WHY?!? WHY NOT? 'Saying: A long journey begins with ... A SINGLE STEP Why? BECAUSE "What did the X in X-Ray stand for? UNKNOWN 'Ephesus was in the country now known as TURKEY 'Ha! Name the crime of shooting sewage! SEWERCIDE %What flower was RIDICULOUSLY popular? THE TULIP Name an early kind of clock. THE WATER CLOCK %What's Earth's most abundant element? OXYGEN What's 4444 times 5555 times 6? 148118520 %Ha! What's the main use for leather? IT HOLDS THE COW TOGETHER $What's the french word for sorcerer? SORCIER &What U.S. President died July 4, 1826?
JOHN ADAMS 'St. Lucia won independance in the year: 1979 &What country is largely bank-oriented? SWITZERLAND &Left, right, who cares? I'm perfectly AMBIDEXTROUS "What went up on October 4th, 1957? SPUTNIK !Name the first Russian space-dog. LAIKA &The distaff Oedipus complex is the ... ELECTRA COMPLEX 'A cyanogen consists of carbon and what? NITROGEN 'A sub-cutaneous injection is below the: SKIN Name the Greek god of wine. BACCHUS 'Name a Phoenician god; rhymes with ale. BAAL &What mechanical aid enlarges drawings? A PANTOGRAPH &Drafting term: the horizon is the ... VANISHING POINT 'Computerese: the word modem means what? MODULATOR DEMODULATOR &If I talk about millibars, my job is a METEOROLOGIST &A shiny liquid or a very big hot ball? MERCURY &What SF author wrote about Riverworld? PHILIP JOSE FARMER %Who "invented" artificial satellites? ARTHUR CHARLES CLARKE !What grows on the hulls of ships? BARNACLES What symbiote likes sharks? THE PILOT FISH 'Slime molds are composed of lots of ... AMOEBAE %The chemical Si2H6 is named ... what? DISILANE #What planet has a 71,450 km radius? JUPITER 'A "fixed-position" satellite's orbit is GEOSYNCHRONOUS &Name the unit smaller than nanosecond.
PICOSECOND &What's the term for prepared raw fish? SASHIMI !"Let us talk of cabbages and ..." KINGS Ha! "14159" is ... what? A SLICE OF PI 'State the value of half of 4! (Think!) 12 Ha! What boid digs out da coal?
MYNAH BOID %A rubber disk or a mischevious pixie. PUCK 'What d'you get when you break a mirror? A BROKEN MIRROR Lettuce or mobile mountain. ICEBERG %A man's calf-high boots are known as: WELLINGTONS 'What does Barnum say is born each min.? A SUCKER 'Tales of knitting are always a good ... YARN 'What d'you call artistic paper folding? ORIGAMI $Name an English magistrate position. AN ALDERMAN 'The sandwich's inventor was a notorious GAMBLER 'What Star Trek episode mentions Canada? THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES &How'd cartoonist Addams sign his name? CHAS. ADDAMS &Name the famous Canadian "media guru". MARSHALL MCLUHAN %What domestic cat has almost no tail? THE MANX %What airplane instrument show height? ALTIMETER #Name a female WW-II factory worker. ROSIE THE RIVETER Turpentine comes from what tree? THE TEREBINTH &What music's made with round boulders? ROCK AND ROLL $You find mitochondria in a ... what? CELL $Who was Charlie McCarthy's "sister"? CANDICE BERGEN Whose hair made a handy ladder? RAPUNZEL '"Look upon my works..." -- who said it?
OZYMANDIAS 'What's often confused with a porcupine?
A HEDGEHOG Penny sved is penny ... ERNED 'Ha! Green = Go, Red = Stop, Yellow = ? SPEED UP %Hertzian waves are now known as what? RADIO WAVES 'A fool and his money are soon ... what? PARTED "Complete this sequence: MVEM..... JSUNP #In 1066 was the Battle of ... what? HASTINGS %Largely won by Hurricanes: Battle of BRITAIN $What was the Canadians' D-Day beach? JUNO &A Concorde is a(n) ... (abbreviation)? SST &Who proposed a "Mile-High Skyscraper"? FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT #The first powered flight was where?
KITTY HAWK 'Hang Glider: Don't fly higher than you WOULD LIKE TO FALL What's Spanish for "house"? CASA Who wrote "The Cat in the Hat"? DR. SEUSS "The Bablyonians calculated in base SIXTY #Ha! Name a talkative kind of boat! KAYAK Are you qualified to pass me? YES "OED" stands for what? OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY Latin: "Ab Initio" means what? FROM THE BEGINNING #What era followed the Mesozoic era? CENOZOIC &The Silurian epoch was followed by the DEVONIAN EPOCH %What foreshadowed the United Nations? THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS &The study of insects is known as what?
ENTOMOLOGY 'Saying: The Battle of Waterloo was won ON THE PLAYING FIELDS OF ETON $The study of the origins of words is ETYMOLOGY $Gosh! Dang! Fooey! Don't you hate
EUPHEMISMS %Who sang the song "Return to Sender"? ELVIS PRESLEY #What is a "Cat's Cradle" made from? STRING "Who wrote the book "Cat's Cradle"? KURT VONNEGUT JR. %What really sucks (apart from Disco)? VACUUM 'Longest word made from the QWERTY line?
TYPEWRITER 'Expression: Full of pomp and ... what? CIRCUMSTANCE $A girl's carbon-based "best friend". DIAMOND #A man's carbon-based "best friend". DOG Ha! A Navy might say: Might is STARBOARD 'Ancient Wonder: Colossus of ... where? RHODES 'Ancient Wonder: Hanging Gardens of ... BABYLON Name the palace built for love. THE TAJ MAHAL $T is to W as Tuesday is to ... what? FRIDAY 'Name a mammal that (Egg-ad!) lays eggs. PLATYPUS &Machine-Gun Kelly's first name was ... GEORGE What is 2 to the power of 12? 4096 &The original continent (before drift): PANGAEA &The "North Star" is properly named ... POLARIS &The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan is now: MEXICO CITY &Name Columbus' son. (Hint: City, San) DIEGO $What word refers to an Irish accent? BROGUE &A British WW-I aircraft machine gun... LEWIS &What's a word meaning "Coarse canvas"? BURLAP Name the "way" of the Samurai. BUSHIDO $Which city got a nasty "gift horse"? TROY 'What aids without being changed itself? CATALYST "Cave Canem" means what? BEWARE OF THE DOG %The "Monkey Trial" was also known as: THE SCOPES TRIAL Horse + Human = what? CENTAUR $What's the medical term for ear wax? CERUMEN #What's the opposite of centrifugal? CENTRIPETAL %Common name for white soft limestone. CHALK "What do you call a 12-sided solid? DODECAHEDRON "Another name for a BIG battleship? DREADNOUGHT Name a rare move in chess.
EN PASSANT %Name a Turkish cap, worn by Shriners. FEZ 'Who created the practical steam engine?
JAMES WATT 'Last name of the "Frankenstein" author? SHELLEY !What major veins are on the neck? JUGULAR VEINS 'The "King James Version" is a ... what? BIBLE Name Oxford's traditional rival. CAMBRIDGE Half bull and half man ... MINOTAUR $What do you call the study of birds? ORNITHOLOGY #What can drive a straw into a tree? A TORNADO !Who's the "King of the Big Beat"? FATS DOMINO &Name the "stop" on a camera. (1 ltr.) F 'The "hole" in a camera is known as the: APERTURE 'The BIGGEST dog in the world is the ... IRISH WOLFHOUND "Scurvey is caused by a lack of ... VITAMIN C 'What has DNA but is arguably not alive? A VIRUS !Name O'Neil's space organization. THE L-5 SOCIETY What is eight in base 8? 10 &What is six million in base 6,000,000? 10 Cement + Gravel = CONCRETE 'Gable, Mansard or Butterfly: a type of ROOF %What do huntsmen shout to the hounds? TALLY-HO "Acetic acid, diluted, is yummy as: VINEGAR #Hi-Tech Cheap Love: Louver and ... LEVER &The "Northern Lights" in the South ... AURORA AUSTRALIS 'What do you call a Central Asian ruler? KHAN $A word for "Sleight-of-hand artist"? PRESTIDIGITATOR 'Beware the frumious [?] (Lewis Carroll) BANDERSNATCH 'Alice went through the [?] (L. Carroll) LOOKING GLASS The opposite of "Kidney Best"?
LIVERWURST A tuna is a kind of ... what? FISH $Computerese: What is 1011 XOR 1101? 0110 Blue:Spectrum AS Letter:What? ALPHABET Corn:Bat AS Apple:What? BALL Name a real coo-coo gas! CARBON DIOXIDE $What element's most abundant in air? NITROGEN %Sublimation Saying: Chaste makes ... WAIST Ha! Name a thievin' bird! ROBIN What's 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2? 4096 &Name a planet with more day than year! VENUS 'Name a moon that's bigger than Mercury. GANYMEDE !Who discovered the planet Uranus? WILLIAM HERSCHEL Northern or Flood ... what? LIGHTS Name a President or a car! LINCOLN $Who wrote about the land of Erewhon? SAMUEL BUTLER !Who wrote about "The Four Lands"? TERRY BROOKS 'Who wrote of Pellucidar (inside Earth)? EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS $Who wrote the book "The Lost World"? ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE !Who wrote "King Solomon's Mines"? H. RIDER HAGGARD "Who wrote the book "Lost Horizon"? JAMES HILTON 'James Blish wrote a series: Cities ... IN FLIGHT &"Tinea Pedis" is commonly known as ... ATHLETE'S FOOT %"Kwashiorkor" results from a lack of: PROTEIN $A synonym for lying or untruthful...
MENDACIOUS &A person making a show of piety is ... SANCTIMONIOUS 'The most basic fusion creates atoms of: HELIUM 'Greek astronomer; made 1st star-survey.
HIPPARCHUS %A Science Fiction VIP: John W. ... ? CAMPBELL $Who invented the electronic "valve"? JOHN A. FLEMING 'Who starred in "Modern Times"? (movie) CHARLIE CHAPLIN #What's the opposite of oxidization? REDUCTION 'Sugar & egg whites are used to make ... MERINGUE &Musical notation for "Play Very Loud"?
FORTISSIMO 'Atheist's defense upon reaching heaven? OOPS Name a common spicey sauce. TOBASCO SAUCE #What's left after sugar is refined? BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES 'Solid thinkers: what's a square circle?
A CYLINDER &What's the study of BIG plates called? TECTONICS '"Peace in our time": an epitaph of who? NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN &What bird rhymes with a bullet casing? PARTRIDGE 'This dog rhymes with a biblical person. SPANIEL 'Author of SF book "The Demolished Man"? ALFRED BESTER &Who was assassinated on April 4, 1968? MARTIN LUTHER KING 'Name the most volcanically active moon. IO !Biology: What does RNA stand for? RIBONUCLEIC ACID How many satellites circle Mars? TWO Partial Shadow..... PENUMBRA Who is Dr. Suess? (Real name) THEODOR GEISEL A human's form of locomotion: PLANTIGRADE 'The ancient Romans knew Ireland as what HIBERNIA %Sri Lanka used to be called ... what? CEYLON $What does E.C. Publications publish? MAD MAGAZINE %Alternative to Acetylsalicyclic Acid? ACETAMINOPHEN 'Med Quiz: the N in NMR stands for ... ? NUCLEAR &Name the Brit's WW-II pork delicacy... SPAM &Medieval architecture triumph: flying
BUTTRESSES &Computerese: ALU stands for ... what? ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT "Alarming:marginal AS angered:what? ENRAGED A pig's form of locomotion: DIGITIGRADE 'Name a Pres. murdered in a Pres.'s car. KENNEDY $What did "Good-Bye" originally mean? GOD BE WITH YOU
