1. What is the main point of Ptolemy's geocentric view of the structure of the universe?
2. One of the largest classes of animals is known as Aves. What is the common name for members of the class Aves?
3. This human body part has four chambers. Two of the chambers are known as atria, and the other two are known as "b>ventricles. What human body part have I just described?
4. Alfred Russel Wallace almost scooped Charles Darwin. Wallace had independently discovered the same theory as Darwin and almost got his book about the theory published first. What theory is that?
5. The symbol for element #99 in the periodic table is Es and is named after a very famous scientist. Name the element or the scientist.
6. What is the name of the scientific instrument used to measure the intensity of earthquakes?
7. What "crashed" on October 29, 1929?
8. What is the name of the unit of currency adopted by the European Union in 1999?
9. Name the two largest rivers in the world. Hint: one of them is the longest river, and the other has the largest volume of water.
10. Name the two rivers which formed the east and west boundaries of the ancient land of Mesopotamia.
11. In 27 B.C. Octavian instituted imperial rule in Rome. The Republic was over; the Empire had begun; and Octavian became the first Roman emperor. Under what name did Octavian rule?
12. What country was once ruled by such dynasties as the Tang, the Song, and the Ming?
13. What famous war began when the Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist?
14. Who was President of the United States in January of 1973 when the U.S. troops were pulled out of Vietnam?
15. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution contains the following words? -- "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall isse, but upon probable cause."
16. What famous event from British History occurred in 1215?
17. Name the legendary blind poet who lived about 800 B.C. and who is considered the founder of Greek Literature.
18. Which of the following instruments is not a "double-reed" instrument? Oboe; bassoon; Fench horn; or English horn?
19. Which of the following verbs is a regular verb? communicate; break; fly; or wake?.
20. A daguerreotype is which of the following? a form of mental illness; an early method of photography; a kind of terrorist; or a type of computer image?
21. Give me the name of the 19th Century English novelist who wrote Great Expectations and David Copperfield.
22. This one is supposed to be very easy. Who wrote the novel Huckleberry Finn?
23. Name the first three books of the New Testament.
24. Name the 1977 television miniseries which told the story of Kunta Kinte, a young African boy who was brought to America as a slave.
25. Name the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War Two. This man eventually became president of the U.S.