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WorksheetsPotpourri #21
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
In which country was Marie Antoinette born?
Lichtenstein
Prussia
Spain
Austria
In 1861, the Pony Express delivered a letter from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento in about:
7 days
10 days
13 days
16 days
Paul McCartney was originally going to call "Yesterday" by the title:
Real Good Grass
Scrambled Eggs
Dog Eat Dog
Liverpool
Who made the first Jeeps?
Chrysler Motors
Bantam Motors
Wilys Motors
Ford Motor Company
What country is this?
Cote d'Ivore
Cameroon
Liberia
Nigeria
Which horse was the first to win racing's Triple Crown?
Omaha
Sir Barton
Gallant Fox
Blenheim
Legendary Pool Shark Minnesota Fats' real name was:
Jack Smith
Wendell Olive
Lars Pederson
Rudolph Wanderone
Miss Havesham was a character in Charles Dickens's book:
David Copperfield
Little Dorrit
Great Expectations
Nicholas Nickleby
Which aircraft is the P-40, in which American volunteers fought with the Chinese against Japan, prior to Pearl Harbor?
Who wrote the book "The Man Who Would Be King"?
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rudyard Kipling
H. Rider Haggard
This is the flag of the famous "Pirate Queen," on whom the Broadway musical of that name was based. She was:
Ann Bonny
Grace O'Malley
Sinead Donohue
Cara Sheeran
"Don't Be Cruel," Elvis' most popular song, was actually the "flip" or "B side" of which record?
Hound Dog
Jailhouse Rock
Don't Worry, Momma
Blue Suede Shoes
About how many soldiers (Union + Confederate) died in one day at the Battle of Antietam?
8,500
11,000
15,000
23,000
Which breed of dog can't bark, but instead "yodels" because of its unique vocal cords?
Basenji
Saluki
Komondor
Berger Picard
Which team below was a charter member of baseball's National League?
Louisville Colonels
Hartford Dark Blues
Cleveland Spiders
New York Metropolitans
This is the military version of the DC-3 which was used for paratroop operations on D-Day. It was called the:
C-38 "Airbus"
C-47 "Skytrain"
B-10 "Warrior"
B-24 "Liberator"
Ludwig von Beethoven was born in:
Bonn
Berlin
Bremen
Bruhl
When they first came to the USA, these cars were badged as "Datsun." Now they are known as:
Subaru
Nissan
Mitsubishi
Mazda
What was the name of Julius Caesar's wife?
Flavia
Aurelia
Calpurnia
Priscilla
About how long did it take Charles Lindbergh to fly solo from New York to Paris?
22-1/2 Hours
29 Hours
33-1/2 hours
36 hours
What is the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory?
Red Deer
Dawson City
Whitehorse
Selkirk
Mark Twain was very prolific, but he did NOT write:
A Tramp Abroad
The American Claimant
The Mysterious Stranger
The Boy Detectives
How many times did William Jennings Bryan run for President?
1
2
3
4
When did dinosaurs become extinct?
12 million years ago
30 million years ago
65 million years ago
1 billion years ago
Which French historian was executed by the Nazis for leading the Resistance?
Pierre Bellemare
Marc Bloch
Andre Peloffy
Philippe Bozon
