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Question 1

Having more songs in the top 100 than any other artist in the history of charting, and selling over $22 million in merchandise in addition to record sales, Elvis bought an 18-room mansion for he and his parents. What was it called?

  • A
    Graceland
  • B
    Neverland
  • C
    Havenwood Estates
  • D
    The Palace

Question 2

Can you identify this debonair Scotsman?

  • A
    Pierce Brosnan
  • B
    George Hamilton
  • C
    Sean Connery
  • D
    George Lazenby

Question 3

Of the 35 self-portraits this celebrated artist produced during his career, all but six were done during the two years he lived in Paris (when he could not afford a model).

  • A
    Paul Gauguin
  • B
    Georges Seurat
  • C
    Vincent Van Gogh
  • D
    Paul Cezanne

Question 4

Which amphibians are known to have wart-like bumps covering their skin?

  • A
    Toads
  • B
    Caecilians
  • C
    Salamanders
  • D
    Newts

Question 5

When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, his vice president was sworn in on Air Force One. Who was the 36th president of the United States?

  • A
    Dwight Eisenhower
  • B
    Richard Nixon
  • C
    Lyndon B. Johnson
  • D
    Jimmy Carter

Question 6

Which organ is housed within the cranial cavity?

  • A
    Heart
  • B
    Stomach
  • C
    Lungs
  • D
    Brain

Question 7

How are tree frogs able to climb trees?

  • A
    Sticky mucus on their feet
  • B
    Extreme gripping strength
  • C
    Small claws
  • D
    Molecular bonds

Question 8

Nicknamed the Phoenix City, what is the capital of Poland?

  • A
    London
  • B
    Berlin
  • C
    Minsk
  • D
    Warsaw

Question 9

Napoleon was defeated at what battle in 1815?

  • A
    Ypres
  • B
    Verdun
  • C
    Bunker Hill
  • D
    Waterloo

Question 10

What are hormones?

  • A
    Hydrological signals
  • B
    Etheric messengers
  • C
    Electrical signals
  • D
    Chemical messengers

Question 11

Which of these muscles can you use to wrinkle your forehead?

  • A
    Deltoid
  • B
    Gastrocnemius
  • C
    Frontalis
  • D
    Masseter

Question 12

Who holds the record for the most playoff wins?

  • A
    Peyton Manning
  • B
    Tom Brady
  • C
    Joe Flacco
  • D
    Cam Newton

Question 13

Not only was he a poet, this Lord died in the war for Greek independence. Name that "gloomy egoist".

  • A
    Lord Bryan
  • B
    Lord Byron
  • C
    Lord Bach
  • D
    Lord Bates

Question 14

What is an embolism?

  • A
    A cancer of red bone marrow
  • B
    A circulating blood clot that becomes lodged in a vessel
  • C
    A dilated blood vessel
  • D
    The accumulation of plaque in arteries

Question 15

What is the primary purpose of a frog croak?

  • A
    To attract insects that they then eat
  • B
    To attract a mate
  • C
    They sing to their young as part of parenting
  • D
    To scare away predators

Question 16

Which of the following promotes blood clotting?

  • A
    Plasma
  • B
    Platelets
  • C
    Red blood cells
  • D
    White blood cells

Question 17

Which blonde beauty married Paul Newman in Las Vegas on January 29, 1958, just months before winning her Best Actress Oscar for 'The Three Faces of Eve'?

  • A
    Shirley MacLaine
  • B
    Lana Turner
  • C
    Joanne Woodward
  • D
    Deborah Kerr

Question 18

Another easy one. Which of these cells respond to an infection?

  • A
    Plasma
  • B
    Platelets
  • C
    Red blood cells
  • D
    White blood cells

Question 19

This 1884 self-portrait is by one of the key artists of Impressionism, famous for his exquisite paintings of the water-lily pond at his home in Giverny.

  • A
    Henri Matisse
  • B
    Claude Monet
  • C
    Auguste Renoir
  • D
    Paul Cezanne

Question 20

According to legend, the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the Trojans in the 1180s BC. The war began when Paris, a Trojan, stole a Greek general's wife. What was her name?

  • A
    Artemis
  • B
    Helen
  • C
    Veronica
  • D
    Aphrodite

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