1. According to the Book of Genesis, when the Great Flood had receded, Noah's Ark came to rest on a mountaintop. Name that mountain.
2. According to the New Testament story, how much was Judas Iscariot paid to betray Jesus?
3. According to the old proverb, all work and no play makes whom a dull boy?
4. Which of the following best defines the expression "in the pink"? not making very much money; in excellent health; having a tendency to get sick easily; or owing a lot of money.
5. What did Faust sell to the Devil?
6. What is the name of the Old English epic poem which tells about a hero who defeats a monster named Grendel?
7. Name the poet who wrote the poem which begins "Tyger, Tyger, buring bright/ In the forests of the night."
8. What is the proper name for the stick or wand which a symphonic conductor uses to direct his orchestra?
9. Name the musical partners who wrote such musical comedies as South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and Oklahoma. 10. The pharoah of ancient Egypt named Tutankhamen is popularly known today as what?
11. Which war started after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo?
12. Which U.S. president ordered Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to undertake an exploratory expedition to the Northwestern part of the Louisiana Purchase?
13. LBJ followed JFK as U.S. president. What exactly does LBJ stand for?
14. Which of the following is the official name of the royal court of Great Britain? the Court of Two Sisters; The Court of St. Paul; the Court of St. James; or the Court of the Field of Blackbirds.
15. Double jeopardy, or being tried twice for the same crime, is forbidden by which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
16. Which of the following countries lies closest to the Equator? Egypt; Kenya; Tanzania; or Zimbabwe.
17. Mount Everest lies along the boundary between which two countries?
18. The 19th Century Erie Canal ran from Albany to Buffalo in which state?
19. Which of the following best defines the word megalopolis? a kind of extinct dinosaur; an extremely vast stretch of industrially developed urban territory; a country ruled by an insane dictator; or the worship of large stone statues.
20. Which of the following men wrote a book entitled Das Kapital? Joseph Stalin; Vladimir Lenin; Karl Marx; or Mikhail Gorbachev.
21. Which of the following is not an element in the periodic table of elements? uranium; plutonium; cesium; or boronium.
22. The study of weather patterns and their causes is the subject matter of which branch of science?
23. Which of the following is the common term for an infant born as the result of an in vitro fertilization? surrogate fetus; clone; test tube baby; or an ectopic pregnancy.
24. Which of the following occurs in a hysterectomy? the surgical removal of the spleen; the surgical repair of a perforated fallopian tube; the surgical removal of the uterus; or the surgical repair of a leaking vulva.
25. What was the name of the series of NASA missions by three-man crews which included the first landing on the Moon?