Q1=Who was the CBS Evening News anchor before Dan Rather?
QLines=1
A1=David Brinkley
C=2
A2=Walter Cronkite
A3=Hugh Downs
A4=Morris the Cat
;E=explanation for Q1
;H=1
[Question 2]
A1=120 minutes
A2=180 minutes
A3=240 minutes
Q2=The movie "The Longest Day", about the Allies' invasion of Normandy during World War 2, is sometimes called The Longest Movie. How long is it?
QLines=2
C=2
A4=3 days
;H=1
;E=explanation for Q2
[Question 3]
A1=Die Walkure
A2=William Tell
A3=Aida
A4=Carmen
Q3=Gioacchino Rossini is famous for writing which opera? (Try the Clue button.)
QLines=1
A5=Roseanne
C=2
B=1
E=Roseanne and Rossini now deny each other's existence.
[Question 4]
A1=2,500,000
A2=25,000,000
A3=250,000,000
Q4=The population of the United States in 1776 is estimated to have been about:
QLines=1
C=1
A4=17
;E=explanation for Q4
[Question 5]
A1=A National Park on the New Mexico - Colorado border
A2=A Navajo Tribal Park on the Arizona - Utah border
A3=An Orange County Park near Disneyland
A4=The home of old monuments to forgotten people
Q5=Monument Valley is:
QLines=1
C=2
B=1
[Question 6]
A1=1812
A2=1914
A3=1939
Q6=World War 1 began in what year?
QLines=1
C=2
A4=1982
;H=1
;E=explanation for Q5
[Question 7]
Q7=The only major mountain range in the U.S. that runs east / west is called the Uinta Mountains. They are in which state?
QLines=2
C=2
A1=West Virginia
A2=Utah
A3=Arkansas
A4=Confusion
E=The Utah Tourist Council invites you to visit.
[Question 8]
A1=Ramakrishna
A2=Buddha
A3=Richard Bucke
Q8=Who is said to have found enlightenment while sitting under a bo tree?
QLines=1
C=2
A4=Ram Dass
B=1
A5=Jimmy Carter
[Question 9]
A1=Krypton
A2=Gold
A3=Uranium
A4=Orson Welles
Q9=Which is the heaviest element among these?
QLines=1
C=3
;H=1
;E=explanation for Q7
[Question 10]
A1=13
A2=17
A3=23
A4=27
QLines=1
C=1
;E=explanation for Q9
Q10=What is the square root of 169?
[Question 11]
A1=battleship
A2=aircraft carrier
A3=destroyer
Q11=The largest naval ship is the:
QLines=1
C=2
A4=cruiser
B=2
[Question 12]
A1=Jones
A2=Johnson
A3=Smith
Q12=The most common surname in the United States is:
QLines=1
A4=Brown
C=3
A5=Williams
E=then Johnson, Williams, Jones, Brown
[Question 13]
A1=the first mission to Mars
A2=the second mission to the Moon
A3=the third mission to Venus
A4=the fourth mission to Utah
Q13=Apollo 12 was:
QLines=1
C=2
[Question 14]
Q14=Salvador Dali, a Spanish painter, painted:
QLines=1
A1=melted watches
C=1
A2=plastic bananas
A3=large garbonzo beans
A4=the Mona Lisa
;H=1
E=Really!!!
B=1
[Question 15]
A1=McDonnell-Douglas
A2=Airbus
A3=Boeing
Q15=What company builds the 777?
QLines=1
C=3
A4=Yugo
[Question 16]
A1=Joni Mitchell
A2=Princess Diana
A3=Queen Elizabeth
A4=Margaret Thatcher
Q16=Who is the Queen of Canada?
QLines=1
C=3
[Question 17]
A1=In the wilds of the arctic
A2=Only in Australia
A3=In the tropics of the Americas
A4=In small humid apartments in Provo
Q17=The toucan is found:
QLines=1
C=3
B=1
[Question 18]
A1=brick cleaner
A2=battery acid
A3=mouthwash
Q18=Acetylsalicylic acid is more commonly know as:
QLines=1
C=4
A4=aspirin
[Question 19]
A1=Brontosaur
A2=Tyrannosaurus Rex
A3=Blue Whale
Q19=What is the largest animal ever to have lived?
QLines=1
A4=Joe Waldholtz
C=3
E=A Blue (or Baleen) Whale can be 100 ft. (30m) long and weigh 200 metric tons!
[Question 20]
A1=Football
A2=Basketball
A3=Baseball
Q20=What is "America's Favorite Pastime"?
QLines=1
C=3
A4=REM sleep
B=1
E=Beer and REM sleep are big in Australia
[Question 21]
A1=New York Yankees
A2=Los Angeles Dodgers
A3=New York Giants
Q21=What baseball team did Roger Maris play for?
QLines=1
A4=Milwaukee Braves
C=1
[Question 22]
A1=Bellingham
A2=Seattle
A3=Olympia
A4=Enumclaw
Q22=What's the capital of Washington state?
QLines=1
C=3
[Question 23]
A1=Venus
A2=Saturn
A3=Earth
Q23=Which of these is a Class M planet?
QLines=1
C=3
A4=Salt Lake City
B=1
[Question 24]
A1=Arnold Palmer
A2=Billy Carter
A3=Boris Spassky
A4=John McEnroe
Q24=Who did Bobby Fischer beat to become the world chess champion?
QLines=1
C=3
[Question 25]
A1=2
A2=19
A3=23
A4=102
Q25=How many pairs of chromosomes does a human being have?
QLines=1
C=3
[Question 26]
A1=Saltwater Crocodile
A2=Green Turtle
A3=Coral Snake
A4=Rush Limbaugh
Q26=What reptile can swim up to 20 mph (32 km) and can weigh more than 400 lbs (180 kg)?
QLines=2
C=2
E=Limbaugh, though technically a reptile, swims more slowly. (It's a joke, Rush)
B=1
[Question 27]
Q27=What's 60% of 60?
QLines=1
A1=30
C=3
A2=35
A3=36
A4=40
[Question 28]
Q28=Which US Air Force plane costs $250 million per plane, has swing-wings for slow speeds and supersonic speeds, and can drop nuclear bombs and launch cruise missiles?
QLines=3
A1=B-52
C=2
A2=B1-B
A3=B-2
A4=B. B. Rebozo
B=1
[Question 29]
Q29=Who wrote the book "The Brothers Karamozov"?
QLines=1
A1=Fyodor Dostoevsky
C=1
A2=Leo Tolstoy
A3=Yul Brynner
A4=Donny Osmond
E=Donny's unfinished work, "The Brothers Osmond", has no mention of vodka.
[Question 30]
Q30=The first satellite to provide direct television transmission between the United States, Europe, and Japan, launched in 1962, was called:
QLines=2
A1=Telstar
C=1
A2=Echo
A3=Sputnik
A4=Alistair Cooke
E=Mr. Cooke doesn't transmit to Japan.
B=1
[Question 31]
Q31=The country of San Marino is completely surrounded by this country:
QLines=1
A1=France
C=2
A2=Italy
A3=Spain
A4=San Francisco
[Question 32]
Q32=The Utah Jazz belong to:
QLines=1
A1=the National Rifle Association
C=2
A2=the National Basketball Association
A3=National Public Radio
A4=the National Dixieland Federation
E=Just what is it that Karl mumbles at the free throw line?
B=1
[Question 33]
Q33=Which two elements make up common table salt?
QLines=1
A1=calcium and fluorine
C=2
A2=sodium and chlorine
A3=magnesium and oxygen
A4=sand and corn starch
[Question 34]
A1=Korea
A2=Vietnam
Q34=Excepting Mexico, which country provided the most immigrants to the U.S. during the decade of the 1980's?
QLines=2
C=3
A3=Philippines
E=Mexico 22.6%, Philippines 7.5%, Korea 4.5%, Vietnam 3.8%
[Question 35]
A1=Jodrell Bank
A2=Hubble
A3=Arecibo
Q35=What's the name of the large telescope launched into orbit so as to avoid the interference of earth's atmosphere?
QLines=2
C=2
A4=Al Bundy
E=Al had himself launched into orbit in 1992 merely to avoid Peg.
B=1
[Question 36]
A1=Ulysses Grant
A2=Andrew Jackson
A3=Abraham Lincoln
Q36=Whose face is on the U.S. twenty dollar bill?
QLines=1
C=2
A4=Homer Simpson
E=Homer is on the 7 dollar bill
[Question 37]
Q37=United States senators have a higher salary than members of the House of Representatives.