Questions and answers

Auto racing

Bobby Unsers4-second refueling in 1976 indy 500 set record for this.
Pit stop

This rear deck air deflector helps improve tire traction.
Spoiler

Auto pioneer who set 1 mile speed record of 91 MPH in 1904.
Henry Ford

N.H.R.A. regulates these racing cars.
Hot rods

In 1977, she reached 252 MPH, then the world's dragster record.
Shirley Muldouney

Disney

Bela Lugosi posed for chernobog, the dark god, in this 1940 "concer feature".
Fantasia

Cruella de vil wanted a coat out of them.
101 Dalmations

The 1977 Helen Reddy musical that could have been called "Elliott".
Pete's dragon

with Jose Carioca and panchito, he was the third "Caballero".
Donald Duck

Pinocchio's boss at the puppet show.
Stromboli

Ships

the fatal quest of the "Pequod".
Moby Dick

He captained "The golden kind".
Sir Francis Drake

of this "ship", Longfellow said, "sail on, O union, strong and great".
Ship of State

Japan surrendered aboard this U.S. battleship.
U.S.S. Missouri

Bible facts

He performed a burnt offering with some of the animals he saved.
Noah

Both testaments warn against the attitude "Eat and drink" now, for tomorrow this will happen.
We die

It was where people first spoke different languages.
Babel

Not just by this "but by every word....of the Lord, both man live".
Bread alone

the biblically polite way of saying fathered.
Begot

Alice in Wonderland

Alice thought the white rabbit was normal until he whipped this out of his pocket.
pocket watch

to have room to do the lobster quadrille, clear these spineless creatures off the shore.
Jellyfish

The character exactly 3 inches high who smoked a hookah.
Caterpillar

The mock turtle said 2 of its 4 branches were "ambition" and "distraction".
Arithmetic

Alice joined the tea party at his house.
March Hare

Starry Songs

Perry Como sang,"catch a falling star and put it.....".
In your pocket

"Are the stars out tonight, I can't tell if its cloudy or....." this.
Bright

Its when "peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars".
Age of Aquarius

The Everly brothers were "through with counting the stars above" in this song.
Bye Bye Love

Medical Terms

A brain bruise.
Concussion

Health insurance financed by Social Security trust funds.
Medicare

The common name for the chronic disease involving a lack of insulin.
Diabetes

Discovery of a mold on cantaloupe led to mass production of this drug.
Penicillin

High blood pressure medication, minoxidil, is now preventing or reversing this.
Baldness

Auto History

An electric spark by the piston ignites air and this.
Fuel

Syrup, sawdust, and tennis balls preceded air as filling for these.
Tires

"Synchromesh" allows you to do this, either up or down.
Shift

The two standard gauges calibrated in miles in a U.S. car.
Speedometer and odometer

Ethylene-glycol fluid containing rust inhibitors and lubricants.
Antifreeze

"J" words

It may be named for one of Popey's pals, or for the initials of "General Purpose".
Jeep

In 1975, it was the bee gees' way of "talkin".
Jive

"If you shut your mug, I'll fill up...."this with "Good ol' mountain dew".
Jug

Flotsam's "friend"
Jetsam

To place side by side as in an unexpected combination of clors or ideas.
Juxtapose

Sports facts

The only team that can score points in volleyball.
Serving team

English Boxer Jack Broughton, the inventor of the boxing glove, is commemorated in this regal resting place.
Westminster Abbey

Finishing her channel swim in 1926, Gertrude Ederle was met on the beach by an immigration officer demanding this.
passport

The year of the first world series telecast, which featured dodger rookie Jackie Robinson.
1947

Of all his achievements, this pediatrician is proudest of his 1924 Olympic gold medal for rowing.
DR. Benjamin Spock

Soap Operas

CBS-TV's "the bold and beautiful" is a spin off from this soap.
The young and the restless

Kathryn Leigh Scott published a scrapboood about her life on this 60's gothic soap.
Dark Shadows

The first name of Brady on "Days of our lives" and a Buchanan on "one life to live".
Bo

Among his roles in soaps were Jeb Hampton, Mike Gallagher, and Scotty Baldwin.
Kin Shriner

Holidays

This state observes march 2 as its independence day and as Sam Houston's birthday.
Texas

The first U.S. federal holiday of the year.
New Years Day

Memorial days symbolic flower.
Poppy

The 8-day Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication of the temple.
Hanukkah

Flag day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross lived.
Pennsylvania

Potent Potables

His name on Brady means its over 5 years old.
Napoleon

Zodiac

The "crabby" sign of the Zodiac.
Cancer

This sign's symbol resembles the Roman numeral 2.
Gemini

Lovely Libra ladies are traditionally ruled by this planet.
Venus

Besides the sun, the two most important signs in any natural chart.
Moon and ascendant

Rated "Ex"

Latin for "banishment," which is what it means.
Exile

One can be "my brother flushed my homework down the toilet".
Excuse

A cold stethoscope on a warm body.
Examination

Desinister a body.
Exhume

Half of the breathing process.
Exhaling

Animal world

Hangeng upside down, they come in 2 and 3 toed varieties.
Sloths

Beavers slap these on the water to warn of danger.
Tails

It can dart its 22-inch tongue into a hill 160 times a minute.
Anteater

These most successful vertebrates survived 150 million years ago.
Dinosaurs

Alaska The Indians called the Inuit people "Eskimos" meaning "Eaters of ....."this.
Raw meat

Chewing gum

It was first produced in 1928, and manufacturers blew their wad making it.
bubble gum

"Chewing gum king" who captured 70% of the gum market.
William Wrigley

These central American Indians chewed a crude form of gum over 1000 years ago.
Mayan Indians

A World War Two morale booster for Filipinos was gum printed with this famous promise.
I Shall Return

A primary part of gum base, its the natural gum of the sapodilla tree.
Chicle

The Bible

Completes the phrase,"The Lord is my Shephard"
I shall not want

Immanuel Velilcovsky claimed to have found evidence in Egypt of these ten biblical events.
10 Plagues

Mount Megeddo is the prophesied site of this last earthly battle.
Armageddon

Saul of Tarsus was struck blind while on the rode to this city.
Damascus

At two words the bible's shortest verse.
Jesus wept

Alaska

Close to half of Alaska's population lives in this city.
Anchorage

Vitus Bering, a dane, was working for this country when he discovered Alaska.
Russia

From 1879 to 1884 this branch of the military ruled Russia.
Navy

Over 90% of Alaska's oil is found near this Arctic Bay.
Prudhoe Bay


A neighbor of Uranus, it's only about 1/2 as dense as Earth.
What is Neptune?

Sport fishing varieties of these were once made of bamboo.
Fishing rods

Of dry flies, wet flies or spinners the one that floats in water.
Dry flies

This caviar-laying fish holds the worlds freshwater weight record.
Sturgeon

To protect the line from underwater obstacles, piano wires are used as this.
Leaders

Type of fishing done by towing bait behind a moving boat.
Trolling

Poland

After World War 2 less than 20 percent of the buildings in this capital were inhabitable.
Warsaw

After fighting this war, Thaddeus Kosciuszko tried to unite Poland.
American Revolution

Re-establishing a free Poland was one of his 14 points in 1918.
Woodrow Wilson

Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel.
Coal

After 1572, The Poles used this method to select a King.
Election

Sports people

Clint Benedict of the 1929 Montreal Maroons was the first hockey goalie to wear one of these.
Face mask

The 1969 Redskins were the last team he coached.
Vince Lombardi

His syndicated column and radio program were called "On the line".
Bob Considine

Jack Dempsey's famous 4 words when asked how he lost a fight.
I forgot to duck.

Automobiles

In 1804, Oliver Evans built a passenger vehicle in the U.
S.
powered by this.
Steam

Business week did not predict the impact this country's auto industry would have on the U.S.
Japan

Starts with "L"

Choirs and hay are kept in them.
Lofts

The archangel that led the angels to revolt.
Lucifer

Type of beer stored for sedmination before use.
Lager

Bible Facts

He preformed a burnt offering with some of the animals he saved.
Noah

It was here that people first spoke different languages.
Babel

The biblically polite way to say farthered.
Begot

Presidential

He chose not to run for re-election in 1952.
Harry Truman

Presidents often stay there, part of a public park in Fredrick County, MD.
Camp David

When told that he had died Dorothy Parker asked "How can you tell?"
Calvin Coolidge

Utah

The governors mansion is located in this city.
Salt Lake City

They called the land "Desert" meaning honeybee.
Mormons

Feature shared by the capitol building and a duracell battery.
copper top

100-sqaure-mile region where speed records are set.
Bonneville Salt Flats

Utah was denied statehood while this was in practice.
Polygamy

Animal Facts

These insects "Wood" eat your house Termites

The Double-Crested Basilick, this type of reptile, can run across water.
Lizard

At 3 pounds the human brain weighs about 1/3 as much as this land mammals.
Elephant

Appropriately named, this bird sews leaves together to make a nest.
Tailorbird

Some of these tiny arachnids live in the air tubes of honey bees.
Mites

The Human Body

The rectus abdominis, pectorals major and the heart are these.
Muscles

The eyes projection screen.
Retina

Substance that gives erythrocytes their red color.
Hemoglobin

The thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal are these type of gland.
Endocrine glands

Pop Singers

His 1984 hit was "Some men have all the luck".
Rod Stewart

Her career reached "Fever" pitch in 1958.
Peggy Lee

Barbara Streisand had Top-10 hits with Neil Diamond, Donna Summers, and him.
Barry Gibb

His 1971 Grammy was for "When you're hot, you're hot".
Jerry Reed

HUMAN BODY

One hundred quadrillion synapses are in this organ.
What is the brain.

FASHION

Original word for pants.
Pantaloons

Original dresses for this dance were grass skirts.
Hula

Part of body you'd wear an epaulet on.
Shoulder

POETRY

For Byron, "She walks in beauty like.." this.
The night

3 chief types are syllabic, stress, and foot-verse.
Meter

Of haiku, limerick, and sonnet, this has the most lines.
Sonnet

SHAKESPEAR

Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet were all this at the end of the plays.
Dead

His big line is "Beware the ides of March," not "Forsooth".
Soothsayer

He yells, "Blow winds... and crack your cheeks... rage ...blow" King Lear

After England, this country is the setting for the most Shakespeare plays.
Italy

Henry VIII ends with wife 2 giving birth to her.
Elizabeth

PRESIDENTS

South Vietnam fell during this president's administration.
Gerald Ford

Of Grant, Garfield, or Mckinley, the first president to use a telephone.
James A. Garfield

PEOPLE OF MYTH

Janitor is derived from this roman god of doorways.
Janus

He held up the sky, not the earth.
Atlas

Prometheus stole this for man.
Fire

CANDY

Jagged sheet candy, of cashews, almonds, or peanuts.
Brittle

This Peppermint candy is pulled, twisted, and bent, but don't lean on it.
Candy Cane

IN THE BIBLE

Jesus said that looking at a woman lustfully is committing this.
Adultery

Moses' brother and sister.
Miriam and Aaron

Disputed strip of land where Sampson once brought down the house.
Gaza

Following gospels, it's the fifth book of the New Testament.
Acts

Salome performed this, not in the Bible, but in a strauss opera.
Dance of the 7 veils