RAM came standard on microcomputers in 1976?
27165    About 4K, compared to the 16,000K or 16 megabytes or more that comes standard today!
27170    What chips preceeded the Pentium line?
27175    The 8008, the 8080, the 8086, the 8088, the 80286, the 80386, and the 80486.
27180    Why are some CD's gold instead of silver?
27185    Recordable CD's have a gold surface instead of silver.
27190    What is a partition on a hard drive?
27195    It is a part of a physical hard drive that becomes a sort of virtual hard drive. One physical drive can have several partitions, and behave like several actual drives.
27200    What does MIDI stand for?
27205    Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is used by Windows '95 to play musical compositions including the many that come with the Jongg CD.
27210    What is the GDI in Windows?
27215    It is the 'Graphical Device Interface', and it is used to display all the text and graphics on the screen.
27220    What is a GUI?
27225    It is a 'Graphical User Interface'. DOS had a text interface, and graphics could be accessed from DOS.
27230    Name four ways to maximize a window in Windows '95?
27235    Double-click the title bar; right click on the title bar and click maximize; left click the icon on the title bar and click maximize; and click the two-page icon in the upper left corner of the window.
27240    How do you move a window in Windows '95.
27245    You click and drag on the title bar with the left mouse button, or you click the right button on the title bar and select move, and then use the cursor keys on the keyboard.
27250    How do you switch between full screen mode and window mode when you are in a DOS window?
27255    Hold down 'Alt' and hit 'Enter' to toggle between these modes.
27260    Why does your text get smaller when you increase resolution, and how can you stop it?
27265    Right below the color settings are font settings. You can also click the 'Appearance' tab and change individual fonts and colors to anything you like.
27270    What is a URL?
27275    It is a sequence of numbers that is an address of something on the Internet. It can also be represented as a sequence of word or letters that are indexed to the numbers.
27280    What do AMD, Intel, and Cyrix all make for computers?
27285    All three make CPU's, which are the heart of the computer.
27290    What is a CPU?
27295    A Central Processing Unit makes the calculations and processes most of the data in a computer. The speed of the CPU generally determines the speed of the computer.
27300    What does RAM stand for?
27305    Random Access Memory is memory that only holds its information while the computer is turned on. Its information can be changed at will.
27310    What does ROM stand for?
27315    Read Only Memory holds permanent data that cannot be over-written. The data remains intact even when the computer is turned off.
27320    What is a BIOS?
27325    It is a computer's Basic Input/Output System. In IBM compatibles, all BIOS's offer the same essential functions.
27330    What is the CMOS setup for?
27335    It is the setup that tells your computer about hard drives, RAM, and other configuration information.
27340    What are master and slave drives?
27345    Two IDE drives can be connected to a single IDE cable. One drive has to be the master and the other a slave. Usually a jumper can be set on a drive to make it the slave.
27350    What is a jumper?
27355    It is usually a small black plastic sleeve with metal inside. When the jumper is stuck on two metal pins on a circuit board, it connects (shorts) the pins together.
27360    What is a register in a CPU?
27365    CPU's have a series of registers which hold and process data.
27370    What is Assembly Language?
27375    Assembly language is a very low-level language that gives direct control over the hardware. The CPU has built in instructions that it can handle, and assembly language has a word for each instruction.
27380    What is Machine Language?
27385    Machine language is a series of numbers that when fed to a computer, tell it what to do. Each instruction has its own number.
27390    What was COBOL's intended use?
27395    COBOL was intended and used as a language for business software. It used large words for commands in hopes that business executives would be able to understand the programmer's code.
27400    What is a relational database?
27405    It is a database in which relationships are defined between types of data such as dependencies. When an item in one table is updated, an item in another follows automatically.
27410    What is Visual Programming?
27415    Programming can use visual tools to layout program interface controls visually and the computer writes the code automatically.
27420    Which is better, C or Basic?
27425    C is the language of professional programmers, but BASIC has its uses. BASIC is an easier language to learn, but it is harder to create complex applications with it. C is harder to learn but it is more powerful.
27430    What resolution is a typical slide scanner?
27435    Most slide scanners are 2700 DPI (dots per inch).
27440    What is a drum scanner?
27445    A drum scanner is a highly expensive commercial scanning device that scans an image as it spins around on a drum at extremely high speeds.
27450    How many wires are required inside a printer cable?
27455    Some printer cables have only 18 wires, but some printers now require 25 wires, one for each of the 25 pins on the parallel port.
27460    What are the main uses of COM ports, and how many are there?
27465    A modem and a mouse generally use them, and they are usually numbered 1-4. Actually, conflicts may occur if you attempt to use 1 and 3, or 2 and 4
27470    What does the ++ mean in C++?
27475    It represents an extension of the original C language. Primarily, C++ added the ability to create 'classes' of objects, and then to derive further classes from the originals.
27480    What does MFC stand for?
27485    Microsoft Foundation Classes are a huge collection of preprogrammed objects that make application programming easier. They include whole windows with menu's toolbars and status bars.
27490    What is a dialog box?
27495    A dialog box is a window created by a programmer to exchange information with a user.
27500    Why does the computer sometimes beep when you try to click a different window?
27505    Because the programmer created a 'modal' dialog box which must be dispensed with before going on.
27510    What is a WAV file?
27515    It is a file that contains a digital recording of a sound. It is the standard way of storing sounds in Windows '95.
27520    What does IC stand for?
27525    An IC is an Integrated Circuit. Nowadays, virtually all the circuits in a computer are IC's. There used to be more transistors, resistors, capacitors, etc.
27530    What is 'Power Management' used for?
27535    Computers use more power when they make calculations and move data. Power management features allow hardware and software to 'throttle down' when they are not needed.
27540    What does TCP/IP stand for?
27545    Transmission Control Protocol, Internet Protocol; the protocol used to send data over the Internet.
27550    What do server and client mean in computers?
27555    A server is a program or computer that communicates with more than one program or computer, and a client is a program or computer, which communicates with a server.
27560    What is a driver?
27565    A driver is a program that enables a piece of hardware to perform its functions.
27570    What is speech synthesis?
27575    It is artificial speech generated by a computer.
27580    What was OS/2?
27585    It was IBM's answer to Windows and other Microsoft operating systems. It did not succeed in becoming real competition for Windows.
27590    What was the PS/2?
27595    After everyone cloned the IBM PC, IBM tried to change the standard in hopes that users would have to buy IBM's. Instead, the few users that bought them were stuck with incompatible computers.
27600    Who made the CoCo computer?
27605    It was a popular home computer in the early 80's made by Radio Shack. It followed the also popular TRS-80.
27610    What was the knick-name for the Radio Shack TRS-80?
27615    It was nick-named the 'Trash-80' by its many loyal fans.
27620    What were Commodore's first three major computers?
27625    The Commodore Pet, the Commodore 64, and the Amiga. All three were considered breakthroughs, and had and still have many loyal users.
27630    Name two of the earliest video arcade games?
27635    Pong and Tank preceded the massive rush of games now available. As early as the mid-60's, a space-war game was available on large mainframe computers.
27640    What were the Plato terminals?
27645    Early flat plasma screen terminals. At their peak Plato terminals were located in universities across the country, with professors writing thousands of freely available lessons on many subjects.
27650    What was the typical hard drive size in the late 80's?
27655    Most hard drives were around 5 to 20 megabytes. 1 gigabyte is 1000 megabytes.
27660    What is the significance of this number: 16,777,216
27665    It is 2 to the 24th power, or the number of possible colors in a 24 bit image.
27670    What is a WORD in computer-speak?
27675    It is 16 bit number that ranges from 0 to 65535 (2 to the 16th power - 1).
27680    Why did Intel make the 8088 processor?
27685    Intel's 8086 was a faster processor, but IBM wanted something that could interface with older, cheaper hardware, so Intel made the scaled-back 8088 for IBM.
27690    Name the three most popular CPU's of the late 70's.
27695    The Zenith Z-80, the Motorola 6502, and the Intel 8080.
27700    Who makes the CPU's that are used in MAC's?
27705    Motorola makes the 68000 series, and a consortium makes the Power-PC chip used in both MAC and IBM computers.
27710    What were the next-generation chips after the Z-80, the 6502, and the 8080?
27715    The Z-8000, the 68000, and the 8086. Intel's 8086 was downgraded to the 8088 by IBM. That downgrade caused all versions of DOS and Windows up until Windows '95 to suffer from an infereior and highly limiting memory adressing system.
27720    What was the graphical resolution of the early CGA graphics for IBM PC's?
27725    The CGA (color graphics adapter) resolution was 320x200 in 4 colors. Most machines are now capable of 1024x768 in 65,536 colors. Some go much higher.
27730    What was the original Hercules Graphics Adapter for the PC?
27735    It was a monochrome graphics card that provided 720x348 pixels in black and white (or amber or green).
27740    What is a 'bus mouse'?
27745    It is a mouse that comes with its own card that makes a parallel connection to the computer's bus, so that it doesn't have to use one of the computer's two COM ports.
27750    What is 'message-based programming'?
27755    Instead of an application asking over and over whether events like key-presses have happened, the events send messages when they happen.
27760    What does OLE stand for?
27765    Object Linking and Embedding is a programming technique for handling objects.
27770    What does OOP stand for?
27775    Object Oriented Programming is a technique of creating objects with characteristics. The objects then behave and interact without having to define every situation.
27780    What is the ASCII standard?
27785    It is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a standard set of characters that allow computers around the world to communicate.
27790    What is a sequencer?
27795    A sequencer organizes MIDI data into music. The MIDI sequencer is used by MoraffWare games to play music.
27800    What is a media player?
27805    A media player plays sounds, music, movies, etc.
27810    What is an AVI file?
27815    It is a digitized movie.
27820    What is an API in programming?
27825    An Application Programming Interface is a collection of functions that allow a programmer to accomplish certain tasks.
27830    What is wave-table synthesis?
27835    It is a method of simulating musical instruments by playing back digital recordings of actual sounds and changing pitch, envelope and duration.
27840    What is FM synthesis in sound cards?
27845    FM synthesis uses conbinations of analog waveforms to simulate the sounds of musical instruments.
27850    What are DLL's?
27855    Dynamic Link Libraries are groups of code segments that are stored in shareable files, so that ten programs that use the same function don't have to have ten copies of the function.
27860    What is an SDK?
27865    A Software Development Kit usually contains source code, libraries, help, samples, etc.
27870    What is the WINSOCK.DLL for?
27875    The Windows Sockets API allows a program to support Winsock standards for networking, and Winsock takes care of most network variations.
27880    What is a resource script in Windows programming?
27885    It is a file that contains objects, including dialog boxes, pictures, sounds, strings of text, etc.
27890    What is a 'string' in programming?
27895    A string is an array of characters that usually contains ASCII text.
27900    What do the dot and the dot-dot mean in a DOS directory?
27905    The DOS 'dir' command lists all of the files and folders. The 'dot' is the current folder, and the 'dot-dot' is the parent folder. Thus 'CD ..' will take you to the parent folder. 'CD .' takes you nowhere.
27910    What is defragmentation for?
27915    As files are added to and deleted from your hard drive, small pockets of space begin to accumulate as fragments of large files are spread all over the drive. Defrag.exe puts all the files back into one piece.
27920    What are sectors, tracks and heads on hard drives?
27925    Heads are what pick up the data from plates filled with tracks which are broken into sectors. In most hard drives 512 x Sectors x Tracks x Heads = drive size.
27930    How much RAM does it take to display a 1024x768 image with a 24-bit driver?
27935    1024 x 768 x 3 = 2,359,296 bytes. The 3 comes from 8 bits to a byte - 3 bytes per pixel in a 24 bit driver.
27940    What is a CNA?
27945    A Certified Network Administrator is a networking expert who is trained and certified. It is a very highly paid position.
27950    What Is Computer Telephony?
27955    It is the integration computers and the telephone network. Using telephony, people can use a computer access a wide range of communications services over a telephone line.
27960    What is a 'Multiple Document Interface' (MDI)?
27965    It is a program that allows several child windows open at once, each with a document.
27970    What is a child window?
27975    It is a window that is controlled by a parent. If you close the parent, the child closes. Some child windows are confined to the interior of the parent window.
27980    What is UNIX?
27985    UNIX is an operating system often used in universities. The Internet was largely UNIX-based until 1995, when the public began pouring in using Windows-based computers.
27990    What is X Windows?
27995    It is a graphical user interface (GUI) for UNIX that was developed and trademarked by MIT.
28000    Name three characteristics commonly associated with Gothic architecture.
28005    Pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
28010    What is a 'Man of Sorrows'?
28015    A devotional image of Christ at the time of crucifixion. He is depicted wearing a crown of thorns. If his body is shown, then his side, feet, and hands are pierced.
28020    How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime.
28025    Van Gogh sold just one painting while he was alive, 'Red Vineyard at Arles'.
28030    The Italian baroque painter Caravaggio was famous for his unusual use of what technique?
28035    'Chiaroscuro', literally 'light-dark', refers to the use of contrasting areas of light and dark to render space and volume. Caravaggio used this technique to highlight figures and significant objects for symbolic purposes.
28040    What is connoisseurship?
28045    The process of dating and attributing authorship to an art object.
28050    Who was Bernard Berenson?
28055    A famous authenticator of unknown works of Italian and Netherlandish painting, he looked at details such as ears and noses to determine authorship, and details of architecture and costume to ascertain period and locale.
28060    How were the massive stones at the center of Stonehenge arranged?
28065    Five pairs of upright stones topped by lintels were arranged in the shape of a horseshoe, which opens toward a tall 'heel stone' over which the sun rises on summer solstice morning.
28070    What 17th century woman artist painted heroic women in dominant roles?
28075    Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi's works include several renditions of 'Judith Beheading Holofernes'.
28080    Baroque painting of which European country is characterized by realism and somber colors?
28085    Spain. Artists such as Francisco de Zurbaran, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, and Jusepe de Ribera favored a pallet of dark earth tones such as black and brown.
28090    What is a 'lighted clerestory' in a church or Gothic cathedral?
28095    A 'clerestory' is the uppermost wall area, beginning at or just below the level where ceiling vaults spring away from the wall. A 'lighted' clerestory is pierced by large windows, usually of stained glass.
28100    What is a 'gargoyle'?
28105    Usually carved in the form of an imaginary animal or distorted human, gargoyles are stone projections attached to the sides of buildings through which water drains. Often water drains through the stone creature's mouth or nose.
28110    What is 'iconography'?
28115    The study of the meaning of visual images, whether conveyed directly or by symbols.
28120    What term refers to objects in paintings such as a skull, an hourglass, or a watch?
28125    Symbolizing the fleeting nature of life, these 'memento mori' objects are particularly common in 'vanitas' still lifes.
28130    Who were the four Ninja Turtles?
28135    Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo were all named for Renaissance artists.
28140    What's painted on the bottom of the swimming pool in the pool scene in 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'?
28145    'The Creation of Adam', one of Michelangelo's Genesis frescos on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel. Michelangelo painted the ceiling between 1508 and 1512 at the request of Pope Julius II.
28150    Who were the 'Blue Four'?
28155    Kandinsky, Jawlensky, Klee and Feininger formed die 'Blaue Vier' in 1924 while they were teaching at the Bauhaus. The four artists had all been members of the earlier group 'Blaue Reiter' (Blue Rider).
28160    Scenes of everyday life are known as:
28165    'Genre' painting. Exponents of this type of painting included Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779), and Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805).
28170    A mobile is an example of what type of sculpture?
28175    Kinetic sculpture. Alexander Calder (1896-1976) was famous for creating art that moves, either by non-mechanical means (such as air currents) or by mechanical means (such as motors).
28180    The term 'Baroque' comes from the Portuguese word 'barrocco', which means:
28185    'Barocco' means 'deformed pearl'.
28190    What were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
28195    Pyramids at Giza (in Egypt), the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, a statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halikarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and a lighthouse at the Port of Alexandria.
28200    Name and rank 6 genres of painting within the 19th century 'hierarchy of genres'.
28205    The European academies rated painting roughly as follows (starting at the 'top'): 1. Religious painting. History Painting. 2. Portraits. 3. Genre painting. Landscapes. 4. Still life.
28210    Name three leading Mexican muralists.
28215    Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974).
28220    Who was Abbot Suger?
28225    From c.1135-1144, Suger rebuilt sections of his abbey church at St. Denis to create what is often referred to as the first Gothic cathedral. Suger was regent of France, from 1147-49, while Louis VII was away on crusade.
28230    What term refers to 16th century Italian art typified by distorted proportions and impossible poses?
28235    'Mannerist.' Such works may be distinguished from early 16th century works classified as 'High Renaissance', as well as from late 16th century works belonging to either the 'classicist' or 'realist' movements.
28240    One of the tallest Gothic cathedrals collapsed during construction. Which was it?
28245    Beauvais Cathedral. Its choir and transept vault keystones are 157.5 feet above the floor. Part of the choir collapsed during construction, but was rebuilt. After the tower above the crossing collapsed, further construction ended.
28250    Who are the three most famous women in the Louvre?
28255    Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Nike of Samothrace.
28260    When exposed to air, bronze turns green and forms a layer of what?
28265    Patina. When exposed to soil or water, bronze turns blue or red.
28270    What did Frida Kahlo have in common with Rembrandt?
28275    They both created numerous self-portraits.
28280    What woman painted the partly abstract composition, 'Listening' in 1909?
28285    Gabriele Munter. Her companion, Wassily Kandinsky, began creating purely nonrepresentational paintings in 1911.
28290    Brokering, the ministry, and the law were professions pursued by these 20th C artists.
28295    (Brokering) Gauguin, the ministry (Van Gogh), law (Wassily Kandinsky). As an artist, Kandinsky was the most financially successful.
28300    Son of a Peruvian woman, he left a job as a stockbroker's agent to become a painter.
28305    Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
28310    What kind of painting may be considered 'Kinetic art'?
28315    Using optical illusions, 'Op art' paintings generate the appearance of movement on the canvas surface. More commonly associated with mobiles or mechanized sculpture, 'Kinetic art' is any art that moves or appears to move.
28320    An early art historian, his 'Lives' was first published in 1550.
28325    Also a painter and architect, Giorgio Vasari's biographies of Italian artists profoundly influenced the first centuries of European art history.
28330    Name at least five art movements emerging in the mid-50s and 60s.
28335    Action painting, color field painting, Minimalism, Op art, Pop art, performance art, Happenings, site-specific art, conceptual art, body art.
28340    What two pairs of Greek letters may be used to symbolize Christ?
28345    'Alpha' and 'omega' are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. In art they refer to Christ, as well as Rv 22:13. 'Chi' and 'Rho' are the first two letters of Christ's name. These letters form a monogram representing Christ.
28350    What is the 'chi-ro' monogram?
28355    'Chi' and 'rho' are the first two letters of Christ's name written in the Greek alphabet. In art, the 'x'-shaped chi is inscribed on top of the 'p'-shaped rho to create a monogram symbolizing Christ.
28360    In art, what do 'alpha and omega' signify?
28365    Christ, and the notion that Christ exists at the beginning and end of time.
28370    Who created the famous sculpture 'David', and what was his last name?
28375    Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564).
28380    What is Saint Catherine of Alexandria's most common identifying attribute?
28385    The wheel. Her other attributes may include a ring, a crown, a sword, a palm frond, or a book. Wealthy and educated, she entered a 'mystical' marriage with Christ. Instruments of her martyrdom included a spiked wheel and a sword.
28390    Which saint often appears holding a tower?
28395    Saint Barbara. Her father locked her in a tower to prevent her from seeing suitors. Later, he killed her.
28400    The Aphrodite of Melos is best known by which name?
28405    The 'Venus of Milo'. No sooner than she was unearthed on the Greek Island of Melos, this armless antique Greek statue was snapped up by the Louvre Museum in Paris, where she remains mislabeled to this day.
28410    This enormous Romanesque abbey was damaged in the French Revolution.
28415    A political and architectural giant in its day, the third abbey church at Cluny (c.1088-c.1109) is now no more than half of a transept and a few standing arches.
28420    A good friend of Martin Luther, this wealthy artist was 'burgomaster' in his town.
28425    Lucas Cranach. His oeuvre included woodcut illustrations for the first German translation of the New Testament (1522) as well as numerous erotic paintings of nude women.
28430    What are the symbols of the four Evangelists?
28435    The Evangelists wrote the four gospels of the New Testament. Their symbols are: an eagle (John), a lion (Mark), a bull or calf (Luke), and a man or angel (Matthew).
28440    Why are some figures in Egyptian art disproportionately small or large?
28445    The size of the figure indicates social status.
28450    In Christian art, who do disproportionately small, kneeling figures usually represent?
28455    The patron(s), or person/family who funded the work.
28460    Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was constructed first?
28465    Built over 4000 years ago, the Egyptian Pyramids were constructed first. They comprise the only one of the Seven Wonders that survives to this day.
28470    If you don't know how to depict Gluttony, what book do you consult?
28475    First published in 1593, Cesare Ripa's 'Iconologia' is a directory of symbols of personified concepts.
28480    Who immortalized Campbell's Soup?
28485    Pop artist Andy Warhol (1930-1987).
28490    The 'Tower of Babel' exemplified what type of Mesopotamian structure?
28495    A 'ziggurat', or multi-level pyramid-shaped structure topped by a temple.
28500    Straight lines were anathema to this twentieth century Catalan architect.
28505    Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926). His tile-covered creations in Barcelona include Guell Park, an apartment building known as 'La Pedrera', and the unfinished cathedral, the Sagrada Familia.
28510    What Swiss sculptor created tall, thin figures in roughly textured bronze?
28515    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966).
28520    What 1500-foot long site-specific sculpture juts into the Great Salt Lake in Utah?
28525    Robert Smithson's 'Sprial Jetty' (1969-70).
28530    Who wrapped the Berlin Reichstag in 1995?
28535    The Bulgarian artist Christo. His other works included the project 'Surrounded Islands' in which he wrapped ten islands off the coast of Florida in pink fabric.
28540    What was Caravaggio's first name?
28545    Michelangelo. (His full name was Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio.)
28550    A saint swoons as she is pierced by an arrow of divine love in what 17th C multimedia work?
28555    Located in Santa Maria della Vittoria's Cornaro Chapel in Rome, Bernini's 'Ecstasy of St. Theresa' (1645-52) combines architecture, sculpture, and special lighting effects to recreate a contemporary saint's vision.
28560    Where does the 'Mona Lisa' reside, what is she called in French, and who painted her?
28565    The 'Mona Lisa' hangs in the Louvre in Paris. The French refer to her as 'La Joconde'. Leonardo da Vinci completed this portrait of a twenty-four year old Florentine woman, Lisa Gerardini del Giocondo, in 1503.
28570    This mural has been deteriorating ever since Leonardo da Vinci completed it in 1498.
28575    Leonardo created 'The Last Supper' using an experimental mural painting technique which allowed more flexibility than the fast-drying fresco technique. The new technique caused the mural's deterioration.
28580    Where is the 'The Last Supper' located, and who painted it?
28585    'The Last Supper is located in the dining hall of the monastery, Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan. Leonardo da Vinci completed the mural in 1498.
28590    What is 'dugento' art?
28595    'Dugento' is Italian for 'two hundred'. 'Dugento art' refers specifically to Italian art created in the 13th century. Similarly, the Italian word for nine hundred, 'novecento', refers to Italian art of the 20th century.
28600    What is the major challenge of the 'fresco buono' technique?
28605    This mural painting method requires the artist to quickly apply pigment to wet plaster before the plaster dries. As the plaster dries, the pigment fuses with it creating a wall painting which lasts as long as the plaster.
28610    What is the disadvantage of the 'fresco secco' technique?
28615    This mural painting method is easier to execute than the 'fresco buono' technique, however the result is less permanent. Pigment is applied to dry plaster and doesn't fuse well, as it would with wet plaster.
28620    Giotto, Tiepolo, and the Mexican mural painters shared what painting technique?
28625    They all applied pigment to wet plaster in order to create wall paintings which do not deteriorate over time. The technique they used is known as 'fresco buono'. Michelangelo used this technique in creating the Sistine Chapel.
28630    Name three Greek vase painting techniques.
28635    Black figure, red figure and white ground.
28640    What is a row of columns running along four sides of a Greek temple?
28645    A 'peristyle'. A Greek temple with only a single row of columns is known as a 'peripteral' temple. A temple with two rows of columns (that is, two 'peristyles') is known as a dipteral temple.
28650    What 'surrealist' painting features melting pocket-watches in a barren landscape?
28655    Salvador Dali's 'Persistence of Memory' (1931).
28660    A Shakespearian tragedy and an enigmatic Venetian painting share this title.
28665    Giorgione's 'Tempest' (c. 1506) and Shakespeare's 'Tempest' (after 1613). Giorgione's painting shows three small figures in the midst of a stormy landscape. A nude woman nurses her baby, as a soldier watches from across a river.
28670    What painting was kept in New York until Fascism ended in Spain?
28675    Picasso requested that his mural-sized 'Guernica' (1937, 12'x 26') stay out of Spain until after a democratic government was restored to power. Guernica was transferred from New York to Madrid in 1981.
28680    What term refers to images painted only in shades of grey?
28685    The term 'Grisaille' derives from the French word 'gris', meaning 'grey'. Grisaille images were painted on the outsides of folding altarpieces. When the altarpieces were closed, only the grisaille images were visible.
28690    This upside down urinal was submitted to a 1917 American art exhibition under what name?
28695    The fictitious name 'R. Mutt'. The work, titled 'Fountain', was barred from the show, despite the organizers' stated policy of accepting any fee-paying artist's submission. Marcel Duchamp was the work's true author.
28700    Who was the highest-paid painter in Henry VIII's court?
28705    The Flemish artist Levina Bening Teerling (1510/20-1576). She was appointed 'King's Paintrix' in 1541 and retained this title during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I as well. None of her work has been firmly attributed.
28710    Who did Henry VIII marry after viewing her portrait by Hans Holbein.
28715    The German woman Anne of Cleves. After seeing her in person, Henry VIII divorced her because he did not like the way she looked.
28720    What is a pictograph?
28725    A pictorial symbol or extremely simplified image that means what it depicts.
28730    This 70m-long piece of embroidery tells the story of the Norman conquest of England.
28735    The 'Bayeux Tapestry' not actually a tapestry, was stitched in wool thread on linen.
28740    Name two Chinese dynasties from which ritual bronze containers survive.
28745    The Shang dynasty (c. 1700 - 1100 b.c.e.) and the Zhou dynasty (c. 1100 - 221 b.c.e.) produced intricately carved bronze vessels that were used for ritual purposes and survive because they were placed in tombs.
28750    Three brothers worked on this famous illuminated manuscript until their deaths in 1416.
28755    'Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry' was originally created by Pol, Herman, and Jean Limbourg. The manuscript was completed many years after the three brothers died.
28760    What is an image of a tree growing from a reclining figure and topped by Christ?
28765    A Tree of Jesse. The reclining figure is David's father Jesse. The cathedrals of Chartres and St. Denis contain famous examples in stained-glass of this type of image.
28770    What medium did Nok sculptors use to create figures during the 5th C bce.?
28775    These sub-Saharan sculptors created human and animal figures in terra cotta.
28780    Octavio Paz wrote a poem about this Inka site, located high in the Peruvian Andes.
28785    Machu Picchu is located 9000 feet above the sea. The Inca are believed to have built this site throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
28790    This intricately ornamented late 8C Gospel is renowned for its 'Chi Rho Ita' page.
28795    The Book of Kells. The 'Chi Rho Ita' page features the first three initials of Christ's name. The book may have been created in a monastery on the island of Iona, off the coast of Scottland.
28800    Medieval manuscripts were copied and illustrated in what room in a monastery?
28805    Typically, manuscripts were illustrated ('illuminated') in a workshop known as a 'scriptorium'.
28810    Of what material were the pages of The Book of Kells made?
28815    Animal skin, or 'vellum'.
28820    How many calf-skins were used in the creation of the Book of Kells?
28825    Approximately one hundred-and-fifty.
28830    Who was buried in the the Viking ship found in Oseberg, Norway?
28835    Two women. Scholars speculate that one may have voluntarily sacrificed herself to accompany the body of the other.
28840    This illiterate 'Holy Roman Emperor' was a great patron of the arts in the ninth century.
28845    Charlemagne. The period of medieval art known as 'Carolingian' takes its name from his. ('Holy Roman Emperor' was a title granted to Charlemagne by Pope Leo III in 800.)
28850    Name three periods of medieval art dating from before the year 1000.
28855    'Merovingian', 'Carolingian', and 'Ottonian'.
28860    Why are there no classical Roman ruins in Venice?
28865    Because Venice did not exist until after the fall of Rome. Built on a slew of tiny islands in a lagoon, the city emerged as people of Roman origin fled the mainland during the 5th C in order to escape attacking Goths and Huns.
28870    This centrally planned Byzantine church was converted into a mosque in the 15C.
28875    Hagia Sophia (532-37). Located in the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Hagia Sophia was converted in to a mosque after Constantinople fell to the Ottonian Turks.
28880    In this controversial 19th C painting two clothed men share a picnic with a nude woman.
28885    Manet's 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe' updates Titian's 'Pastoral Concert' and incorporates poses from an engraving after a painting by Raphael.
28890    Born in Pittsburgh, this woman settled in Paris and exhibited with the Impressionists.
28895    Mary Cassatt (1844-1926).
28900    Robert Rauschenberg was a student at this North Carolina school.
28905    Black Mountain College. While there, Rauschenberg came into contact with Bauhaus master Joseph Albers, dancer Merce Cunningham, and composer John Cage.
28910    Against Manet's advice, his sister-in-law exhibited with the Impressionists. Who was she?
28915    Berthe Morisot. (1841-1895).
28920    His Cubist-influenced work was rejected by his compatriots the Mexican muralists.
28925    Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991).
28930    What is a big almond-shaped halo, usually blue, that surrounds Christ's entire body?
28935    A 'mandorla', which means 'almond' in Italian.
28940    What is a Buddhist image representing the universe?
28945    A 'mandala', which means 'circle' in Sanskrit. In a typical mandala, a square may be inscribed in a circle.
28950    Name two architectural devices used to support a dome over a rectangular space.
28955    Pendatives and squinches. Hagia Sophia (532-37) and the Great Mosque at Cordoba (785-86) used squinches.
28960    What Mayan Lord is shown on his sarcophagus lid in his tomb at Palenque?
28965    'Pacal the Great' (603-683). On the lid, he is shown falling into the mouth of the underworld.
28970    This enormous Umayyad structure was built on the site of a Spanish church.
28975    The Great Mosque at Cordoba (begun in 785).
28980    A white square on a white background, this was one of this artist's last abstract works.
28985    'White on white' (c1918), by the Russian artist Kasimir Malevich.
28990    Renowned for his innovative use of montage, he directed 'Strike' and 'Alexander Nevsky'.
28995    Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (1898-1948). A success in post-revolutionary Russia and a failure in Hollywood, he attempted a documentary film in Mexico in 1932, before returning to Russia.
29000    Which language is understood by the largest number of people in the world?
29005    With over 1.4 billion speakers, English is.
29010    What is the tallest structure in the U.S.?
29015    At 2,063 feet, or 4 tenths of a mile, the KTHI-TV tower in North Dakota is almost twice the height of the Empire State Building.
29020    How many grooves are there on each side of a vinyl record?
29025    Just one, it is a spiral.
29030    What is the world's fourth largest island?
29035    Madagascar, which is located off the East coast of Southern Africa. Madagascar gained independence from France in 1960.
29040    What do sweet potatoes and carrots have in common.
29045    They both contain about ten times as much vitamin A as most other significant sources. A cup of carrots contains 30,942 IUs of the vitamin, while a single sweet potato contains 26,082 IUs.
29050    What New York published newspaper has the largest circulation?
29055    The Wall Street Journal, with a daily circulation of almost 2 million.
29060    What are the names of the lions that sit in front of the New York City public library?
29065    The lions are named 'Patience' and 'Fortitude'.
29070    Who was the 'Baby Ruth' candy bar named after?
29075    Contrary to popular belief, it was not named after baseball legend Babe Ruth. It was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth.
29080    Which state (in the United States) eats the most Spam?
29085    The citizens of Hawaii consume twice as much Spam per person as the residents of any other state.
29090    What gifts are traditionally given to couples on their first anniversary?
29095    Gifts of silver. The first anniversary is known as the 'cotton anniversary'.
29100    What is the Legion of Merit?
29105    An award given by the U.S. government to honor non-citizens and Native American officers for exceptional service in peace or wartime.
29110    For what industry is Hartford, Connecticut famous?
29115    Hartford is known as 'The Insurance Capitol of the World.'
29120    What is the origin of the word 'coward'?
29125    A boy who takes care of cows.
29130    What does 'au gratin' mean?
29135    It is a French term meaning 'cooked with breadcrumbs and cheese'.
29140    Why are soap operas called 'soap operas'?
29145    The term evolved from 1930's radio programs sponsored by soap companies.
29150    What man-made structure is visible from outer space?
29155    The Great Wall of China can be seen by astronauts orbiting the Earth.
29160    Where do vampire bats usually bite humans?
29165    Contrary to popular belief, vampire bats bite humans on their toes, not in the neck.
29170    What does 'Kemo Sabe' mean?
29175    Roughly translated from Navajo, 'Kemo Sabe' means 'soggy shrub'.
29180    What was Sigmund Freud's worst fear?
29185    Freud suffered from fern-phobia.
29190    What British newspaper has the largest circulation?
29195    The 'News of the World' not only has the largest circulation in the United Kingdom, it is the most widely distributed newspaper in the western world, with a circulation of almost five million!
29200    What is the oldest college in North America?
29205    Harvard University was founded 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
29210    How many Nobel Prizes are awarded each year?
29215    Six Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in the following categories: Peace, literature, economic science, chemistry, physics, and physiology/medicine.
29220    What is the only food not known to spoil?
29225    Bee's honey has never been known to go bad.
29230    What was the original purpose of yo-yos?
29235    Philippine warriors in the 16th century used yo-yos as weapons.
29240    Who was the tallest person ever?
29245    Robert Pershing Wadlow measured 8 feet, 11 inches from head to toet.
29250    How much protein should a lightly active 128 lb woman consume each day?
29255    44 grams, according to the U.S. National Research Council's 1980 'Recommended Dietary Allowances'.
29260    What was the first department store in the United States?
29265    Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution in Salt Lake City, which was founded by Brigham Young in 1868.
29270    What was the first collegiate sorority in the U.S.?
29275    Kappa Alpha Theta, established in 1870 at De Pauw University.
29280    What did Thomas Edison's first patent?
29285    His first patented invention was a voting machine.
29290    What early scientist realized that dolphins are mammals?
29295    Aristotle, in 340 BC. He made the connection when he discovered that the babies are attached to their mothers by umbilical cords.
29300    Why can't you drown in the Dead Sea?
29305    The salinity of the water will keep you buoyant. The same is true of the Great Salt Lake.
29310    What are the two largest universities in the U.S.?
29315    Both the University of Minnesota and Ohio State University have over 60,000 students.
29320    What Native American language was used as code during WWII?
29325    The Navajo language was used by U.S. intelligence. Apparently, it was the hardest code for the Axis to break.
29330    What is a 'sea cow'?
29335    'Sea cow' is a nickname for the manatee, a large marine mammal found near the coasts of Florida.
29340    What word in the English language has the most meanings?
29345    According to Webster's, the word 'set' has over fifty meanings.
29350    What is a 'dead man's hand' in poker?
29355    Two black aces, two black eights, and the queen of hearts.
29360    What mammal lives at the highest altitude?
29365    The collared pika, a member of the rabbit family, can be found living on Mount Everest at 20,000 feet.
29370    What is the world's largest rodent?
29375    The web-footed capybara, which lives in the Amazon region of South America.
29380    What was the first domesticated animal?
29385    The dog was domesticated an estimated 12,000 years ago.
29390    What organization has won the most Nobel Peace prizes?
29395    The Red Cross has won three prizes: in 1917, 1944, and 1963.
29400    What is the word's largest library?
29405    The Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C.
29410    How did teddy bears get their name?
29415    They are named for U.S President Theodore Roosevelt.
29420    What are the two most widely consumed foods in the world?
29425    Rice and potatoes are the world's most common food staples.
29430    What two varieties of nuts are mentioned in the Bible?
29435    The Bible mentions both almonds and pistachios.
29440    Where did pasta originate?
29445    Pasta was eaten in China over 3,000.
29450    The oldest animal on record, lived to be what age?
29455    A Marion's turtle died at the age of 152 years.
29460    What is the world's oldest religion?
29465    Judaism is an estimated 4,000 years old.
29470    What is the largest university system in the U.S.?
29475    The State University of New York. It is commonly referred to as S.U.N.Y.
29480    Where were kites invented?
29485    Kites were invented in China c.1200 BC. They were originally used as military signaling devices.
29490    What does a grist do?
29495    A grist is someone who studies a family's history.
29500    What sport did criminal John Dillinger play professionally?
29505    He played professional baseball before turning to crime.
29510    What did Al Capone's business card say?
29515    It indicated that he was a furniture dealer.
29520    What does the L.L. stand for in 'L.L. Bean'?
29525    The L.L. stands for Leon Leonwood.
29530    What is a group of kangaroos called?
29535    A group of kangaroos is known as a 'mob'.
29540    What are the top three foods eaten in American restaurants?
29545    Hamburgers, steak, and roast beef are the top foods ordered.
29550    What was the original color of Coca-Cola?
29555    Coca-Cola was originally green.
29560    What are camel's-hair brushes made of?
29565    The brushes are made from squirrel fur, camel.
29570    What is Britain's flag known as?
29575    The British flag is commonly referred to as the 'Union Jack'.
29580    What is the largest order of mammals?
29585    Rodents, with approximately 1,700 separate species.
29590    What language did Christ speak?
29595    Christ spoke Aramaic, which was the common language used in the Middle East at the time.
29600    Why did pirates wear earrings?
29605    Pirates thought earrings improved their eyesight.
29610    What does 'kung fu' mean in English?
29615    The literal translation from Chinese is 'leisure time'.
29620    What is the oldest continuously published periodical in the U.S.?
29625    The Old Farmers Almanac, which has been published for 205 years.
29630    What company bought Rockefeller Center in Manhattan in 1989?
29635    In October 1989, Mitsubishi, a Japanese investment group, bought the historic Rockefeller Center in New York.
29640    What was the first coin minted by the U.S. government.
29645    On October 15, 1774, the United States minted its first silver dollar.
29650    What password for the D-Day invasion?
29655    The Allied forces used 'Mickey Mouse' as a password on D-Day.
29660    During which presidential term since FDR's was economic growth lowest?
29665    Economic growth during President Bush's term was about twice as slow as it was during Eisenhower's second term.
29670    Which former Vice-President ran for Governor and lost?
29675    Vice-President Nixon ran for president in 1960 and lost to Kennedy. Next, he ran for governor of California and lost again. Finally, he ran for President and won in 1968!
29680    How many states did Ronald Reagan carry in 1984?
29685    He carried every state but one. He lost Minnesota to Walter Mondale.
29690    What position did former Vice-President Mondale take with the Clinton Administration?
29695    Vice-President and former presidential nominee Walter Mondale accepted the position of U.S. ambassador to Japan.
29700    When was the first black American nominated at a major-party convention?
29705    In 1884, at the Republican national convention. He did not win the nomination.
29710    Who was the first Republican president in the U.S.?
29715    Abraham Lincoln. Republicans won every subsequent election for the next 24 years. They finally lost to the Democrats in 1884.
29720    What was Governor Ann Richards job approval rating when she lost in 1994?
29725    The Texas Governor's job approval rating was over 60 percent, but a Republican sweep knocked her out of office anyway.
29730    What was Ross Perot's highest standing in the polls in 1992?
29735    At one point polls showed him with a slight lead over both Bush and Clinton, making him the front-runner for the White House. The polls indicated he had about 30-35% of the vote.
29740    Who was Eisenhour's Vice-President?
29745    Richard Nixon served both terms from 1952-1960. With little support from Eisenhour, Nixon lost to Kennedy in 1960.
29750    What is myopia?
29755    'Myopia' is another name for near-sightedness.
29760    What is the largest number of babies born to one woman?
29765    One woman gave birth to 69 children in her lifetime!
29770    Who wrote 'there is no there there', and what locale inspired the comment?
29775    Gertrude Stein. She was referring to Oakland, California.
29780    What does VHS stand for?
29785    It's an acronym for 'Video Home System'.
29790    What does Disney's EPCOT stand for?
29795    EPCOT is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
29800    What does the word 'chad' refer to?
29805    Chad are the tiny pieces of paper left by a hole puncher.
29810    Where is Samuel Adams beer brewed?
29815    The Boston Beer Company brews Samuel Adams in Pittsburgh.
29820    What crime is mentioned in the U.S. constitution?
29825    Treason, punishable by death.
29830    What are the three most dangerous occupations in America?
29835    Mining, construction, and farming.
29840    What is the origin of the name Wendy?
29845    The first use of the name Wendy occurred in the book 'Peter Pan'.
29850    Which is the best source of protein: lentils, pinto beans, or black-eye peas?
29855    A cup of cooked pinto beans contains 44 grams of protein. Similar amounts of black-eye peas and lentils contain 16 and 13 grams respectively. If you insist on meat, a lb of Canadian bacon provides 94 grams of protein.
29860    What was the title of the first book known to be printed?
29865    'The Diamond Dutra was published in 868 AD in China.
29870    Which has more vitamin C, a tomato, an orange, or a papaya?
29875    A tomato contains 22 mgs of vitamin C, an orange has 70, and a papaya has 187. Papayas are about twice as large and a bit less juicy than oranges and tomatoes.
29880    Where did the word 'barbarian' originate?
29885    In ancient Greece this term was used to refer to people who couldn't speak Greek.
29890    What is the world's smallest mammal?
29895    The bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
29900    What does the acronym LASER stand for?
29905    Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
29910    What can't a flying squirrel do?
29915    Among other things, flying squirrels cannot fly. They do, however, glide.
29920    What is the fastest bird in flight?
29925    The peregrine falcon has been clocked at 217 miles per hour.
29930    What were the real names of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
29935    Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longbaugh.
29940    What two foods are highest in calories?
29945    Nothing is more fattening than lards and oils.
29950    What five words are most frequently used in the English language?
29955    'The', 'of', 'and', 'a', and 'to'.
29960    For whom was Caesar salad named?
29965    The salad's creator, Caesar Gardini, not the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
29970    What is the shape of the Earth?
29975    Technically, the Earth is an oblate spheroid, not perfectly round.
29980    Which recent U.S. president divorced and re-married?
29985    Ronald Reagan married Nancy long before becoming president, but he has children from a previous marriage ended in divorce.
29990    How did Speaker Newt Gingrich become a national figure?
29995    He brought down former Speaker Jim Wright on ethics charges.