1. The White House’s Press Briefing Room was originally what?
A ) A swim poolB ) A stableC ) A gallery
2. All of these plays were once attributed to Shakespeare. Which is now believed to have been written at least in part by Shakespeare?
A ) The Birth of MerlinB ) Pericles , Prince of TyreC ) Fair Em , The Miller ’s Daughter of Manchester
3. Which of these is not a sport played with yaks?
A ) Yak poloB ) Yak basketballC ) Yak skiing
4. Which of these isn’t a theory for the origin of the word mayonnaise?
A ) It ’s name for the Duke of MayenneB ) It ’s call after the French triumph at MahonC ) It ’s named for the island prison house of Mayoneux
5. What country started building the Panama Canal?
A ) FanceB ) PanamaC ) The United States
6. What event prompted radio baseball announcer Phil Rizzuto to say: “Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win.”
A ) The outbreak of the Gulf WarB ) The resignation of Richard NixonC ) The death Pope Paul VI
7. Before rubber, what was often used as an eraser?
A ) SpongesB ) BreadC ) Rock salt
8. Which U.S. president once filed a UFO report?
A ) Jimmy CarterB ) Lyndon B. JohnsonC ) Ronald Reagan
9. When people in Victorian Ireland and England couldn’t afford chimney sweeps, they were advised to drop what down their chimney?
A ) MopsB ) A live gooseC ) 50 pounds of fleece
10. NASA funded the development of a 3-D printer that can make what food in space?
A ) PopcornB ) PizzaC ) Salads
11. Which mid-century TV show had a theme park until 2004?
A ) BonanzaB ) The MunstersC ) The Twilight zona
Answers : 1 : A ; 2 : B vitamin ; 3 : B ; 4 : degree Celsius ; 5 : A ; 6 : C ; 7 : B ; 8 : A ; 9 : B ; 10 : B ; 11 : A
