1. Damascus (thus giving us the expression "road to Damascus," meaning a dramatic change in one's life)
2. William Tell
3. to admit it when there are good qualities in a person you dislike
4. "Eureka!"
5. suicide
6. Maya Angelou
7. "for example"
8. Enrico Caruso was a very famous opera singer near the beginning of the 20th Century.
9. de Medici
10. Eichmann was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in the German death camps during World War Two.
11. Crispus Attucks
12. 1954
13. Oslo, Norway
14. "one from many"
15. The Pacific Ocean near the coast of South America
16. California
17. Pyromania is the uncontrollable urge to set fires.
18. beneficiary
19. astronomy
20. Jupiter
21. the mantle
22. invertebrates
23. AC
24. a large lake and a dam
25. the cotton gin

Scoring: 4 points for each correct answer. Subtract 2 points for each question you guessed at. Total your points and then give yourself a grade using the following scale:

100-90 ("A"); 89-80 ("B"); 79-70 ("C"); 69-60 ("D");59-0 ("F")