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  1. Which Norse God shares the ability to change sexes and shapes with Odin?
    • Freya
    • Loki
    • Frigg
    • Snory
    • The Norse God of Mischief was known as the Prankster
  2. The first Calendar was created by what ancient civilization?
    • Incas
    • Aztecs
    • Mayans
    • Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
    • The calendar goes right up to May 12, 2012, known as Doomsday
  3. Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was loosely based on Vlad Teppish. Did Mary Shelley base Frankenstein on a real person?
    • yes
    • no
    • I don't know
    • Dr. Frankenstein is thought to have been based on Johann Conrad Dippel, an alchemist who lived in the actual Frankenstein Castle in Gerany, and is rumored to have stolen bodies from the local cemetery to experiment on.
  4. Ice Cream was introduced (en mass)to the United States by what group of immigrants?
    • The Germans
    • The Italians
    • The French
    • The English
    • Ice Cream was a special treat only the wealthy could afford, until it was introduced en mass by the Italians.
  5. Who was the first artist or group to have a "Rock-n-Roll" hit on the Billboard charts? Hint- It was in Aprl 1953.
    • Elvis Presley
    • Carl Perkins
    • Jerry Lee Lewis
    • Bill Haley and the Comets
    • The first song to chart under the Rock-n-Roll heading was "Crazy, Man, Crazy".
  6. What Dutch painternever sold a single painting until after his death, & actually gave his works in exchange for rent and food?
    • Rembrant van Rijn
    • Edvard Munch
    • Vincent van Gogh
    • Gustav Klimt
    • Several of his works of art have turned up in attics.
  7. The Oracle of Delphi was most likely made to inhale what to promote her visions?
    • Ether
    • Butane
    • Methane
    • Amyl Nitrite
    • The perfumy smell recorded has led scholars to deduce that Ether was the most likely inhalant as it has a really sweet aroma.
  8. Who was the first Black woman to win an Oscar?
    • Angela Bassett
    • Thandie Newton
    • Gabriel Union
    • Halle Berry
    • Won, by surprise, for her role in Monsters Ball
  9. What does the Triumphal Arch in Rome memorialize?
    • Roman victory in Jerusalem
    • Roman victory in Britain
    • The change of Istanbul to Constantinople under Roman control
    • Roman victory in Gaul
    • Memorializes the destruction of The Temple on the Mount by Titus in 70 AD
  10. The word Buccaneer arrived from the French word Boucan, meaning smokehouse.
    • True
    • False
    • Men wh worked smoking the meats obviously smelled of it, were paid little, and frequently joined ship crews for more $
  11. The Monkeys made a movie, Head, an obvious flop. However, the money from this film financed the making of another iconic one, which symbolized the 60's Hippie era. What move is it?
    • Dr. Strangelove
    • Cool Hand Luke
    • The Graduate
    • Easy Rider
    • The Monkey's never saw a penny from that film.
  12. Fred Astair was originally cast as the Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz, but was hospitalized for 2 weeks due to an allergic reaction to the aluminum powder in the make-up, & lost the role.
    • True
    • False
    • The storyis true but the actor was Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett). On the new DVD Collectors Edition you can still see and hear him in small sections that were kept.
  13. St. Anthony's Fire, a type of mold found on certain mushrooms, was known in the Middle Ages to make people go berserk, hence the Viking Berserkers. This mold was rediscovered in the mid 20th century and used as a weapon by the CIA, and by doctors to comba
    • DOM (4-Methyl-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine) or STP
    • Mescaline (Peyote)
    • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
    • Psilocybin and Psilocyn (Mushrooms)
    • Cary Grant admitted openly in the 50's to using it for alcoholism
  14. Who was the ONLY King of England to stand above 6 foot tall?
    • Edward I
    • Edward II
    • Henry III
    • Henry VIII
    • Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks, also as "Edward the Lawgiver" because of his legal reforms, and as "Hammer of the Scots", achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotla
  15. The Incas lived in what South American nation?
    • Chile
    • Argentina
    • Bolivia
    • Peru
  16. In the first half of the 20th century, what was the top Caribbean vacation spot for Americans?
    • Jamaica
    • Cuba
    • Puerto Rico
    • Aruba
    • This came to a shrieking halt when Castro and the US gov. clashed over communism.
  17. The Holy Grail is to Chrstianity as the ___________________ is to Judaism.
    • Kabbalah: The Misunderstood Doctrine
    • Chokhmah (wisdom)
    • The True Menorah: Menorah of Solomans Temple
    • The Magen David (shield of David, or as it is more commonly known, the Star of David)
    • egends holds that the Rabbi's snuck the "Lamp" out of the Temple efr the Romans destroyed it, and it has been sought after by many religious treasure hunters.
  18. Who is the ONLY person EVER to be tried for murdering someone with a wodden bucket?
    • Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard
    • Grace O'Malley, Queen of the Sea
    • Captain William Kidd
    • Jean Laffite
    • When the British gov. couldn't get the proof to arrest him for piracy, they got an eyewitness to this act, which happened in a fit of temper. He was found guilty and hanged.
  19. What son of a country music legend died the same day as country music legend Johnny Cash?
    • Jeffrey Jones- son of George Jones
    • John T. Wills- son of Bob Wills
    • Hank Williams Jr- son of Hank Williams
    • John Ritter- son of Tex Ritter
  20. Aerosmith recorded a cover of a Charles Manson song.
    • True
    • False
    • Actually it was Guns-n-Roses who covered "Look AtYour Game Girl", written and recorded by Charles Manson and released on his album LIE, which was recorded in the basement of Brian Wilson in 1968.
  21. The one Barbarian tribe to completely vanish. Their only legacy is in the annals of history. No race can claim their ancestry, nor any area has recorded them settling. Who are they?
    • The Vikings
    • The Vandals
    • The Goths
    • The Huns
    • Their only legacy is their name, vandal, vandalism.
  22. He is deemed "The man who invented the Twentieth Century".
    • Thoms Edison
    • Louis Pasteur
    • Nikola Tesla
    • Henry Ford
    • created alternating electricalcurrent (AC), credited with inventing the radio, magnetic field, and THE innovater in Wireless Communications.
  23. The Queen of England can directly trace her lineage to Jesus Christ.
    • True
    • False
    • Jesus' unce, Joseph of Aremethea went to Britainia, where he married a dauhter off to an English king, and one to an Irish king. These families are the ancestors of the modern royal family.
  24. What is the Great Divide?
    • A mountain range
    • A large canyon
    • A line dividing the Continental Plates
    • The line dividing the Earthquake zones of the west.
    • Once crossed the rivers run toward the Pacific (on the west) and the Atlantic (on the east), instead of toward the Mississippi River in the center.
  25. The Europeans brought Smallpox to the Native Americans and it killed thousands. What other disease did they carry to the Polynesians that decimated them?
    • Syphilus
    • Gonnorhea
    • Chlamydia
    • Herpes
  26. Which of the following animals is not native to North America?
    • Puma
    • Horse
    • Iguana
    • Moose
    • Horses arenative to the Middle East, were taken toeurope early in history, and brought here by the Spanish Explorers.
  27. What is Cryptozoology?
    • The study of all animal species
    • The study of extict animals and fossils
    • The study of rumored and mythological animals
    • The study of animal crypts in ancient cultures
    • They study things like Bigfoot (Saquatch, Yeti), El Chupacabra, and the Loch Ness Monster. They have proven the existence of the Giant Squid, the Tsmanian Devil, and the Coelacanth (a fish once thought to be extict)

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