Aside from those used by high officials, all gondolas in Venice are what color?
Aside from those used by high officials, all gondolas in Venice are what color?
Blue
Red
Black
White
Aside from those used by high officials, all gondolas in Venice are what color?
Blue
Red
Black
White
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What does the French term pret-a-porter mean?
Good to eat
Ready to wear
To the limit
Cash and carry
Why did Edmund Spenser write Epithalamion?
To win a bar bet
To eulogize his dead brother
To celebrate a military victory
As a wedding gift for his wife
Also known as the Two Fat Chicks, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson became stars on what sort of TV show?
A travel show
An improv comedy show
A cooking show
A sex-education show
In Roman numerals, what does it mean if you put a line over a number?
Add 100
Add 1000
Multiply its value by 100
Multiply its value by 1000
Founded in 600 BC by the Greeks, and called Massalia, what is thought to be France's oldest city?
Lyon
Geneva
Marseille
Paris
What religion was founded by Nataputta Mahavira in the sixth century BC?
Jainism
Zoroastrianism
Taoism
Sikhism
Which superhero's enemies tend to have animal nicknames, such as the Rhino, the Scorpion and Dr. Octopus?
Batman
Iron Man
Flash
Spider-Man
Which superhero's Rogue's Gallery includes Captain Cold, the Mirror Master, the Weather Wizard and the Trickster?
Wonder Woman
Captain America
The Flash
Batman
Which supervillain rules the fictional Eastern European nation of Latveria?
Magneto
Galactus
The Joker
Dr. Doom
Where would you find a tittle?
At the end of a shoelace
In the sink after a man shaves
Over the letters i and j
Among bar glasses
What spacecraft was the first human-made object to travel to an outer planet and the first to leave the solar system?
Voyager 2
Mercury 7
Pioneer 10
Voyager 1
In 1951, Charlotte Whitton became the first female mayor of a major Canadian city. Which one?
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Halifax
Ottawa
If I sculpt a pieta, I have to include two people. One is the dead Jesus. Who is the other?
His mother, Mary
Judas Iscariot
St. Peter
The angel Gabriel
Which Shakespearean character was also known as the Thane of Cawdor?
Titus Andronicus
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
What is the English translation of Mir, the name of Russia's former space station?
Freedom
Peace
Frontier
Science
If you want tempura, to what would you add pigment?
Iron oxide and clay
Egg whites
Leguminous plants
Cod liver oil
If you come to this city for Carnival, you may spend a lot of time in the Copacabana. Where are you?
Rome
Havana
Rio de Janeiro
Florence
Home to Sugar Loaf Mountain, what city's people are known as cariocas?
Sacramento
Rio de Janeiro
Dallas
Caracas
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Active in Czechoslovakia in the late 1970s, what was Charter 77 lobbying for?
Environmental protection
Reruns of "Gilligan's Island"
Increased adherence to Marxism
Human rights
Where were reformers crushed for trying to create socialism with a human face in the spring of 1968?
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
What city's symbol is the Hradcany, the former castle of the king of Bohemia?
Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Belgrade
In the 1970s, what city's 2 million people were forced to live in the countryside as agricultural workers?
Beijing
Saigon
Kampala
Phnom Penh
Today, the Louvre is an art gallery. What was it until 1682?
A convent
A prison
A barracks
A royal palace
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Probably the world capital with the most vowels in its name, Ouagadougou is found in which country?
Zambia
Togo
Ghana
Burkina Faso
From 1932 to 1991, what Russian writer was the city of Nizhniy Novgorod renamed for?
Maxim Gorky
Boris Pasternak
Pavel Chekhov
Leo Tolstoy
Found on New Providence Island, what Bahamas city has harbored pirates, American revolutionaries, and Confederate blockade runners?
Havana
Montreal
Halifax
Nassau
Naples was originally a Greek settlement called Neopolis. What does this mean?
Italian City
New City
Island City
Non-City
What city is known for developing pizza and spaghetti, not to mention bel canto songs?
Rome
Naples
Milan
Florence
As far as the Greeks were concerned, if you have myriad lovers, how many do you have?
10,000
1,000
100
10
What are Germans experiencing while in the throes of schadenfreude?
A really good bowel movement
A drug-induced euphoria
A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others
A sexual delight in having multiple partners
Which of the Beatles married a woman whose name means "ocean child" in Japanese?
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
What does an enthusiastic chef call the outer peel of a citrus fruit, such as a lemon?
Zest
Relish
Piquant
Gusto
What form of execution was first used in the United States in 1982?
Death by firing squad
Death by Celine Dion
Death by lethal injection
Death by lethal gas
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Which of these legal terms releases an individual from the penalties of a crime?
Pardon
Parole
Amnesty
Expungement
Like some cat from Japan, who played his guitar left handed, jamming good with Weird and Gilly?
Ziggy Stardust
Major Tom
The Thin White Duke
All the Young Dudes
Where were the results of Frederick Taylor's time-and-motion studies applied?
On factory floors
In Hollywood editing suites
In ballet studios
In sports stadiums
If your neighbor is droning on about his home renovations and mentions a mansard, what is he talking about?
A staircase
A window
A door
A roof
Which of these was not one of the gifts that the Three Wise Men brought to Jesus?
Myrrh
Frankincense
Gold
Sony Playstation
What does vis-a-vis literally mean in French?
Head-to-head
On-and-on
This-and-that
Face-to-face
I said that Id rather be right than be president, which is good, since I failed three times trying to be president. Who am I?
Henry Clay
William Jennings Bryan
Daniel Webster
Adlai Stevenson
From 1349 to 1830, who was called the dauphin?
The queen of France
The lead singer in the Paris Opera
The Archbishop of Chartres
The heir to the throne of France
What was John Roebling working on when he got the on-the-job injuries that killed him in 1869?
Empire State Building
Mount Rushmore
Brooklyn Bridge
Hoover Dam
In 1996, what NHL team was called the Red Army, because of its 10 Russian players?
Florida Panthers
San Jose Sharks
Philadelphia Flyers
Detroit Red Wings
What does a blogger do on the Web?
Upload a log of all the sites he has visited
Crash or alter sites she doesn't like
Upload or trade nude self-photography
Trawl for e-mail addresses to spam
If something is quotidian, when would it happen?
Every year
Every hour
Every day
Every week
My mother was an Irish opera singer and my father was a part-black and part-Venezuelan aeronautical engineer. Who am I?
Erykah Badu
Jennifer Lopez
Mariah Carey
Toni Braxton
Why were people talking about the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo in 1994?
They had a hit album called "Chant"
They became Internet millionaires
They defied Pope John Paul II
They were caught plotting to take over Haiti
Named from the Latin for fellow slave, where would a concierge usually work?
Ladieswear store
Hotel
Restaurant
Nightclub
Theyre laboratory mice. Their genes have been sliced. And one of them sounds like Orson Welles. Who are they?
Ren and Stimpy
Pinky and the Brain
Itchy and Scratchy
Beavis and Butthead
In 1988, whom did Lloyd Bentsen rebuke when he said, Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy?
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Gary Hart
Dan Quayle
In 1996, McDonald's released a burger with 30 grams of fat, aimed at adult eaters. What was it called?
Little Mac
Whopper
Royale
Arch Deluxe
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In baseball, what is the battery?
The first four batters
The run to first base
The pitcher and catcher
The run to home plate
What bird is also called the butcherbird, because it impales its prey on thorns?
Shrike
Roadrunner
Osprey
Bowerbird
Best known as the active ingredient in enemas, which elements compounds used in pyrotechnics, petroleum mining and radiology?
Chlorine
Barium
Sulfur
Aluminum
Of this states 92 counties, 77 are in the Eastern Time Zone but only the ones near Cincinnati and Louisville change to daylight time. What state is this?
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
What was the name of the flop Internet appliance that 3Com canceled in 2001?
Lisa
Fido
Audrey
Blueberry
In the 1980 cartoon Soup or Sonic, who finally caught the Roadrunner by shrinking himself and latching on to the bird's leg?
Sylvester the Cat
Wile E. Coyote
Yosemite Sam
Elmer Fudd
Oolong is not only the name of a black Chinese dragon, but also of which restaurant menu item?
A type of bread
A type of dessert
A type of tea
A type of noodle
What South American nation was a founding member of OPEC?
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
Ecuador
What instrument does the concertmaster of an orchestra usually play?
Violin
Piano
No instrument
Cello
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For what would you win a green jersey in the Tour de France?
Leading the race
Most total points
Doing the best climbs
Exhibiting the best sportsmanship
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Born Phillip John Clapp, Johnny Knoxville became a celebrity on what MTV show?
Jackass
The Real World
Singled Out
The Tom Green Show
If you describe a Jewish person as zaftig, what are you saying about her?
She's crazy
She's funny
She's overweight
She dresses well
What product was advertised as two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame seed bun?
Big Mac
Whopper
Arch Deluxe
Quarter Pounder
According to the 1990 US Census, which Indian nation is most populous?
Cherokee
Navajo
Apache
Seminole
In the US, what does a blue-sky law protect you against?
Illegal imports
Sunday shopping
Airline malpractice
Crooked investment schemes
My movie Never on a Sunday was set in Piraeus, and I represented Piraeus in Greeces parliament. Who am I?
Costa-Gavras
Eleni Papadopoulou
Yanni
Melina Mercouri
On May 30, 1987, where did West German 19-year-old Matthias Rust land his plane?
In Buckminster Palace
On the Pentagon
In Berlin's "no-man's-land"
Moscow's Red Square
The NCAA Final Four basketball semifinalists compete in what month?
Awesome April
December Downs
March Madness
Fabulous February
How is Bridget Fonda related to Jane Fonda?
Bridget is Jane's sister
Bridget is Jane's daughter
Bridget is not related to Jane
Bridget is Jane's niece
To what did Diana Judd and her daughter Christina change their names?
Naomi and Wynonna
Wynonna and Ashley
Ashley and Wynonna
Wynonna and Naomi
Which of the Rat Pack, its nominal leader, was Angie Dickinson's character married to in Ocean's Eleven?
Joey Bishop
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Who won three Emmys in four seasons for her role on Police Woman?
Angie Dickinson
Lindsay Wagner
Farrah Fawcett
Lynda Carter
Which co-star of My Best Friend's Wedding has written two comic novels, including Hello Darling, Are You Working? and The Hairdressers of San Tropez?
Kenneth Branagh
Rowan Atkinson
Hugh Grant
Rupert Everett
Who or what are the Rock Bottom Remainders?
Ships lost in the English Channel
An infamous Miami street gang
A rock band including Stephen King, Dave Barry and Amy Tan
An investment scheme from the 1970s
Who named his son Quinton, for the role he played on Gunsmoke?
Clint Eastwood
James Arness
Burt Reynolds
Dennis Weaver
In 2000, who was accused of, in his words, subliminable advertising?
Al Gore
George W. Bush
Ralph Nader
Pat Buchanan