1. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob's father was Isaac, but who was Isaac's father?
2. What legendary war of ancient times was caused when Paris kidnapped Helen, the wife of Menelaus?
3. According to the old proverb, what month "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"?
4. What legendary British king ruled a kingdom of truth, goodness, justice and beauty from his capital city of Camelot?
5. When he discovered Florida, Ponce de Leon was actually looking from something else. What was he looking for?
6. In what language did the following dramatists write? Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides?
7. Of course, you know about Count Dracula of Transylvania. In which of the following modern nations is the Eastern European district of Transylvania located? The Czech Republic, Macedonia, Rumania, or Serbia?
8. Writers sometimes use three dots (. . .) to indicate that something has has been omitted from a quotation. Which of the following is the proper name for those three dots? Catechesis, ellipsis, prosthesis, or antithesis?
9. What is the proper name for the slender stick that an orchestra conductor uses to direct the performance of the musicians?
10. The famous Egyptian Queen Cleopatra had two very important Roman lovers. Pick the two correct names of these lovers from the following list: Lucius Cinna; Mark Antony; Caesar Augustus; Agrippa the Great; Caesarion; Julius Caesar; Marcus Brutus; Cicero the Orator.
11. Name the Marxist revolutionary who overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista in the 1950's and who ruled Cuba until well into the 21st Century.
12. Name the state which both Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jefferson considered their true home.
13. Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul Jabar. LeRoi Jones changed his name to Amiri Baraka. What did Cassius Clay change his name to?
14. Capital punishment means putting the criminal to death, usually by hanging, firing squad, or lethal injection. But what is corporal punishment?
15. Which of the following is the best definition for the term bourgeois? the poor; the affluent, the super-rich; or the middle class?
16. Which large animal is the usual symbol for the Republican Party of the United States?
17. Who lives at #10 Downing Street in London, England?
18. Sail due south from the southernmost tip of Greenland. What continent will you run into?
19. Drive due south from Boise, Idaho. Soon you will cross a state boundary. Continue due south until you arrive at the most famous city in that state just south of Boise, Idaho. In what city and state will you be?
20. In what art, craft, profession, or occupation did a late 19th and early 20th century Austrian named Sigmund Freud become famous?
21. Which of the following is measured on the Richter scale? diamonds; black holes; earthquakes; or tree rings?
22. Which of the following shapes best describes a DNA molecule? double helix; dodecagon; Mobius strip; or hyperbola?
23. What is the familiar name of the scientific term computerized axial tomography?
24. A Celsius thermometer and a Fahrenheit thermometer are placed side-by-side in the same room. The Celsius thermometer reads "0 degrees." What does the Fahrenheit thermometer read?
25. Name the famous transatlantic pilot whose plane was named "The Spirit of St. Louis."