18peopleShe began dancing and ice skating at an early age, eventually becoming world champion of ice skating at the age of 15. She won Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936. She set out for Hollywood and became one of the leading movie stars in the late 193Show AnswerShare
8peopleThe heaviest human ever recorded was the American Jon Minnoch, who died in 1983 at the age of 42. Within 200 pounds, what was his maximum weight?Show AnswerShare
13peopleThis explorer, conservationist, and author was born in April, 1838. He helped create national parks in the USA, and the longest trail in the Sierras is named after him. Who is he?Show AnswerShare
9peopleThe first Prime Minister of India 1947-1964 had a grandson who also became Prime Minister of India. Can you name these two men?Show AnswerShare
19peopleIn the 17-18th centuries he was employed by the British government to help stop piracy on the high seas, but he turned to piracy himself, was caught and executed in England. Who was he?Show AnswerShare
13peopleWhen it broke in 1987, they called it the first large "male-imony case" - the largest request by a man asking for alimony from his wife. He was Peter Holm, a 40-year-old Swedish rock musician, and manager of the career of his 53-year old wife, a sensuousShow AnswerShare
3peopleThese two men are brothers, from a very musical family. One is a preeminant jazz trumpeter and artistic director of jazz programming for New York's Lincoln Center. The other is a saxophonist, actor, and orchestra director. What are their full names?Show AnswerShare
8peopleThe race of central African herdsmen called the Watusi, or Tutsi, are considered to hold what statistical extreme?Show AnswerShare
14peopleIn 1633, the Roman Catholic Church condemned this man for teaching that the Earth revolves around the Sun. In 1992, after a 13-year investigation by the church, Pope John Paul II pardoned him. Who was he?Show AnswerShare
12peopleWhat was the name of the Israeli psychic, popular in the 1970's, who claimed to be able to bend spoons by will?Show AnswerShare
