18historyWhich Frenchman is credited with having laid out and designed the city of Washington, D.C.?Show AnswerShare
16geographyThis town in Switzerland is a famous winter sports center and year-round resort town. The Winter Olympics were held there in 1928 and 1948. What is the town's name?Show AnswerShare
18geographyEurope's longest river, the Volga, flows from hills northwest of Moscow about 2,300 miles, finally emptying into which body of water?Show AnswerShare
19religionIn 1533 this French-born Swiss theologian broke with the Roman Catholic Church and estabished a Protestant-based government in Geneva, Switzerland. Who was he?Show AnswerShare
9peopleFor the last 25 years of his life, Howard Hughes was a recluse, and spent the last six years wasting away in a drug stupor, in which islands?Show AnswerShare
13otherAround what year was coffee first consumed as a beverage? Was it around 1000 B.C., 1000 A.D., or the 16th century?Show AnswerShare
19otherA. If you suffer from arachnophobia, what are you afraid of? b. Neophobia? c. Photophobia?Show AnswerShare
11entertainmentWhen 24-year old John Singleton was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director for the 1991 season, he became both the youngest film director and the first black director ever nominated for a directing Oscar. What film did he direct?Show AnswerShare
7wordsEach of these terms begins with the letter A: a. A coral-reef island of circular shape surrounding a lagoon b. Any of the thousands of small planets between Mars and Jupiter? c. A rectangularly shaped open patio around which a house or building is builShow AnswerShare
11otherThis plant was required growing for farmers from middle ages Europe to in 17th century America. President Thomas Jefferson declared it a "necessity;" it was Kentucky's largest cash crop until 1915. What was it?Show AnswerShare
11scienceWhat is the unusual medical name for the fatal disease which appeared in 1976 among persons attending a convention in Philadelphia?Show AnswerShare
18generalWhat do we call the food item consisting of toast, ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce?Show AnswerShare
7moviesWhat alphabet is used for writing Russian and several other Eastern European languages?Show AnswerShare
