1. to work poorly
2. a bear
3. British Thermal Unit
4. dinosaurs
5. centrifuge
6. Diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus.
7. William McKinley
8. The characters in parables are almost never given real names, so we don't know the name of the Prodigal Son.
9. King Arthur and Camelot
10. Penelope and Telemachus
11. exaggerating the good aspects of something
12. Auschwitz and Buchenwald were Nazi death camps where Jews were murdered in the gas chambers.
13. Doctor John Watson
14. Mendacity is constant or habitual lying.
15. the Acropolis
16. The pilgrims leave from the Southwark neighborhood of the city of London.
17. King George the Third
18. the eagle and the lion
19. the Civil War (1861-1865)
20. Erwin Rommel
21. They were leaders of the feminist movement (Women's Lib) and were actively trying to get an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for women added to the U.S. Constitution.
22. The Department of the Interior
23. Damascus
24. Lake Ponchartrain
25. Vienna, Austria

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")