General Wisdom

• What is a Gecko? An eel A snake A dog A lizard What large animal can eat 90% of its body weight in 20 minutes? Great Dane Killer Whale Reindeer Komodo Dragon Which animal is a chimpanzee genetically closest to? Gorilla Human Orangutan Monkey What is the only animal with four knees? Manx Cheetah Elephant Crocodile Which breed of dog is mistakenly referred to as a miniature Collie? Jack Russell Terrier Shetland Sheepdog Bouvier des Flandres West Highland Terrier What sort of animal... Play!

Who wrote the book from which `The Nutcracker` ballet was adapted? Hans Christian Andersen Algernon Swinburne Edmond Rostand E.T.A. Hoffmann What is not the title of a book by Ernest Hemingway? For Whom the Bell Tolls The Green Hills of Africa Old Man and the Sea Across the Street and Into the Bar In what book is Ahab a main character? 1001... Play!

Who sang the 70's hit, `Seasons in the Sun?` Terry Jacks Henry Gross Abba Paper Lace Which automobile first rolled off the assembly line in September 1970, costing less than $2000? Volkswagen Ford Pinto AMC Gremlin Jaguar XKE On what college campus were protesters killed on May 4, 1970? Ball State University of Wisconsin--Madison Kent... Play!

Who was Nixon's running mate in his failed 1960 try for the presidency? Spiro Agnew Henry Cabot Lodge John Foster Dulles Allen Dulles Back in the 60's, who was a vocalist with the Limelighters? Rod McKuen Woodie Guthrie Arlo Guthrie Glen Yarborough In the 1960's, James Franciscus played a high school English teacher on what program? Room... Play!

What is the ranking of the Earth among the planets in distance from the Sun? 1 2 3 4 Which of these planets has no moons? Jupiter Mars Neptune Venus What is the only planet that rotates clockwise? Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter What planet has a moon named Io that has active volcanoes? Jupiter Saturn Mercury Pluto Who discovered the planet Uranus? Allan... Play!

When did the space shuttle Challenger explode? 1977 1981 1986 1989 What was the first `Space Drink`? Water Budweiser Beer Ovaltine Tang What was the first animal in space ? Monkey Rat Dog Cat Who was the first person in space? Alan Shepard Virgil Grissom Gherman Titov Yuri Gagarin Which space shuttle was the Hubble Space Telescope launched... Play!

What rap group performed a duet of `Walk This Way` with Aerosmith in the 80's? UTFO Whodini The Beastie Boys Run DMC Samuel Doe held power in what country in the 1980's? Kenya Guyana Liberia Rhodesia What 80's band was lead by David Byrne? The Heads Kajagoogoo Toto The Talking Heads Who of the following starred on the 80's... Play!

What do you know about Memorial Day? In which war was the first submarine used? Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Who was the president at the time of the Mexican War? Polk Tyler Taylor Fillmore What battle in the Civil War resulted in the most single-day casualties? Vicksburg Gettysburg Bull Run I Antietam Where was the last battle... Play!

Who invented the scissors? Thomas Anderson Leonardo Da Vinci Gabriel Hudos Hordayor Raphaelo Scissori Who invented the steamboat and on what river did it make its maiden voyage? Robert Fulton; the Hudson River Thomas Edison; the Ohio River John Fitch; the Delaware River Robert Fulton; the Potomac River In what country was movable type printing invented?... Play!

Who played the Father in `My Three Sons`? Robert Young Fred MacMurray William Demarest John Travolta Who's Superman's father? Ultra-man Green Lantern Jor-el Kryptoman What business was Speilberg's father in? Entertainment Pro Athelete Computers Plumbing Who were the only father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor?... Play!