1. Who was Secretary of the Treasury under Garfield?
William Windom from Minnesota
2. What was Omar Sharif's original name?
Michael Shalhoub
3. How many grams are in a Drachma?
4.2923
4. Who was the genius that invented the ice-making machine?
Gorrie, an American, in 1851
5. Who was the overall #1 pick in the 1980 NBA draft?
Joe Barry Carroll
6. What is the zip code for Draper, Utah?
84020
7. How much Whiskey is in a Jigger?
1.5 shots or ounces
8. Who was treasurer for Arkansas under Gov. Clinton?
Jimmie Lou Fisher Lumpkin (I don't make this up)
9. How many medals did the Virgin Islands bring home in the '88 Summer Olympics in Seoul?
One (silver)
10. What award goes to college hockey's player of the year?
The Hobey Baker Award
11. Whatever happened to Ken Curtis?
Sadly he died on April 28th 1991, at age 74
12. Who's Ken Curtis?
An actor best known as Festus on the "Gunsmoke" TV series
13. Who caught the biggest Jewfish?
Lynn Joyner snagged the 680 pound beauty
14. How many magnums are in a Methuselah?
4
15. What are the colors of Nortwestern Louisiana University?
Burnt orange and yellow
16. What do you call a young kangaroo?
a joey
17. Where is the languge of Ho spoken?
The Bihar and Orissa states of India
18. What's FOB
An abbreveation for freight on board
19. What's FOD
My favorite Green Day song
20. Who was the only baseball player ever to hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium.
Josh Gibson
21. Who won the Spingarn Medal in 1957?
Mrs. Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
22. What was Barry Goldwater's greatest achievement?
His induction into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
23. What is the all-time bestselling children's book?
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
24. What are the odds against getting a straight in a poker hand?
254 to 1
25. What's the phone number of the Cleveland Crunch of the Major Soccer League?
216-349-2090
26. If I had $100 invested in a bank with 6% interest compounded annually, how much interest would I earn in 4 years?
$26.25
27. When is Vinegrower's Day in Bulgaria?
January 14th
28. When is the next year of the Ox?
1997
29. What day will Christmas be on in the year 2027?
Saturday
30. Where does the Akron University football team play its home games?
The Rubber Bowl
31. What is the sixth warning signal of cancer?
Obvious change in wart or mole
32. What was the former name of Gdansk, Poland?
Danzig
33. What's the maximum recorded lifespan of the gila monster?
24 years, 7 months
34. What's a parliament?
A bunch of owls
35. Who was South American Soccer player of the year in 1983?
Socrates
36. How long did Pedro II, Emperor of France, reign?
58 years (1831-1889)
37. What do Leonardo da Vinci, Harpo Marx, and Gerald Ford all have in common?
All were lefthanded
38. What was Hernando Cortes' estimated IQ?
115
39. How old was Churchill when he wrote "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples?"
82
40. In 1984, what world record did Ernesto Canto set?
The 20 kilometers walk (1:18:40:0)
41. What type of plane did the Red Baron, Rittmeister Manfred Richtofen, fly?
A Fokker Dr I
42. How did Allan Pinkerton Die?
He bit his tounge and died of gangrene
43. Who fixed the 1919 World Series?
Arnold Rothstein
44. Who is the top financial contributer to the U.N.?
Who do you think? (Get US out!)
45. Who won best in show at the 1924 Westminster Dog Show?
Barberryhill Bootlegger
46. What is Boren's First Law?
When in doubt, mumble
47. What's the Ninth Commandment?
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house
48. What's is the Ninth Amendment?
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
49. What did Clark Gable do before he started acting?
He was a lumberjack
50. Who was the money-leading horse in 1974?
Barberry Bootlegger
51. Name me three good American Arabs.
Paul Anka, Ralph Nader, and Danny Thomas
52. Who is on the $100,000 bill?
Woodrow Wilson (former Governor of New Jersey)
53. What do Edgar Allan Poe and Timothy Leary have in common?
Both attended West Point, but didn't graduate
54. If I am hanging someone who weighs 168 pounds, how much drop should I give him?
8 feet 8 inches
55. Who was the money-leading horse in 1974?
Chris Evert
56. What part of the Iris is poisonous?
The underground stems
57. Who was the sixth man in space?
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
58. What is the annual growth rate of the Falkland Islands?
-1%
59. What are those coverings on the end of shoelaces called?
Aglets
60. Who was the Professional Bowlers Association's player of the year in 1986?
Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
61. What's the most common surname in the Netherlands?
De Vries
62. Who played Castro in the movie classic, "Che!"?
Jack Palance
63. What pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use?
Boz
64. How long does it take for an atomic nucleus to recoil?
One Attosecond
65. When was the last time France won the Davis Cup in tennis?
1932
66. How much energy is released when a typewriter key is pressed down?
1,000,000 ergs
67. What is the ideal temperature for a baby's bath?
100 Degrees Fahrenheit
68. What's the wavelength of red light?
0.0007 millimeters
69. How far away is the ultimate horizon?
20-billion light-years away (according to Hubble's Law)
70. Who won the first Daytona 500 in 1962?
Fireball Roberts
71. What do Frank Sinatra and Josip Broz Tito have in common?
Both were high school dropouts
72. What's the traditional gift for the tenth wedding aniversary?
Tin (or aluminum)
73. How much did Marilyn Monroe's brain weigh?
50.79 ounces
74. What was Warren G. Harding's shoe size?
14
75. Who was IBF flyweight champ in 1987?
Dobie Penalosa
76. Was Sir Isaac Newton a swinger?
No, he died a virgin (I guess gravity was tough on him)
77. What was Jackie Onassis' favorite meal when dining out?
A large baked potatoe, split and heaped with fresh caviar, and a glass of champagne
78. Who's the Jimi Hendrix of the Sitar?
Ravi Shankar
79. Who's the Ravi Shankar of the harmonica?
John Popper (of Blues Traveler)
80. Who was the best white heavyweight boxer in the last five years?
I don't know. Gerry Cooney?
81. How many calories will I burn throwing a frisbee for an hour?
200
82. How many fly eggs can be found in an 100 gram sample of tomato paste?
30
83. What type of bean has the highest level of flatulence?
The soybean
84. How many cigars did General Grant smoke on the second day of the Battle of Wilderness?
24
85. Who was the worst baseball batting champ ever?
Snuffy Stirnweiss- led American League in 1945 batting .309
86. What was the only canibal tribe to inhabit North America?
The Kwatiutl Indian tribe
87. What was Chiang Kai-Shek's brain radiation level?
375 biometric units
88. When did women gain suffrage in Indonesia?
1955
89. What was Mao Zedong before he was the Father of Chinese Communism?
He was assistant to the chief librarian of the University of Peking
90. Who was coach of the national champion Michigan football teams in 1901 and 1902?
Hurry Up Yost
91. Who was the best offensive lineman for the Canadian Football League in 1989?
Rod Connop, C, Edmonton
92. If it's 12 noon in Dayton, Ohio, what time is it in Fairbanks, Alaska?
8 am
93. Who was Loyola Marymount playing when Hank Gathers died?
The Portland Pilots
94. How many performances of the Oh, Calcutta revival were there?
5,959
95. What band was formed by child-prodigy sculptor, Don Van Vliet in 1964?
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
96. Who was mayor of Hopatcong from 1936-1965?
Fred Modick
97. What was the name of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's second album?
Tarkus
98. Who was baseball's manager of the year in 1945?
Ossie Bluege (Washington)
99. Who was leader of the White Panther Party, and manager of the MC5?
John Sinclair
100. Who was named ambassador to China in 1979?
Leonard Woodcock (huh, uh, he said Woodcock)
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