1. Which of the following is definitely not a book of the Old Testament? I Kings; I Thessalonians; I Samuel; or I Chronicles.
2. Name the famous metaphorical valley mentioned in the Twenty-Third Psalm.
3. According to the old proverb, what do the mice do when the cat's away?
4. Which of the following best defines the expression "looking out for number one"? being careful in addition and subtraction problems; making a lot of money; putting your own interests ahead of those of anyone else; or counting money accurately.
5. What is the Japanese name for an unrhymed poem of seventeen syllables -- i.e., five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line?
6. The wife of the English poet Robert Browning was also a famous English poet. What was her name?
7. What was Mark Twain's real name?
8. Which of the following best defines the word basilica? an extra large cathedral; a legendary monster; a kind of poisonous lizard; or a substance for making swimming pools water-tight.
9. Name the composer of the famous American piano concerto of the 1920's entitled Rhapsody in Blue.
10. On what continent did the Boer War (1899-1902) take place?
11. Name the treaty which officially ended World War One.
12. Name either the president who came before James Monroe or the president who came after James Monroe.
13. In 1932 Ann Morrow Lindbergh's child was kidnapped and murdered. What was the name of Ann's famous husband?
14. Name both the capital of Portugal and the capital of Morocco.
15. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press?
16. Name the capital of the nation of Thailand.
17. What nation claims the territory known as Labrador?
18. Name the fiftieth state admitted to the United States.
19. Many important hominid fossils have been found in the Olduvai Gorge by Louis and Mary Leakey. On what continent does one find the Olduvai Gorge?
20. So many important advertising agencies and public relations firms are found on the same street in New York City that people often refer to the whole PR and advertising business by the name of the street. What street is that?
21. Because light from distant galaxies is often "red-shifted," scientists have concluded which of the following? that the universe is infinitely old; that the universe is very much hotter than we thought; that the universe is actually expanding; or that the universe is full of wormholes.
22. The scientific field known as plate tectonics deals with which of the following? the constant shifting around of sections of the earth's crust; the study of high density minerals; the study of electrical fields in the atmosphere; the study of fossils found on mountaintops.
23. Which of the following is the usual term for such biological changes as a caterpillar becoming a butterfly? meiosis; mitosis; metamorphosis; or osmosis.
24. Name the hormone secreted by the pancreas that regulates the levels of sugar in the blood.
25. What is the name of the system of writing and printing for the blind in which arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numbers can be identified by touch?