The first NBA playoff game outside the United States was played in this city
Toronto
This state boasts Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
It is the 2nd most spoken language in the world
English
The highest peak outside of Asia is found in this mountain range
Andes
The third Monday of January starting in 1986
Martin Luther King Day
“Awards”: This late singer's 28 gold records were the most ever awarded to an individual
Elvis Presley;Elvis
The annual awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
the Oscars;Oscars;Oscar;Academy Awards
Lech Walesa sent his wife to accept this award
Nobel Peace Prize;Nobel Prize
The highest award given to an American serviceman
Congressional Medal of Honour
It's the award given each year's most outstanding major league pitcher
the Cy Young Award;Cy Young Award
“World Geography”: This country's counties include Kerry, Kilkenny, and Kildare
Ireland
Only nation to cover an entire continent
Australia
The Japanese name for Japan, meaning "source of the sun"
Nihon;Nippon
The only country in Europe barred to American tourists
Albania
“Sports”: In 1983, he won 5 of the 10 last U.S. Open tennis titles
Jimmy Connors;Connors
In golf, it's 2 under par for a hole
eagle
Famous Notre Dame football backfield with apocalyptic nickname
Four Horsemen;4 Horsemen
Superbowl trophy is named for this coach
Vince Lombardi;Lombardi
“Foreign Phrases”: French phrase for food items, ordered individually
a la carte
The British call this "the lift"
elevator
Day of the year when Italians wish "Buon Natale"
Christmas;December 25;Dec 25
Meaning "a bride's belongings", it's French for "small bundle"
trousseau
Criminologist's phrase, from Latin for "manner of working"
modus operandi
“Anatomy”: If the body were a car, they would be the carburetors
lungs;lung
Building these up with steroids has caused sports controversy
muscles;muscle
Babies have more than 300, while adults have only 206
bones;bone
A cranium and 2 femurs on a black flag
skull and crossbones;skull
This is the body's largest gland
liver
“Lakes & Rivers”: River mentioned most often in the Bible
the Jordan;Jordan
Scottish word for lake
loch
American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi
the Missouri;Missouri
World's largest lake, nearly 5 times as big as Superior
the Caspian Sea;Caspian Sea
“The Bible”: When "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho", these took a tumble
the walls;walls
His price was 30 pieces of silver
Judas
According to the Bible, it wasn't necessarily an apple
forbidden fruit
Though its name means "city of peace", it's seen over 30 wars, the last in 1967
Jerusalem
According to 1st Timothy, it is the "root of all evil"
love of money;money
“National Landmarks”: She came from France to harbor America's freedom
Statue of Liberty
When he was home, George Washington slept here
Mount Vernon;Mt Vernon
The cornerstone of Massachusetts, it bears the date 1620
Plymouth Rock;Plymouth
Site where John Hancock signed his "John Hancock"
Independence Hall
D.C. building shaken by November '83 bomb blast
the Capitol;Capitol
“4-Letter Words”: Pulled the trigger or what's in a jigger
shot
Basketball defense or Serling's twilight area
zone
Little girls do it with a rope, Van Halen does it in a song
jump
It's the first 4-letter word in "The Star Spangled Banner"
what
The president takes one before stepping into office
oath
“State Capitals”: Until 1875 its dual capitals were New Haven & Hartford
Connecticut
This N.M. town is the oldest city that's a state capital
Santa Fe
Crossing the Delaware on Xmas, 1776, Washington defeated the Hessians at this N.J. capital
Trenton
It actually is 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver
The name shows its founder, Roger Williams, believed God led him there
Providence
“Transportation”: Type of auto engine, or a tomato cocktail
V8
Lindbergh was not first to fly the Atlantic, but first to do it this way
solo
Derived from words "American", "travel", & "track", it provides most U.S. passenger rail service
Amtrak
London's, not New York's, was the first ever built
subway;metro
Changing lines, you could have at one time ridden these from Freeport, IL to Utica, NY
streetcars;streetcar;street cars;street car
“By the Numbers”: The 2 digits that give James Bond license to kill
00
Three Dog Night called this the loneliest number
1;One
In 1984, the number of red stripes on the U.S. flag
7;seven
Total of Disney's Dalmatians and dwarfs
108
Broadway hit that takes Fellini film a ½ step further
Nine;9
“Biology”: Genus Rana; frequent victim of biology class dissections
frog;frogs
L.B.J.'s hound dog or Darwin's ship
Beagle
The basic unit of life; 3 billion die every minute in your body
cells;cell
It puts the green in greenery
chlorophyll
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
“Religion”: He was the doubter among the Apostles
Thomas
Continent with the largest Jewish population
North America
Color of smoke signifying election of new Pope
white
This Buddhist sect seeks truth through concepts like "the sound of one hand clapping"
Zen
This word for the Mohammedan religion means "submission to the will of God"
Islam
“Royalty”: While on the Riviera, she made "To Catch a Thief" & caught a prince
Princess Grace;Grace
King for 72 years, he devoted more than 40 to building Versailles
Louis XIV
Temporarily exiled in '53, this Islamic ruler was permanently banished in '79
Shah of Iran;Shah
Royal families of Germany, Russia, Denmark & Greece could call her "the grandmother of Europe"
Queen Victoria;Victoria
Country where Queens Beatrix, Wilhelmina & Juliana were inaugurated, not crowned
the Netherlands;Netherlands;Holland
“Automobiles”: He'd build you a Model T "in any color, so long as it was black"
Henry Ford;Ford
This toy company builds more cars than Ford, G.M. & Chrysler combined
Mattel
Powered by this, the Stanley Special won in Daytona in 1907 at 197 MPH
steam
In Japan it's called "rasshu awa"; in L.A, 4 to 6 P.M.
rush hour
Models of Ford, Chrysler, & Cadillac are all named for cities in this S. European country
Spain
“3-Letter Words”: A fedora, homburg or derby
hat
Quixote or Drysdale
Don
Opposite of flow, tides do it
ebb
Where things are nipped in, or Lou's partner
bud
Some people have a quick one, which beats a ½ one
wit
“Astronomy”: Self-luminous gaseous body, or Hollywood "celeb"
star
The evening or morning "star" is really this planet
Venus
Planet once thought unique, it no longer runs "rings" around its neighbours
Saturn
Launched Oct. 4th, 1957, it was Earth's 1st artificial satellite
Sputnik
Only planet to have seasons similar to Earth's
Mars
“Colleges”: A type of shoe or cloth, or where a Rhodes scholarship will get you
Oxford
Home of over 52,000 Buckeyes
Ohio State
Latin for field, or college grounds
campus
In 1934, Gerald Ford was voted MVP of this school's football team
University of Michigan;Michigan
Women's college that shares Harvard's classes, housing & facilities but still is separate
Radcliffe
“World of Food”: Like chop suey, this Chinese sweet was invented in America
fortune cookie
When its coffee crop was destroyed around 1870, Ceylon switched to growing this
tea
French for "sour wine", one variety is literally just that
vinegar
Stem of a variety of lily, known in Old England as "sparrow grass"
asparagus
“Toys & Games”: Number of pockets on a pool table
6;six
Color that always has opening move in chess
white
Versions of this board game take place in London, Madrid, & Atlantic City
Monopoly
Binney & Smith makes them in 64 colors
crayons;Crayola
She's been a teenage fashion model for over 25 years
Barbie
“Trivia”: In 1983 Americans used over 1¼ million gallons of this beach product
suntan lotion;sunscreen;sunblock;sun cream
When it was rung for Chief Justice John Marshall's funeral, it cracked
Liberty Bell
"Kingdom" that Khrushchev couldn't visit in 1959 U.S. trip
Disneyland;Magic Kingdom
Dr. Seuss' egg-hatching elephant who was "faithful, 100%"
Horton
It spent the night in a discount-house parking lot before heading to L.A. Coliseum
Olympic torch;torch
“Geography”: Christmas, Easter, or Bermuda, for example
islands;island
Europe's only wild monkeys live on this "rock"
Gibraltar
1/3 the size of U.S., this royal kingdom has no rivers or lakes but lots of oil
Saudi Arabia
Largest country entirely in Europe
France
Clocks in Lima, Peru, read the same as in this U.S. time zone
Eastern
“Alphabet Soup”: He's the heavyweight of the A-Team
Mr T;T
Caveman comic strip created by Johnny Hart
BC;B.C.
Letter shared by sensuous woman author & 76'ers Doctor
J
What Bo Derek would have been in ancient Rome
X
Binet & Simon's measure of mental age
IQ
“International Cuisine”: Kulcha, nan & paratha are types of this from India & a Hindi knows which side his is buttered on
bread
A type of this is the queso in a quesadilla
cheese
It's the type of pastry dough you use when you whip up some Greek floyeres
Phyllo
To make this classic German-named dish, pound a veal cutlet, coat it with crumbs, then brown it in fat
Wiener Schnitzel;schnitzel
This beef & sour cream dish is named for a Russian count
Beef Stroganoff;Stroganoff
“African Cities”: Tourbooks suggest shopping for baskets on Muindi Mbingu Street in this Kenyan capital
Nairobi
This capital city's Grand Palace was once home to Haile Selassie
Adddis Ababa
Founded in 332 B.C., this port city was designed by Dinocrates, architect to Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Sudan's national museum is in this capital city
Khartoum
It's the oldest of Morocco's imperial cities, & a fine place to shop for a hat
Fez
“In God’s Name”: This chief Norse god gave one of his own eyes to the giant Mimir for a drink from the Fountain of Wisdom
Odin
Counted among this ancient people's gods were Khonsu, Amon & Ptah
Egyptians
Name of the passionate pipe-playing god portrayed here
Pan
As the Aztec god of this, Huitzilopochtli must have been "hot" stuff
Sun
We're not sure, but this wing-footed Roman god of commerce might be liquid at room temperature
Mercury
“Art & Artists”: "Red Vineyard at Arles" was possibly the only painting this Dutchman sold during his lifetime
Vincent Van Gogh;Van Gogh
A famous Rembrandt painting shows "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of" this ancient poet
Homer
He depicted a poppy field in a hollow near Giverny in the painting seen here
Claude Monet;Monet
Appropriately, one of this painter's views of Toledo can be seen at his museum in Toledo, Spain
El Greco
“20th Century Women”: In 1968 this widow of a U.S. president married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis;Jacquelin Kennedy;Kennedy;Kennedy Onassis;Onassis
Less than a week after Princess Diana died, the world mourned the death of this beloved nun in India
Mother Theresa
Previous jobs on her resume would include research chemist, lawyer & prime minister of Great Britain
Margaret Thatcher;Thatcher
Italian lawmaker Alessandra Mussolini is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini & the niece of this famous actress
Sophia Loren;Loren
In 1988 this Karachi-born woman became the first female to head a modern Islamic country
Benazir Bhutto;Bhutto
“Literature”: Polish-born Jerzy Kosinski wrote all of his novels, including "Being There" in this, his adopted language
English
She based the characters of Anne & Robert in her novel "The Mandarins" on herself & Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir;Beauvoir
It's the native country of Flora Nwapa, who wrote "This is Lagos, and Other Stories"
Nigeria
The original Italian title of this Umberto Eco novel is "Il Nome Della Rosa"
The Name of the Rose;Name of the Rose
In 2000 Turkish author Andrew Mango published a new biography of this founder of modern Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk;Ataturk
“Tropicana”: This popular tropical fruit was named for its resemblance to a pine cone
Pineapple
This tropical island has roads linking Port Antonio, Montego Bay & Kingston
Jamaica
It's the name for the parallel at 23 degrees 27 minutes south latitude
Tropic of Capricorn
Large tropical rain forest regions include the Amazon & one centered on this 2,900-mile-long African river
Congo
The largest country in the world entirely in the tropics is this Asian nation made up of over 13,700 islands
Indonesia
“His Story”: This man's story begins in Genesis 1:26
Adam
"Come Together" is one of many biographies about this late rock legend
John Lennon;Lennon
"The Last Lion" is William Manchester's bestselling bio of this WWII British prime minister
Winston Churchill;Churchill
Smile! "Historian With A Canera" is a 1955 biography of this famous Civil War photographer
Mathew Brady;Brady
"The World At His Fingertips" tells the story of this handicapped Frenchman
Louis Braille;Braille
“Nearly Useless Information”: It has the shortest name of the 7 continents
Asia
The number of eyes visible on the back of the U.S. $1 bill
2
Currently, the only 2 countries in the world that begin with the letter Z (separate by “and”)
Zambia and Zimbabwe;Zimbabwe and Zambia
They're the 2 of Snow White's 7 dwarves whose names don't end in "Y" (separate by “and”)
Bashful and Doc;Doc and Bashful
By last name, he's alphabetically last on a list of U.S. presidents
Woodrow Wilson;Wilson
“Lit-Pourri”: Daniel Defoe claimed that this shipwreck classic was an allegory of his own life
Robinson Crusoe
This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller takes place on the island of Pianosa
Catch 22;Catch-22
If you're from Narnia, you may know this author wrote some poetry under the pen name Clive Hamilton
C.S. Lewis;Lewis
This lyrical drama by Percy Shelley takes license with Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound"
Prometheus Unbound
This "Wilde" guy gives his soul to remain young while his picture reflects his descent into debauchery
Dorian Gray
“What’s on cable – Identify the network/channel”: "Behind the Music"
VH1
"South Park"
Comedy Central;Comedy Network;Comedy
"Sex and the City"
HBO
"Larry King Live"
CNN
"True Hollywood Story"
E!
“History”: She plotted against the French Revolution & gave military secrets to her brother Leopold II of Austria
Marie Antoinette;Antoinette
On November 15, 1920 the League of Nations held its first meeting in this city
Geneva
In 1968 Soviet troops invaded this country & abducted Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
In the 4th century Greece became a part of the Byzantine Empire; about 1,100 years later it became part of this empire
Ottoman Empire;Ottoman
In the 1200s this western Italian city-state ruled the central Mediterranean, including Sardinia & Corsica
Genoa
“New Words & Phrases”: A variation of couch potato, a mouse potato is someone who spends a lot of time with this
computer
Like Carson Daly of MTV, a TV host who plays musical clips or images is known by this "initial" term
VJ
Also a term in census taking, it's borrowing an old piece of music & using it in a new song; try it!
sampling
From the title of a 1990 Martin Scorsese film, it's a popular term for mobsters
Goodfellas
For politicians this medical-sounding spokesperson makes the bad news all better
spin doctor